Cheat Codes Article
Famous Cheat Codes
A, B, A, C, A, B, B - Pressing this sequence at the "Code" screen just after the Genesis version of Mortal Kombat loads will fully enable blood and gore within the game just as it appears in the Arcade version. The code's success is indicated by the text turning red and Scorpion's "Get over here!" will sound.
Ctrl+Alt+End - This key combination would make you skip a level in Thief: The Dark Project. It is considered as a cheat code with a nasty habit. This is due to the fact that most people accidentally would press Ctrl+Alt+Del which would bring up the windows task manager.
The "ID" prefix alone is famous for Doom games. (e.g. IDDQD [god mode], IDKFA [all weapons, keys, health]) Some other famous ones start with ID and a BEHOLD (IDBEHOLDR; Radiation, IDBEHOLDI; Invisibility, etc).
Typing in BALLOWAX in Medal of Honor: Frontline for Gamecube gets everyone all the cheats for the game.
Typing dog in the console is the cheat for god mode in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and MOHAA Breakthrough and Spearhead.
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start - Mario Bros. Warp Pipe Cheat
B, A, R, R, A, L - The Extra Lives code for Donkey Kong Country
Up, Down, Left, Right, A+Start - The level select code for Sonic the Hedgehog.
Up+C, Down+C, Left+C, Right+C, A+Start - Debug Mode Sonic the Hedgehog.
19, 65, 09, 17 at the sound test is the level select code for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It's also the birth date of Yuji Naka.
Up, command-line flag starts "discovery mode" which has fewer cheats.
GOD - The cheat to activate god mode in the first three Commander Keen (and other id Software) games. It also works in most Doom-based games, including Sonic Robo Blast 2.
rosebud followed by a very large number of semi-colons (;) and input multiple times - Unlimited money on The Sims.
thereisnospoon - Based on the quote from 1999 movie The Matrix, this code is used in many games to activate bullet-time. In Deus Ex, this code will enable "May Tricks mode" (digital rain textures.) This is also used in Warcraft III to allow units using mana unlimited mana.
MOTHERFUCKENKIWIBASTARD - Entered on the title screen of the Commodore Amiga port of The New Zealand Story, gives the player infinite lives and the ability to skip levels. In later releases, the code was changed to FLUFFYKIWIS.
JUSTIN BAILEY - Entering this code as a password in the original NES Metroid with the bottom line all hyphens, starts Samus Aran off in her swimsuit, and provided a great many powerups and items in the game. (Ironically, this was not a 'true' cheat code implemented by the developers; rather, it was discovered by accident.)
Down, R, Up, L, Y, B - Entering this in the SNES version of Street Fighter II as the Capcom logo appears allows both players to use the same character in Versus mode.
DINGADINGDANGMYDANGALONGLINGLONG from the Commodore Amiga version of Sleepwalker. The rather hard-to-spell code is a lyric from the song Jesus Built my Hot Rod by Ministry.
It is a Good Day to Die - from Warcraft II. This activates god mode. The code is a quote from the Star Trek series.
Ctrl+Alt+X - This key combination would bring up a cheat window in certain Maxis games such as Streets of SimCity, Simcopter, etc. The Sims uses Ctrl+Shift+C, while Simcity 3000 uses Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C.
There is no cow level - from Starcraft. This cheat code recurs in many Blizzard Entertainment games. This refers to an Internet rumor that stated Diablo (another game by Blizzard) had a secret level where all enemies would be cows. Diablo II really did have a Secret Cow Level.
Ctrl-Alt-X - Skips the Trivia Quiz Age Check in the original Leisure Suit Larry.
move_objects on - In The Sims and all following sequels and expansion packs, this allows all objects to be moved, including cars, mailboxes and Sims.
