BloodRayne 2

Published by Majesco Entertainment Company
Developed by Terminal Reality, Inc.
Released 2005
Genre Action, Adventure

Description :

The Sequel to BloodRayne, BloodRayne 2 follows Rayne into the modern day. No longer killing Nazis, she teams up again with the Brimstone Society to take out her Vampire Father and her various siblings. Rayne's new powers and abilities include rail sliding (among other acrobatics), blood guns, stop time, and tons of gruesome fatalities to dispatch her foes with.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 256 MB
Min.DirectX 9X
CDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• Digital Webbing and Echo Worldwide printed out the first of many Bloodrayne comic books starting with Skies Afire in full color, and tons of gory slash action!

• Bloodrayne became a motion-picture movie starring Kristianna Loken of Terminator 3 fame and Ben Kingsley. It came out in December 2005 to select theatres.

• Bloodrayne 2 uses Terminal Reality's Infernal Engine.

Cheats :

Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. A message will confirm correct code entry.

Effect	Code
All cheats, warp room, debug option	WANT THIS DARK REALITY TAINT QWEEF
God mode	UBER TAINT JOAD DURF KWIS
All powers; must complete game first	BLANK UGLY PUSTULE EATER
Restore health	NURTURE HAPPY PUSTULE ERASURE
Unlimited health and rage; enable God mode first	TERMINAL REALITY SUPER UBER XXX VACATE
Fill Bloodlust	NAKED JUGGY RESISTANCE PACY
Refill ammunition	WHACK THIS MOLESTED NINJA
Unlimited ammunition	UGLY DARK HEATED ORANGE QUAFF
Unlimited Rage	PIMP REAP DARK DARK MUSE
Gratuitous dismemberment	DODGE THIS MOIST PIMP
Juggy mode	FAKE BURST CUNNINGLY DISTORTED
Credit Carnage 1,000 Points	CARGO FIRE IMP KAK
Credit Gun 1,000 Points	LATE NUTURE QWEEF SUPER
All combos	BONE THIS CURRY VOTE
All gun modes; must collect all guns first	WHISKEY FAKE KABLOW SHOOT
Toggle enemies frozen	BLUE GREEN PURPLE IMP
Time factor	QUANTUM LAMENT DISTORTED DOTING
Level select	ANOMALIES ARE JUAN INSULATED

Completion bonuses:
Successfully complete the game to unlock all costumes, slide show art, and movies.

Hint: Shrub pruning:
After fighting the minions in the ballroom, find the door that leads out the courtyard. Before you jump onto the poles, try trimming the shrubs with your blades to find a few hidden surprises.

Hint: Unlimited DeathFight:
On any part of the game when you have to destroy something such as fireplaces, fans, garbage trucks, etc., you can ignore those rules and keep fighting as much as desired.

Hint: Defeating Slezz:
To kill Slezz, the huge creature in the sewer, you must turn on the water by hitting the lever. Then, catch the men that jump at you in mid-air and launch them back at her chest. They will explode, and after awhile she will die. While doing this, you must be careful so that the people in the room do not attack you from behind.

Hint: Secret conversations from enemies:
Whenever you see enemies that are around the corner, try not to let them see you. Listen to what some of them are talking about. In other levels there may be enemies behind doors. Kick the doors and they may say something.

Hint: Picture of Delinda:
At the end of the game when you fight Kagan, before you actually fight him notice the pictures on the wall. Look for a female with black stripes on her face. You will notice other pictures of your past enemies that were fought.

Hint: Topiary:
Get to the place in the beginning where you are first learning to swing on the flag poles. When you get in, notice that there are hedges all around you. Keep attacking all the hedges until you find one hedge that blade will trim into a pretty bear topiary.

F.E.A.R: First Encounter Assault Recon

Published by Vivendi Universal Studios
Developed by Monolith Productions, Inc.
Released 2005
Genre Action, Horror

Description :

F.E.A.R. is a horror FPS that resembles a cross between Doom3, Half-Life and the Ring horror movies. Demons are replaced by cloned soldiers and the element of horror revolves around an image of a spectral girl always appearing when least expected for a few fleeting moments.

The player sets out as a member of a specialized strike force dealing with unknown threats. Initially we start with mundane weapons, which are well presented, and progress gradually towards more sci-fi ones as the danger increases. The player can also call upon a "bullet-time" ability which slows down time around him and is realised with impressive visual and aural effects by the game engine.

All of the game takes part in a certain multibillion aerospace installation which has been hijacked by an elite team of cloned soldiers gone rogue and an unknown supernatural force (which is likely controlling or affecting them in some way). Both threats must be identified and countered.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 16
3D Accelerator

Trivia :

• In the sitcom, 'The IT Crowd', the character Moss is playing F.E.A.R on the computer.

• During Interval 6, at a security checkpoint where you first encounter a particular enemy, look for a letter on the desk. The letter in question, is addressed to Monolith Productions, the developer of the game.

• FEAR is possibly the most graphically-intensive commercial game (as of November 2005) yet. FEAR has replaced Doom 3 as a popular benchmarking tool for companies testing new graphics cards. If a card can run FEAR, it can run anything.
• FEAR is heavily inspired by Japanese horror films like Ringu (The Ring) and Ju-on (The Grudge). For instance, the mysterious girl with long black hair is obviously channeling Samara from The Ring.

Cheats :

Press [Talk] (default is T) during game play. The game will freeze, but has not crashed. Enter one of the following codes, then press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Invulnerability	god
Full ammunition	ammo
All weapons	guns
Full armor	armor
Full health	health
Position mode	pos
All weapons and unlimited ammo	tears
Ghost mode	poltergeist
Increase health and reflexes	gear
Level skip	maphole
Weapons, full ammo, armor, health	kfa
Spawn indicated weapon	gimmegun
Spawn indicated ammunition	gimmeammo
Display build version	build

Weapon names:
Use one of the following entries with the gimmegun code to spawn the corresponding weapon.

Assault rifle: assault rifle
Cannon: cannon
Dual pistols: dual pistols
Frag grenade: frag grenade
Missile launcher: missile launcher
Nailgun: nail gun
Pipe bomb: remote charge
Pistol: pistol
Plasma railgun: plasma weapon
Semi-auto rifle: semi-auto rifle
Shotgun: shotgun
SMG: submachinegun
Trip mine: proximity
No effect: gimmegun turret

Ammunition names:
Use one of the following entries with the gimmeammo code to spawn the indicated ammunition for each weapon.

pistol
shotgun
smg
rifle
assaultrifle
nailgun
plasma
cannon
missile

Hint: Saving Medkits:
Make a mark of some sort to lead you back on some Medkits that you could not carry before. If you so happen to run out of your own because of a big fight you can find them again. This is useful in Interval 11 with the armies of ghosts coming after you. Just make sure that you are able to backtrack to get the Medkits you left behind.

Use your Medkits at the correct time. Do not use Medkits immediately when you have about 70 to 80 health remaining. Try using a Medkit when your health drops below 30. One Medkit can heal up to about 30 to 45 points. If your health happens to drop below 40 and you are in a 1v1 or 2v1 fight, do not bother using a Medkit unless you really need to. Just run to cover while using your slow-mo abilities. Your health will regenerate slowly back to 40 if it drops below that, however you must be out of the firefight to regenerate your health.

Hint: Interval 04: Office Space reference:
While making your way through the large office building, look for papers hung on the wall or scattered on desks. Many of these papers have "TPS Report" written on them, as well as a symbol including three boxes at the top. This is a reference to the popular movie Office Space in which the characters are involved with TPS reports at their office, Initech, which has almost the same logo as the symbol at the top of the papers.

As you are making your way through the large office building, about midway through the level there should be a large room filled with cubicles, with multiple offices on the side. One of the cubicles in the middle of the room has a lot of boxes piled into it, with a red stapler on the desk. This is in reference to the character Milton in Office Space. Management is always making him move his desk and using his area for storage, as well as stealing his red Swingline stapler. This can be found in the same area as multiple T.P.S. reports.

Hint: Labdog: Shogo: Mobile Armor Division reference:
After the firefight in the gas pipes area near the exit point of the map, there will be a gas pipe on fire. Turn the object off in the next room, then return to the now extinguished pipe area..There is a semi secret walkway there. Walk in, find the ladder, and climb up. You will find a health booster, and there is a door on your left. Go into that office. Listen to the song. It is the main theme from Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. an anime FPS created by Mololith. Look at the dry marker board. It is the same one from an office level from Shogo: Mobile Armor Division.

Hint: Defeating Assassin Super Soldiers:
Because the assassins are difficult to see due to their camouflage and high speed running, try using slow-motion. You will notice them immediately once they are slowed. After that, let all of your rounds into them.

Glitch: Labdog: Bypass gate:
Towards the end of the Labdog level, the ATC guards will start closing the gates before you can get to them. Take out your particle weapon and hit the SlowMo just before you see the second gate. With a well-placed shot, you can take out both the guards before they are able to close the gate. Proceed past that area to the next room and use the laptop to avoid missing an important story plot. Return to the unclosed gate and carefully walk up to the black wall. You will be able to see down to the story below, and can step on the pipe to the left without losing health or dying. Doing this will prevent you from having to fight the three guards or deal with the proxy mines.

Total Overdose

Published by Eidos Interactive Ltd.
Developed by Deadline Games A/S
Released 2005
Genre Action

Description :

This Grand Theft Auto-inspired game of violence and vengeance begins deep in Maya jungle, where a man named Ernesto Cruz was lost in 1989. The official explanation for his disappearance was fatal overdose, but this is not enough for Ernesto's twin sons, Ram and Tommy. They embark on a quest for truth, though the Mexican wilderness and underworld urban environments inhabited by gangs, drug lords, and dangerous women.

Players can explore the large areas on foot, or commandeer any vehicle they choose. Total Overdose features a fighting game-styled combo system, and smart, skilled shooting unlocks new equipment and abilities. A "Rewind" system allows players to repeat a sequence to nail a perfect combo, or even to turn back the clock and avoid a fatal mistake.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0
DVDROM Speed 2X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Unlimited ammunition:
To get unlimited ammunition for the following weapons, you must collect the indicated number of weapon icons scattered around the city.

60: Unlimited grenades
70: Unlimited hand gun ammunition
80: Unlimited sawn-off shotgun ammunition
90: Unlimited grenade launcher ammunition
100: Unlimited rocket launcher ammunition

Mission select:
Complete all game missions to replay any mission of your choice.

Dual pistols upgrade:
Collect ten weapon icons.

Dual rifles upgrade:
Collect twenty gun icons.

Health upgrades:
Collect ten health icons to upgrade your total health. This can be repeated.

Stamina upgrades:
Collect ten stamina icons to upgrade your total stamina. This can be repeated.

Play as Ram:
Complete The Good Son mission.

Play as Ram's brother:
Complete The Father mission.

Bike in the Bull Ring:
Complete the Kill The Bull mission.

DEA and military vans appear:
Complete the mission Make Elvez Sing mission to make locked DEA and military vans appear. After the game is completed some of them will become unlocked.

Racing cars appear:
Complete the Steal The Wheels mission.

Ultimate Spider-Man

Published by Activision Publishing, Inc.
Developed by Beenox
Released 2005
Genre Action

Description :

Take on the role of the world’s most famous Super Hero, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and one of his most menacing nemeses, Venom, in an original storyline written and illustrated by the creative team behind the best-selling “Ultimate Spider-Man” comic book series.

Set in a massive free-roaming environment, the game delivers the deepest Spider-Man adventure with a variety of challenging missions, diverse gameplay and a new combat system that allows players to face off against the largest number of villains from the Spider-Man universe ever assembled in one video game. With gameplay that unfolds through interactive comic book panels, players are seamlessly integrated into the game via simultaneous multiple visual perspectives.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Windows XP
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
Keyboard
Mouse

Cheats :

Arachnoman costume:
Complete 90 City Events, collect 90 Tokens, and complete 48 combat tours.

Black costume:
Complete 100 City Events, collect all 100 Tokens, complete all combat tours, and finish all 60 races.

Parker Hoodie costume:
Complete 75 City Events, collect 75 Tokens, and complete 32 combat tours.

Peter Parker costume:
Complete 50 City Events, collect 50 Tokens, and win the fourth race against Johnny Storm.

Spidey Wrestling costume:
Complete 30 City Events and collect 30 Tokens.

Venom races:
Complete all story mode missions.

Switch Hero option:
Complete all story mode missions to unlock the "Switch Hero" option on the pause menu.

Medium city event difficulty:
Complete 10 city events and "Inexpugnable" (Chapter 6).

Hard city event difficulty:
Complete 20 city events and "Class Trip" (Chapter 8).

Medium combat tour difficulty:
Complete 8 easy combat tours after "Hell of a Mess" (Chapter 4).

Hard combat tour difficulty:
Complete 12 medium difficulty combat tours.

Insane combat tour difficulty:
Complete all hard difficulty combat tours.

Hint: Defeating Wolverine:
As Venom, keep on pressing [Tentacle].

Hint: Fight Shocker again:
You can see Shocker even after you have defeated him. Sometimes in a City Event, Shocker will appear and you must fight him. It will not be a Boss battle, though -- just a fight against a street thug, who has some very powerful blasters. Note: He is also stronger than all street thugs.

Hint: See Boomerang:
Boomerang can also appear in a City Event.

Hint: Arachnoman billboard:
When you are near the Empire State Building, you will see a billboard that shows Arachnoman Note: This is one of the costumes that you can get.

Hint: Balloon:
In the first level available as Venom, when you feed on the kid and his balloon goes in the air, try to catch it. If you do, Venom will grab it and run around with it.

Hint: Ferris Bueller's Day Off reference:
Toward the beginning of the game where Spider-Man has to go to school (and just before the race with the Human Torch) wander around the city and explore. Spider-Man will make comments like, "I need to get to class" and "I really have to get to school." One comment is something along the lines of, "I cant miss anymore class. I've been absent nine times... nine... times." This is in reference to a scene from the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off in which the principal is taking note of the main character's habit of skipping class.

Hint: Comic book reference:
At the Midtown High School by Peter's house, go to the front of the school where the flag is. In front of you will be some stairs. Look at the back of the right stair rail and there will be two words written in red "GELDOFF RULES!". This is a reference to the Ultimate Spider-Man Comic Issue 27 and 28 when there is a mutant named Geldoff at the school who is a student. He nearly destroys everything but Spider-Man stops him. Also, at the same time all the other students are chanting "Geldoff rules!"

X3: Reunion

Published by Deep Silver
Developed by Egosoft
Released 2005
Genre Action, Simulation

Description :

Third in the 'X' series of games. Pilot a spacecraft through a dynamic universe. You can trade or mine for cash, or steal from others to save effort. You can upgrade your ships parts, or just buy a new ship entirely, of varying sizes. There are different races that produce different items, all of which have a different attitude towards you.

There is also an entirely optional plot to play through.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Windows 98 SE
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0c
DVD ROM
Keyboard
Mouse
3D Accelerator
Offline Players 1

Cheats :

Script editor:
Enter Thereshallbewings as a case-sensitive pilot name.

Galaxy editor:
Enter Makeanapplepiefromscratch as a case-sensitive pilot name. Select "New Game" at the main menu, then choose the "Galaxy Editor" option at the bottom of the list.

Call of Duty 2

Published by Activision Publishing, Inc.
Developed by Infinity Ward, Inc.
Released 2005
Genre Action


Description :

Call of Duty 2 is the next installment in a series of popular 1st-person perspective shooters. The game is trying to recreate the big military operations of World War II (Defence of Stalingrad, invasion in Normandy and German-British war in North Africa).

Developers from Infinity Ward divided Call of Duty 2 into three campaigns (Russian, British and American) and put into the game a lot of new features (e.g. no health indicator, option to complete mission objectives in different order). Expanded multiplayer modes are also available.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Windows 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
CDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Player 1
Online Players 32
Internet/LAN

Trivia :

• One of the tank commanders in Call of Duty 2 is called Greta Garbo, after the famous Swedish actress.

• Call of Duty 2 was the first Xbox 360 game to sell over one million units in the US.

Cheats :

Select "Game Options" at the main menu, then choose the option to enable the console. Press ~ to display the console window then enter developer 1 as a command to enable cheat mode. The "Load" button will now appear. Click it and select the desired level.

After the level loads, press ~ to display the console window again, then enter devmap as a command. Press ~ during game play to display the console window, then enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
God mode	god
Refill ammunition and grenades	give ammo
All weapons, full ammo, health and armor	give all
Spawn indicated item	give
Flight mode	ufo
No clipping mode	noclip
Ignored by enemies	notarget
Suicide	kill
Teleport to a node	jumptonode
Level select	map
Mission set select	/seta
Toggle frame rate display	/cg_drawFPS <0-4>
Double health and can survive one grenade explosion	demigod

Mission set names:
Use one of the following entries with the /seta code to unlock the corresponding set of missions.

Crossing The Rhine: mis_10 9
D-Day: mis_07 9
Fortress Stalingrad: mis_04 9
Hill 400: mis_09 9
Not One Step Backwards!: mis_03 9
Rommel's Last Stand: mis_06 9
The Battle For Caen: mis_08 9
The Battle Of El Alamein: mis_02 9
The Tank Squadrons: mis_05 9
The Winter War: mis_01 9

Hint: Veteran mode:
Veteran mode cuts life expectancy to three or four shots until you die. However, Veteran mode does not improve the enemy's aim or strategy. Use small blocks or small bulges of hills as cover and crawl. Because you do not get points for kills, do not take the Nazis head on. Let your allies lay some fire, if there are any. If not, throw a smoke grenade and shift between crouch and crawl positions, laying cover fire and stall some time for the smoke grenade to spread before the Nazis rush in. Use this smoke cover to fall back to the nearest safe position where you can regroup or hide and pick the Nazis off from afar.

Hint: Capture Hill 400 mission:
Pick up the scoped Gheher43 from the first bunker that you blow down the door to. Swap it for your Garand. It is very helpful. Every bunker has one so you do not have to worry about ammunition.

Hint: Determining if enemies are still alive:
Even if you shoot the enemy, he may still be alive. Make sure to aim your crosshairs at him and see if it turns red. If it does, it indicates that the enemy is still alive, and you must shoot him down more. Do not give the enemy the chance to shoot you from behind while he regains consciousness.

Hint: Grenades:
The grenade indicator is useful, however, you do not have to run away from it every time. If the indicator points that a grenade has landed near you, but you are taking cover behind a wall, you do not need to run away. Instead, the grenade will explode and not damage you at all.

Hint: Kill types:
Head shots are instant kills. Body shots require two or more shots for a kill.

Hint: Recommended weapons:
Whenever you have the chance, pick up a Kak 98. It is one of the most powerful guns in the game. There is a scoped-Kak 98 in the last level (Dragon's Teeth) in the 2 bunker in the building.

The most common bolt-action rifle is one of the best weapons for small groups of enemies. It may be a bolt-action, but it is a one-hit kill almost all the time. Make sure to keep an automatic for the slow reload.

Need For Speed : Most Wanted

Published by EA, Inc.
Developed by EA Canada
Released 2005
Genre Racing

Description :

Need for Speed Most Wanted is in fact a cross between the Underground and the Hot Pursuit spin-offs. The player must gain notoriety by racing in the streets and attracting the attention of the cops in order to ascend in the Black List of illegal racers. In the end he must face no.1, Razor who tricked him out of his own car and used it to get to the top.

Many racing modes are carried on from NFSU2 with the addition of "Milestones", special events where the driver must evade capture and/or disable police cars by bringing down Pursuit Breakers, specially marked buildings such as gas stations and water towers. For each one of the 15 Blacklisted opponents, the player must win a specific number of events from each of the two main types and gain enough notoriety in the process. The player can invest bet money to buy new cars or improve his existing one's looks and performance so that he remains competitive.

In Most Wanted, Josie Maran replaces Brooke Burke as the racer girl. The plot is furthered through use of FMV video with live actors and digital sets, which has been heavily enhanced so that it looks quite real.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS WIn 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
CDROM Speed 8X
Keyboard/Other Direct Input Devices
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 4

Trivia :

• When an issue with stuttering sound in the Windows version was reported on the EA forums, the official statement was that EA had no time and resources to work on a patch for it. This was less than 5 months after the release.
• There is an unofficial patch on various fansites that enables all cars and races which are normally available only in NFS: Most Wanted Black Edition.
• The EA Belgium office planned a little stunt on 24th November 2005, the launch day. They intended to give away free copies in the morning's traffic bottlenecks, but that didn't go through eventually.

Cheats :

Enter one of the following codes at the starting screen, before hitting the button to go to the main menu to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Unlocked cars	iammostwanted
Burger King challenge	burgerking
Pontiac GTO	givemethegto
Castrol Ford GT	castrol
Toys R Us big wheel bike	toysrus

$10,000:
To get an extra $10,000 in career mode have a Need For Speed Underground or Need For Speed Underground 2 career game saved on your hard drive. After the prologue you will have $40,000.

Additional cars:
Defeat the indicated Blacklist Boss to win the corresponding car.

Aston Martin DB9: Blacklist Boss 7
Audi A3 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15
Audi A4 3.2 FSI Quattro: Blacklist Boss 14
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro: Blacklist Boss 15
BMW GTR (Race version): Blacklist Boss 1
Cadillac CTS: Blacklist Boss 12
Corvette C6: Blacklist Boss 5
Corvette C6.R: Complete 100% of the game
Dodge Viper SRT 10: Blacklist Boss 6
Ford GT: Blacklist Boss 4
Lamborghini Gallardo: Blacklist Boss 6
Lamborghini Murcielago: Blacklist Boss 4
Lotus Elise: Blacklist Boss 8
Mazda RX-7: Blacklist Boss 9
Mazda RX-8: Blacklist Boss 12
Mercedes-Benz CLK 500: Blacklist Boss 8
Mercedes-Benz SL 500: Blacklist Boss 11
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren: Blacklist Boss 3
Mitsubishi Eclipse: Blacklist Boss 14
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII: Blacklist Boss 11
Mustang GT: Blacklist Boss 12
Pontiac GTO: Blacklist Boss 10
Porsche 911 Carrera S: Blacklist Boss 7
Porsche 911 Turbo S: Blacklist Boss 5
Porsche Carrera GT: Blacklist Boss 3
Porsche Cayman S: Blacklist Boss 10
Renault Clio V6: Blacklist Boss 13
Subaru Impreza WRX STi: Blacklist Boss 9
Toyota Supra: Blacklist Boss 13
Vauxhall Monaro VXR: Blacklist Boss 10

All upgrades:
After completing the game, start a new file. Load the new file after the introduction sequence. Save the game. Without shutting down the game, load the file that you won the game with and go into the car selection screen. Select a car as usual, then save the game. Again, without shutting down the game, load the new file. All Performance, Visual and Parts upgrades will be unlocked in that game. All the Blacklist racers in the new file will have the stamp across them that reads "Defeated". You can still race them and get through the game normally, but you must drive to the Blacklist challenge location to race Sonny, Taz, Vic, etc. You can no longer initiate the blacklist races from the menu.

Hint: Challenge series:
After completing career mode there will still be some cars that are locked. In order to unlock them you must go to the main menu and select the "Challenge Series" option. After winning all the challenges, those cars will be unlocked. Note: At first there will be two or three challenges unlocked from 69 challenge. In order to access the locked challenges you must win the available challenges.

Hint: Better times:
On Heritage and Omega, to get through the curves do no use the shortcuts. It will only slow you down. Just take the turns and it will save you some time. It can help you build up some speed for the rest of the track.

Hint: Nitrous and grip:
Hitting nitrous torques the chassis back, giving the rear tires immensely more weight under the new acceleration. The end effect is that you will go straight. If you find your tail sliding out or are about to spin out of control, hit your nitrous. You will be surprised at how fast you will get straight again. This is a great trick in combination with Speedbreaker. With the correct timing, there is no corner you cannot take at any speed.

Hint: Getting the most money from selling your car:
When in your safe house and you sell a car, you will only get half of its list value. However, there is a loophole that works well for pink slips that you have won and no longer want. Take your car to the shop. Go to the parts area. Go into the body kit, spoiler, hood, rims, and roof air areas and set everything to stock. When you check out, you will see anywhere from $1,000 to $18,000, depending on what pink slip car you are stripping. Do not try this with performance parts. The shop charges you money for downgrading. Once you have stripped your car of all accessories, leave. Then, go to your safe house. Sell the car, and you will have made a lot of money on the side. Do this every time you intend to sell any car.

Hint: Easy upgrades:
Before you can do anything, you must win the Burger King Challenge. When you win it, you will unlock all unique parts (also called Junkman parts). Get any car and put all the parts except performance. Once you have your car the way you desire, go to the performance shop. Max out your car. Then, put the Junkman parts on. Max out your car again. Then put on the Junkman parts again. Your car should be fully upgraded.

Hint: Get strikes off your car:
If you get busted in a pursuit, turn off the game before saving it. When the game is played again the strike will be gone. Note: This will not work if you can only get one more strike.

Hint: Blacklist cars:
If you win the pinkslips to a Blacklist car, you may want to use the Blacklist car as your own and make the necessary upgrades to performance, as most of the upgrades will have been already made by the Blacklist owner. You do not need to spend too much money to increase the performance, handling, etc. Sometimes these cars will have upgrades that have not been unlocked yet, but most of these are usually visual. Only do this if the vehicle you have won has better attributes than the one you are currently driving in its standard mode. You can check this out in the car shop. Keep about three to five good quick cars in your safehouse.

Hint: Car test:
If you are unsure which car is the best to use when upgraded, you can upgrade all the cars that are unlocked for free in the main menu.-Go to "My Cars", choose a car that is available, and upgrade it with the parts that are available. By doing this, you will not waste all your money in career mode.

Hint: Better car performance:
After getting your car upgraded with engines, suspension, brakes, etc., go to "Performance Tuning". For better handling for the Lamborghini, Porsche, Corvette, and Viper, set the "Height" of you car to "-1". If you need more gripping power either take the "Height" to "-2" or set the "Aerodynamics" to "+1". If you go overboard with the performance tuning options (anything past "+3" or "-3"), the car will actually handle worse.

Hint: Avoiding SUVs:
Have a good car and a good Nitro booster. Whenever you see an SUV coming at you, hit your nitrous and ram him head on. He should fly backward and explode, giving you $10,000.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Published by Rockstar Games, Inc.
Developed by Rockstar North Ltd.
Released 2005
Genre Action,Racing,Role Playing (RPG)

Description :

In this installment, the game now takes place in the early 1990's. You are now playing as the character Carl Johnson who has just came from Liberty city to go to his old house in San Andreas because of his mother's homicide. In this game you must go all over a three city environment to find out what happen to your mother and why are your childhood friends (in the game) are going so wrong.

The G.T.A. series has improved with new abilities like swimming, eating, changing clothes, buying lots of houses, getting to take and save pictures, running a gang, and recruiting 7 people to watch your back as you walk down the street, and Pimping out cars into Hot fast and furious, lowrider cars. Grand Theft Auto now introduces 1-2 players, playing together in a free roam mission.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse

Note :

• 64 MB Video Card required
• 3.6 GB of free Hard Disk space required

Trivia :

• There are some references to other games scattered around San Andreas. You might come across a billboard that advertises a cleaning company called "True Grime", which is a reference to True Crime series. If you choose to steal oil from a gas station as the first mission for Catalina, you'll see, for a brief moment, the words "Max Pane - Bulletproof Windows" on the window, which is a reference to Max Payne series.

• Ryder is influenced by the late rapper and former N.W.A member Eazy-E, who also founded Ruthless Records. The character design looks just like the rapper's signature look: Jheri Curls, black sunglasses, and the famous "Compton" cap replaced with San Andreas. But he is voiced by MC Ehit of Compton's Most Wanted, who provided the track "Hood took me under" for Radio Los Santos.

• San Andreas eclipsed the sales of every other game in the United Kingdom on its launch weekend and even beat the UK's biggest ever film box office opening weekend, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It also received extensive mainstream media coverage, unlike any other game.

• The gangs of San Andreas are based on real gangs in California and elsewhere. They are changed around by colors and names.
  
  Orange Grove Street Families: Color is Green, located in Ganton. Based on Crips. Their color is Blue and located in Compton.
  
  Temple Drive Ballas: Color is Purple and located in Greater Los Santos. Based on Bloods. Their color is Red and located in Compton.
  
  Varrios Los Aztecas: Color is Turquoise and located in East Los Santos. Based on Los Surrenos XIII. Their color is Blue and lcoated in Southern California.
  
  San Fierro Rifa: Color is Green and located in San Fierro. Based on Los Nortenos XIV. Color is Red and located in Northern California.

• The Watts Towers in East Los Santos should have been placed in Ganton because East Los Santos is based on East Los Angeles and Ganton more resembles the Watts district found in South Central Los Angeles, where the famous towers are located.

• The mission "Saint Mark's Bistro" has CJ travel to Liberty City to deal with the Forellis at the restaurant of the same name. The restaurant exterior is faithfully remodeled from Grand Theft Auto III.

• Wil Wheaton got his role as Richard Burns after being interviewed by Lazlow Jones, the primary script writer for the Grand Theft Auto video game series. Wheaton admitted his abundant admiration for Jones' work on the games, and Jones eventually worked out the Richard Burns character specifically for Wheaton. He recorded the voice work in a Rockstar Games studio in about two hours.

Cheats :

Enter one of the following codes during game play or at the pause menu to activate the corresponding cheat function. The message "Cheat Activated" will appear to confirm correct code entry.

Effect	Code
Adrenaline effects	anoseonglass
Aggressive traffic	ylteicz
All cars have nitrous	speedfreak
Always 00:00 or 12:00	nightprowler
Always 21:00	ofviac
Armor, health, and money	hesoyam
Beach party theme	lifesabeach
Beater traffic	everyoneispoor
Black traffic	iowdlac
Bounty on your head	bagowpg
Carnival theme	crazytown
Cars fly away	bubblecars
City in chaos	iojufzn
CJ jumps higher	kangaroo
Cloudy weather	alnsfmzo
Commit suicide	goodbyecruelworld
Destroy all cars	cpktnwt
Fast motion	speeditup
Flying boats	flyingfish
Flying cars	chittychittybangbang
Foggy weather	cfvfgmj
Gangs and workers	mroemzh
Gangs only	onlyhomiesallowed
Hitman level in all weapons	professionalkiller
Invisible cars	wheelsonlyplease
Kinky theme	bekknqv
Lower wanted level	turndowntheheat
Manual weapon control in cars	ouiqdmw
Massive BMX bunny hops	cjphonehome
Maximum fat	btcdbcb
Maximum lung capacity	cvwkxam
Maximum muscle	buffmeup
Maximum respect	worshipme
Maximum stamina	vkypqcf
Maximum sex appeal	helloladies
Maximum vehicle skills	naturaltalent
No fat or muscle	kvgyzqk
No hunger	aeduwnv
Pedestrians are Elvis	bluesuedeshoes
Pedestrians attack with guns	bgluawml
Pedestrians have weapons	foooxft
Pedestrians riot	stateofemergency
Perfect handling	sticklikeglue
Pink traffic	llqpfbn
Raise wanted level	turnuptheheat
Recruit anyone into gang with guns	sjmahpe
Recruit anyone into gang with rocket launcher	zsoxfsq
Reduced traffic	ghosttown
Rural theme	bmtpwhr
Rural traffic	fvtmnbz
Sandstorm weather	cwjxuoc
Six star wanted level	bringiton
Slow motion	slowitdown
Spawn Bloodring Banger	oldspeeddemon
Spawn Caddy	rzhsuew
Spawn Dozer	itsallbull
Spawn Hunter	ohdude
Spawn Hydra	jumpjet
Spawn Jetpack	rocketman
Spawn Monster	monstermash
Spawn Parachute	aiypwzqp
Spawn Quad	fourwheelfun
Spawn Racecar	vrockpokey
Spawn Racecar	vpjtqwv
Spawn Rancher	jqntdmh
Spawn Rhino	aiwprton
Spawn Romero	wheresthefuneral
Spawn Stretch	celebritystatus
Spawn Stunt Plane	flyingtostunt
Spawn Tanker	amomhrer
Spawn Trashmaster	truegrime
Spawn Vortex	kgggdkp
Speed up time	ysohnul
Sports car traffic	everyoneisrich
Rainy weather	auifrvqs
Stormy weather	scottishsummer
Sunny weather	pleasantlywarm
Super punches	iavenjq
Taxi missions completed	vkypqcf
Traffic lights remain green	zeiivg
Unlimited ammunition	fullclip
Unlimited health	baguvix
Vehicle of death	jcnruad
Very sunny weather	toodamnhot
Wanted level never increases	aezakmi
Weapons (tier 1)	lxgiwyl
Weapons (tier 2)	professionalskit
Weapons (tier 3)	uzumymw
Yakuza theme	ninjatown

Glitch: Secret interiors:
Go to the Ganton gym in Los Santos and kill all four people. Enable the rocketman code to spawn a Jetpack. Go to the entrance and fly up until you exit out the top. Then, fly to the east two blocks. You will see a yellow marker. Land around the marker and take off the Jetpack. Walk into the marker and you will be in a secret room. It resembles a hotel or strip club). Then enable the rocketman code again and use the Jetpack to fly up and look around. Next to that room, you will see another. Fly to it and look for the entrance. Fly to it and you can fly around the level.

Glitch: Flying car:
Enable the bubblecars code. Get a PCR 600 and drive directly into another car. You should fly off your bike directly on top of the other car and it will fly away with C.J. still on it.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Published by Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Developed by Ubisoft Montreal Studios
Released 2005
Genre Action,Adventure

Description :

After many dangerous adventures, the Prince finally makes his way home to Babylon, bringing with him his new bride Kaileena, the Empress of Time. Their hopes for a peaceful and happy future together are dashed, however, when they arrive in Persia to find the land ravaged by war. Kaileena is promptly captured and murdered by the evil Vizier, and her death unleashes the Sands of Time, from which the Vizier derives terrifying new powers.

Once again the Prince of Persia must stand to fight, but this time he will be stronger than ever, thanks to his new alter ego the Dark Prince, borne of the Prince's contact with the Sands. As he fights to reclaim his kingdom from the hands of a madman, he must also battle with his own inner demons as the Dark Prince threatens to consume him entirely.

The game is very similar (in terms of fight and puzzle sequences) to the previous installments of UbiSoft's Prince of Persia trilogy: The Sands of Time and Warrior Within. There are some major innovations like the character of Dark Prince, who possess the main protagonist from time to time and offers him new combos and moves. There is also new ability, called "Speed Kill", which is very effective against all opponents in the game (victims are attacked from behind and murdered in brutally fashion).

In Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones player will explore not only the streets of Babylon, but also a ruined palace of his father, temple and the famous Hanging Gardens.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
1.5GB HardDisk Space

Trivia :

• Unlike the other platforms, the Wii version has an ESRB Teen rating because the bloody sequences have been toned down. Enemies bleed sand instead of blood.

Cheats :

Secret baby rattle weapon:
Successfully complete the game under the easy difficulty setting. Take out your dagger and do not have any secondary weapon. Pause game play, then press [Left] [Left] [Right] [Right] [Up] [Down] [Down] [Up] [Up] [Down].

Secret telephone weapon:
Successfully complete the game under the normal difficulty setting. Take out your dagger and do not have any secondary weapon. Pause game play, then press [Right] [Left] [Right] [Left] [Down] [Down] [Up] [Up] [Up] [Down] [Up] [Up] [Down] [Down].

Secret swordfish weapon:
Successfully complete the game under the hard difficulty setting. Take out your dagger and do not have any secondary weapon. Pause game play, then press [Up] [Down] [Up] [Down] [Left] [Right] [Left] [Right] [Up] [Down] [Up] [Down].

Secret chainsaw weapon:
Take out your dagger and do not have any secondary weapon. Pause game play, then press [Up] [Up] [Down] [Down] [Left] [Right] [Left] [Right] [Up] [Down] [Up] [Down].

Video gallery:
Successfully complete the game.

Hint: Defeating the Canal Monster:
Treat this like a thrall from Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within. Begin by slashing at its legs and climb on top of it. Once you are on top, you can control him. Guide it so that it smashes into the doors. Eventually he will tire out near the end of the canal and the level will be over.

Hint: Defeating the Twin Warriors Boss:
Immediately after the room in which you must move the statue of your father down the hall, you will have your second chariot race. At the end of the race you will run into the sand enemy that you saw in the earlier intermission sequence. His brother will come with his sword and surround you in a ring of fire. Run towards the one with the sword and slash at him with your dagger. He will block it, and after a little bit his brother will slam his axe into the ground. Roll to the side to dodge it, and his axe will become stuck in the ground. Vault over him while his brother with the sword tries to slash at you. If done correctly, you will trigger a speed kill scene where you slash them both down to half health. You must try to repeat this process. When the brother with the axe jumps towards you, roll to the side and get away from him. Only go for the one with the sword. If you fail a speed kill you will be knocked to the ground and will lose a lot of health. If you find yourself on the ground, do not try to attack coming up; just roll away to the side.

Hint: Unlimited sand:
A good number of the secondary weapons have special powers. Some, like the Illusions Dagger, are instant kills if thrown and not blocked. Some will knock an opponent down with one hit, like the axes you get from the weapons racks. However, the most important secondary weapon is the Sand Gate Guard's Sword. At every Sand Gate there is one guard with red armor, who has sand flying to him from the Sand Gate. He is the only guard that can call for reinforcements. If you kill him you only have to deal with his friends.
Note: All the Sand Gates can be done with Speed Kills so that there is no need to fight anyone, but this is difficult. The red Sand Gate Guard drops his sword after you kill him. This sword's power is to regenerate one Sand Tank about every 1.5 seconds. Therefore, as long as you are carrying this sword, you will have virtually unlimited sand, unless you either throw it away or become the Dark Prince. Because you can regain this sword at any Sand Gate, it is much like having infinite sand. However, because this sword has a rather low number of hit points, if you want to keep its power do not use it in a fight; just use the dagger and your Sand Powers.

Sand Gate rewards:
Deactivate the indicated number of Sand Gates to earn the corresponding reward.

Fourth Sand Tank: 1 Sand Gate
100 Sand Credits: 2 Sand Gates
Eye of the Storm Time Power: 3 Sand Gates
Fifth Sand Tank: 4 Sand Gates
150 Sand Credits: 5 Sand Gates
Winds Of Sand Attack: 6 Sand Gates
Sixth Sand Tank: 7 Sand Gates
200 Sand Credits: 8 Sand Gates
Sand Storm Attack: 9 Sand Gates