Godfather,The Cheats (PC)

While playing the game, type one of the following codes to activate the corresponding
cheat function:

Effect - Code

$5,000 - cuneo 

All movies - tattaglia 

Full health - corleone 

Maximum ammunition - stracci

Reach the Don Of New York City rank at a 91.5\% game completion to get one million dollars
and unlimited ammunition for all of your guns only. Bombs, dynamite, and Molotov Cocktails
are not unlimited, and melee weapons can still wear out. To become the Don, you must take
over all businesses and rackets, then complete the contracts on the other families top
Bosses.

There is a man with red hair, a mustache, and a fedora hat who is named Edward Rooney
(from Ferris Buellers Day Off) in Little Italy. There is a man with black-gray hair named
Mike Brady (from The Brady Bunch) in Midtown. There is a blonde woman walking around in a
black dress named Pamela Anderson in Midtown.

Depending on the type of bank will determine the easiest way it can be robbed. The type
with the three guards and one room is by far the easiest, and should be robbed as often
as possible. Use the following trick to rob it without being chased or even getting past
two shields. First, bribe the cop outside. Then, go into the bank and choke the first
guard by the door. Next, go into the vault area and start strangling the guard on the
left. The other guard will come and attack you, but he will not shoot. He will only hit
you with his billy club. Remember to strangle the man on the left first because he tends
to start shooting with his shotgun if you attack the other guard. If you are robbing the
big bank, start the same way by bribing the cop outside. Then, go in and immediately
strangle the guards in the main room. Hurry down to the vault and strangle the two guards
there. Open the door and blow the vault. Three or four guards will attack you as you flee
the vault. Get close to them and shoot them with your Tommy gun to perform an instant
execution. After you shoot them, run up the stairs and move to the right. Then, take an
immediate right to leave the building where the car is always parked. Get in the car
quickly because you will be shot at when outside. Take off and you should not be chased
once you hit the streets. After any bank robbery you must go to your hangout to get the
money. The best bank to rob is the midtown bank, close to the apartment that the
Corleone's give you after you save Michael. You wll get $50,000 there.

To get more money, take over as many businesses, warehouses, and rackets as possible
before completing missions. By doing this you will get much more on payday, and money for
important weapon upgrades.

To stop your money from going into some racket that will not pay off later, get the
pressure up on the person you would normally buy out and he will instead pay you.

In missions where you raid an enemy gang's operation (like a supplier or storefront
racket), search the interior after completing the main objective for hidden stashes of
money and ammunition. Most back rooms, closets, and rooftops contain hidden moneybags or
weapon stashes.

To get easy money and respect, go to the Molotov Cocktail seller in Midtown. Look for
hobos walking around, then shoot them. You will receive no heat, but either +750 Respect
and $3000 or +900 Respect and $100.

Different families have different incomes; the richest family is the Barzini (green)
family followed by the Cuneo (red) family. The businesses that you take from these
families pay out a lot more than the other two. Also, when you are taking over their
business, do not forget to pick up the money they drop. When a Barzini (green) family
member is killed, you can pick up at least $200 per person. However, when you take money
from a Tattaglia (brown) family member, you will only get $15.

Enter the sewer system and find a crate containing money, which is guarded by a group of
heavily armed bell-boys. The entrance to the sewer system is directly south of the
westernmost Tattaglia warehouse on the Hell's Kitchen Loop.

Do not waste money on safe houses. You can make it just fine with the ones you get in the
story. Instead, use your money for clothing and weapons. All the best weapons cost a lot
but are well worth it. The Saturday Night Special is a better revolver and costs $75,000.
The Assassin's Pistol is better gun and costs about $200,000. The Python is a better
magnum and costs $250,000. The Dillinger is a machine gun and costs $450,000. Finally,
the Street Sweeper, which works like a shotgun, costs $500,000 and will kill most people
in one shot.

The pistol at level 3 works like a semi-automatic gun. It carries fourteen bullets and
has more firepower. It is great for taking over businesses. The shotgun at level 3 has
more ammunition, more firepower, and is great for taking over warehouses, etc. Prioritize
weapons upgrades before safehouse buying. One house in each city is fine at the start.
However, you will have to buy them all in the end.

When you are getting shot by another family or cop, grab someone nearby and use them as a
shield. By doing this, you will not get hurt while being shot.

When you go to a hub, warehouse, or compound with people and cars blocking your way, get a
truck and run into the cars and people until it catches on fire. Then, finish off the
other people that are still alive.

When you go to a hub, warehouse, or compound with people and cars blocking your way,
stand close enough that you can lock-on to a person. Take either dynamite or a Molotov
Cocktail and throw it. It will blow up the cars next to the people. Continue doing this
until you have reached the hub, warehouse, or compound.

If you are having trouble extorting business owners, try destroying some of their property
and/or hold a gun to their face. For example, when you are trying to take over Good Eats
in Brooklyn, you can hold a gun to the man's face then reholster the gun and extort. If
he refuses, simply draw your gun again, lock on, and hold it. Keep doing this until he
caves in. Do not forget to reholster your gun to avoid accidentally shooting him. In
another example, when you are trying to extort money from the hotel owner in Brooklyn,
hold a gun to him twice, break the downstairs cupboard, then finally blow his safe before
you beat him into submission. Always buy available rackets first. Take a trip around to
either buy another racket or go around the block. Do not attack until you visit again,
and instead of enemy soldiers you will find all your soldiers. By doing this you do not
have to fight a bunch of enemies and get your vendetta up.

If you have not taken over all the businesses and rackets, wait until you have reached
the Don Of New York City rank. You will be able to take over anything without having to
smash anything up or convince the person that it is a good idea; they will just say Yes
immediately.

Health: The more health, the better.

Streetsmarts: Prolong the victims breaking point (and by doing so, increasing your weekly
income earnings). Remember to always try to buy them out first.

Fighting: Increase you negotiation pressure by 10\% for each upgrade.

Speed: Not so essential. Only faster reloading is interesting here.

Shooting: For better aiming speed and precision but not essential for taking over
businesses.

Succesfully complete the first mission, then save the game and quit before answering the
phone downstairs. Reload your saved game to get $500 and 500 Respect points again from
the previous mission. Save the game, quit, then reload again as many times as desired to
get $500 and 500 Respect points each time.

All the safe houses that you pay for have ammo caches. When low on ammunition or health,
you can go into these houses and restock. They are the orange houses on the map, and most
are in hotels.

While driving, honk your horn constantly to send other cars to the side of the road.
Additionally, go to a police station and bribe the police chief. You can then steal the
police car without any trouble. Turn on the siren and cars will now move out of your way.

Type holiday inn while playing the game.

All the guns in the game are based on actual firearms. The following is a list of the guns
in the game and their closest real-life equivalents:

.38 Snub-Nose: Colt Detective .38 Special / Smith & Wesson M & P 2 in revolver 

Pistol: Colt M1911A1 semi-auto .45 pistol 

Magnum: Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver in .357 

Long-barrel Shotgun: Remington 870 pump-action shotgun 

Tommy Gun: Thompson M1921 / 1928 sub-machine gun in .45

After placing the bomb in the upstairs of the bar, an enemy will suddenly open up the
previously locked door at the top of the stairs. Quickly run into the hallway to find a
massive stash of money bags. Do this quickly by sprinting, as you will not have much time
to run downstairs and leave before the bomb explodes. Do not bother trying to open the
second door in the hallway, because it is locked.

If you commit a lot of damage and/or kill a lot of people, you will get wanted stars. Once
you get enough stars, the police will chase and shoot you. To lose them, just move to a
different area and all of your stars will immediately go away.

Before starting this mission, break the windows in the barber shop. This will allow for
easy shooting once the Don is shot. The recommended gun for this and any other close
range shooting mission is the magnum.

You must blow up all safes to become Don Of New York City. Blow up all the safes when you
are taking over businesses that have one. By doing this you will not have to search for
safes after you completed most of the missions. Also, you will get an money, 1,000
Respect, and dynamite by blowing them up.

Reach the Underboss rank to have no heat when stealing a parked car.

Complete the indicated mission or collect the indicated number of film reels:

Are You Ready To Do Me This Favor?: Change Of Plans mission 

Carlo Learns A Lesson: Sonny's War mission 

Carlo Goes For A Ride: It's Only Business mission 

Good Morning Mr. Woltz: Collect 70 film reels 

Five Shots: The Don Is Dead mission 

Mr. Woltz: Death To The Traitor  mission 

Mattresses Montage: A Recipe For Revenge mission 

Spoiled Guinea Brat: The Silent Witness mission 

Don Sends Luca On An Errand: Collect 20 film reels 

Johnny Fontane: Collect 10 film reels 

Luca's Demise: Collect 30 film reels 

Mr. Bonasera: The Enforcer mission 

Meeting With Sollozzo: A Grave Situation mission 

Regarding Sollozzo: The Alley mission 

Sicilian Sign: Sleeping With The Fishes mission 

Sonny At The Tollbooth: Collect 85 film reels 

Sorry Sally: Collect 100 film reels 

Sonny And Tom Disagree: Intensive Care mission 

Sonny And Tom Argue Again: Fireworks mission 

The Baptism: Baptism By Fire mission 

The Don Is Dead: Collect 40 film reels 

The Don's Demise: Order To Kill mission 

Trigger Too Tight: Horseplay mission 

Whack Paulie: Collect 55 film reels 

Where's Michael?: Now it's Personal mission

In missions where you have to kill an important figure in a certain way (such as pushing
them off a roof or into a furnace), you can do this easier by luring the enemy over to
the hazard you must use to kill them before fighting with them. Just avoid them and run
over to the hazard. They will come over to you. Beat them up a little, but do not kill
them completely. Then, grab them and swing them so they have their back to the hazard.
Then, shove them to their death.

When you are locked onto an enemy who is hiding behind a crate or low object, keep locking
on and put the crosshair on a part of their body that is sometimes sticking out, like
their head or arm. This will help you kill them easier.

To take over a compound, equip all of your guns with ammunition, or use a powerful gun to
kill other gangsters and take their gun. You should have cover at all times. Note: When
behind the bushes to the left of the entrance they can shoot you through the bushes. Once
inside, do the same thing and always have cover. Then, run downstairs. In the back house
there are two men. One is behind a box and there is another behind a pillar. After those
two are dead, set the time bomb (not dynamite). If needed, stay in the basement and die,
then drive back and repeat on the other house.

When you are ready to take over a compound, the Tattaglias in northeast Brooklyn is
recommended because they may be the weakest family in New York, but that does not mean
they are going to be very simple to defeat either. Bring some bombs along and blow up the
support pillars in the basements. You may start a mob war, but if you are successful you
will have a new safe house with a group of guards.

When you are being chased by enemies in a car, let them drive up on your side. Usually
they will come up near your rear on your left or right. Then, look ahead and lure them
into an accident. Usually they will smash into something like oncoming traffic or a wall
if timed correctly. They will eventually come back and catch up to you, but if you keep
doing this they will eventually blow themselves up (because you cannot shoot out your car
at them).

Play the mission when you go to the hospital to protect the Don. After you kill the first
assassin and Michael Corleone tells you to go to the basement, go foward and make a left.
You should see a door with Michael Corleone talking to Vito Corleone while he is in the
hospital bed. Listen to the conversation carefully. This is the real Marlon Brando
talking, recorded while he was hospitalized.

After you beat up the men and are told to locate your safehouse, follow the Don's enforcer
out of the alley and turn left. Walk down a short distance to the next alley on your left.
There will be a thug standing there, staring at you. He will not attack, but if you beat
him up he will drop a pistol, which is good for a first gun. You can use the pistol to
get through the next few missions easier (before you are given a more powerfu gun by the
mob).

Before going on a warehouse assault have these items: pistol (full ammunition), Tommy gun
(full ammunition), shotgun (full ammunition), magnum (full ammunition), molotovs (6), and
about $25,000. When going to a warehouse, try to blow up the roadblocks. After that, stand
there and shoot at oncoming gangsters with your pistol (headshots are essential). Then, go
in to the warehouse area. Stand behind boxes and shoot the enemies with the pistol or
magnum (again with headshots). Once you enter the warehouse, have either your shotgun or
Tommy gun ready. Most enemies will have shotguns and Tommy guns. When you kill them,
search for the owner. He will have puppeteer hands. Buy him out. Do not hit or injure him
or you will not be able to buy him out and will have to use pressure. More than likely you
will have also started a mob war. Do not bother looking for bombing business. Instead,
check the map for the nearest FBI agent and bribe him. You may lose $3,000, but it is
less risky. You will now have a warehouse and won a mob war at the same time.