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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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[–] tuck182 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] Glytch 1 points 2 hours ago

Donkey Kong Country

B A R R A L - 50 lives

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Flying car cheat in San Andreas. I don’t know what the buttons are, by my muscle memory is so ingrained that if I start it I can usually get it after 1/2 attempts. Even if I haven’t touched the games in years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Minecraft: Open to LAN -> allow cheats
I really thought I discovered a massive bug with that one when I was little lmao

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

San Andreas Max Health + $250k. Saved me in the warehouse mission in Las Venturas lol. I hope I'm getting this right:

R1, R2, L1, X, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Just looked it up, I knew that one was etched into the folds in my brain.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I have it on a T-shirt & still try it on games randomly to see if there's an easter egg.

[–] Harbinger01173430 2 points 5 hours ago

Black sheep wall

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[–] UrukGuy 2 points 5 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)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

Rosebud!;!;!;!;

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

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

howdoyouturnthison - Age Of Empires 2.

[–] DizzoMyNizzo 1 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] Whitebrow 3 points 7 hours ago

Black sheep wall - StarCraft map reveal

[–] Grofit 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

klapaucius - money cheat for Sims 1

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

Glittering prizes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

weaknesspays

(extra money in SimCity 4)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 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 3 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Call Cousin Vinnie

It gave you a boatload of money in SC3K

[–] [email protected] 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

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

Contra - NES

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
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[–] d00ery 10 points 13 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Pieces Of Putrid Debris

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

ROBINWOOD (I think) in AoE II

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

How do you turn this on ftw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 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.

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

HESOYAM

GTA:SA extra health and money.

[–] LunaCtld 3 points 10 hours ago

Also GTA:SA

CHITTYCHITTYBANGBANG: All cars can fly

[–] [email protected] 13 points 19 hours 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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