The Godfather Cheats (PlayStation 2)

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.

Pause the game and enter LEFT,SQUARE,RIGHT,CIRCLE,RIGHT,L3

Pause the game and press Square, Circle, Square, Square, Circle, L3.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Pause the game and press Circle, Left Circle, Right, Square, L3.

Pause game, after press square, right, square, left, circle, R3.

Pause the game and enter CIRCLE,LEFT,CIRCLE,RIGHT,SQUARE,R3

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.

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).

Become Don of New York by taking over every business and racket and taking out contracts
on the other families top gangsters.

Never Get Heat When Stealing Parked Cars:

Reach the rank of 'Underboss'.

Reach the Don Of New York City rank at a 91.5 percent game.

Pause game and enter SQUARE,CIRCLE,SQUARE,SQUARE,CIRCLE,L3.

Pause the game and press Left, Square, Circle, Right, L3.

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.

Get on the freeway and about every ten seconds a warehouse truck should appear. Stop your
car in front of it, get out, cause some damage, kill the bagmen, take the money, and keep
driving. You can accumulate a lot of money quickly. Then, return to your safe house and
deposit the money.

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.