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AGE OF EMPIRES (Warning! Not TNT)

Thanks to Stephen Davies aged 15 from Swansea, Wales, UK, for most of these, and Gavin Pearce for the "Steroids" cheat.

Press enter to activate the chat mode and then type in any of the following:

CHEAT WHAT IT DOES
Diediedie Kills everyone. I'd give you more info, but these aren't TNT, remember?
Resign Resign from the game. Sounds a bit drastic, don't you think?
Reveal map Here's a clue: it doesn't involve elephants falling from the sky.
Pepperoni Pizza Gives you 1000 food
Coinage " " " gold
Woodstock " " " wood
Quarry " " " stone
Steroids All buildings, technologies and units are built instantly - affects all sides.

AGE OF EMPIRES 2 (Caution! Sort of TNT)

They're sort-of TNT because, though I haven't tested them myself, the person who gave them to me has. His name's Gavin Pearce, he's 11 years old, and he's from Windsor, England, UK.

Like with AoE 1, press enter to bring up the chat box, and enter the cheats there.
CHEAT WHAT IT DOES
Marco Reveals entire map
Polo Removes fog of war.
Aegis All buildings, technologies and units are built instantly - affects all sides.
Rock On Gives you 1000 stone
Lumberjack " " " wood
Robin Hood " " " gold
Cheese Steak Jimmy's " " " food
I Love The Monkey Head Gives a VDML (a weird, fast, naked, harmless guy)
How Do You Turn This On Gives a "cobra" car. No idea what they are...
To Smithereens Gives a saboteur - a little suicide bomber.
Natural Wonders Control nature - something to do with the little animals, I think.
Resign Resign from the game (Just say no)
WimpyWimpyWimpy Destroy yourself (Why oh why oh why [spells YOYOY])
Torpedo# Kills opponent, where # is the opponent number
Black Death Destroys all enemies (Well, it's more logical than "WimpyWimpyWimpy"!)
I R Winner Victory!

A-TRAIN (TNT)

Fancy running that great big Demo city you see when A-Train comes up? It's simplicity itself. As soon as the screen comes up select Save and think up a name such as "Demo". Once you've saved the game, you can play at this supercity to your heart's content!

Also, here's a useful cheat if you want a million quid in hurry, no income tax. Hold CONTROL and SHIFT down and type petercheatercheaterwimp (How's that for good way to test your skill at typing one-handed?). The computer will beep, a little message box will pop up containing some witty(ish) comment or other and you'll receive your $1 million, as well as having all your materials yards stocked to the brim! Oh, one word of warning: If you type this in too many times (I don't know how many), you go bankrupt.

For help on setting up a small railway company, steam over to the A-Train Tips.

CIVILIZATION II (TNT)

For those of you whose hi-score boards are looking particularly depressing (I confess taht I am not the world's best at Civ2 - I have won, but only at Chieftain Level), here's a cheat which gives you a fairly high score (although it's very, very boring).

In the Map Editor, create a blank map. That's right - a blank map, with nothing but Ocean squares. Save this and go into Civ2 itself. Click on Start On Premade world and select the blank world you've just created. After going through all the rigmarole of name, tribe and so on, you will find you have automatically won the game and scored a largish number of points.

Here's why: restricted to the icecaps, there is no room for enemy civilizations to build, and they all perish - except yours. This, in effect, means you have conquered the world and therefore won the game. BE WARNED: Using this cheat is about as much fun as waiting an hour for a bus that takes you fifty metres down the road. It seems a boring way to go just to get a large score on the highscore table. It's better to walk (i.e. play the game itself).

For advice on some of the better wonders, go to the Civilization II Tips.

COLIN McRAE RALLY (Warning! Not TNT)

Nicked these out of PC Guide. Hope they don't mind!

Type these in as driver names IN CAPS LOCK to access the cheats.

DRIVER NAME WHAT IT DOES
BACKAGAIN Drive down the tracks from the finish to the start, I assume
BEEFCAKE The Celica car
BORROWERS Tiny, tiny, teeny, weeeny cars.
BUNGEENET A bungee net - whatever that does.
DARKSIDE All the opened tracks are at night
DELOREAN A "floating car" mode.
GIANTLEAP Reduced gravity.
HIPPO The Millenium car
INTHECLOUDS Clouds track
QUARRYVILLE Quarry track
TROLLEYPARK Trout track - but what the heck's a trout track?
WILDAYWORLD Space track