What is that one video game cheat code you’ll never forget about?
I’ll start us off with the classic “Explode All Cars” cheat from the classic 2004 game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as that is one that I remember using a lot for no rhyme or reason:
R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, L2, L1
⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️🅱️🅰️Select Start
Gives you 30 extra lives in Contra on the NES
NTHG THDG DCRT DTRK
Oh and IDKFA
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furious the monkey boy
EREIAMJH to fly in Jedi Knight. I always thought it’s just the name of some obscure Star Wars creature. But it’s actually a reference to the movie Brazil.
JUSTINBAILEY
Play without the power suit in OG Metroid
B A B A ↑ ↓ B A ← → B A Start
I never beat the game but I’ll always remember using Red5 in star wars dark forces 2. And the level skip code of course… “Deeznuts”
aegis for Age of Empires II. Instant building, gathering, research, etc. And of course marco for revealing map and polo to remove fog of war. cheese steak jimmy’s for extra food and lumberjack for extra wood. I always struggled to manage those two resources. But even more importantly, how do you turn this on, for that cool siege sports car.
Man, I played a lot of AoE as a child and teenager.
ABBAABBA. Skip level code for Aladdin on the Sega Genesis.
Edit: and the Zelda name cheat for NES!
I was going to use that exact cheat! The other one I used was to explode cars if you even barely tapped one
howdoyouturnthisonDNCASHMAN to make it rain money in Duke Nukem 3D
DOOM: IDDQD - god mode, IDKFA - all weapons / items
SimCopter - I’M THE CEO OF MCDONNELL DOUGLAS unlocks all helicopters
Superpower multiply
Konami code, natch
