10 Video Game Cheats Everyone Used
Don't we all have the Konami code committed to memory?
Though there's little denying that video games are better and more diverse now than they've ever been, one of the unfortunate casualties of modern gaming is the dying popularity of cheat codes, largely due to the ubiquity of achievements, trophies, and always-online games.
In eras past, cheat codes were hugely widespread, with players frantically trawling games magazines and forums in pursuit of the wackiest and wildest codes out there.
At their best, cheats could actually elevate the core gaming experience, either by reducing difficulty barriers or introducing more experimental - and, yes, often unstable - elements.
Most of us have used cheat codes at one time or another, and so there are those precious few cheats which have embedded themselves deep in our minds even as the years continue to fly by.
From cheats which gave players the ultimate illusion of power, to those which added a silly (but awesome) gimmick, and those which simply sought to troll us all, each of these cheats proved unforgettable in allowing players to play games however they wanted to...
10. Unlock All Weapons - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto fans have always loved the series' various "unlock all weapons" cheats, though GTA: San Andreas boasts such an expansive arsenal of guns, explosive devices, and melee weapons that they're actually divided across three separate cheats.
The first cheat will unlock "basic" weapons such as simple melee objects, pistols, shotguns, smaller machine-guns, and a rocket launcher, while the second code unlocks more advanced equipment such as knives, sniper rifles, and flamethrowers, and the third gifts you the chainsaw, fully automatic rifles, a heat-seeking rocket launcher, and even remote explosives.
The input method varies across platforms, but no matter what you played San Andreas on, this trio of cheats were the codes that allowed players to fully harness the deranged wish fulfillment the GTA games are famed with offering.
Though many of San Andreas' cheat codes can result in the game being rendered unstable - especially those where you give the pedestrians weapons or force them to riot - the weapons cheats simply enable your most chaotic, carnage-filled desires.