10 Most Iconic Gaming Cheat Codes Ever

6. The Legend Of Zelda: Zelda

Those with limited imagination were greatly rewarded with this infamous cheat code, in the Legend of Zelda. Daring gamers who felt they didn't need to endure the long and challenging first quest could bypass it. How? By entering the name Zelda into the name entry field. Seems pretty simple, right? Of course, this was back as early as 1986, when gamers couldn't just Google nifty cheat codes. Hence, the accidental discovery of this hack would have been all the more rewarding.
 
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