The Best Cheat Codes Ever

I was thinking about cheats the other day, and how damn commonplace they are. I remember when cheat codes were something you wouldn't be able to guess in a million years, and you had to wait for your favourite games magazine to come out with it years after the game release.

May favourite all-time cheat has to be the master cheat for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire on the Nintendo 64. Not only could you not guess that cheat in a million years, in some cases you needed an accomplice in order to pull it off. It sort of goes like this:

Rename your profile as 'Wampa Stompa'

Pause the game at any time during a level and hold down the following buttons: Z, R, L, Left on the d-pad and all the C buttons. If you remember the good old N64 controller you may realise how taxing this is onit's own to pull off. Clumsy fingers will not do here. Whilst holding down these buttons you've now got to move the joystick either to the left or to the right halfway and hold it there for about a second waiting for a 'donk' noise. Release all the buttons and do it again this time holding the joystick halfway in the other direction. Repeat until the damn cheat menu comes up, then try to figure out how to use it with the shoulder buttons.

Back when I played this game I had no friends with any sort of interest in this cheat, so I remember having to move that damn joystick with my chin. I couldn't tell if it was halfway or not. I'd sit there for minutes sometimes in a sweat puddle waiting for the 'donk' noise.

Nowadays you just plug in the konami code and you're off...

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, (select) start.

EDIT: madterps just pointed out what an old-fart I am forgetting the 'a' and 'b' button presses.

I think ABACABB ranks up there with the best ones ever.
That is from Mortal Kombat (the original)
A reference to the song by band Genesis, also system the game was on.

After that the code TOOLAZY for MX vs. ATV Unleashed that unlocks everything.... LOL

up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, (select) start.Cesar_Barba

It's actually up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, start

I was thinking about cheats the other day, and how damn commonplace they are. I remember when cheat codes were something you wouldn't be able to guess in a million years, and you had to wait for your favourite games magazine to come out with it years after the game release.

May favourite all-time cheat has to be the master cheat for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire on the Nintendo 64. Not only could you not guess that cheat in a million years, in some cases you needed an accomplice in order to pull it off. It sort of goes like this:

Rename your profile as 'Wampa Stompa'

Pause the game at any time during a level and hold down the following buttons: Z, R, L, Left on the d-pad and all the C buttons. If you remember the good old N64 controller you may realise how taxing this is onit's own to pull off. Clumsy fingers will not do here. Whilst holding down these buttons you've now got to move the joystick either to the left or to the right halfway and hold it there for about a second waiting for a 'donk' noise. Release all the buttons and do it again this time holding the joystick halfway in the other direction. Repeat until the damn cheat menu comes up, then try to figure out how to use it with the shoulder buttons.

Back when I played this game I had no friends with any sort of interest in this cheat, so I remember having to move that damn joystick with my chin. I couldn't tell if it was halfway or not. I'd sit there for minutes sometimes in a sweat puddle waiting for the 'donk' noise.

Nowadays you just plug in the konami code and you're off...

eddylives

This is exacting what I thought about when I read your topic. I remember trying this for like 15 moinutes and finally gettting it to work. I had my little brother hold some of the buttons for me. My controller's joystock was also used a lot and this made it even harder. I eventually could do it pretty consistently though. Man, that game was fun now that i think about it.

[QUOTE="Cesar_Barba"]up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, (select) start.madterps

It's actually up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, start

i dont use cheats! i am man!

iddqd, idkfa, idchoppers, idclip, idclev and idbehold.foxhound_fox

The best cheat code ever? UP, UP, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, B, A. NES forever!!! :)sonicare

A B Y X A B Y X A B A B Y X X Y A B Y X

Super Empire Strikes back for the SNES- Unlimited everything and the best mode I have ever played.

That code will forever be imprinted in my mind, and that is funny how much import stuff I forget all the time, but I can always remember this one cheat code.

Do or do not ! There is no try !

Continue 3

Unlocking the Naboo Starfighter on Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Completely insane that it was even in the game, since the game was released 6 months before the movie and no one had even seen these ships yet, not to mention the game had nothing to do with the movie outside of them both being Star Wars.

Appareantly, we can all agree that LucasArts puts in some awesome cheats.

Unlocking the Naboo Starfighter on Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Completely insane that it was even in the game, since the game was released 6 months before the movie and no one had even seen these ships yet, not to mention the game had nothing to do with the movie outside of them both being Star Wars.

Appareantly, we can all agree that LucasArts puts in some awesome cheats.

philthiest

It was deff the 100+ item cheat/Missingno cheat for Pokemon RBY...BadSushi

/god dncashman dncornholio dnstuff iddqd cheese steak jimmy's robin hood rock on lumberjack marco how do you turn this on i love the monkey head i r winner selbie

YAY! Duke Nukem. :D and Age of Empires

I remember _Wampa Stompa_ I loved using the AT-ST and the stormtroopers/wampas.

Here's my list:

The cheats in TOCA on the PS were awesome: you could drive a pink cadillac and a shooting tank and blast the other cars away. And you could make the rain go up instead of down and swap the rain with cats and dogs (lol the cheat was like 'itsrainingcatsand dogs').

The high wheels cheat from Driver was awesome.

There was a cheat for Samurai Shodown 2 on the old Neo Geo, that was like: 'up, down, right, down, center'. I remember saying: 'Center? What the hell?!'

The cheat menu activation code in Alien Trilogy: 1G0TP1NK8C1DB00TS0N ('I got pink acid boots on!')

In one of the Worms or Earthworm Jim games on the SNES (can't remember) if you read all the passwords in a row they formed a story.

Like this:

level1: onceupon
level2: atimethere
level3: wasakingdom

It was deff the 100+ item cheat/Missingno cheat for Pokemon RBY...BadSushi

100% agree, Not only was it a major glitch you fought trainers as well with this glitch. On top of that nothing beats hearing the horror stories of kids who used it at the time and ruined there save game beyond repair.

[QUOTE="BadSushi"]It was deff the 100+ item cheat/Missingno cheat for Pokemon RBY...Chaism

100% agree, Not only was it a major glitch you fought trainers as well with this glitch. On top of that nothing beats hearing the horror stories of kids who used it at the time and ruined there save game beyond repair.

[QUOTE="Chaism"]

[QUOTE="BadSushi"]It was deff the 100+ item cheat/Missingno cheat for Pokemon RBY...FFinfinite

100% agree, Not only was it a major glitch you fought trainers as well with this glitch. On top of that nothing beats hearing the horror stories of kids who used it at the time and ruined there save game beyond repair.

Not sure about Ruby, Was talking about the first ones. Red,Blue, and Yellow.

Unlocking the Naboo Starfighter on Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. Completely insane that it was even in the game, since the game was released 6 months before the movie and no one had even seen these ships yet, not to mention the game had nothing to do with the movie outside of them both being Star Wars.

Appareantly, we can all agree that LucasArts puts in some awesome cheats.

philthiest

i remember that, i was VERY impressed

i also remember cheese steak jimmy's, what is that from? warcraft? C&C? cant remember

Dude, I have the ABYXABYXABABYXXYABYX in my mind since I was 11 or 12 years old and now I'm 26.dilosnacho