I saw the GTA thumbnail and instantly remembered playing San Andreas with a permanent sandstorm, riots everywhere, everyone roaming with weapons, and cars flying off into the stratosphere

I wish devs would add cheat codes again. I’d take just Big Head Mode at this point. GTAV does it perfectly: if you cheat, you don’t get to save or unlock achievements. That simple change means you can indulge in all the chaos you like without ruining your game. Imagine today’s stunningly realistic graphics combined with ridiculous, wacky cheat codes that result in a beautifully uncanny mess.

I feel like cheat codes went away because game designers priorities changed. Games use to be designed to be as hard as possible and not be beaten, therefore cheat codes helped you progress. Current games are designed to be beaten and devs want you to see all their hard work, therefore games aren’t as challenging and don’t need cheat codes anymore. That’s my TED talk for the week, thank you for coming.

I remember getting an Action Replay in middle school and there was a cheat for Pokemon Diamond where you could pass through any wall or obstacle by holding B and running into it. I was near Snowpoint City when I decided to run through the treeline and started running around chaotically in the sea of densely-packed trees. Soon I realized I couldn’t remember which direction the town or roads were. I gave up, but not before instinctively saving my game. I had to restart my entire game because I literally got lost in the woods.

Love GTA 3 and the cheats in it. The "all pedestrians have weapons" and "pedestrians attack everyone" are some favourites

Riot mode even completely makes saving Mad Dog in San Andreas completely impossible as he will always walk off the ledge during the cutscene.

I’m surprised having a Game Shark and using it to put Sephiroth in your party in Final Fantasy VII wasn’t on this list.

GTA codes post 3 were weird. You could save your game after using codes in 3, but in Vice City & San Andreas they corrupted your save file. At least on my PS2 versions they did.

I used the riot code on GTA3 when my brother was playing, he was right by a safehouse, then he went to the bathroom, I put in the riot code. He came back and saved the game. He didnt first undertsnad why everyone was fighting, then he figured it out. I also put in the code where eberyone got a random weapon. He was in the middel of a mission when an old lady blew him up with a rocket 🤣

Remember when these kinds of cheat codes were part of the game and not sold to you as DLC, or completely unintentional and ruin the games?

Like this comment if you remember Game Shark 🎮 🦈

Riot mode in GTA 3 was so funny, especially if you combined it with every one is armed. XD Such a slaughter fest. XD

So what we have here is: 2 games with cheats that can't be turned off after saving, 2 games with codes that make the game too easy (and one of those is a "I cheated once so obviously I will cheat again" lack of self control moment), 2 games with codes you can turn on and off at will in the main menu, and 3 games that get ruined if you alter the actual game code. Sounds to me that theres only 2 actual codes in this video that will ruin your save file.

I loved activating riot mode in GTA and trying to do taxi runs. It's absolutely hilarious!

I learnt the hard way when I saved GTA 3 with the "pedestrians attack everyone" cheat on, came back to it a little while later only to see Misty running over and joining a fight when I did a mission where you have to pick her up. Some great times were had with with that cheat and the "pedestrians have guns" cheat. Those two together made Liberty City an absolute warzone. Couple it with the "gore" cheat and it got even funnier. Will never forget trying to get a car, hearing an explosion and then seeing a leg fly into the frame shot.

In GTA San Andreas, the mission where you save Madd Dogg, using too much cheats, will cause him to fall and the mission fails automatically. I know this is true, because I seen it with my own eyes.

God I miss cheat codes

Some of these cheats aren’t bad, but others are like why would you want them.

Maximum Overdrive was based on the Steven King Novela called Trucks. Myself, i thought the evil cars were more like the car in the movie Christine. Based on the book, Christine, written by Steven King.

Okay, so I used a game shark on final fantasy x to give my characters max HP. There's a glitch that is set regardless, but Kimari, if I'm remembering right, (the beast guy) eventually combats his bullies. I used the cheat early on so I was steam rolling through the game until then. The bullies strength and hp algorithm are based on beast dudes hp and stats. Combined over ONE MILLION HP. No joke. I set a battle strategy, put the game on auto play, and let him fight for 4 days before the battle was won. 😅

Evil cars + low gravity was so much chaotic fun, especially in co-op. That’s just one reason in the myriad of reasons why Volition/Deep Silver couldn’t and never will best Saints Row 2.

"The relatively leisurely sport of soccer" - are you nuts? 😂

Playing as Master Hand in Super Smash Bros Melee is messy not only because the controller port 3 trick is hard to do, but after that you need to find a stage that doesn't crash. And if you find one, not only can't you lose because you can't get knocked out (I haven't tried an HP game so I don't know about that), you also can't win because the game will crash before the win screen.

Sims 4, some of us create tales but which just can't be made without a pre-setup, which often requires cheats anyways for the setup but after that we can always cheat our started funds back to what they were or less even. So, not always an advantage as we use it to also start with NO FUNDS which can often only be done via the cheats anyways.

All the problems that you stated in DK64 you didn't even show in the game footage. Glad I never played that game before and you did say that's what most people have stated so no big deal. This is good to know when considering Game Shark as a way to casual game. Good vid!

Star Wars Jedi Knight 2:Jedi Outcast had an invincibility cheat, but if you used it early in the game, you just softlocked because a certain encounter requires you to lose to progress the game, but the game can't progress because the trigger for it requires you to lose all health to continue l, which you can't due to the cheat being active and you can't turn it off. There is a level select cheat, but that will leave you using a default loadout for a bonus mission instead of all the gear you collected throughout the game.

So you take a huge chance buying a used copy of DK64. That's just fantastic. Guess I have to look out for that now when I start collecting for N64.

--Calls it soccer --Claims "I don't know how this sport works" *Your free trial of being English has ended*

I remember activating the super sabre cheat in episode 3 game during the Anakin Dooku battle made both their lightsabers really long you could hit each other from across the room. I remember deactivating it because I didn't like it. I had no issues & it didn't break my game. Theres a cheat in the Star Trek tactical assault PSP game. It lets you change to any other ship in a level but it doesn't let you win using the other ship and and you can't deactivate it so you have to turn the game off and on.

Riot mode in GTA6 would be a fever dream omg

I accidentally saved riot mode on my gta 3 file way back then. My dad and I had to spend a while to get back to where we were. Oops 😅

For the Sims money cheats I would actually use them to build up the world by adding more Sims to whichever area I plan on playing in. For example I decided to put Life is Strange characters into the game and decided the Vortex Club needed a Mansion. Since this group of characters wasn't going to be the one I actually play as I just used the money to buy it and if need be rearrange so they can all have a room. Once everything is set then I will switch to the real group and play as if I didn't just use cheats. Basically its like setting up Universe mode in classic and then switching to Superstar mode

I remember playing Dark Cloud 1 with the max health and hydration cheat. Unfortunately when you got the item that increased those aspects the game wouldn't let you throw them away so they just clogged my limited inventory and i couldn't hold anything

The Mojo Dojo Casa House reference is what I'm here for. Lol

That Maximum Overdrive shout out though. One of the weirder movies but memorable.

Painkiller, god mode + falling into lava = dying continuously until You restart the game, that's real hell right there...

GTA 3 Riot mode was hilarious. But when you give them random weapons it's even better. GRANDMAS CARRYING BAZOOKAS!

Basically Riot Mode in GTA turns the NPC's into Street Gangs from Cyberpunk 2077, at least now we know how Street Gangs in Cyberpunk 2077 came about, just input the cheat code into the programing, and unlike GTA, it can't be undone

Of course theres cheats for pokemon, the lv100 nidoking thing. Also, theres a legitimate way for a pikachu to learn surf in the first pokemon stadium. I've done that & evolved it afterwards so my raichu Hawaii can beat fire, rock & ground types.

Also, in the old Pokémon, if you leveled up your Pokémon above lvl 100, which I did with the missingno-rare candy duplicate, it will corrupt and delete your save of you leave one above 100. But, if you lvl one up in a battle, they'll go back to 100.

Modern feminists are totally cool with the bears cheat code. When surveyed, they all say they prefer facing the bears over normal Age of Mythology gameplay.

I rencetly(yesterday) tried the time splitters franchise for the first time and I'm so mad I myself I didn't play them sooner, they really are worthy successors to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.i specially love the sfx used, they're definitely the same from all those rare games of n64 (including jet force gemini)

The game genie code for super mario bros where every jump made you float higher and higher

I absolutely ruined my first experience with a PS2 Prince of Persia game, I think it was The Two Thrones, with a GameShark and the invincibility cheat. I beat it in a couple hours and haven't played it since. I absolutely didn't repeat that mistake with the next one I tried...

Way back in the day I had Resident Evil on Game Cube and I was having trouble beating it. My roommate beat the game and got an unlimited ammo Tommy Gun. I loaded the game on his memory card then I saved the game on my memory card and I had the Tommy gun and defeated the game.

Timesplitters 2 mentioned ! This made my day :D

Back in the GBA days, i had an Action Replay and the patience to play Pokemon FireRed. There were cheats so that any Pokemon in the wild would be a Pokemon of your choice, like each Pokemon had its own code. For reasons obvious to Pokemon players, i tried this out. But nothing is scarier to a kid than the Eldrich horror that is the ????? Pokemon that appears when the code decides not to work. Literally black and white circles with a question mark in it. And not like the Unknown. Like the devs actually made a placeholder sprite for this circumstance.

Oh, infinite health? I remember how in Kingdom hearts, if you have infinite health from a game shark, the code could occasionally give an enemy the intinite health. I was never really sure if it was random, or if it had specific places where it happened. When it happens with a random skeleton mummy heartless in Halloween town, it's no big deal unless it needs to die in order to trigger a cutscene. When it happens with the final boss though, ooooh weeeee. That's what's called consequences for your actions.

I've tested the codes from ps2 on all 3 main 3d era games (3,Vice City&San Andreas) on the Definitive Edition versions and for the most part all seem to work. Tho they also have the same save breaking results. The Mad Dog mission happens to be the most noticable.

Twice i tried the no damage Game Genie code for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES just so I could beat the game. And both time I fell in a fire pit and got stuck because I could neither jump out of it or die so I could continue with another turtle.

I remember the good ol' days when I played Age of Mythology and using the cheat code to summon the invincible Canadian bears and the flying purple hippos.

Shoutout to the classic “invincibility in the spike pit”

That last code for gta3 was amazing!

I'm not playing Sims to experience tedious real life - going to work and earning money. I do that daily. I just want money to build a ridiculously big house filled with the most expensive stuff. And then I can stop playing for a month or so.

I love you

Timesplitters 1 is surely a precursor to these online multiplayer games

jesus psy i love you lol the star wars commentary really started my dirty mind off 😂😂😂😂

If enabled cheats in gta san Andreas and vice city they corrupted your save game on ps2

Aaah, the Sims money cheats... I never really cared for the intended gameplay mechanics. Keeping track of whether over a dozen characters need to poop or take a shower was never my jam. I DID however love the ever evolving building/decorating mechanics (creating all my childhood homes was a hobby as a kid, as was designing the mansion I would TOTALLY one day live in IRL). Doing that cost a LOT of Simoleons tho... Enter the money cheats! Haha I spent HOURS playing with the building aspect of The Sims, so if anything, it MADE my game 🤑

I remember the Saints Row 2 Evil Cars cheat: I actually did 2 duplicate saves and uses one to put in the Evil Cars cheat and I definitely had fun with it lol 😅. I've been playing GTA since GTA III and I know the Riot cheat very well. As I said before, I would do 2 duplicate saves and use one for the Riot cheat and have fun with it lol 😅

Upvote for including Time Splitters 2 ❤ Also, I'm thoroughly confused. What Culture is an English channel, right? I've never heard an Englishman say "soccer". O_o

Man pedestrian war and evil cars is suck a fun combo in Saints Row 2.

I tried the fan blades at full power, sticking your finger through, and not getting hit, and I lost 5 fingers, but I was able to do it.

I miss the days of cheat codes especially the ones the let you go nuts and still have fun

I thought there was one you can enter for mega man to not die, but if you enter it on endless mode you can’t due so you can’t record your score.

lego indianan jhones. if you have the cheat on to dissarm enemys you cant beat the tank boss.

You forgot the pedestrians have guns cheat next to the riot cheat. Random rockets, fire, and bullets to ruin any thoughts of completing a task.

3:40 so there ISN'T such a thing!? 🙀 🤣

Please do another set of cheats that broke the game 🙏

Got my Surfing Pikachu from Pokemon Stadium.

No Zelda Link's Awakening skipping parts by pressing select before transitioning to a new place.

The remastered of AOM should have a Xbox achievements called O Canada.

That is interesting since I still have a Game Shark and Donkey Kong.

How about games that seems to "cheats on you", because the company or devs made them harder because of video rental stores or regional differences? Legend of Legaia in the US was edit for rentals and retails you have to grind longer for exp.

the O Canada cheat is like the How do you turn this on cheat in Age of empires 2 where you spawn a car is medieval times 😂

There won’t be riot mode in GTA 6, just Florida mode

Hey Psy, thanks for voicing another list! You’re hilarious, don’t forget to keep being awesome! >.

Surfing Pikacu wasn't that hard to get, you had either event...or just use your pikachu in Stadium

Can't believe you covered Age of Mythology instead of Age of Empires' "how do i turn this on"

The Mario 3 cheat is a result of being able to create your own cheats including weird and bad effects.

GTA san andreas is the perfect example with the armor cheat, you use the health cheat and get tons of cash, which kind of ruins the building your empire aspect of the game, so i never use cheats in SA just so i dont get a motherload! :')

The same can be said for literally any halfway decent movie. Maybe you should try watching a bit more than just these nine films.

San Andreas Riot mode was apart of the syory

I think you have something wrong with your copy of saints row 2 if you can't turn off any cheats, I can toggle evil cars on and off at will and to my understanding, so can everyone else.

"While their choice of attire isnt particularly intimidating" I'm sorry... have you READ the geneva conventions? Do you know how many entries on that list are there SPECIFICALLY because of Canada?

More bears and ufos

OMG Evil Cars, Spinning heads and the Alien abduction on FIFA. Whoever made them cheats will forever be legendary. I haven’t stopped laughing. 😅😅

I had a mod for the sims once that let me turn my characters turn to prostitution.

IDK i got so good at SanAndreas when it came out I could beat it with Riot mode on start to finish

Can't get over the first HURDLE without jumping? was that intentional?

I had to start a new game in San Andreas on ps3 because I had the pedestrian's have weapons and riot mode cheats activated. I got to the Catalina and Carl tanker mission and everytime I would get the tanker to the tanker shop Catalina would end shooting the owner of the shop and I would fail the mission LMAO.

Pedestrian riot you can't turn off that cheat gta

In the US riot mode is called realism mode.

You can always hear the pain in a British person's voice whenever they say the word 'soccer'

I’m sorry but Sims is a house/ city builder. For me at least.

I want a timesplitters trilogy remaster

I play the real life SIMS and it is not as much fun because I'm literally starving 😢, so when I do play SIMS I want ALL the money.

Great video! Keep up the work

GTA riot mode can't be turned off? Then how come it turned off for me? Do you even know what your talking about?

Psy, I love your presentation...I feel like I need "NOT LIKE THAT!" as my phone's notifications sound 😂😂