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With the release of the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition, you can play GTA 3 on the Nintendo Switch for the first time. At this point we will show you how you can enter and deactivate cheats on the switch and show you all the cheat codes with their key combinations and effects.
Enter & deactivate cheats (Nintendo Switch)
In GTA 3 you can enter cheats and in the Switch version you just have to enter the corresponding key combinations from the lists below in the current game. While you are in the pause or main menu, the cheat entry does not work. A message at the top left of the screen confirms that you have entered the cheat successfully.
Important note:Â Since the effects of some cheats cannot be undone, you should save your game status before using cheats. If you want to save your game with activated cheats, you should definitely use a separate memory slot.
How can you deactivate cheats? In GTA 3 you can usually deactivate cheats by entering the appropriate key combination again. However, once activated, two cheats cannot be undone for passers-by! It is all the more important that you save your game before using the cheats.
In the following we list all the cheat codes for the switch version with their key combinations and effects.
Cheats for weapons, money, wanted level etc.
Cheat |
Keyboard
shortcut |
Full life energy |
ZR → ZR → L → R → Left → Down → Right → Up → Left → Down → Right → Up |
Full armor |
ZR → ZR → L → ZL → left → down → right → up → left → down → right → up |
Received $ 250,000 |
ZR → ZR → L → L → Left → Down → Right → Up → Left → Down → Right → Up |
All weapons (Entering again gives you more ammunition for the weapons) |
ZR → ZR → L → ZR → Left → Down → Right → Up → Left → Down → Right → Up |
Increase wanted level by 2 stars |
ZR → ZR → L → ZR → Left → Right → Left → Right → Left → Right |
Reduce wanted level to 0 stars |
ZR → ZR → L → ZR → top → bottom → top → bottom → top → bottom |
Change Character Appearance (Random NPC) |
Right → Down → Left → Up → L → ZL → Up → Left → Down → Right |
Cheats for cars & tanks
Cheat |
Keyboard
shortcut |
Tank (Rhino) spawn |
A → A → A → A → A → A → R → ZL → L → X → A → X |
EBplode all vehicles in the area |
ZL → ZR → L → R → ZL → ZR → X → Y → A → X → ZL → L |
All vehicles become invisible (only driver and tires remain visible) |
L → L → Y → ZR → X → L → X |
All vehicles can hover (behave somewhat like the Dodo planes) |
Right → ZR → A → R → ZL → Down → L → R |
Improved driving behavior (more precise steering, no sliding and no loss of traction) & your vehicle jumps with the horn |
R → L → ZR → L → Left → R → R → X |
Cheats for passers-by
Cheat |
Keyboard
shortcut |
Passers-by attack the person in the immediate vicinity * |
Down → Up → Left → Up → B → R → ZR → ZL → L |
All passers-by attack you * |
Down → Up → Left → Up → B → R → ZR → L → ZL |
Guns are given to all passers-by |
ZR → R → X → B → ZL → L → top → bottom |
Cheats for the weather
Cheat |
Keyboard
shortcut |
Clear & sunny |
L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → X |
Cloudy |
L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → Y |
rain |
L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → A |
Foggy |
L → ZL → R → ZR → ZR → R → ZL → B |
Cheats for time change
Cheat |
Keyboard
shortcut |
Increases the game speed (time lapse) |
X → Up → Right → Down → Y → L → ZL |
Slows down the game speed (slow motion) |
X → up → right → down → Y → R → ZR |
Accelerates the in-game time |
A → A → A → Y → Y → Y → Y → Y → L → X →
A → X |
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