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Some cheats for some PC games

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Command & Conquer

Loads of free minigunners Put the game on slow speed.  Select the Sell button.  Sell a defensive structure (Guard Tower, AGT, Obelisk Of Light, Gun Turret, SAM Site).  Quickly right click, then select the structure and then press S to stop the sale.  It gives the relevant number of minigunners (i.e. half the value of the building divided by the cost of a minigunner).  It only works with defensive structures because they are the only ones which can shoot, hence respond to being told to stop.

Thanks to Mike Oertel for this one.

Powerless Obelisk For an Obelisk that doesn't require power, do the following: Build an Obelisk then place it.  Before it reaches the end of its building cycle click on it and his S.  The Obelisk will appear without the power requirement bar going up.  The drawback to this is that you lose the Construction Yard, so cannot build anything unless you build another one.

Thanks to Don Lucas for this one.

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Command & Conquer: Covert Ops

Loads of free minigunners Put the game on slow speed.  Select the Sell button.  Sell a defensive structure (Guard Tower, AGT, Obelisk Of Light, Gun Turret, SAM Site).  Quickly select the structure and then press S to stop the sale.  It gives the relevant number of minigunners (i.e. half the value of the building divided by the cost of a minigunner).  It only works with defensive structures because they are the only ones which can shoot, hence respond to being told to stop.

Thanks to Mike Oertel for this one.

Dinosaur levels Type C&C -funpark when starting C&C to access the dinosaur levels.  This only works with the Covert Ops version.
Powerless Obelisk For an Obelisk that doesn't require power, do the following: Build an Obelisk then place it.  Before it reaches the end of its building cycle click on it and his S.  The Obelisk will appear without the power requirement bar going up.  The drawback to this is that you lose the Construction Yard, so cannot build anything unless you build another one.

Thanks to Don Lucas for this one.

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Doom

IDDQD Invulnerability
IDFA All weapons and ammo, no keys
IDKFA As above, plus keys
IDCLEV?# Go to episode ?, map #.  Episode is between 1 and 3 (normal) or 4 (Ultimate).  Level is 1 to 9
IDBEHOLD then
  • R
  • I
  • V
  • A
  • L
  • S
    •      		Gives you:
  • Radiation suit
  • Invisibility
  • Invulnerability
  • Automap
  • Lite-amp goggles
  • Beserk mode.  Damn cool.
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    IDSPISPOPD No clipping mode (It stands for "Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Pieces Of Putrid Debris", if you're interested)
    IDCHOPPERS Gives chainsaw, and prints a message, with a story behind it, but I can't remember what.
    IDMYPOS Gives your position in hex.  Quite useful when used in conjunction with a guide.

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    Doom II

    IDDQD Invulnerability
    IDFA All weapons and ammo, no keys
    IDKFA As above, plus keys
    IDCLEV## Go to level ##.  For levels below 10, you must have the leading zero.  Goes up to 32.
    IDMUS## Plays the music of level ##.  Again, you need the leading zero.  Goes up to 32.
    IDBEHOLD then
  • R
  • I
  • V
  • A
  • L
  • S
    •      		Gives you:
  • Radiation suit
  • Invisibility
  • Invulnerability
  • Automap
  • Lite-amp goggles
  • Beserk mode.  Damn cool.
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    IDCLIP No clipping mode
    IDCHOPPERS Gives chainsaw, and prints a message, with a story behind it, but I can't remember what.
    IDMYPOS Gives your position in hex.  Quite useful when used in conjunction with a guide.

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    Duke Nukem 3D

    dnkroz Toggle god mode
    dncornholio Toggle god mode
    dnstuff All weapons, ammo, keys
    dnitems All items, keys
    dnhyper Steroids
    dnscotty?# Jump to episode ? level #
    dnmonsters Monsters disappear when they see you
    dnview Toggle 3rd person chase view
    dncashman Throw money when you press space
    dnrate Shows the frame rate
    dnbeta Displays message: Pirates Suck!
    dncosmo Displays message: Register Cosmo Today!
    dnallen Displays message: Register Buy Major Stryker Today!
    dnclip Toggle no clipping mode.  Only in version 1.1 up

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    Full Throttle

    Win the fight with the biker on the old mine road. When fighting press <left-shift> and V together.  You may have to do it more than once.
    Pass the Destruction Derby Press <control> and C together.
    Win the game Press <shift> and W at any time.
    Play the secret hidden game At the guy with the knife in the bar, ask him if you can try the game fifty times.
    Other hidden stuff If you stand still for a few minutes, without touching anything, then pictures of cars and thing will come up on screen.

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    Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

    racoonking Get all the force powers at one star.
    sithlord Get all the Dark Side powers at one star.
    imayoda Get all the Light Side powers at one star.
    yodajammies Increase all powers by one star, to 4 stars, then back down to one star.
    red5 All weapons
    wamprat All items
    slowmo [1/0] Slow it down (1=on 0=off)
    jediwannabe Invulnerability
    pinotnoir # Go to mission number #
    deeznuts Gives one star to all force powers
    5858lvr Full map with enemies and baddies

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    Master Of Orion II

    Hold down <alt> and type:
    MENLO Gives you robo-miners
    MOOLA Gives 1,000 credits.
    ISEEALL Makes you omniscient
    SCORE Gives the current score
    CRUNCH Finishes current construction.  To be typed on the colony screen
    CANONLYB1 All the computer players declare war on you
    EINSTEIN All technology

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    Quake

    Press tilde <~> which is left of the number one, normally, and then type:
    GOD [on|off] Toggle God mode
    FLY [on|off] Toggle fly mode
    NOCLIP [on|off] Toggle no clipping mode
    IMPULSE # Gives weapon number #
    IMPULSE 9 Give all weapons and ammo
    IMPULSE 255 Quad Damage
    IMPULSE 11 Give a Rune Key
    GIVE ? # Give ammo/health etc. ? can be
  • S for shells
  • C for cell
  • H for health
  • N for nails
  • R for rockets
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    # must be between about 0 and 1,000, but having ammo values above 1 or 2 hundred makes the value reset when you pick up a box of ammo.  Gee, I've explained that well.
    MAP E?M# Skip to episode ?, map #
    NOTARGET Enemies don't see you.  Unless you do something dumb.Like shoot at them.
    CROSSHAIR [0|1] Toggles crosshair.  Makes aiming much easier.
    Go to Shub Niggurath's level
    1. Type MAP E1M7 at the console
    2. Grab the rune and kill the lava monster, whose name escapes me at the moment.
    3. Before going into the portal at the end, type IMPULSE 11 three times.  All the little rune lights should be lit.
    4. Go through the portal.
    5. Go through the hole in the ground.
    Kill Shub Once you've navigated the water, and gone through the portal, you will see the little star thing running away from you.  It will lead you to the main room of the level.  Kill the bad guys, and beware of booby traps.  At the end of the walkway is a portal.  It teleports you to wherever the star is.  Wait for the star to go inside the big blob in the middle of the room.  Then teleport, and watch the rubbish end sequence.

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    Quake II

    Don't ruin this game by cheating.  If you must, press tilde <~> which is left of the number one, normally, and then type:
    give all Gives all items.  Well, not actually all, but a lot.  The items marked with a star (*) below are not given to you, so you will have to get them by using the commands below.
    givehealth Gives 100 health.
    give weapons Gives weapons, but no ammo for them.
    give ammo Gives 100 shells, 200 bullets and cells, 50 grenades, rockets and slugs.
    give armour Gives body armour, i.e. 200 armour
    give bodyarmour Gives an armour shard.
    god Toggle god mode.
    noclip Toggle clipping mode.
    notarget Toggle no target mode.
    give jacket armour Gives jacket armour.
    give blaster Gives the blaster (not much point, though).
    give shotgun Gives the shotgun, but no ammo.
    give super shotgun Gives the super shotgun, but no ammo.
    give machine gun Gives the machine gun, but no ammo.
    give chain gun Gives the chain gun, but no ammo.
    give grenade launcher Gives the grenade launcher, but no ammo.
    give rocket launcher Gives the rocket launcher, but no ammo.
    give rail gun Gives the rail gun, but no ammo.
    give bfg10k Gives the BFG 10K, but no ammo.
    give shells Gives 10 shells.
    give bullets Gives 50 bullets.
    give cells Gives 50 cells.
    give rockets Gives 5 rockets
    give grenades Gives 5 grenades.
    give slugs Gives 10 slugs.
    give quad damage Gives 1 Quad Damage.
    give invulnerability Gives 1 Invulnerability.
    give silencer Gives 1 Silencer.
    give rebreather Gives 1 Rebreather.
    give environment suit Gives 1 Environment Suit.
    give ancient head Gives 1 Ancient Head.
    give adrenaline Gives 1 Adrenaline.
    give bandolier Gives 1 Bandolier.
    give ammo pack Gives 1 Ammo Pack.
    give data cd Gives 1 Data CD.
    give power cube Gives 1 Power Cube.
    give pyramid key Gives 1 Pyramid Key.
    give data spinner Gives 1 Data Spinner.
    give airstrike marker Gives 1 Airstrike Marker.  *
    give blue key Gives 1 Blue Key.  *
    give red key Gives 1 Red Key.  *
    give security pass Gives 1 Security Pass.  *
    give commander's head Gives 1 Commander's Head.  *
    give power shield Gives 1 Power Shield.  *
    give armour shard Gives 1 Armour Shard.  *
    give combat armour Gives 1 Combat Armour.  *

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    Red Alert

    Create a rules.ini file In a word processor or text editor, load the file redalert.mix.  Notepad won't load it, and I don't think edit will with less than 40Mb RAM.  Word works just fine.  WordPad works, but is very slow.  If you are loading it into a word processor, then, obviously, do not save the file.  In Word, in the Convert From box, select "Text Only".  Likewise with other WP's.  Search for ";rules.ini".  Select all the text from the ";rules.ini" to the line just above where the credits start.  Then Edit...Copy this.  Paste it into a new text file.  Save the file as rules.ini.
    Edit it Before you start to change anything, you might want to copy the file to rules.bak, so you have a virgin copy, if you want to start the changes again.

    Change whatever you feel like, except the things it says not to change.  I have experienced some difficulties after fiddling with some of the artificial intelligence settings.  It sometimes just locks up.  Also, there is an upper limit to the number of bullets that can be flying around at any one time.  If you make everything cost 1 dollar, then the skirmish players build hundreds of men.  If these are all fighting, then some people may no longer be able to shoot.  They go through the motions, but nothing happens.  This can also (irritatingly) happen when you unleash a nuke.  It just disappears.

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    Red Alert: Counterstrike

    Play the ant missions Hold down left shift and click on the speaker to the top right of the main screen.  The missions are quite difficult, but quite good fun.
    Create a rules.ini file

    This doesn't affect the new Counterstrike units, only the normal ones.     		In a word processor or text editor, load the file redalert.mix.  Notepad won't load it, and I don't think edit will with less than 40Mb RAM.  Word works just fine.  WordPad works, but is very slow.  If you are loading it into a word processor, then, obviously, do not save the file.  In Word, in the Convert From box, select "Text Only".  Likewise with other WP's.  Search for ";rules.ini".  Select all the text from the ";rules.ini" to the line just above where the credits start.  Then Edit...Copy this.  Paste it into a new text file.  Save the file as rules.ini.
    Edit it Before you start to change anything, you might want to copy the file to rules.bak, so you have a virgin copy, if you want to start the changes again.

    Change whatever you feel like, except the things it says not to change.  I have experienced some difficulties after fiddling with some of the artificial intelligence settings.  It sometimes just locks up.  Also, there is an upper limit to the number of bullets that can be flying around at any one time.  If you make everything cost 1 dollar, then the skirmish players build hundreds of men.  If these are all fighting, then some people may no longer be able to shoot.  They go through the motions, but nothing happens.  This can also (irritatingly) happen when you unleash a nuke.  It just disappears.

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    Total Annihilation

    To type the codes, press <Enter> then type the code.
    Play any level Click on Total Annihilation's Single Player icon.  When the Single Player Game page appears type DRDEATH (it is not case sensitive).  This will cause a Cavedog Entertainment bone to appear between the Load Game and Previous Menu icons on the right side of the screen.  Clicking on the bone will take players to a special Play Any Game screen where they can play any Total Annihilation mission, even if they have not earned their way to that level yet.
    Have more than 4 skirmish players You go to the skirmish screen, and where you see 4 players you can change it to more.  You hit the asterisk (shift 8) and then use the roman numeral for the number of players - for example to play 10 you hit the 'x'.  On a slow machine, this makes things very slow indeed.  But it should be good for those with 64Mb Pentium IIs.
    +ATM Gives you 1000 metal and energy
    +CDStart Starts CD Music
    +Contour# Displays a 3D contour, # = 1-15
    +Control# Lets you to control a different skirmish AI
    +Dither Dithering instead of line of sight
    +DoubleShot All weapons do twice the damage
    +HalfShot All weapons do half the damage
    +ILose Causes you to lose
    +IWin Causes you to win
    +NoEnergy Drops your energy to 0
    +NoMetal Drops your metal to 0
    +NoShake Stops explosion screen shakes
    +NowISee Full map and disables line of sight
    +Radar 100% radar coverage
    +Sing This command makes units "sing" when given orders
    +SwitchAlt Makes squad selection like that in C&C, i.e. create squad with Control+number, select with number.  To change the menu, use Alt+number instead of just number.  Only works in version 1.1 or above.
    +View# Lets you see how much metal and energy a player has

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    Warcraft II

    Press <Enter> then type:
    Glittering Prizes Lots of gold, lumber and oil
    Valdez Lots of oil
    It is a good day to die You are pretty much invulnerable, except to magic, and your men are dead strong.
    Make it so Build quickly.  WARNING: Also applies to enemy.
    Hatchet Cuts wood more quickly.  Same warning as above.
    Every little thing she does Research all the spells
    Go Bruins Prints a dumb message
    On Screen Gives the whole map

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