10 Video Game Cheat Codes That Changed Your Life

5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater's Best Unlockables

No one - literally not a single one - unlocked Spider-Man on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, in the way you were supposed to.

In fact, I'll mail out a small drawing of a mouse holding up a sign saying "I was wrong" to whoever can describe the method to unlocking him right now, without looking it up.

Because when the requirement was 100% completion with a custom skater, but the code was right there to just punch in, that was a MUCH more enjoyable option.

Now, while other third-party characters like Darth Maul and Wolverine would appear in THPS 3, the fact Spider-Man exemplifies so many of our collective childhoods playing Tony Hawk's 2 kinda speaks for itself.

Today he's as synonymous with the game as Rage Against the Machine or trying to pronounce Benihana, exemplifying a period in gaming so powerful, many of us took up skateboarding or BMX off the back of the games themselves.