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Post by britesparc on Sept 16, 2021 15:15:50 GMT
Does anyone else get nostalgic for cheats? I've been thinking about this for a while because my kids wanted to play The Sims during lockdown, and every time they did I had to look up the infinite money cheats so they could just build big houses (Minecraft Creative Mode has a lot to answer for).
Back in The Day, I knew loads of cheats off by heart. Let's use this space not only to share games that actually still have proper cheats (not just unlocks or easter eggs but actual infinite lives-style cheat modes), and also reminisce about what cheats we remember from years gone by.
Off the top of my head, I remember IDDQD and IDKFA from Doom. I used to know loads for that game, and for Duke 3D, too. I also remember using "noclip" in Quake to fly through the levels, but that was less of a cheat and more of a command code.
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Post by jono62 on Sept 16, 2021 15:29:42 GMT
Down, R, Up, L, Y, B, X, A - Streetfighter 2
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Post by deez on Sept 16, 2021 15:49:28 GMT
A B C Start did the trick on quite a few mega drive games.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2021 15:50:46 GMT
DULLARD for Mortalk Kombat is one I'll never forget.
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Post by simple on Sept 16, 2021 16:13:28 GMT
1G0TP1NKAC1DB00TS0N
Anybody?
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Post by jellyhead on Sept 16, 2021 16:15:05 GMT
Up until a couple of years ago i could still remember some of the old Poke addresses for Spectrum games. They're gone now though. You could "break" the game when it had loaded and type in your pokes then poke the start address usually listed in the basic loader to restart the game, heh. Had tons of fun poking values to find cheats or more usually crash the game
edit: PinkAcidBoots - i played this recently, shit, what is it?!
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Post by dfunked on Sept 16, 2021 16:25:11 GMT
idspispopd from Doom will always stick with me... Had no idea what it meant (or that I could just type idclip instead as I've just found out)
naughtytorty from Carmageddon (can't even remember what that one did tbh)
D Y D D Y and B A R R A L in Donkey Kong Country always made me chuckle
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Post by jellyhead on Sept 16, 2021 16:43:12 GMT
simple Found it but it's not the game i thought it was so i'm confused where i saw/used it recently. Anyway from a cached result to a long forgotten thread on a recently defuct forum:
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Post by 😎 on Sept 16, 2021 16:52:10 GMT
idspispopd from Doom will always stick with me... Had no idea what it meant (or that I could just type idclip instead as I've just found out) naughtytorty from Carmageddon (can't even remember what that one did tbh) D Y D D Y and B A R R A L in Donkey Kong Country always made me chuckle idclip was only for Doom 2. SPISPOPD is short for Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles Of Putrid Debris, after someone suggested it as Id's next game name. |
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Post by rwklau on Sept 16, 2021 18:28:07 GMT
alt+w would instantly win the first two Monkey Island games.
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Post by Sarfrin on Sept 16, 2021 18:37:43 GMT
I was delighted to discover that Black Mesa replicates Half Life's cocaine Cubans.
(Console commands, but that was too good an autocorrect to destroy).
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Post by hedben on Sept 16, 2021 18:41:58 GMT
Do exploits/glitches count?
Frontier: Elite 2 - loading a heavy ship with as many passenger compartments as it could carry, plus an escape pod, then taking off and crashing into the planet. The escape pod would convert to a Cobra MkI when you docked, and you could then sell all the passenger compartments that were still in the ship inventory. You ended up with a Cobra MkI that had a huge, tardis-like hull capacity, and could equip drives, shields and weapons intended for a much bigger ship. It had the maneuvering of a small combat ship but the power and range of a cruiser. God mode basically.
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Post by HighlandPete on Sept 16, 2021 21:35:29 GMT
Do exploits/glitches count? Frontier: Elite 2 - loading a heavy ship with as many passenger compartments as it could carry, plus an escape pod, then taking off and crashing into the planet. The escape pod would convert to a Cobra MkI when you docked, and you could then sell all the passenger compartments that were still in the ship inventory. You ended up with a Cobra MkI that had a huge, tardis-like hull capacity, and could equip drives, shields and weapons intended for a much bigger ship. It had the maneuvering of a small combat ship but the power and range of a cruiser. God mode basically. Yep, Frontier had loads. you could pick up a passenger at a space station then try to sell your ship - you'd get a message stating you couldn't sell it with a passenger on board but you would still get the credits. There was also an asteroid that would count towards your elite dating every time you hit it. |
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Post by hedben on Sept 16, 2021 21:54:38 GMT
There was also an asteroid that would count towards your elite dating every time you hit it. Not an asteroid- Phobos. Satellite of Mars. You had to hit it with a 30MW mining laser. And it went "Nice one commander!" or something like that. I didn't know about the passenger glitch though. |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 17, 2021 5:53:30 GMT
Square x circle triangle x square circle triangle circle x square
Typing this three times on the level select screen of The Lost World: Jurassic Park on Ps 1 unlocked every level.
I had come across it in a cheats magazine in the newsagents, and took a long time to memorise it. I eventually realised that they gave the wrong code, and I eventually figured out the correct one through trial and error.
Which was a life saver as I found the game very tough as a young lad
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Post by convercide on Sept 17, 2021 6:29:05 GMT
 UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, HOLD A AND PRESS START. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2021 6:29:28 GMT
I remember being given an action/instant replay cart. Pretty sure it was for snes. I used to experiment with Rival Turf and create my own which would totally screw the game.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 17, 2021 6:43:27 GMT
I remember being given an action/instant replay cart. Pretty sure it was for snes. I used to experiment with Rival Turf and create my own which would totally screw the game. I had one for the C64. Was great. Knackered the port at the back though |
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Sept 17, 2021 6:52:06 GMT
Entering your name as pooslice on syndicate wars made a sound and then allowed you to set your name correctly but also unlocked everything and iirc made it all free.
Running around with 4 graviton guns tested the old CPU back then
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