9 Secret Video Game Areas You Weren't Meant To Find (Commenter's Edition)

8. A Demo That Doubles As The Full Game - The Getaway

Something many younger gamers will simply never experience, many old-school game demos could easily be broken to offer up way more of their finished versions than was intended.

The Getaway was such a title, as even the demo came with a fully-rendered London environment for you to explore. The catch - and the thing that made this a trial - was supposed to be a time limit.

Of course it didn't take long for wannabe hackers to free things up, as shadowgandalf points out.

"We discovered if you reach the destination at the end of the car chase - but not so close that you stop the time limit - then wait and roll towards the objective as the timer hits 0, the game over screen will then trigger. When you respawn at the start of the chase, the enemy car will stop immediately", leaving you "free to explore the entire map with no time limit."

Gandalf does note that because "there’s no on screen timer" when it comes to doing this precise method, your timing has to be extra precise, being based on sound effects only.

Still, if you wanted a free version of digital London to run amok in, it's right here.