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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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[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 weeks 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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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Rosebud for money in the Sims

[–] polluteyourjorts@lemmy.one 25 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks 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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[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Or motherlode

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 41 points 2 weeks ago

Konami code, natch

[–] BraeburVonPfitzcreig@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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

Contra - NES

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks 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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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

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[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago
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[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Matombo@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
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[–] r_deckard@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] root@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks 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

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like that you specifically remember 2-player mode

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[–] riot@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks 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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[–] Lokoschade@feddit.org 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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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[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago

IDKFA Power overwhelming

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 15 points 2 weeks 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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[–] urata@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] beats_and_bytes@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

howdoyouturnthison

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

howdoyouturnthison - Age Of Empires 2.

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 9 points 2 weeks ago

idspispopd

doom 1 no clipping

[–] shaman1093@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] wax@feddit.nu 7 points 2 weeks ago

E=MC2 TROOPER

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks 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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[–] enjoy_slurm@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

007-373-5963 Strait to Mike Tyson

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

hesoyam and impulse 101

And the most powerful one: bind w kill

[–] ADKSilence@kbin.earth 7 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] Yokozuna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] dcoe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Shaleesh@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

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