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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 months ago

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 months ago

Rosebud for money in the Sims

[-] polluteyourjorts@lemmy.one 25 points 2 months ago

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

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

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 months ago

Or motherlode

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 40 points 2 months ago

Konami code, natch

[-] BraeburVonPfitzcreig@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

Contra - NES

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months 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 months ago
[-] tab@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

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

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[-] root@aussie.zone 18 points 2 months ago

⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️🅱️🅰️Select Start

Gives you 30 extra lives in Contra on the NES

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I like that you specifically remember 2-player mode

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[-] riot@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

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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[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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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[-] criitz@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago

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

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[-] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

IDKFA Power overwhelming

[-] urata@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months 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.

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[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

howdoyouturnthison

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

howdoyouturnthison - Age Of Empires 2.

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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 9 points 2 months ago

idspispopd

doom 1 no clipping

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[-] wax@feddit.nu 7 points 2 months ago

E=MC2 TROOPER

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[-] Lenny@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

“idclip” for Doom

“pot of gold” for Warcraft 1

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

[-] enjoy_slurm@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

007-373-5963 Strait to Mike Tyson

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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 cafés

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

hesoyam and impulse 101

And the most powerful one: bind w kill

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[-] ADKSilence@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months 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.

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

poweroverwhelming

foodforthought

thereisnocowlevel

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Okokimup@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

TGRTVN

Final level in Bubsy.

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