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PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
what the gently caress happened to cheat codes? These days if you want big head mode you have to cut off your balls and mail them to ubisoft.

it's sickening is what it is.

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Cutscene Powers
Jun 7, 2010
because cheaters never prosper, op

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
Disgaea 3 and 4 for Vita have cheat codes to unlock the DLC content for people who already played the original games.

Shifty gimbal
Dec 28, 2008

Hey you... I got something to tell ya
Biscuit Hider
So you want big head mode, do you?

:nws:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL9tHEbhyZI&t=4020s

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
Shovel Knight and Binding of Isaac both have cheats that are clever.

Orthodox Rabbit
Jun 2, 2006

This game is perfect for empty-headed dunces that don't like to think much!! Of course, I'm a genius... I wonder why I'm so good at it?!
Sometimes you can buy them later as dlc

Sub-Actuality
Apr 17, 2007

PantsBandit posted:

what the gently caress happened to cheat codes?

I was JUST loving saying the same thing the other day, out loud, to nobody, in a dark empty building

Oxyclean
Sep 23, 2007


idkfa
iddqd

Doctor Goat
Jan 22, 2005

Where does it hurt?
Exploits are the cheats now.

Minarchist
Mar 5, 2009

by WE B Bourgeois

Oxyclean posted:

idkfa
iddqd

in Heretic :unsmigghh:

Orthodox Rabbit
Jun 2, 2006

This game is perfect for empty-headed dunces that don't like to think much!! Of course, I'm a genius... I wonder why I'm so good at it?!

Minarchist posted:

in Heretic :unsmigghh:

I dont need those guns anyways

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax
good q op. i think there is a lack of creativity, and modes such as the "casual" difficulty in da:i have removed the need for god mode, etc

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

I think some of these had to do with debug stuff that wasn't taken out properly back when. Also having passwords as a save system in lieu of actual saved games.

If anyone leaves in cheat codes now it's because they're either really incompetent and release a half done game with developer builds (like the day 1 steam of Dead Island) or did it on purpose (console commands, etc).

I think DLC took its toll there as well but I see that more in sports games than anything. What would have been a button code is now a 99 cent micro transaction for my virtual sports team.

Mach2
Feb 28, 2014
Nowadays the cheat codes to unlock all the hidden features on the disk are your mom's credit card numbers.

Frank Horrigan
Jul 31, 2013

by Ralp
Saints Row 3 literally sold cheat codes as DLC.

Mercury Crusader
Apr 20, 2005

You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7aLfTf_fQ

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Another casualty of DLC and achievements, OP.

Minarchist
Mar 5, 2009

by WE B Bourgeois
no cheats
always online DRM
invasive multistage DRM (gently caress you gtaIV)
paid day 1 or preorder DLC
microtransactions and trading card bullshit
real money auction houses
no in game console commands
console exclusives, or gotta wait months and years for a PC port
walking simulators that win awards for some reason
advertisements for real products in games

:smithicide:

crazkylo
Dec 20, 2008

Set the world aflame!
Modding a PC game is as close to "cheat codes" as you can get in generation of gaming.

Mach2
Feb 28, 2014

Minarchist posted:

advertisements for real products in games

:smithicide:

Uhhh... This has been around since before 3D graphics, man.

also Steam Trading Cards are cool and have absolutely no negative side effects so what the gently caress

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

Memes in games

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax
is it really the case now that the use of 'wondering', has replaced 'wandering' completely, and forever

Sub-Actuality
Apr 17, 2007

they call me... the wonderer

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

Sub-Actuality posted:

they call me... the wonderer

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
I think there are a few things missing from games that make the less fun overall and cheat codes are one of them

Running around in GoldenEye with giant heads on owned

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

Eonwe posted:

I think there are a few things missing from games that make the less fun overall and cheat codes are one of them

Running around in GoldenEye with giant heads on owned

Paintball mode was loving awesome and I wish more FPS games had it.

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon
I had a gameshark OP, I used it to catch wild Lugias and Ho-Ohs in Pokemon Gold.

THE PENETRATOR
Jul 27, 2014

by Lowtax

Sub-Actuality posted:

they call me... the wonderer

[>_<]

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

All who wonder are not lots

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry
Cheat codes were cool. I remember in Twisted Metal 2, you could use cheat codes in multiplayer :getin: I guess with the advent of GAMERPOINTS and 'CHEEVOS and 'sanctity of my crafted cinematic vision', they've gone the way of the dodo. Though Uncharted had them if you unlocked stuff which was kinda cool. I remember sharing cheat codes with kids in elementary school like it was a porn stash

though secret characters were the poo poo


e: that reminds me, Twisted Metal 2 loving owned bones, i remember using the gameshark to play as darktooth but it was kinda buggy. too bad that genre is mostly dead

Xaris fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Dec 9, 2014

Kylra
Dec 1, 2006

Not a cute boy, just a boring girl.

Frank Horrigan posted:

Saints Row 3 literally sold cheat codes as DLC.
I feel...cheated.

Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

GTA has cheat codes and I commend Rock Star for having them.

metricchip
Jul 16, 2014

Games got piss easy.

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
in the blitz game for n64 you could change your team name to make them all dolphins and goofy poo poo like that. It ruled.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

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woofbro
Nov 25, 2013

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Sub-Actuality
Apr 17, 2007

*X at the setup screen then +nowisee and +meteor over and over for endless entertainment

BoredDG
Aug 10, 2013


Sub-Actuality posted:

I was JUST loving saying the same thing the other day, out loud, to nobody, in a dark empty building

extremebuff
Jun 20, 2010

Widestancer posted:

GTA has cheat codes and I commend Rock Star for having them.

does gta5 have crazy poo poo or is it lame and limited like gta4

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Eye of Widesauron
Mar 29, 2014

Bobnumerotres posted:

does gta5 have crazy poo poo or is it lame and limited like gta4

My experience was that it was limited sadly.

It had a couple of cool physics ones but nothing as cool as Saints Row

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