Cheat Codes
Sea-J Johnston
Back in the 90's
Greg SewART
Phil-thy Casuals
100

This cheat code was first used in Gradius on the NES, but became incredibly well known in North America when you could use it to get 30 lives in Contra 

The Konami Code

100

This game takes place in Rapture, an underwater city built in the 1940s, filled with mutated and mechanical citizens

BioShock

100

These popular devices featured poorly drawn creatures created in the heta-uma style of design, which translates to "bad but good", and then made into pixel art pets

Tamagotchi

100

In "Cuphead", you must shoot and dodge enemies to progress, but when objects of this color appear, bounce off of them to fill your Super Meter

Pink

100

Also in the title of a "Legend of Zelda" video game, this type of instrument means "little goose" in Italian

Ocarina

200

If you type this word, also a 1975 film, into the original release of the Sims, you will be rewarded with 1000 Simoleans

Rosebud

200

This greedy group is one of the major trading companies in "Sea of Thieves", distinguishable by their green and gold tents.

Gold Hoarders

200

In the Seinfeld episode "The Bubble Boy", George plays Trivial Pursuit with the bubble boy Donald. This is the word misprinted on the card that causes a fight that pops the bubble boy's bubble.

Moops; the card should have said Moors

(I'll accept either answer)

200

This late Playstation 2 game let's you wield the Celestial Brush, allowing players to pause the game and draw on a canvas to solve puzzles and assist in combat

Ōkami

200

"Red vs. Blue" are 2 armies in an animated series that's an offshoot of this "angelic" video game franchise

Halo

300

This game lets you input some complicated button combinations to unlock effects such as Invincibility, Max Ammo, and DK Mode, giving enemies a large head and large arms. 

GoldenEye 007

300

This game has you controlling a robot diver exploring the ocean and saving marine life by activating pyramid-like devices that originally disrupted the ocean's balance and brought about the civilization's downfall 

Abzû

300

On-trays was a possible name for this snack designed to sell more bologna and other lunch meats

Lunchables

300

In this puzzle game, you play as an investigator aboard an East Indiaman, a merchant ship which traded with the East Indies

Return of the Obra Dinn

300
"The Dog Policeman" is the theme that lets you know it's time for this game -- don't croak!

Frogger

400

This game, recently re-released on Playstation 4 and Playstation 5, would give the player an automatic win if you pressed the eject button to open the CD tray on the Playstation 2. 

Gitaroo Man

400

In Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, you play as a Welsh Pirate named Edward Kenway, the grandfather of this Assassin's Creed III protagonist

Ratonhnhaké:ton

(I will also accept Connor)

400

The X-Files follows Agent Mulder and Agent Scully as they resolve fringe cases for the FBI. The abduction of this person started Agent Mulder's belief in the paranormal

Samantha Mulder

(I will also accept Mulder's sister)

400

Early prototypes of this game featured a bird as the main character, chronicling it's migration across a vast desert

Journey

400

Build a resort to make your city into a tourist destination in this video game also released as Micropolis

Sim City

500

In this sequel, you can type things like "cheese steak jimmy's", "how do you turn this on", "wimpywimpywimpy", and "i r winner" to unlock various advantages.

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

(subtitle unnecessary) 

500

You control Ryley Robinson in this open-world underwater survival game, trying to escape the planet 4546B after a crash landing

Subnautica

500

This Pizza chain was a pioneer in online ordering, starting a program in 1994 called PizzaNet that allowed consumers to order pizza from their home computers, making pizza the first thing you could buy online

Pizza Hut

500

In the first Paper Mario game, Mario allies with a variety of characters, but this one isn't one of them:

Goombario the Goomba, Bombette the Bob-omb, Dusty the Dry Bones, Sushie the Cheep Cheep, Parakarry the Paratroopa or Lady Bow the Boo

Dusty the Dry Bones

500

You could call Cyrus the Younger, Son of Darius II, by this title, also the name of a popular video game series

Prince of Persia