7 great cheat codes of video games

1. Doom - IDDQD

Doom - this is one of the most important games in the history, so it is not surprising that the codes of it remained in the memory of the gaming community. The most famous of the shooter cheat - IDDQD, giving invulnerability. It consists of the name of the game developer studio (ID) and the name of the comic fraternity that is one of the programmers supposedly founded in college - "Delta-Ku-Delta".

Even after almost 20 years since the release of the shooter cheat code is often found in Internet folklore. For example, one of the eSports teams use OverwatchIDDQD code as the name, and DJ Smash christened in 2008IDDQD since his first album.

2. Games Konami - ↑, ↑, ↓, ↓, ←, →, ←, →, B, A

Key sequence, called "Code Konami», first appeared in the version scrolling shooter Gradius for the NES, and then present all the studio projects. Most often cheat it makes the game easier. Thus, in Gradius he gives the player all weapons and shields in a shooter Contra - 30 lives, arcade about Ninja Turtles TMNT II - the ability to choose the level.

Konami Code appears not only in the games. For example, it can be seen in the animated film "Ralph," responsive voice assistants on him Siri and Alexa, and some sites show funny easter eggs, when the user enters the code on keyboard.

3. Series Age of Empires - BIGDADDY

Projects franchise Age of Empires - is strategyIn which the player controls a civilization passing through several historical periods. Thanks to this original idea of ​​fighting games look very unusual: the soldiers with guns are against archers and war elephants face cavalry.

BIGDADDY Code brings to the battle even more chaos: it encourages a huge black sedan, equipped with a rocket launcher. This is a very powerful unit that is easily cracked down on almost any opponents, and even can single-handedly destroy the enemy base.

Despite the fact that cheat only works in the first and second parts of the series, he fell in love with the fans: they even make t-shirtsAge of Empires - Big Daddy with a picture of the unit.

4. The Sims series - MOTHERLODE

In The Sims, the player controls a virtual life of one or more characters. Settles house, chooses to work, finds his players wives or husbands, to solve their problems, and monitors the mood.

As in life, sometimes money in this game is no longer enough. Many people in these situations, refer to the cheat codes. For example, administered MOTHERLODE, which gives 50,000 units of game currency. For the majority of the needs of this amount is sufficient, but to make sure the players sometimes use the code several times to precisely nothing does not deny.

5. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - HESOYAM

action games Grand Theft Auto series is known for well developed open worlds, cruelty and satire. But the game incorporates another feature: relentless mission design. If a player during the execution of the job is killed by a fall from a great height or heavy enemy fire, the mission is considered failed - you have to take it from the beginning.

Fortunately, San Andreas developers We gave the players a way to restore your health and at the same time receive 250 thousand dollars - HESOYAM code. It is especially useful during the mission, when the hero's health is greatly reduced.

But it can also be used for other purposes. For example, to add money yourself, if something is missing, or to repair the car, which is a character.

6. Games Bethesda - tgm

Bethesda studio produces mainly RPG - series The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. And almost all of these games developers are the same cheats, because in the project is based on a single engine.

Main cheat code of all - it tgm (short for toggle god mode - «turn god mode"). He gives the player invulnerability. A great way to get out of a difficult situation, for example, if the hero happens to be in the midst of hordes of enemies without treatment potions, or just have fun. With the included immortality you can do away with anything: jump from the rocks with their bare hands to fight with bears, fight with the guards.

7. Games Valve - noclip

In most games, Valve studio - in particular, series of Half-Life and Portal - special emphasis is always on the plot. Heroes exploring locations listen to dialogues, learn more about the history of the world through the details of the environment. And thanks to the well thought-out art direkshenu and excellent design happens in these games, it seems the magic: you often want to look beyond the level of the limits to see more.

noclip code allows you to do just that: to fly through walls and fences, to consider all the location, to see what happens to the characters, which goes beyond the player's visibility. And yet it is useful in situations where you do not know how to get to the next location: you can just reach the level change point.