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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

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DOOM: IDDQD - god mode, IDKFA - all weapons / items

SimCopter - I'M THE CEO OF MCDONNELL DOUGLAS unlocks all helicopters

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Rosebud for money in the Sims

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Don't forget all the :;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

didn't play much og sims, but sims2 (and later, iirc), motherlode gives more.

i also had a few custom items i could drop in to a house, too.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Or motherlode

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

Konami code, natch

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"up up down down left right left right B A B Start"

Contra - NES

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Actually it works in a whole bunch of Konami games, and of course some modern games have thrown it in as an homage.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

IDSPISPOPD ... and I even remember what it abbreviates.. why?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (5 children)

β¬†οΈβ¬†οΈβ¬‡οΈβ¬‡οΈβ¬…οΈβž‘οΈβ¬…οΈβž‘οΈπŸ…±οΈπŸ…°οΈπŸ…±οΈπŸ…°οΈSelect Start

Gives you 30 extra lives in Contra on the NES

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like that you specifically remember 2-player mode

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Impulse101 for Half-Life to get everything from the very beginning and create havok for the scientists.

And of course the Konami Code

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

IDKFA Power overwhelming

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start
IDKFA
IDDQD
black sheep wall
power overwhelming

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

My username. If you enter urata as your name when you play Castlevania III for NES you start with the mage character (Sypha Belnades) available from the start.

Also iddqd for god mode and idkfa for all weapons in DOOM because that game was way too hard when I was a kid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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Starcraft

Cheat: power overwhelming

Effect: invencible units

The Protoss would chant the words in such a cool tone and way.

Imagine beating an entire Zerg wave with one unit.

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howdoyouturnthison

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Up, Down, Left, Right, A, Start - Sonic The Hedgehog.

howdoyouturnthison - Age Of Empires 2.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

idspispopd

doom 1 no clipping

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Put an N64 controller in my hands, and I've still got the muscle memory for all the fatalities in Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate Edition. As well as Shang Tsung's entire move set.

Oh and HALIFAX? !YNGWIE! to unlock the Naboo starfighter in N64's Rogue Squadron.

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B-A-R-R-A-L as the name of a new save in Donkey Kong Country to start with 50 lives. Also the Konami code obvi

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

007-373-5963 Strait to Mike Tyson

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The PANZER code in GTA Vice City to invoque a tank. I typed that shit like crazy when I was a child playing in the good ol' cyber cafΓ©s

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

β€œidclip” for Doom

β€œpot of gold” for Warcraft 1

Oh and of course, how could I forget β€œhow do you turn this on” (x20 usually) for Age of Empires II

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

hesoyam and impulse 101

And the most powerful one: bind w kill

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Gothic's "Marvin". And, OFC, dooms IDDQD and IDKFA 😊

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poweroverwhelming

foodforthought

thereisnocowlevel

[–] derpgon 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

WC3:

WhosYourDaddy - invincible units, buildings, and one shot the enemy

GreedIsGood X - gives X gold and lumber

GTA:SA

HESOYAM - cash, hp, vehicle repair (on top of my head)

AEZAKMI - locks wanted level

UZUMYMW - a pack of weapon, IIRC no. 3 of 3

BAGUVIX - unlimited health

FULLCLIP - unlimited ammo

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

DULLARD for cheat mode on SNES and I think Genesis Mortal Kombat.

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