Sadly, there actually are a few games to where, for whatever reason, you pretty much need to look online for advice in order to pull them off properly.[]For example, the original North American release of Doom II for personal computer has an error in the encoding which prevents a person from accessing a hidden level unless they know one of two cheat codes. One of the levels is supposed to be set up so that using a teleporter will cause a door to open and allow you to access the hidden exit to the bonus level, but the programmer mistakenly coded it so that you had to have the “no clipping” cheat active for this to work. The only other ways to find the level involve using the “all map” & “no clipping” cheats to find the hidden exit on the map and get there or using the “level skip” cheat to skip to the specific level.[](The two hidden levels in the game are modified levels from the first Wolfenstein 3D game, with demons replacing the guard dogs and a cybernetic demon replacing Nazi officer and final boss Hans Grosse; each level also received new hidden areas to explore. Due to the Nazi imagery, however, the German release of the game and the Game Boy Advance port deleted these two levels in addition to deleting the hidden exit that would take you to them. Given the aforementioned coding mistake, a lot of players didn’t even know that they were missing until they went online and looked it up.)
Not quite.[]The premise for the original game is that you were an Allied commando who was captured by the Germans and imprisoned in the basement of Castle Wolfenstein. You manage to lure a guard close enough to steal his knife and pistol, then make a break for it. Rather than simply fleeing, however, you’ve decided to take out as many Nazis – including commander Hans Grosse – and recover as much stolen treasure as you can. []This game was later ret-conned into becoming the 4th chronologically of the series. Games 1 – 3 involved you killing a trio of top Nazi operatives (two commanders and a scientist) before being captured, 5 involves you taking out another commander, and 6 has you dropping Hitler himself.
jimcos over 11 years ago
Don’t call them “cheats”.. They’re “tips”, “hints” or “hacks”, or even “workarounds”, but NEVER “cheats”.
Ironhold over 11 years ago
Sadly, there actually are a few games to where, for whatever reason, you pretty much need to look online for advice in order to pull them off properly.[]For example, the original North American release of Doom II for personal computer has an error in the encoding which prevents a person from accessing a hidden level unless they know one of two cheat codes. One of the levels is supposed to be set up so that using a teleporter will cause a door to open and allow you to access the hidden exit to the bonus level, but the programmer mistakenly coded it so that you had to have the “no clipping” cheat active for this to work. The only other ways to find the level involve using the “all map” & “no clipping” cheats to find the hidden exit on the map and get there or using the “level skip” cheat to skip to the specific level.[](The two hidden levels in the game are modified levels from the first Wolfenstein 3D game, with demons replacing the guard dogs and a cybernetic demon replacing Nazi officer and final boss Hans Grosse; each level also received new hidden areas to explore. Due to the Nazi imagery, however, the German release of the game and the Game Boy Advance port deleted these two levels in addition to deleting the hidden exit that would take you to them. Given the aforementioned coding mistake, a lot of players didn’t even know that they were missing until they went online and looked it up.)
kaecispopX over 11 years ago
And playing video/computer games are any less of a waste of time?
Ironhold over 11 years ago
Not quite.[]The premise for the original game is that you were an Allied commando who was captured by the Germans and imprisoned in the basement of Castle Wolfenstein. You manage to lure a guard close enough to steal his knife and pistol, then make a break for it. Rather than simply fleeing, however, you’ve decided to take out as many Nazis – including commander Hans Grosse – and recover as much stolen treasure as you can. []This game was later ret-conned into becoming the 4th chronologically of the series. Games 1 – 3 involved you killing a trio of top Nazi operatives (two commanders and a scientist) before being captured, 5 involves you taking out another commander, and 6 has you dropping Hitler himself.