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Cheats and Tips

The following are cheats codes and tips for Grand Theft Auto III.
Use these at you own risk, it may not be possible to reverse some
codes so don't save your game after using them.

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Full health
While playing a game, press R2(2), L1, R1, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Full armor
While playing a game, press R2(2), L1, L2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

All weapons
While playing a game, press R2(2), L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up. Repeat this code for more ammunition. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Extra money
While playing a game, press R2(2), L1, L1, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Lower wanted level
While playing a game, press R2(2), L1, R2, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down. Note: Saving the game will make the effects of this code permanent. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Higher wanted level
While playing a game, press R2(2), L1, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left. Note: Saving the game will make the effects of this code permanent. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Destroy all cars
While playing a game, press L2, R2, L1, R1, L2, R2, Triangle, Square, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Improved driving skills
While playing a game, press R1, L1, R2, L1, Left, R1(2), Triangle. Press L3 or R3 to jump while driving. Note: Saving the game will make the effects of this code permanent. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Tank
While playing a game, press Circle(6), R1, L2, L1, Triangle, Circle, Triangle. The tank will appear in front of you. This may be repeated as many times as needed. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Increased gore
While playing a game, press Square, L1, Circle, Down, L1, R1, Triangle, Right, L1, X. Note: Saving the game will make the effects of this code permanent. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Fog
While playing a game, press L1, L2, R1, R2(2), R1, L2, X. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Overcast skies
While playing a game, press L1, L2, R1, R2(2), R1, L2, Square. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Rain
While playing a game, press L1, L2, R1, R2(2), R1, L2, Circle. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Normal weather
While playing a game, press L1, L2, R1, R2(2), R1, L2, Triangle. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Speed up time
While playing a game, press Circle(3), Square(5), L1, Triangle, Circle, Triangle. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Alternate costumes
While playing a game, press Right, Down, Left, Up, L1, L2, Up, Left, Down, Right. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Pedestrians riot
While playing a game, press Down, Up, Left, Up, X, R1, R2, L2, L1. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Pedestrians attack
While playing a game, press Down, Up, Left, Up, X, R1, R2, L1, L2. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Pedestrians crazy
While playing a game, press R2, R1, Triangle, X, L2, L1, Up, Down. -From: [email protected] and [email protected]

Police bribe
Get 45 kills in vigilante mode to unlock a police bribe that is available at your hideout.

Faster taxis
Get 100 fares in cab mode to unlock faster taxis available at Borgnine in Harwood in Portland.

Bonus Buggy
Successfully complete the Mafia missions in story mode to unlock the Buggy. Return to Portland and go to the Diablo parking lot (where the mission phone is located) between 19:00 to 24:00 to find the same Buggy glimpsed in Joey's garage from the Mafia mission. It will appear in the same location and change color each time.

Easy "infinite" run
To continue to run at a fast pace without fatigue, just tap X instead of holding it down. This helps when trying to give your character "exercise" so that he can run for longer periods of time as well.

Stealing police cars
To easily steal police cars, press Triangle at the drivers' side door. Then, as the policeman gets out, go to the passenger side and get in.

Use cars as a bomb
If you need a big bomb and you do not have the money for Eightball, smash your car into things and use it as a bomb on wheels when it starts to burn -- but make sure you get out of the car before it explodes.

Getting guns
Go by Toni's place to find an alleyway where an Uzi is located. Go near the mob car on the ledge in the other nearby alley -- you can go between two buildings and find an AK47-like rifle and some armor.

Hidden packages
When you see the Rockstar billboard, there are usually some items nearby. On the three islands, hidden packages are usually found near the billboards. For every ten hidden packages you find, you gain access to a new weapon located at your hideout, free of charge.

Regain health
Car jack any vehicle and drive up to a prostitute walking the streets. Stop and let her approach the car, after a few seconds of talking, she will get in. Drive to a remote area where there are not any cops around (a good place is in your hideout). Stop the car, but do not get out. After about two seconds, the car will start rocking back and forth. You will recover approximately 40 to 50 points of health. When it is over, she will exit the car and walk away, but not before she charges you a fee. At this point you can beat her up and take back the money you just paid her. Note: The prostitute will fight back when you try to take your money back. If for any reason you both have to exit the car before it starts rocking, you will still be charged a fee (beat her up to take it back). You cannot do this with the same prostitute twice in one night -- you can however, pick up another prostitute and recover more health. Even though the maximum amount of health points is 100 when you start the game, it increases to 125 after the encounter and remains that way.

Avoid police chases
After stealing police cars, you are relentlessly pursued by the police until you are captured or injured. In order to avoid this, steal the police car (try smashing them until they get out to arrest you, and then jump in their car). Take the stolen police car to your garage (the condition does not matter), and save the game. When you return with the stolen police car later (from your garage), it will be viewed as a normal car by the police, but will still be able to do the Vigilante mission.

First, find badges. The best places to look are in the alleys and parking lots. If being chased in a car, and you are not about to explode, just keep running, and try to not kill anyone. Sometimes, if you drive around enough in harsh conditions, the cops will just stop chasing you. This only happens if you have one or two stars though. If you have around four or more stars, quickly find some badges. The cops are reckless around them, and will do anything to get you busted, or most likely killed, even if it means accidentally killing a few witnesses.

Items
The following items are always available at your safe house, and regenerate. The numbers indicated the number of hidden packages needed for that item:

10: Pistol
20: Uzi
30: Grenades
40: Shotgun
50: Armor
60: Molotov cocktail
70: AK47
80: Sniper Rifle
90: M16 or Flamethrower
100: Rocket Launcher