In terms of strange and interesting cheat codes, Enter the Matrix - based around the movie series The Matrix - in particular has quite a few noteworthy ones. These range from hidden messages to a secret cheat menu located entirely within the game's hacking system, and almost all of the cheats are relatively difficult to obtain and memorize.
The game was originally released in 2003 for the PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox, and served as the first game based around The Matrix series of films. Despite its critical reception upon release, Enter the Matrix boasted significant sales and went on to receive multiple re-releases. Its commercial success was a large part of making it a notable game of the early 2000s, an era in which cheat codes were far more common in video games.
Cheat codes have seemingly fallen out of popularity in recent years - though there are certainly a few notable games that still include cheats - in large part because of improving technologies and online support for most video game titles. Many early cheat codes were in fact tools for debugging and playtesting, and many weren't meant to be included in the final version of the game at all. Enter the Matrix's strange cheats likely fall under this case.
Enter The Matrix's Weirdest Cheat Codes
One of the most significant cheats in Enter the Matrix allows players to simply unlock everything, an inclusion that was almost certainly meant for playtesters and developers rather than intended to be included in the game's final release. According to IGN, the cheat even includes this message when utilized: "All files unlocked. Remember to remove this feature from the final version!". This, along with most of the other cheats in the game, can be accessed by going to the main menu and selecting the "Hacking" feature. Entering "cheat.exe" into the hacking prompt allows players to make use of a large number of cheats, from infinite health to low gravity. All of these can likewise be found listed on IGN.
Other cheats are less straightforward, allowing players to drop weapons in certain locations or unlock sample messages from Morpheus by utilizing certain logins and passcodes in the Hacking menu. The strangest by far is the Enter The Matrix cheat code which allows players to engage in a hand-to-hand fight as models of in-game vehicles. Enter The Matrix's car fight game can be viewed in a YouTube video from Lookat mySnikt below:
Some of these require players to know a whole series of commands and codes, which could include everything from phone numbers to three-digit sequences to series of words. According to Cheat Code Central, many of these can be found on billboards within The Matrix: Reloaded. It's worth checking out the full list of codes for Enter the Matrix as compiled on the site. Their odd complexity fits right in with the tone of The Matrix universe, and their access through the Hacking system helps make Enter the Matrix feel more like a simulation than even most other video games.