Almost everyone has had experiences with supposed cheat codes that ended up being rumors, especially if you were a kid of the nerdy persuasion in school and started playing games before internet connections became so prevalent and it wasn't as easy to instantly confirm or deny something.

This thread is to talk about those ridiculous, convoluted, and outlandish cheats and secrets that you heard about from some random kid whose uncle supposedly works for Nintendo, etc.

My favorites would have to be the rumors attached to the original Pokemon games. Considering what a popular and all-encompassing set of games they were, people were always looking for something new to discover in them. I'm sure we've all heard the rumors about the Pokegods, moving the truck by the SS Anne to get Mew, getting behind Bill's house, and what have you.

So share your cheat codes that, in fact, turned out to be urban legends.

Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi. There was a rumor that if you beat the story mode with every character, you could unlock Super Saiyan 3 Goku. I beat the terrible game with every character to be disapointed. Darn people.

Back when I first got pokemon on gameboy colour there was a rumour that in the big department store, top level with the vending machines, if you bought (cant remember exactly) a hundred or so sodas, so many waters and whatnot, youd receive a special prize. I want my hour of life back

Originally posted by Rasenganfan2

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Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi. There was a rumor that if you beat the story mode with every character, you could unlock Super Saiyan 3 Goku. I beat the terrible game with every character to be disapointed. Darn people.

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You can unlock SSJ3 Goku though, I would know, I did.


Also, Luigi in SM64 was the worst rumor for me.

I think Pokemon Red/Blue (and to a lesser extent, Gold/Silver) ate up more time with fake cheats, codes and secrets than any of us would care to admit.

There was one for Zelda OOT, which was going around my high school.
If you completed the laps, at the ranch, in a certain time you would be able to ride a tiger/ganon's horse.

I've heard some funny ones for Metal Gear Solid 2ons of Liberty like if you snap your game disc in half you get to play as a naked Sniper Wolf for the entire game. There was one where you got to have sex with Emma while drowning in a locker that supposedly killed you and then when you started again gave you every item/weapon etc in the game.

Originally posted by mjtc

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I've heard some funny ones for Metal Gear Solid 2ons of Liberty like if you snap your game disc in half you get to play as a naked Sniper Wolf for the entire game. There was one where you got to have sex with Emma while drowning in a locker that supposedly killed you and then when you started again gave you every item/weapon etc in the game.

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Waaaaaa!? That made my day.