Cheat Codes

[Silver Dragon]

Do you miss cheat codes? Nowadays, it seems that game developers just aren't putting as many codes into games as they used to.

You know what I'm talking about.

It's 3 A.M.

Lord Zelkor has killed you for the zillionth time, you have school in the morning, and you're running out of patience and energy drinks.

Suddenly, your eyes wander over to the stack of codebooks (or the internet if you're not old school). There it sits, the invincibility screw you final boss code. Do you use it or do you tough it out?

So post your thoughts, cheats, love 'em, hate em', want more, want less, whatever.

 

[Wreth]

I like them, I beat a game normally before using them though.

 

[Tycho]

Cheats kill games for me. The minute I use one, the satisfaction gained from advancing in that game is gone.

 

[Smelge]

Never use cheats until I've completed the game. Maybe not 100% but finish the main game.

 

[Silver Dragon]

I like them, I beat a game normally before using them though.

I was going to put this as a poll option, but I was in a hurry and forgot .

 

[Shà nwà ng]

I used cheat codes when the game wasn't engaging enough to complete normally.

 

[Irreverent]

I was going to put this as a poll option, but I was in a hurry and forgot .

Fixed it for ya.

 

[Mealing]

I miss cheat codes. Goldeneye with big head mode ect was great fun. Not all cheat codes reduce the difficulty of a game. I only ever used them to mess around or have fun. Only time I have ever cheated, I think, with the express purpose to make something easier was the 10millionth time doing the start of Baldurs Gate 2 and using the item code to get boots of speed.

 

[blackfuredfox]

Fixed it for ya.

damnit, i already voted. can you add my name to the bottom one? pwease?

 

[Irreverent]

damnit, i already voted. can you add my name to the bottom one? pwease?

That I can't do. I don't have the correct permissions for that.

And yes, I owe you a PM.

 

[CaptainCool]

yeah, usually i use them after beating a game.
there is nothing better than causing havoc in a sandbox game with all weapons at your disposal XD

 

[blackfuredfox]

That I can't do. I don't have the correct permissions for that.

And yes, I owe you a PM.

its okay, i was really going out on a limb guessing you could.

 

[Runefox]

If they "ruin" the game for you, then why do you use them? They're there for extra enjoyment, to dick around with or to aid inexperienced players. Why did anyone buy the Game Genie?

 

[Lobar]

Depends. Cheats are fun in more casual, less challenge-based games like Grand Theft Auto, but they ruin games that are all about the challenge.

 

[Zydala]

I just used one for Terranigma the other day because #@$#$% that stupid mountain level!

All I did was get more money, though, and buy the best armor/weapon combo so I could pretty much live through the rest. That's usually how I use cheats, if I do.

That being said, after a game's finished I love playing with the weird ones. Like in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I used to enable that L-button Levitation thing and have him float off screen during cut scenes to make people look like they were talking to themselves. Oh, to be twelve again... ;;;;

 

[Aden]

I normally only use cheats if I'm really stuck and I can't get out of it for some reason, e.g. the autosave saved right before I got hit by a rocket and I can't avoid it, or some glitch trapped me somewhere.

I mess around with them sometimes after the game is done, but I honestly haven't used a cheat since Gameboy and Doom.

 

[Shà nwà ng]

I just used one for Terranigma the other day because #@$#$% that stupid mountain level!

On an unrelated note, I quit Terranigma for a year after losing the ability to communicate with animals.

 

[Zydala]

On an unrelated note, I quit Terranigma for a year after losing the ability to communicate with animals.

AGGHH I was ready to as well hahaha. Esp. after that scene with the mountain goat I was like "nooo what do you mean I can't talk to them anymore"

and then the yaks were like "BAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH"

sigh. oh well.

 

[Unsilenced]

Cheats are fun. They let you dick around once you've grown tired of the normal order of the game.

That said, don't do it until you're done with the game. Seriously.



Also: Modding games can be fun. I hacked my way through Halo (after I had beaten it) so I could see the Legendary ending with Sgt. Johnson hugging an Elite.

It was epic.

At one point I made it so the enemy guns shot clones of themselves, at another I made my weapons shoot tank shells, but by far the best was when I made all the flood spores look like Master Chief, then made all of the other enemies in the game act like flood spores. The result was *millions* of Master Chief clones that would run up to me (they can't shoot) and jump up and down trying to attack me. (I had made it so that the usual "jump on you and explode" attack wouldn't work) They would just stand there hopping up and down in front of me until I put them out of their misery with a shot from my AR that sent them flying into the stratosphere.

It. Was. Awesome.

 

[Aden]

Also: Modding games can be fun. I hacked my way through Halo (after I had beaten it) so I could see the Legendary ending with Sgt. Johnson hugging an Elite.

It was epic.

At one point I made it so the enemy guns shot clones of themselves, at another I made my weapons shoot tank shells, but by far the best was when I made all the flood spores look like Master Chief, then made all of the other enemies in the game act like flood spores. The result was *millions* of Master Chief clones that would run up to me (they can't shoot) and jump up and down trying to attack me. (I had made it so that the usual "jump on you and explode" attack wouldn't work) They would just stand there hopping up and down in front of me until I put them out of their misery with a shot from my AR that sent them flying into the stratosphere.

It. Was. Awesome.

Yeah, I was surprised how easy that was. A few lines of hex moved and bam, machine gun that shoots charged plasma bolts.

 

[LordFunkyFist]

I can't remember the last time there were any cheat codes you could input into a game, heck I haven't even seen a Game Shark in years! The most current game I can think of that had cheat codes was Call of Duty 4, collecting enemy intels would unlock all sorts of rather funny and odd cheats. I know Grand Theft Auto did them but I'm not sure if the most recent ones still have 'em.

As far as the codes themselves are concerned, I don't really like using them during a first play through. If I was stuck on a part and couldn't beat it I'd just stick to it and beat it on my own, I'd rather spend endless hours on a game and get that extreme satisfaction of completing it once I do complete it rather than just put in something that allows me to beat the whole thing without even a second thought.

 

[yiffytimesnews]

I can go you one better I still use both my Gameshark and Game Genie for some games

 

[Tommy]

Ah, my childhood was full of cheat codes. I remember using them whenever I could. Not anymore.

...fine, I do sometimes.

 

[Ikrit]

lets just say i've never been able to beat a game without some sort of hint or cheat
i did beat the force unleashed all by myself tho!
yay!

 

[Silver Dragon]

Fixed it for ya.

:-D

Looking at the poll now, I just realized that I never actually used the Konami Code, and my brother and I used to play Contra on the NES all the time. But no matter, I'll just go back to Medieval II: Total War and try some cheats on there.

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