“Halo 3″ Cheat Codes, as Explained by a Neglected Girlfriend

Angry woman brandishing a rolling pin and “Master Chief” from the “Halo” series of games

Here’s an excerpt from the McSweeneys article titled Halo 3 Cheat Codes, as Explained by Neglected Girlfriend Janet Iverson:

X, A, B, DOWN, RIGHT, Y: God mode. Total invincibility to all attacks. You can just stand there and the aliens can’t kill you. Heck, you could even put the controller down and they still can’t do anything. You could even walk away from the Xbox and—crazy idea—talk to someone who’s been sitting here for the past hour wondering if that was in fact an actual conversation she had earlier about going to the movies this afternoon and not just an incredibly realistic dream. In fact, you could come back to the game three hours later and you’d still have all your health. You could even come back to the game tomorrow — while a certain someone is working a 10-hour shift at Lane Bryant to pay the rent since someone else was recently “downsized” from Golden Swirl for “managerial reasons” that I’m sure were totally unrelated to his habit of napping in the service hallway—and you’d have the whole day all to yourself. Incredibly enough, Master Chief would be in fine, fine shape.

Comments (34)

  1. xarces wrote::

    it does’t work i’ve tryed it about 20 times

    Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 10:22 am #
  2. André wrote::

    THIS CHEAT DOES NOT WORK FFS!!!

    Friday, December 28, 2007 at 10:11 am #
  3. michael wrote::

    this totily suck its like no cheats work who agress it is crap not ever the maker wald put cheats is a waist of time ]=

    Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 11:35 pm #
  4. jaker wrote::

    i would really like to actually find a real cheat for halo 3 i have already beaten it 3 time and gout all the skulls but i just want to find a god mode code or ifinante ammo. boom bam

    Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 9:53 pm #
  5. jaker wrote::

    sorry about my last comment it had bad spelling:(

    Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 9:54 pm #
  6. jaker wrote::

    i also beat the game in 2 days it was easy on heroic.

    Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:00 pm #
  7. jhon wrote::

    you are all retarded, the real cheat is up,down,up,left,left,a,x,right, left,b,y but you must do this in the main menu. you people are all stupid

    Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:02 pm #
  8. jhon wrote::

    oh yeah and you could not have beaten the game in 2 days what do you you think we are stupid?

    Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 10:03 pm #
  9. random wrote::

    jhon do u have to hold any buttons wen u do dat

    Friday, January 4, 2008 at 12:30 pm #
  10. Jamie wrote::

    jhon: it doesnt work. do u have to hold any buttons

    Friday, January 4, 2008 at 4:49 pm #
  11. sormeki wrote::

    jhon… you can beat the game on heroic in less than 8 hours… considering there is 24 hours in a day and it took him 2 days, thats 48 hours, so, he could have conceivable beaten the game and still worked an entire weeks worth of a full time job provided he didn’t sleep. since i’m fairly certain he slept, granted no way of knowing, but lets figure 8 hours of sleep each night, so, 16 total hours sleep plus 8 hours game play leaves him with a whole days worth of time he could have used for more sleep, more time in game in case it took him longer, and of course eating, in short, jhon, if you can’t beat the game n 2 days, this game is clearly not for you, please do us a favor, take you fake cheats and find a new game

    Monday, January 7, 2008 at 3:03 am #
  12. j.j. wrote::

    this cheat is so weird and you idiot sormeki your in idiot so shut up jhon is right beach

    Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 7:54 am #
  13. dan wrote::

    i think u should all grow up im glad there are no working cheats its to stop n00bs like u lot cheating your way thru, grow up and complte the game yourself, if your actually tht crap that you cant may i suggest a game such as guitar hero, altho u would propably want to cheat at that to….. nooooooobs

    Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 10:21 pm #
  14. tanner wrote::

    these cheats don’t even work

    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 8:58 pm #
  15. Snipes013 wrote::

    U know a lot of people claim to have used cheat codes and they actualy worked. U nevr no. Maybe it depends where and how

    Friday, February 1, 2008 at 3:43 am #
  16. Juggernaut wrote::

    You people are all stupid there are no cheats for halo 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 6:26 pm #
  17. KINGKOBRA XY wrote::

    I agree the people who have claimed to cheat are retarded lire’s. Like my X friend SRGEANT SRG BVW he said he has a invincable cheat, a scarab gun cheat, and a infinit ammo cheat. YEA THE **** RIGHT!

    Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 6:04 pm #
  18. fabian wrote::

    dude i past the game in legendery in about 6 hours,oh and jhon go f%#&^ your self

    Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 8:50 pm #
  19. blackdragon wrote::

    hey the scarab gun is real i got it its only in halo 2 tho and it has halo2 i have the cheet book for all the hacks and everything.
    but i didnt start using the book till i beet the game by myself tho.

    Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 10:51 am #
  20. dude this ******* cheat dose not work!!!!!!!!!!

    Friday, March 21, 2008 at 4:35 pm #
  21. pinkpanther303 wrote::

    jhon it sounds like your cheat doesnt work.

    Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm #
  22. Ben wrote::

    You are all wrong! Here is how it works if you tried to use the freaking cheats online bungie changes the code so no one ecept them can be invincible. Ok. That is how the game creators and moders beat the system and cream everyone online. They cheat thats how they do it but even the bungie system has a back door as in it has to have a weakness if you modd. They can only ban you but not change the game.

    Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 5:43 pm #
  23. Ben wrote::

    Oh and my previous statement agrees with this if his god mode was active than he could beat the game in that much time. Oh and another thing if you are looking for cheats for halo3 that probably means you are a cheap noob who either sucks at this game or you just are too lazy or some stupid crap that means you suck. So please freaking play the game before you look for cheats.

    Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 9:17 pm #
  24. deathhunter861 wrote::

    u all are n00bs in a way cuz theres somthing u havent figured out yet i dont freakin care wat the cheat is i beat the campain in all 4 difficulties in 4 days (with school included)

    Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 9:14 pm #
  25. brute wrote::

    iv never done this cheat so will sum 1 freakin help me

    Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1:24 pm #
  26. brute wrote::

    and if people have cheats post them now freakin r tards

    Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1:26 pm #
  27. deathhunter861 wrote::

    who the HECK needs frickin cheats

    Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 1:54 pm #
  28. BIGM wrote::

    THESE CHEATS WORKED FOR ME…. It was awesome!!

    Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:01 pm #
  29. BIGM wrote::

    i already beat the game tho with no cheats!!!!!!! WOOT

    Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:01 pm #
  30. BIGM wrote::

    jk the cheats don’t work…..

    Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:02 pm #
  31. BIGM wrote::

    but ya cheats are fun, but try to beat the ame without them, or is it too hard for u?!?! hehe

    Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 7:03 pm #
  32. paintballer84 wrote::

    The few that believe in using cheatcodes are cheap a holes who have no LIFE!!!!!!!!

    Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 1:43 pm #
  33. SARGEANT wrote::

    I’ve already beaten the game 50 frickin times but I want to see if I can beat my record time with cheats included.

    Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 9:31 pm #
  34. Sam wrote::

    You have some excellent cheats and cracks here, kudos on a great blog. I have just started my own, I am an avid gammer and would like to give back, so I am starting a game cheats blog, if you get a chance please visit and give me your feedback: http://www.gamecheatslive.net I have just started it up so I do not have tons of content up yet, but I will get everything up asap.

    Thanks,
    Sam

    Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 10:17 pm #

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