Warcraft 2: Tides Of Darkness

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Cheat mode:
Press [Enter] to display the two player message box, type one of the following codes, then press [Enter] again to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: A cheat may be disabled by repeating the code. Cheats will affect all players in multi-player mode.

Effect	Code
Display map, except for fog of war	on screen or showpath
Display multi-player map	showmap
Faster building, upgrades, and unit production	make it so
Boost unit strength	it is a good day to die
Reduce unit strengh	it is a nice day to die
Instant win	unite the clans
Instant loss	you pitiful worm
Increases gold, wood, and oil	glittering prizes
Increases oil	valdez or spycob
Faster wood chopping	hatchet or axe & saw
Armor and weapon upgrades	deck me out
Spell upgrades	every little thing she does
Win entire game	there can be only one
Enable level select	tigerlily
Jump to specified Orc level	orc <level number 1-14>
Jump to specified Human level	human <level number 1-14>
Go Bruins message	ucla
Display flashing red line background	netprof
FIEF mode	day
Faster demo screens	fastdemo
Disable Orc traps	tombstone
Disable enemy magic	noglues
Disable total victory	never a winner
Toggle cheat mode, disable intro	title
Allow multiplayer game surrender	allowsync

Information in this section was contributed by Fireball31639, Mormack, Arf11886, and Justin Lynn.

Animal kill:
Keep clicking the mouse over the animals and they will eventually explode. Note: The explosion will not hurt anyone else.
Information in this section was contributed by Mik539 and BrettKfl13.

Hear different unit phrases:
Select a unit four times. Select it again to hear a different phrase. This may be done on every ground unit, air unit, and heroes. Depending on type, four to seven different phrases may be heard.
Information in this section was contributed by Joselito Bautista.

Hint: Sword from Warcraft:
Build the human blacksmith and the highest upgrade sword from the original Warcraft will be there.
Information in this section was contributed by Steebo.

Hint: Funny hints:
When the dialog box tells you hints about the game, keep on clicking "Next Hint". It will soon tell you things such as "Wear your helmet when you ride a bicycle" or "Tell your friends to buy Warcraft II", etc.
Information in this section was contributed by MedievalManII.

Hint: Tons of gold:
At over 1,000,000 in gold, instead of displaying the amount of money you have the game will show "*tons*".
Information in this section was contributed by Sam B.

Hint: Instant Mana:
Use someone's magic, such as the Fireball, Holy Vision, Runes, or Death Coil, and press "Stop" immediately before they perform the spell. This requires precise timing. Note: It is easier to press S to stop faster.
Information in this section was contributed by Steebo.