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How many of you remember the original SimCity, and the "secret" keys that you could type (as Mayor) to dramatically increase your cash on hand? The word was "B
by anonymousiam 5y ago
How many of you remember the original SimCity, and the "secret" keys that you could type (as Mayor) to dramatically increase your cash on hand?
The word was "BRIBE", and you could get away with it (typically) twice. Around the third time your city would be devastated by a massive earthquake.
- jharger 5y agoI used to do this at the beginning of a game as a kid, because the earthquakes were pretty harmless without buildings to knock down. You'd just load up on cash, then start building!
- anonymousiam 5y agoPossibly the first ever "cheat code" in a game.
- salgernon 5y agoplugh
- anonymousiam 5y agoPlover Xyzzy Y2 Okay, I guess those were cheats too. https://gist.github.com/peteristhegreat/d3256bfa444023855de3e3eb580ac6d0 https://gist.github.com/peteristhegreat/d3256bfa444023855de3... Funny, I did not see "Zorton" in the list above. Wow, I really am an old fossil. I found a reference to Zorton here: http://forums.delphiforums.com/xyzzy/messages/283/2 http://forums.delphiforums.com/xyzzy/messages/283/2
- krallja 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_video_games#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_video_games#Histor...
- DonHopkins 5y agoI once asked Will Wright where the SimCity 2000 cheat codes "PORN" "TIPS" "GUZZ" "ARDO" came from. He said they were four-letter halves of eight-letter silly names he saw in the phone book! Mr. Porntips, and Mrs. Guzzardo. And of course "CASS" is the name of his daughter, Cassidy. So yeah, the dude spends some of his time looking through phone books for silly names, what's the big deal? Who among us can't say they haven't done the exact same thing? ;)
- PebblesRox 5y agoAfter The Sims came out, silly names were a hot commodity in our house!