Puzzle Quest debug menu just a prank, nude heroes not real

by John Bardinelli { Apr 2nd 2007 at 6:47AM }

Infinite Interactive released a cheat code yesterday to give players a little help in the PSP and DS versions of Puzzle Quest. The code is a long sequence of buttons pressed quickly or held for half a second. Once entered, a menu will appear that will allow you to turn off AI cheating, play the secret cow level, activate all spells, and turn on nude hero sprites (!).

Now this is what an April Fools prank should be like. No outlandish promises for games we know will never exist, no half-baked Photoshopped images, and for the love of grilled cheese sandwiches, no ridiculous claims of Sony buying Nintendo. Just a good old fashioned joke that you believe at first but quickly realize you've been hoodwinked. Furthering the prankocity of the cheat, the sequence spells "I AM A NOOB" in Morse code!

We can't help but wonder how many Puzzle Quest fans dove for their system to try it out. You know, to turn off AI cheating. Not that nude hero thing.

[Via DS Fanboy]

Tags: aprilfools, ds, infiniteinteractive, joke, prank, psp, puzzle, puzzlequest, rpg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bluebreaker @ Apr 2nd 2007 6:56AM

When did Grilled Cheese Sandwiches become God??

Ralod @ Apr 2nd 2007 8:21AM

Since when have they not?

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 2nd 2007 9:01AM

Since they've been able to indict them. Or is that ham sandwiches? Awesome prank.

LaughingTarget @ Apr 2nd 2007 10:14AM

Hehe, this is a brilliant one, planned well in advance. Kudos to Infinite Interactive. Kinda reminds me of the "Activate 3D Mode" in The Curse of Monkey Island.

CaptNink @ Apr 2nd 2007 10:53AM

"Turn off cheating AI" should have been our first clue - the AI doesn't cheat! :P

Dan @ Apr 2nd 2007 12:02PM

This is a good one, but so was SOE's Everquest April Fools prank. The original Everquest had a small update, in which the update notes claimed a major overhaul of the graphics and character models, and that they were sure the players would be amazed. After logging in, all of the characters and NPC's were stick figures...