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.

Dead to Rights

Published by Namco Hometek, Inc.
Developed by Hip Interactive Corp.
Released 2003
Genre Action

Description :

Dead To Rights is an action-game, straight out. You play as Jack Slate, a police officer in Grant City. On a routine call, you find a dead body- the body is your father. Later framed, Jack becomes a fugitive, on the run from the law.

Your quest will take you to various places, from strip joints and hotels, to office complexes, and even prison... as an inmate.

Dead To Rights is an action game in every sense of the word. When fighting, you have the opportunity to perform various moves, such as grabbing an enemy from behind and using him as a human shield, to tossing a fire extinguisher and shooting it, causing a huge explosion. When against an enemy and you have no gun drawn, you can perform "disarm" moves, which causes your character to steal the enemy's gun, then performing some sort of finishes, such as a neck breaker. Initially, only a few disarm moves are available, but more can be unlocked as your progress.

A unique addition in this game allows you to control Jack's best friend, and partner, Shadow, his K-9 dog. Using Shadow, you can kill enemies from far away, and retrieve their gun in Shadow's jaws.

Dead To Rights features adrenaline combat, which is similar to that of "Bullet-Time" from Max Payne. You can perform slow-motion dives and spins, giving you an advantage, as long as your adrenaline holds out.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win98
Min.RAM 128MB
Min.DirectX 9.0
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1

Trivia :

• This game uses the dreaded Starforce protection program to stop you pirating the game.
• Dead to Rights won Gamespot's 2002 Best Story on Xbox Award.
• The Xbox version of the game was the first to carry the CERO "Ages 18 and up" rating.

Cheats :

Hint: Mini-games:
To unlock the mini-games, successfully complete the game under any difficulty setting.

Hint: Defeating Diggs:
Diggs is the ex boxer you will have to face in the later part of the game. When he reaches three quarters of his health, gas which will hurt you will be turned on. You can knock off his gas mask and put it on. Keep pressing Triangle to dive and he cannot touch you. His power will slowly go down, and he will soon be defeated.

Hint: Defeating Hennessey:
You have to fight Hennessey three times before you can win. The first time he will have an electric riot shield, making it impossible to attack him head-on. In order to defeat him, you have to first get rid of the shield. To do this, lure Hennessey into the fountain in the middle of the battle area. He will electrocute the water and shock himself. Make sure that you are not too near the fountain or you will get shocked as well. Another way is to repeatedly circle the fountain, keeping good distance between Hennessey and yourself. While circling, there should be a gun lying on the ground, relatively close to the water. You can pick this gun up and shoot Hennessey with it, slowly taking out his shield. Do not worry about ammunition, as the gun regenerates. This may take awhile, but it is possible to kill Hennessey without taking damage. After the shield is broken, Hennessey runs off to hide, all the while mocking you. You will have to take out a couple of his GAC goons, but they provide no more of a fight than they did in previously. Note: You are now weaponless. Do not get too excited when you find the gun sitting in front of the doors -- it gets knocked out of your hands and out of reach before the fight starts. In order to defeat Hennessey you now have to fight him hand to hand, except he has an advantage, fire fists. Do not let him get too close to you, but at the same time, try to throw him as much as possible. Eventually when he gets to about half health, he will comment about how it is getting chilly and open a huge furnace door. This is where it gets a little easier. Throw Hennessey into the new area and watch his health deplete as he burns. Repeat this to take him out for the second time. The third time, he walks out completely engulfed in flames, at full health. Even though he is encompassed by flames, continue throwing him into the furnace so that he can take more damage and you will finally avenge your father's death.

Hint: Defeating Pinnacle:
While fighting Pinnacle, repeatedly press Jump to easily dodge his attacks. Jack will automatically turn to face Pinnacle before he jumps -- you do not have to worry about getting too far away from him. While Jack is jumping, he is impervious to all of Pinnacle's attacks. Do this repeatedly to tire Pinnacle out, then jump on his back and finish him off. You can also attack Pinnacle in front by punching and using low kicks, but this is not recommended as it does not take much damage from Pinnacle.

Hint: Defeating the helicopter for the last time:
Immediately when the level begins, run up to the pillar in front of you for cover. Enter wall mode and equip Shadow as your weapon. Spin out to the left and kill the first man. Exit wall mode and wait until the second man comes at you, then kill him. There will be more men. Stand back and kill them from near the pillar. If one gets close enough, it helps to use him as a shield. After men stop appearing from the helicopter, equip your M4 and target the man across the room on the raised section of the level. Do not target anyone on the highest balcony. Run at him while firing. Be careful -- he has a rocket launcher. Run side to side. Also be careful not to run past the fountain. If you do, the helicopter will be able to shoot you. After killing that man, make sure no one else is appearing from the helicopter. Get the rocket launcher that is in front of the fountain. After that, equip your rocket launcher and run back to the point on the ramp where it starts to decline. This ramp is near the beginning and between the two pillars you started near. Manually aim at the helicopter from here. If you cannot hit it, move forward until you can. Do not miss with the rocket launcher, as it will take even longer to defeat the helicopter. Use every gun you have and all your ammunition on this. It does not do much, but it does work. After all your ammunition is used, go left and act as if you are going up the balcony stairs. Go up them to the first platform and get the pistol. The last man you have to kill will also be there. After you have killed him, run back to the ramp and shoot the helicopter with all your ammunition again. The pistol will appear again in the exact location. Get the pistol again. There will not be any more men. Go back to the ramp again. Shoot the helicopter with all your ammunition. Keep repeating this until the helicopter is defeated.

Hint: Defeating people without guns:
To defeat people that do not have guns easier, keep blocking and dodging. If you do not dodge, you will still get hurt. When you are in the prison, you will learn how to reverse a grab. This allows you to avoid getting hurt when they grab you. When you reverse the grab, you will throw their arms in the air. This will leave them open to attack (punch, kick, grab, etc.). However, they can still block.

Hint: Chapter 3: Spine break:
When you are locked up "Iron Point" and are walking around in the hall only two or three people will be around. One of them will run up to you and say something. When you run away, they start to walk away. As they walk away you can go in back of them and do the grab. However, they move too much and you will end up breaking their back.

Hint: Chapter 3: Ledge in mine:
If you are having trouble getting across the ledge in the mine after the prison break, go to the wall with the ledge and enter "wall mode". You will scoot across and will not perish in a darkened abyss.

Hint: Chapter 13: Voice access:
Kill one of the men that has green on. You will see a man in yellow walk out in the open and run back. After a moment, the man in the yellow will run over to you. When he does this, and grab him. If another man runs with him, kill him and leave the man in yellow alive. Take him to give the voice authorization and you will be able to open gate. When you go over to the gate, a lot of men will be there. An easy way to kill all of them is to run up to them and grab one as a shield. The man you grab will get killed quickly. Keep doing this until only one person remains.

Hint: Chapter 14: Fahook uses bottle:
After defeating Fahook once he goes into the back of the plane, when you get him very low on life he will drink from his bottle. At this time you should shoot the bottle out of his hands before he gains too much life. Doing this three or four times will destroy his bottle. Finish off his remaining life points and watch the intermission sequence.

Use the manual aiming to shoot things. When you are on manual, you can aim at the bottle. You will need to do this three or four times. When the bottle is shot off Fahook, you need to make Fahook go near the open back part of the airplane. Once there, shoot him and Fahook will fall off and die.

Hint: Training: Unlimited ammunition:
At the beginning of the training, after you blow the men up with the canister, switch weapons to your pistol. You can shoot with out running out of ammunition.

Grand Theft Auto III

Published by Rockstar Games, Inc.
Developed by Rockstar North Ltd.
Released 2002
Genre Action, Racing/Driving

Description :

After leaving San Andreas and going on a crime spree throughout the country, Claude Speed and Catalina head to Liberty City for a life of crime. During a bank heist, Claude is betrayed by Catalina and her Colombian friend Miguel, and he is shot by her just as they are leaving the scene of the crime. Claude fully recovers....in a prison cell. However, while being transported to a prison, Colombians ambush the prison van for an inmate riding with Claude. Claude and his friend, 8-Ball, escape in the process. Now it is time for revenge. Claude slowly rises through the ranks of the local gangs, gaining trust from local mob bosses and turning on others. Claude gains influence, trust, and most importantly, money along the way. It is time for Claude to rise from the dead and get revenge for what Catalina has done.

The concept that makes GTA what it is, is now in 3D in this release. The game puts you in the shoes of a vicious, albeit novice, criminal. Traditionally, your missions center on the gangs inhabiting the city - each one always has jobs for you to perform, and your prosperity as a criminal depends on your ability to manipulate each gang. Ice a few members of one gang, and you'll gain its rival's favor. Jobs range anywhere from running dope and taking out rivals to sabotage and kidnapping.Only for the matured.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win98
Min.RAM 128MB
Min.DirectX 8.0
Keyboard
Mouse

Notes :
16MB Direct3D Video Card
500MB free hard disk space

Trivia :

• Grand Theft Auto III was ranked # 12 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
• GTA 3 was named "Game of the Year" for 2002 by Computer Gaming World.
• Grand Theft Auto III claimed top honors at the 2nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, winning both 'Game of the Year' and 'Excellence in Game Design' awards.
• Grand Theft Auto III was named #6 overall in the "10 Best Games of 2002" by Computer Games Magazine.
• 'Grand Theft Auto III' was voted Game of the Year by the readers of Electronic Gaming Monthly in the April 2002 issue.

Cheats :

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

Effect	Code
All weapons	gunsgunsguns
Extra money	ifiwerearichman
Full health	gesundheit
Higher wanted level	morepoliceplease
Lower wanted level	nopoliceplease
Tank (Rhino)	giveusatank
Destroy all cars	bangbangbang
Change costume	ilikedressingup
Crazy pedestrians	itsallgoingmaaad
All pedestrians attack you	nobodylikesme
Pedestrians fighting each other	weaponsforall
Disable pedestrians fighting each other	noweaponsforall
Time advances quicker	timeflieswhenyou
Toggle very fast game clock	madweather
Faster game play	boooooring
100% armor (unpatched version)	turtoise
100% armor (patched version)	tortoise
Clear weather	skincancerforme
Cloudy weather	ilikescotland
Rainy weather	ilovescotland
Foggy weather	peasoup
Invisible cars; wheels only	anicesetofwheels
Disable invisible cars	notanicesetofwheels
Flying car	chittychittybb
Improved car handling; press [Shift] to jump	cornerslikemad
Gore mode	nastylimbscheat

Hint: Listen to radio stations at any time:
If you have sufficient hard drive space, you can listen to the radio stations at any desired time. Insert the "Play" disc then click on "My Computer" and click on your CD drive. Enter the "Audio" folder to access a group of .WAV and .MP3 files. You can listen to any mission, radio station, or event. Copy them to your hard drive for smoother playback. You can hear everything (pedestrians, crashes, horns, etc) with a file on your hard drive in the "audio" folder in the game directory. There is a file called "sfx.raw" that can be opened in a .WAV file editor. Change the sampling rate to a lower setting and there will be a very long audio clip of everything there is to be heard in the game.

Hint: Custom music:
Copy some of your favorite MP3 files into the "mp3" folder in the game folder. Start the game and you will have a new radio station titled "mp3 player". Choose it to hear your own selections.

Hint: Police bribe in hideout:
Get into any police vehicle and enter vigilante mode. After killing enough criminals (about ten to fifteen), your beeper will tell you that you have a police bribe in your hideout. Note: This works best if you use the police truck behind the police station on Staunton Island.

Hint: Unlimited ammunition:
Hold the pistol and enable the gunsgunsguns repeatedly. You will eventually have unlimited ammunition for any gun that you have to reload. If you are wasted or busted, the code must be repeated.

Hint: Easy Hidden Packages:
Drive into the water and keep enabling the gesundheit code to stay alive. Keep repeating this until your beeper stops displaying information. You will now have 100 Hidden Packages.

Hint: Free car repair:
Park your car in a garage and watch the doors go up and down. You can save the game if desired, but is not necessary for the free repair. Note: This only works when you are not in a mission.

Hint: Stop car from exploding from damage:
When in a vehicle that has been hit many times, the car will smoke, eventually catches fire, and explodes. If you enable the gesundheit code while in the car, it will repair the engine damage. The body work will still look damaged. You can even repair the car once it is on fire as long as you are quick enough. To do this quicker, pause the game before inputting the code. This trick is especially useful on the Bait mission, as the police will never be able to destroy you.

Hint: Fly the Dodo:
While on the runway of the airport in Shoreside Vale, you can get a dodo in one of the hangars. The easiest one is near the helicopter pad in the back of the airport. Bring it on the runway. Once there, back it up all the way to the end so that it is facing Staunton Island. Hold [Down] + X. Note: Look toward the side view of the plane to get a better view before it scratches the ground and crashes. While accelerating, immediately before the plane's nose sparks the ground is going its full speed, release every thing and the plane it will take off on its own. Once in the air, you are now able to use the cursor keys to steer the plane. Tap the keys and do not hold them for a safer flight. Keep the plane closer to the ground as it keeps trying to go up. However, every once in a while let it climb then do a nose dive to get more speed.

Hint: S.A.M. mission: Easy completion:
Once the plane is down, the Columbian Cartel arrives and starts shooting you. Leave the boat and kill the first man. No others can see you. Then, move over to the ramp. Move up slowly until you see the first man's head. Shoot him with the sniper rifle, and continue up the ramp slowly. Soon, only your head will peek over the side. Do not go any further. You can snipe out everybody without them attacking. Note: There may be someone behind the car. Get the packages then get into the speeder and go back to the place where you got the first boat. Do not get out. Somewhere ahead of you is a grass hill leading to a wall. Most of this hill is not solid and you can drive through it. You will fall into blue hell and land in the middle of an intersection. By doing this, you do not have to risk drowning.

Hint: Turismo mission: Easy completion:
As soon as the race starts, get out of your car, and enable the "Destroy all cars" code. This should destroy every car, including the opposing racers. Run around and wait for a car, steal it, then run through the checkpoints to win.

Hint: Fast taxi customer:
After car jacking any taxi, press [Caps Lock] to become a cab driver. At this point the person driving the cab that was just jacked will become a pedestrian looking to catch a cab. This will make your first passenger the old taxi driver.

Police suicides:
At any island, get a car and drive as close as you can to a cliff. Get out and get behind the car. Run it into the water. Jump on top of the car after it explodes and get your wanted level up to any desired level. The cops will jump into the water in an attempt to get to you. Cars will also fly off the cliff and kill themselves.

SWAT 3:Close Quarters Battle

Published by Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Developed by Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Released 1999
Genre Action, Simulation, Strategy

Description :

2005. After many negotiations, the United Nations Nuclear Abolishment Treaty is about to be signed in L.A., celebrating what's to be named the "Global Peace Day". However, the joyous occasion is also seen by domestic and international terrorists as a soapbox for their demands, and it's up to SWAT to keep everything going as planned. As if terrorist threats are not enough, two portable nuclear demolition devices are for sale... in the L.A. area.

A tactical FPS, the player is in control of a five man strike team, and it's up to him to guide the other two-man teams to complete each mission, for a total of 16, ranging from dangerous arrests, hostage rescue, VIP escort to track and disarm bombs, while visiting landmarks of the city such as the City Hall or the Convention Center (where the E3 takes place). To help the strike team, each officer has one of four standard-issue weapons to choose from, a sidearm and utilities such as glowsticks, C2 door breaching charges, CS gas, flashbangs and the always useful optiwand, to know what's after the corner and the Leatherman tool, to disable electronic devices and unlock doors.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 128MB
Min.DirectX 8.0
CDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
Online Players 8

Trivia :

• One of the missions in this game includes what may be a reference to the old Police Quest series which spawned the SWAT series. In the mission where you retake a bank from terrorists holding bank employees hostage, one of the women being held captive is listed in the mission briefing as Marie Bonds, well known to Police Quest fans as the wife of protagonist Sonny Bonds.

Cheats :

Press [Shift] + ~ during game play to display the console. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: Press [Shift] + @ during game play to display the console in the European version of the game.

Effect	Code
Force a team mate to fire their weapon	whosyourboss
More gore	nc17
Night missions played in daytime	noshades
No pants or shirts	casual
Rapid fire	doubleshot
Shoot rats to make them rabid	rabies
Slow mode	johnwoo
Suspects harder to kill	hotstuff
Suspects will not surrender	justin
Team God mode	swatlord
Unlimited ammunition	biggerpockets
.BMP screenshot in game folder	screenshot
Paintball bullets; does not kill target	paintball
Win current mission	iamleet

Note: After entering the paintball code, press [Enter]. Unlike the other codes, it will not stay on the board. To exit the cheat section, press [Esc].

Do not harm team members or hostages:
Create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "swat.cfg" file in the game directory. Change the line "shootgoodguys=1" to "shootgoodguys=0". Your bullets will not harm your fellow team members or hostages during game play.

Hint: Avoid getting shot while peeking:
To avoid getting shot when peeking past an obstacle, use your camera to look before moving in for the kill.

Hint: AI officer killed:
Play the game in co-op mode. If you have a window of your teammates, the AI Officer you have in the window will be killed first.

Midnight Club II

Published by Rockstar Games, Inc.
Developed by Angel Studios
Released 2003
Genre Action, Racing

Description :

On the streets at night, anything can happen. And if you have a car that can race the distance, there's money involved too.

This is the premise behind Midnight Club II, in which you must work your way up the ranks of illegal street racing by challenging and defeating the best over three cities.

Each race occurs in a different area of the city, and all you have to do to get started is flash your lights at the person you wish to drag. Then follow the map for the track route and go hell for leather. Further along, shortcuts will also come into play, giving you an advantage in getting to the finish first.

Each race you win racks up cash, which goes towards new and much faster cars for the more difficult challenges. You'll also get the chance to go two wheels with a selection of highly mobile bikes.

Multiplayer modes include the usual all-on-all race mode, and capture the flag, in which you must race to the opposing flag somewhere in the city and return it to your destination.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win98
Min.RAM 128MB
Min.DirectX 9.0
CD ROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse

Cheats :
Enter the options screen, then select "Cheat Codes". Enter one of the following case-sensitive codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Unlock all modes	theparrot
Unlock all cities	griswold
All cities, vehicles and modes in arcade mode	upupdowndown or rimbuk
Set difficulty; 0 is easiest	howhardcanitbe<0-9>
Set speed; 0 is slowest	howfastcanitbe<0-9>
Press F to fire gun, disable damage	starpower
Press F to fire gun, H to fire rocket; disable damage	leatherandlace
Press F to fire gun, H to fire rocket; damage not disabled	operationdoom
Psychedelic view	starlite
Nitrous	octane
Unlimited nitrous, also added to bikes	yerbamate
Faster in-air controls	tumbler
Reset faster after crash	quickFix
Press [Shift] + F to fly	aquaspark
All cars stand still	happyhour

Hint: Losing the police:
When side by side with a police car, find a tree or pole ahead that is on the side nearest to the police car. Push the police car into the tree or pole.

When a police car is directly behind you, find a tree or pole ahead. Drive directly toward it and when near, take a sharp turn away from it. The police car will smash into the tree or pole.

Hint: Two-wheel driving:
This move is much more effective if you pop up on the wheels early, then hold the position (hold [Weight Transfer]) and steer your car. If you wait until you are about to hit someone, it will not be as easy to see where you should go.

Hint: Burnouts:
With some of the cars, you can charge up the burnout faster by revving up the engine, then pressing [Handbrake]. It depends on the car, but some will work better this way.

Hint: Spin-out competitors:
As you approach another car from behind, try to line up the front half of your car with the back end of the other car. As you touch the back end, turn sharply toward the other car. If done correctly, you can make them swerve into a wall or even do a 180 and be left behind in the dust.

Hint: Motorcycle turns:
If you are making a sharp turn, try to make your wheels hit the wall/building. If you use the handbrake or regular brake, you can turn the bike sideways and let your wheels hit instead of hitting it head-on. This allows you to stay on the bike and keep going. You can also still steer while popping a wheelie. After you pull back, keep holding [Weight Transfer] (but stop pulling back) and use the steering to move while gaining speed. The view is a little difficult, but you can get a lot of speed this way.

Hint: Tokyo: Big jump:
Select cruise mode and follow your way through the glass rectangle about 50 meters in front of you. Drive straight until you get to the road up to the freeway. Go up onto the freeway and stay on the right-hand side. Take the first turnoff on the right. Follow that until it goes back down on the street. You should be next to a large river. Follow that river road until you reach a massive jump. You can use it and land on the other side of the river. Note: It is best to get a run up from down that small street with one of the best cars with some nitro.

Hint: Easy wins in Capture The Flag mode:
Get the item, stop, and allow one of your opponents to get the flag. Then, go all the way to the finish line and stay there. When your opponent is racing down to the finish line, quickly use stop on his or her car. While stuck there, ram into their car, get the flag, and bring it to the finish line. Note: This trick may not work if not executed properly. Also. to avoid your opponent's attacks, get a shield or stealth.

Hint: Easy wins in Circuit races:
Enable the "Nitrous" and "Guns and rockets" codes. Use a motorcycle of your choice. At the beginning of the race, use the "Burnout" strategy and face a car in front of you. You can either use the machine gun to blow it up or use the rockets to move them out of your way. If they get past you in any part of the race, fire the machine gun and steer and accelerate and fire rockets to knock them off course.

Hint: Last Man Standing, The Final Race:
After you have completed the game and have become the Tokyo champion, another message appears. It reads "The World Champion Of Illegal Street Racing". However, you are not really the champion until you defeta Shave. He has all Velocis and they have five nitros. The best way to defeat him is to enable the "All cars" code. Red and yellow Velocis will attempt to run you off the road.

Hint: Repair damage and restore nitro:
When cruising in in career mode with damage and no nitro, find a racer and flash your lights at him. Do not follow him. Instead, either stay where you are or drive in the opposite direction. Ignore the countdown. Once out of time, your damage and nitro will be as if you just started the level.

Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit 2

Published by EA, Inc.
Developed by Black Box Games
Released 2002
Genre Racing/Driving

Description :

The Need for Speed series returns, this time reverting back to the 'chase' arcade experience instead of a racing simulation. Top speed racing is the name of the game, where you must outchase not just the opposing drivers, but the cops.

Choose from a selection of today's (and yesterday's) top sports cars, including the Ferrari F50, Porsche 911 and a range from the likes of Ford, Corvette, BMW, Lotus, Mercedes, Aston Martin, the McLaren F1 and a lot more.

The competitive race mode allows you to take on other drivers and beat them to the line. A selection of tracks allows you to not only dodge incoming traffic, but perform deadly jumps and stunts to receive points. These points, combined with the points recieved from your finishing position, can unlock new cars and tracks.

The Hot Pursuit mode combines all the major elements of the competitive mode with the chance to out run the cops. They will throw everything at you to try and stop you, including running you off the road, setting up road blocks and unleashing an attack helicopter equiped with missiles. Three busts by the cops ends the race.

Requirements :

Min. CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 128MB
CD ROM Speed 4X
Directx 8.1
Keyboard
Mouse

Trivia :

* The game has a great song by Rush in its sound track. Its "One Little Victory" from their 2002 release "Vapor Trails."
* PC, XBox and GameCube versions are much more limited in comparison with PS2 version.
PS2 version was developed by Black Box Games and all the others were developed by EA Seattle.

Cheats :


Start the game with the \Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2\NfsHS.exe to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Command line parameter
Car is invisible to others	+ghost
Enter locked events in event trees	+opentree
Disable confirmations	+nofrustration
Disable movie demos	+nomovie
Disable music	+nomusic
Disable sound effects	+nosnd
Disable reverberation	+noreverb
Disable on screen displays	+nofrontend
Disable mipmapping.	+nomipmap
Disable particle animations.	+noparticles
Enable main menu	+minfront
Cops only use helicopters	+helicoptersOnly
Enable screen shots	+screenshots

Oni

Published by Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Developed by Bungie Studios
Released 2001
Genre Action

Description :

It's 2032. The planet is now ruled by the World Coalition Government which annexed 80% of the countries, with the remaining quickly dragged into the WCG. While their official goal was to solve humankind's problems, it was about money. Massive spending bankrupted poorer countries, and soon all traces of individual government disappeared. For those who were poor, the situation didn't improved one bit, and for the richer, maintaining the status was done at the expense of their privacy and personal freedoms. To make things worse, life outside the major cities, far from the atmosphere processors is nearly impossible, as the so-called "Wilderness Preserves" are poisoned, and those who venture into them risk a painful death.

Konoko, fresh out from TCTF (Technology Crimes Task Force, a secret police to take cyber drugs and weapons from the streets, as well as explore the induced technophobia to operate and investigate on a blank check permission) academy is placed under the command of Terrance Griffin and Dr. Kerr and linked to a SLD - an android - called Shinatama, who is neurally linked to her. However, Konoko knows next to nothing about her past, other that she was orphaned at the age of three and felt "different" to other people while was being brought up under the wing of TCTF. After many years in training, she has finally the chance to prove herself to Griffin and the TCTF, and so, heads for a warehouse rumoured to be under the control of the Syndicate, a criminal organization which grew exponentially after a young man called "Boss Muro" climbed to the top of the organization.

The game play is a mix between generic third-person shooter and a classic beat'em up. While Konoko has at her disposal several hand-to-hand acrobatic moves (with more unlocked as the player advances), she can also find weapons in the levels, and the decision to go armed or bare-fisted is only up to the player. Each weapon either draws from ballistic or energy cell clips, the number of rounds in each clip depending on the weapon: a Black Adder (a short, one-hand machine gun like an Uzi) can get 30 rounds from a ballistic clip, while a Mercury Bow (a sniper railgun sans scope) only two. Combined with the limited availability of clips, this adds a strategic element to the game, as the player can only carry a weapon at a time, so if a powerful weapons runs out of ammo, the player must choose between keeping the weapon and fight hand to hand with the enemies until Konoko finds fresh ammo clips, or discard it for a lesser gun that uses different ammo. However, if the player runs out of ammo completely when facing a tough challenge, Konoko can "overdose" on hypo sprays (used to heal damage) by using them over her natural health bar, which provides her with faster movement and tougher blows.


Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 98
Min.RAM 64 MB
Keyboard
Mouse

Notes :

Does not support Voodoo 1 or Rage 2c 3D cards.

Trivia :

• Oni was originally intended to be multiplayer, but the designers dropped this when they couldn't get the game engine to perform fast enough over a net connection. There are remnants of the lost multi option in the finished version: The manual still describes the other characters' various strengths and special moves, and once you've won the game (or hacked a certain file) you can play as characters other than Konoko.
• In the American edition of Oni, mailing back the registration card entitled you to receive a "Gathering of Goodness" CD that contained patches, demos and movies of upcoming GOD (Gathering of Developers) games plus a bunch of special godgames content.

Cheats :

Create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a hex editor to edit the "persist.dat" file in the game folder. Go to hexadecimal offset $44. Change the $02 or $06 value at that location to $07. Save the file and start the game.

Press [F1] to display the diary screen, then enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. Repeat code entry to disable the code.

To enable cheats without a hex editor, type evrything at the diary screen, then activate the codes.

Effect	Code
Press [F8] to change characters	shapeshifter
Invincibility	liveforever
One hit kills	touchofdeath
Cannot be knocked down	canttouchthis
Ammunition and health	fatloot
Breakable objects	glassworld
Win level	winlevel
Lose level	loselevel
Super ammunition	superammo
AI controlled characters fight each other	reservoirdogs
Gatling guns mode	roughjustice
Daodan power mode, more damage	chenille
Godzilla mode, become giant	behemoth
Fists Of Legend mode	fistsoflegend
Ultra mode, tougher enemies	killmequick
Slow motion mode	carousel
Big head mode	bighead
Mini mode	minime
Regenerate health	elderrune
Phase cloak	moonshadow
Weapons locker	munitionfrenzy
Enable developer mode	thedayismine

Max Payne 2:The Fall of Max Payne

Published by Rockstar Games, Inc.
Developed by Remedy Entertainment Ltd.

Released October 2003

Genre Action

Description:

I lied to myself that it was over.

I was still alive, my loved ones were still dead.

It wasn't over.

Max Payne 2, the follow-up to the styled third-person action shooter, brings back the noir detective atmosphere, the stunning John-Woo-style action sequences, and the few survivors from the first game: Mona Sax is back, Vladimir Lev is back, Vinnie Gognitti is back, Jim Bravura is back, Alfred Woden is back, and the mysterious Inner Circle is working again.Someone wants Max dead. Who? Why?

Max Payne 2 is built on the same engine as the first game, but it's been loaded up with all the special effects of next generation games. Dynamic shadows and lighting effects, cubic mapped reflections, and high resolution textures make the game look incredibly real. The "Havok" and "Ragdoll" physics engines take care of objects and characters respectively, creating an incredibly realistic and interactive game world.Gameplay has been also enhanced, there are even more weapons, we can use two different weapons at the same time, there are NPCs who will join sides with us, and the much-acclaimed "Bullet Time" feature has been upgraded to version 2.0, in which Max's speed in "bullet time" increases as he gets more kills.The game also offers several unlockable difficulty and gameplay modes, once finished.

Requirements :

Minimum CPU Pentium III

Minimum OS Windows 98

Minimum RAM 256 MB

Minimum DirectX 9.0

Drivers/APIs Supported Hardware TNL

Sound Capabilities Dolby Digital

Input Devices Keyboard, Mouse

Number of Players Offline 1

Trivia :

• In the previous game, the writer, Sam Lake, was used as the face of Max Payne. In this game, Max's face is Timothy Gibbs' who is an actor. This is why Max looks SO different in this game.
• This game uses the Havok physics engine. The engine adds 2 very cool realistic features to the game.
• Environmental physics: This gives weight and density to objects. You can knock an object over and watch as it tumbles to the ground in a realistic way.
• Ragdoll physics: When a character is shot, the body tumbles to the ground as if it were a ragdoll

Cheats :
Apply cheats same as the maxpayne game.The procedure is same.

Effect code

Enable God mode god

Disable God mode mortal

Bullettime getbullettime

Quit game quit

health gethealth

1000 Painkillers getpainkillers

Beretta with 1000 ammo getberetta

Colt Commando with 1000 ammo getcoltcommando

Desert Eagle with 1000 ammo getdeserteagle

Dragunov with 1000 ammo getdragunov

Ingram with 1000 ammo getingram

Kalashnikov with 1000 ammo getkalashnikov

Molotov cocktail with 1000 ammo getmolotov

MP5 with 1000 ammo getmp5

Pump shotgun with 1000 ammo getpumpshotgun

Sawed-off shotgun with 1000 ammo getsawedshotgun

Sniper riflewith 1000 ammo getsniper

Striker gun with 1000 ammo getstriker

All weapons getallweapons

Unlock story line part 1 getgraphicsnovelpart1

Unlock story line part 2 getgraphicsnovelpart2

Unlock story line part 3 getgraphicsnovelpart3

Jump 10 high jump10

Jump 20 high jump20

Clear console window clear

Max Payne

Developed by Remedy Entertainmnet
Released in 2001
Genre : Action

Description:

Max Payne has been given this name on purpose. After his wife is shot by junkies, killing his baby as well, the policeman went undercover. He finds more pain there: his partner gets killed and he is the only suspect.

The game is a 3rd person 3D shooter which was in the making for several years. Your goal is to win a one-man-war against the mafia and solve the mystery of your family's tragic death. This is done merely by shooting your way through the levels. In contrary to most shooters the game is very linear, offering you usually just one possible route.

With Max Payne the developers introduced a new concept to action games. Everyone knows the action movies where time slows down, whenever there is spectacular action at hand. You can slow down the time in this game as well, allowing dodging moves, fly-by shootings, etc.

Minimum Requirements

Pentium III
Windows 95/98
RAM 128 MB
CD-ROM with 4x speed
DirectX 8.0
Keyboard
Mouse
Only 1 Player supported

Trivia:

• Max Payne was ranked # 41 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
• This game is banned in Germany. The ban occurred on 29.09.2001.
• PC Gamer UK awarded the game 95% and regards it as "the most important action game ever made for the PC".
• PC Games Germany rated Max Payne with 90%

Cheats :

Start the game with the -developer command line parameter. To do this go under the properties of your Max Payne desktop icon (right click icon, then select "Properties") then change the entry for the program to "Target: "C:\Program Files\Max Payne\maxpayne.exe" -developer".
Press [F12] 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

More Slow-Mo getbullettime

*Weapons getallweapons

Baretta getberetta

Sawed off shotgun getsawedshotgun

Pump action shotgun getpumpshotgun

Dual Berettas with full ammo getberettadual

Dual Berettas with full ammo getdualberetta

Desert Eagle with full ammo getdeserteagle

Dual Ingrams with full ammo getingramdual

Dual Ingrams with full ammo getdualingram

Jackhammer getjackhammer

Ingram getingram

8 pain killers getpainkillers

TMP5 getmp5

Colt Commando getcoltcommando

Molotov cocktail getmolotov

Grenade getgrenade

M-79 getm79

Sniper rifle getsniper

Exit game quit

* Very powerful cheats…sufficient to complete the game but the player looses the originality of the game!!!

Screenshots:

For screenshots...search in google as "maxpayne screenshots"