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[[File:Konami Code.svg|thumb|400px|This one has [[Konami Code|its own page]].]]
{{quote|'''Genie:''' You may have three wishes, mortal...
'''Gamer:''' [[Doom|IDDQD, IDKFA, and send me directly to level 7.]] }}
A [[Video Game Cheats|Video Game Cheat]] is a sequence of commands which turns on an undocumented, advantageous feature within a game. These are typically backdoors inserted during programming to facilitate testing by the designers. Since cartridge-based games used fixed memory locations, removing these backdoors after development was problematic (since their removal could lead to new unexpected bugs), so they were often left in for released versions.
Even after cartridges were replaced by CD-ROMs as the main videogaming medium, cheat codes remained popular.
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See [[Konami Code]] for one of the most famous cheat codes.
Some of the most well
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* The code 'XYZZY' was a magic word within the original [[Colossal Cave]] Adventure. In Colossal Cave itself it was not a cheat code, but part of the normal game (it is used to teleport between two locations); however, homages to the game have used it as a cheat code, and the hobbyist text-adventure development community traditionally includes a hidden 'xyzzy' command as a tribute to Colossal Cave.
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** Not many iD Software fans know the etymology of the legendary IDDQD and IDKFA. IDDQD is a combination of ''iD'' (from iD Software) and ''DQD'', Delta-Q-Delta, the name of a three-person informal fraternity organized by [[Doom]] programmer Dave Tailor during his college days. IDKFA is similar a combination of ''Id'' and ''KFA'': Keys, Full Ammo.<ref>There are less likely interpretations such as Killer Fucking Arsenal</ref>
** The original NOCLIP code for ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'' was IDSPISPOPD. It was both a code and an in-joke, considering it was an acronym for "[[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing pumpkins]] into small piles of putrid debris." <ref>the phrase comes from Usenet discussions related to DOOM prior to its release. A [http://www.giantbomb.com/smashing-pumpkins-into-small-piles-of-putrid-debris/61-7336/ game] based around the concept was also released.</ref> [[Lampshaded]] in the novel for Doom, where the Cacodemons are called Pumpkins by the hero(es) and after a particularly gruesome encounter, the [[Action Girl]] shouts, "OOH-RAH! Smashing pumpkins into small piles of putrid debris!"
** IDSPISPOPD is referenced in a ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'' Photoplasty: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005152300/http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_273_26-ads-products-that-must-exist-in-video-games_p26/#18 Ads for Products That Must Exist in Video Games]
** If you have one of the older versions of Excel that has the mini-FPS hidden inside it, try the code "EXCELKFA."
** Typing "IDKFA" into [[Tony Hawks Pro Skater|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3's]] password entry screen allows you to skate as the [[Guest Fighter|Doom Guy]], complete with his own set of ''Doom'' themed skateboards.
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