Cheat code: Difference between revisions

'''Cheat codes''' are built-in cheating mechanisms in video games that usually give the player considerable advantages, such as the ability to skip to any level regardless of progress, invincibility, or power-ups to the player character. Cheats are typically activated with unprompted button sequences in the game's menus or by accomplishing an obscure or illogical series of events within the game. Despite their name, cheat-codes do not always give the player an advantage, as something entered like a cheat-code may instead result in graphical changes or unlock extra content that does not directly benefit the player.  

===[[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]===

====''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''====

====''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''====

By holding different button combinations on the title screen, the player is able to play the levels used in the demo. This records new inputs and replaces the original demo. After 127 inputs are made, the game freezes and forces the player to reset the game.

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!Buttons

====''[[Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.]]''====

Holding down {{button|nes|A}} on the ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' title screen grants the player infinite lives. Holding down {{button|nes|A}} on the ''[[Ball]]'' title screen changes the character to Luigi. Holding down {{button|nes|A}} on the digital clock allows the player to listen to [[the Mario Drawing Song]].

===[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]]===

====''[[Super Mario Kart]]''====

On the course select screen, in Time Trial or Match Race, if the buttons {{button|snes|L}}, {{button|snes|R}}, {{button|snes|L}}, {{button|snes|R}}, {{button|snes|L}}, {{button|snes|L}}, {{button|snes|R}}, {{button|snes|R}}, {{button|snes|A}} are pushed in this order, the Special Cup is instantly unlocked for use in these modes. This does not work in Grand Prix.

====''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''====

In ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', pressing {{button|switch|leftstick}} while holding {{button|switch|L}} and {{button|switch|R}} on the main menu will replace the Wireless Play option with LAN Play.

===''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''===

==[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]]==

====''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''====

Players can enter codes in both the Super Nintendo and Game Boy Advance version of the game, resulting in gameplay changes.

=====Super Nintendo version=====

Players can initiate the code-entering screen by pressing the following sequence at the file selection screen: {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}} {{button|snes|L}} {{button|snes|R}}. Some codes are permanently attached to a file if entered before starting a new game.

*'''LIVES''' – Players are given 50 lives. Entering it before starting a new profile will result in players being ranked "Cheatin' Chump" after beating the final boss.

*'''ASAVE''' – The game automatically saves after each level. Entering it before starting a new profile will result in players being ranked "Cheatin' Chump" after beating the final boss.

*'''COLOR''' – Dixie and Kiddy Kong's clothing will turn purple and green, respectively. This also affects the [[Level Flag]]. Dixie's gum (seen during her idle animation) will turn from pink to purple. Some enemy artwork seen after entering a [[Bonus Barrel]] is changed, and the [[Mirror (item)|Mirror]] is now green. [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]] and the credits remain unaltered. If entered before starting a new file, the effects will be permanent to that file; if entered before starting an existing file, the effect only lasts until the game is reset.

*'''MUSIC''' – Enters Dixie Kong's Music Test, where players can choose any in-game music to listen to.

*'''ERASE''' – The record time for [[Riverside Race]] will be deleted on all files.

*'''HARDR''' – 29 of the 139 [[DK Barrel]]s will be removed. This code must be entered before starting a new file to work. If the game is beaten with this code activated from the start, the player will have a score of 104% instead of the standard 103%.

*Pressing {{button|Paddown}}, {{button|Paddown}}, {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Padleft}}, {{button|Padright}} grants Dixie and Kiddy fifty [[extra life|extra lives]].

*Pressing {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Paddown}}, {{button|Padleft}}, {{button|Padright}} causes the player to play the [[cards]] mini-game after they exit from the title screen.

*Pressing either {{button|Padleft}}, {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Paddown}}, or {{button|GB|Select}} changes the level of the title screen's gameplay demo, depending on the number of times every button is pressed. The Kongs eventually die in every gameplay demo, except for the default [[Jetty Jitters]] demo in the original Game Boy release:

**One time: [[Rickety Rapids]]

===''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''===

Every time the player finishes a game and watches the credits, a code, referred to as a "Magic Code," will appear that changes how the game is played. To enter the code, the player has to go to the Options menu and then the Magic Codes option. If the inputted code is valid, the player can toggle them on or off through the Code List, also in the Options menu. There are a total of 24 codes; codes in bold can be inputted in both tracks and Adventure mode.

!Magic Code Name

!Description

===''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''===

A button sequence can allow players to access new worlds with a lower amount of [[Golden Banana]]s than what is displayed by [[B. Locker]]. To do so, the player must press Up, Down, Left, and then Right on the {{button|Pad}},

!World

!Minimum number

|80

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==References==