| Cheat Codes | |
| NOTE: In Descent 2 & 3, you need only type the last 8 letters of a cheat code for it to work. I have not yet tested this in Descent 1. | |
| Descent 3 (Full Version) | |
| BURGERGOD | Toggles invulnerability. |
| TESTICUS | Toggles cloaking. |
| IVEGOTIT | Gives you full shield, full energy, and all weapons. |
| DEADOFNIGHT | Toasts all the robots in the level. |
| TREESQUID | Full map. |
| MORECLANG | Level warp. |
| TUBERACER | Gives you 210 damage. (Why would anyone want this?) |
| BYEBYEMONKEY | Toggles chase view mode. (Sweet!) |
| TELETUBBIES | Puts a baby's face over the sun in outdoor levels. |
| SHANANIGANS | Toggles "cool texture" mode. (All textures are replaced with random patterns, including the automap and game menus.) |
| FRAMETIME | Displays animation rate in frames per second. |
| FRAMELENGTH | Displays animation rate in frames per second. |
| Descent 2 (Full Version) | |
| ALMIGHTY | Toggles invulnerability. |
| BLUEORB | Gives you a single shield powerup. |
| HONESTBOB | All weapons. |
| ALIFALAFEL | All accessories. |
| ORALGROOVE | All keys. |
| ROCKRGRL | Full map. |
| FREESPACE | Level warp. |
| WILDFIRE | Toggles rapid firing. |
| LPNLIZARD | Toggles homing weapons. (Be careful, the robots' weapons will home, too!) |
| DUDDABOO | Toggles bouncing weapons. (This one also causes the robots' weapons to bounce!) |
| IMAGESPACE | Disables robot firing. |
| GODZILLA | Makes it easier to destroy robots by ramming them. |
| HELPVISHNU | Adds another Guide-Bot. |
| GOWINGNUT | Makes the Guide-Bot attack the robots. (Stay back from him if you use this cheat code, it makes him fire smart and mega missiles!) |
| SILKWING | Makes the robots attack each other! (Funny as hell to watch, but it slows the game down a little.) |
| SPANIARD | On 1st use: Toasts all the robots in the mine. On 2nd use: Toasts the boss if he exists, if not, it toasts the Guide-Bot. On 3rd use: Toasts the Guide-Bot. |
| DELSHIFTB | Toasts all the robots in the mine, gets all the powerups in the mine, sets the reactor to blow and puts you right in front of the exit! |
| BITTERSWEET | Makes the mine walls warp and boil. |
| PIGFARMER | On 1st use: Makes John's head appear in the background. (You can only see it if you reduce the your screen size.) On 2nd use: Reverts back to normal background. |
| FRAMETIME | Displays animation in frames per second. |
| Descent 1 (Full Version) | |
| GABBAGABBAHEY | Enables cheat codes. |
| RACERX | Toggles invulnerability. |
| GUILE | Toggles cloaking. |
| TWILIGHT | Sets your shields to 100. |
| MITZI | All keys. |
| SCOURGE | All shareware weapons. (Laser 4 Quad, Vulcan, Spread, Concussion, Homing, Bomb) |
| BIGRED | All weapons. |
| PORGYS | Gives you all the weapons, plus: 200 concussion missiles 200 homing missiles 200 proximity bombs 40 smart missiles 40 mega missiles All this AND all your weapons have rapid firing! |
| FARMERJOE | Level Warp. |
| BIOPSYTOYS | Sets reactor to blow. |
| POBOYS | Sets reactor to blow. |
| FLASH | Creates a trail of energy stars that form a path to the exit. (They're hard to follow sometimes, though, since it only puts one energy star in each cube.) |
| BRUIN | Gives you an extra life. |
| BUGGIN | Toggles turbo mode. (Useful for "debuggin" levels.) |
| ASTRAL | Toggles ghost mode. (Lets you fly through doors and walls.) |
| AHIMSA | Disables robot firing. |
| LUNACY | Makes the robots move fast and fire seldom. |
| PLETCHxxx | This is a fun one. If xxx is 000-998, the robots will have a different texture mapped onto them when you shoot them. (They change color!) If xxx is 999 the robot textures are set back to normal. |
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Know of a Descent cheat code that I missed? E-mail Scorch |
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