[two4two]

007-373-5963. I put this code in so fast that it looks tool-assisted, heh. Years and years of muscle memory at work here.

[neeksleep]

This password always stuck in my mind. It was the password to the wily stage in megaman for gameboy

- O O -
- - - O
- O O -
- - - -

[The Grim Heaper]

Most GTA cheats are lodged into my brain.

I used Weapons 3 a lot. R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Down.

[Booya]

blacksheepwall

but i guess everyone still knows that one

[eravulgaris]

I still know all the GTA3 cheat codes. Can't type them though, it's just memorized.

[TouchMyBox]

I had the star removal, healing, and spawn tank cheats for GTA III memorized for the longest time.

They're absolutely gone now though.

I still know all the GTA3 cheat codes. Can't type them though, it's just memorized.

Heh, I think last time I picked up GTA III after about 30 minutes muscle memory kicked in and I was doing it.

[Jive Turkey]

16+ replies and no "UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START"? Goddamn NeoGAF you fail.

You fail for obviously not having friends as a kid.

[TouchMyBox]

No mention of thereisnocowlevel in this thread?

[synt4x]

SUCKMYROCKET

I think that's for GTA 1. Gives you all the guns. How do you forget a code like that?

and the doom ones: IDDQD, IDQFA

also, of course, the konami code: up up down down left rigth left right B A Start

[Koren]

Dozen of passwords if not hundreds... Even if most of them won't remind anything to anyone because being just series of letters/numbers. Among exceptions,

JUSTIN BAILEY ------ ------ ENGAGE RIDLEY MOTHER FUCKER

ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS

But after all those years, I haven't find whether were intended from the developpers or if it's just a coicidence that they work with the password system.

I was nearly convinced that Justin Bailey (I wondered who she was before I learned the meaning of "bailey" in english ^_^ ) was not a random thing, but seeing the second one (which I didn't know), I'm doubting again...

16+ replies and no "UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START"? Goddamn NeoGAF you fail.

Technically neither a Game Genie code nor a "password"...

This password always stuck in my mind. It was the password to the wily stage in megaman for gameboy - O O - - - - O - O O - - - - -

Damn yes, this one two... I would never have thought of this one on my own, but yes, that's one I still remember. Many Bubble Bobbles ones, too (KZ5J, VLT1, etc.) So many codes on Gameboy...

[HankToms]

yodajammies for Jedi Knight, can't remember which one or what it does tho.

[UncleSporky]

I was nearly convinced that Justin Bailey (I wondered who she was before I learned the meaning of "bailey" in english ^_^ ) was not a random thing, but seeing the second one (which I didn't know), I'm doubting again...

Justin Bailey was just random and memorable. It's long been debunked as unintentional, along with everything else besides NARPASSWORD. From looking in-depth at Metroid's assembly code, the only password that was hard-coded was NARPASSWORD, which is also kind of obvious because it has the unique effect of giving you infinite health and missiles. It's thought to mean "North American release password."

One typical explanation of Justin Bailey is that it means "just in bailey," meaning Samus is just in her swimsuit, because bailey is a slang term for swimsuit. This is false, bailey has never been used as slang for swimsuit anywhere in the world.

[Entropia]

Jim Jung in the create a player for NHL Breakaway 98 - full stats

[Mitsurux]

While i cannot remember any Game Genie codes by heart... back in the day we used to have pages and pages of passwords written down for various games...

Some of the worst offenders for Length were...

River City Ransom (NES)
Little ninja Brothers (NES)

It also was exceptionally cool to mess around with the game geni codes to see how you could alter the game..

Truly a lost art.. of a bygone era...

[sphinx]

When I was a kid, I rented Startopics for NES. All of a sudden I came to a part where you have to drive a submarine and it asked for a code that was to be found in the back of the instruction booklet.

I went to the store to ask for the booklet and they had thrown it away, it wasn't anywhere.

No friends, no internet, no nothing to help.

Since it was a 3 digit code, I went trying one by one

001
002
003
004
005
......

until

FUCKING SEVEN FUCKING FOUR MOTHER FUCKING SON OF A BITCH SEVEN

I memorized 747 so deep that it turned into my code for baggage locks, and whenever a three digit code is asked or needed I choose this number.

[LeleSocho]

Up, Down, Right, Left x 3
Triangle x 5
Cross x 10


1000 internet points for the one who recognize it.

[KieferCrimson]

1454
3365
6162
7183

If you want to play the last stage from Megaman X3 with everything and I mean everything unlocked. Zero Saber, all the armor, etc. Been remembering it ever since 1995.

[sgossard]

up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right BA START

or

up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right BA SELECT START for 2 players.

edit: damn, beaten

[thefro]

Down,R, Up, L, Y, B in the SNES Street Fighters

[synt4x]

There's another Kid Icarus code which reads like something in Swedish, though gramatically incorrect.

DUVANS MAMMOR KOMMER BORTOT

I think it gives you all the upgrades and puts you at the last level where you're flying. It was first mentioned in a Swedish Nintendo Magazine in the late 80s/early 90s or so.
The phrase means something like: The pidgin's mothers (yes, plural) are coming away
"Bortot" is not an actual word though, but it's similar to the word "Bortåt" which means away or "over there by the..." or beyond or something like that.

Yeah it makes no sense but it was pretty hilarious.

[Riggs]

Just wondered. For some reason one just popped into my head this morning - YAVATGSL, the code for infinite life and magic in Dragon Quest 4. The "yava" made it memorable, but I also used it a lot. Loved that game. Others I could never forget: NXKXGLIE - start and stay as Raccoon Mario in SMB3. Great for just kicking back and blazing through. XNKXGLIE - start and stay as Hammer Mario. This was one of those mythical hard-to-get suits and it was fun to get to use it for a longer period of time, but flight usually trumped it for me. IEUXKGAA - start as Tanooki Mario. I was so sad that there was no code to permanently stay as Tanooki Mario, but this was better than nothing. LIONEY - a code I found on an old website for SMB1 that supposedly made Mario fart when he jumps. The code and its effect are just stupidly memorable. That old site still exists, you can tell it was just someone dicking around with codes for interesting effects. Any old codes or passwords that are permanently stuck in your heads, GAF?

Used to when I was 9 for contra on NES. I still have all my game genies though : )

[massoluk]

Dial 32167 for black dragons

[Like the hat?]

8uuuuu uuuuuu
uuuuuu uuuuuu

ICARUS FIGHTS
MEDUSA ANGELS

DANGER !!!!!!
TERROR HORROR

KidKid Icarus
KidKid Icarus

Etc

And then wasn't a code for DKC BARRAL or something like that?

[Solstice]

X-X!V''Q - Star with an insane amount of luck in Castlevania SOTN
QBYZ - Skip to the last mission in Mission Impossible for the NES
Justin Bailey - Woman Samus in Metroid

[A Huge Battleship]

Yeah, lots. Strangely, the first ones that sprung to mind were:

ILOVEU
MUSEUM
DOFEEL

All from Ristar.

[Zoator]

Sol-Deace (Genesis) options code: A-B-C-A-B-C-B-C-B-A Shining Force 2 (Genesis) options code: Up-Down-Up-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-Up-Right-Down-Left-Up-B-HOLD Start

Fuck that code. I had a mostly complete game, and thought it would be fun to play with a friend (one of us controlling the Force, the other controlling the Devils). So I used the code and enabled the configuration options, and everything was fine UNTIL LOADING THE GAME AGAIN. The next time I tried to load my game, the witch decided that she was going to delete my save file. Hours and hours of gameplay erased, just like that. I also apparently didn't learn my lesson, because I ended up using the code again on a later playthrough, and once again the witch deleted my save file. I should note that I was able to use the code plenty of times without this happening, but it wasn't worth it in the end :(. They should have at least provided you with a warning prior to enabling the configuration options.

[Spanish Wrath]

Aladdin in Megadrive:

ABBA ABBA Skip the level, finish the game in less than a minute.

[Kamek]

Down Y Down Down Y ;)

[Trin3785]

No Game Genie codes. Lots of old legit push-button codes though. :P

Yep, same here
I remember the blood code for MK2 on Genesys (A,B,A,C,A,B,B) and the debug menu for MK2 (D,U,L,L,A,R,D) Those were used sooo so much

[TJ Bennett]

For Super Mario Bros 3, I took the Game Genie character codes from the Game Genie book, shuffled them around, and came up with my own code.

XXKXGLIE turned Mario into this bizarre blob that couldn't be killed and could fly forever.

[jaypah]

Speaking of Sonic, I'll never forget 19 69 09 17 for the Sonic 2 level select.

That's Yuki Naka's birthday too!

[RobotHaus]

Genie-Jafar-Aladdin-Abu was the code for the Genie stage in SNES Aladdin. Don't know why that's ingrained, but it is.

Pause the game then press Select 16 times. Can anyone guess the game?

Also God mode in Twisted Metal 2: Hold all shoulder buttons then UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, LEFT, DOWN, UP

[Koren]

Justin Bailey was just random and memorable. It's long been debunked as unintentional, along with everything else besides NARPASSWORD. From looking in-depth at Metroid's assembly code, the only password that was hard-coded was NARPASSWORD, which is also kind of obvious because it has the unique effect of giving you infinite health and missiles. It's thought to mean "North American release password."

Technically, I can build you a password system that accept any specific password without hardcoding it, though... I knew that it's not hardcoded, I've even read quite a big part of Metroid assembly code.

Still,

This is false, bailey has never been used as slang for swimsuit anywhere in the world.

That kinda solve the matter (it's always difficult to find information on foreign slang).

[Adnor]

Just one:
g_saberrealisticcombat 3

I think it was like that, don't really remember

[Koren]

When I was a kid, I rented Startopics for NES. All of a sudden I came to a part where you have to drive a submarine and it asked for a code that was to be found in the back of the instruction booklet. I went to the store to ask for the booklet and they had thrown it away, it wasn't anywhere. No friends, no internet, no nothing to help. Since it was a 3 digit code, I went trying one by one

I remember doing the same with Tales of Phantasia on SNES... I couldn't read japanese, and I wasn't able to pass the locked door in the cave. I've tried all one by one till finding the good one. Of course, I still remember it ^_^

[Dandruff5]

D484-D404

F-Zero SNES infinite turbos.

Burned into my memory forever.

[Cat Party]

Forgive me if these aren't right, it's been a while:

gabbagabbahey - Descent (don't even remember what it did)

Holding down A+B when starting the game (after setting your team up) in NES Ice Hockey gives you an elastic puck. Doing the same thing at the player select screen gives you no goalies. Good times.

[Prologue]

I remember I use to sell game shark codes for pokemon during summer camp(12ish). Made like $50 ($1.25 a code).


Good times.

[Arcteryx]

LEDOUX = Wolfenstein3D badass cheat

I can still remember the message my friend left on the answering machine, informing me of it. When I returned home from school, I was greeted by my father who told me, "I don't know what the fuck 'ledoux' is, but your friend called and left a message repeating it over and over".

[Naked Prime]

looking at these codes I have come to realize nintendo uses game genie to create friend codes

[DrFunk]

Sonic 3 cheats: up up down down up up up up

Hardest motherfucking stage select to enter ever

Mortal Kombat Genesis: ABACABB

Blood code