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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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[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Black sheep wall - StarCraft map reveal

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[–] UrukGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Sega Mega drive from when I was 3-4 years old.

Sonic the hedgehog - unlock all levels cheat: Up down left right A Start (twice)

[–] ghashul@feddit.dk 1 points 11 hours ago
[–] Grofit@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

DULLARD πŸ˜…

Also a bonus code I won't forget:

ADE-NAI-WRA-LKA

You can all guess what games they are from.

[–] BraeburVonPfitzcreig@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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

Contra - NES

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day 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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[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 5 points 17 hours ago

Surprised nobody mentioned "motherlode".

Something like 50k simoleons in The Sims 2. Absolutely essential to any save file.

[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] DizzoMyNizzo@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

XMNFB - The unlock all code for Turok Evolution on Xbox.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

bb.moveobjects

I wasn't particularly wowed by the gameplay of the sims 4, but I really enjoyed the building mode, especially with the freedom to put stuff exactly where I wanted, collision and autosnapping be damned.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Alternatively, Rosebud;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;! - Sims 1 for those times you wanna have a rich family from the start and move_objects on for when God needs to be their butler.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 17 hours ago

weaknesspays

(extra money in SimCity 4)

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] beats_and_bytes@lemmy.ml 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago
[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 11 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 3 points 13 hours ago

Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Pieces Of Putrid Debris

Idk why it has also stuck with me, it's a really cool cheatcode

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Something to do with getting the chainsaw if I recall correctly but it never worked for me, or on whatever version of the wad I had.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

This is the one I use to prove my old nerd cred, lol

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[–] xelar@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

klapaucius - money cheat for Sims 1

[–] Diddlydee 5 points 19 hours ago

Down up left left A right down to get the cheat menu on Mortal Kombat on the Sega Megadrive.

On Revenge of Shinobi set the number of shurikens on the Options screen to 0 and wait 20 seconds. The zero turned into an infinity symbol, giving you unlimited shurikens.

[–] 4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

ROBINWOOD (I think) in AoE II

[–] gege999@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

How do you turn this on ftw

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

To get the hidden multiplayer mini-game screen (if you have a second controller you can play with a friend): at the map screen, hold Select and press X X Y B A.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 day 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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[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

Call Cousin Vinnie

It gave you a boatload of money in SC3K

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

Glittering prizes

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 day ago

Konami code, natch

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Rosebud for money in the Sims

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 21 hours ago

Also "move objects on"

Just gonna delete these bills here... Hey why not the whole mailbox?

I also once had a sim make enough garden gnomes to fill every single tile of the street... Then he kicked one. πŸ˜‚

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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 14 points 1 day 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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[–] root@aussie.zone 16 points 1 day 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

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[–] shaman1093@lemmy.ml 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
[–] wax@feddit.nu 6 points 23 hours ago

E=MC2 TROOPER

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[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

HESOYAM

GTA:SA extra health and money.

[–] LunaCtld@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Also GTA:SA

CHITTYCHITTYBANGBANG: All cars can fly

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 6 points 23 hours ago

God mode in Duke Nukem 3D, "dncornholio". Come get some...

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 19 hours ago

I remember the cheat but not the exact game lol. Definitely Sega Mega Drive though.

ABRACADABRA (R for d-pad right, D for d-pad down).

Going by a Google search it could've been Vectorman or Ecco 2. Or both because I played both a lot back then.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 19 hours ago

Ratchet and clank 3, the cheat code is told to you in a cutscene:

"Aren't you going to unlock his secret costumes? Here, I'll put in a cheat code. Up up down down left right circle square square... Haha! Look! He's in a tutu!"

[–] riot@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day 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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[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 1 points 15 hours ago

I was never particularly bothered about the skulls in the Halo series, except Grunt Birthday Party. The games just aren't right without that occasional pop and cheer.

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