Galactic Battlegrounds Cheat Codes
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This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds for PC. If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction, please click EDIT and add it.
Cheat codes may be used in single player at any time, and in multiplayer if cheats are enabled. To enter a cheat code, press enter, type the code, and press enter again. Case does not matter. Listed below are all the known cheats. They are split into categories according to game version.
What happens when the Star Wars franchise is combined with the Age of Empires series? The result is Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. Originally released in 2001, Galactic Battlegroundsproved immediately popular with fans of both franchises. Age of Empires II had just been released two years before and was still going strong by the time Star Wars decided to experiment with the same game engine.
Cheats are almost as old as video games themselves. The Age of Empires series is noted for often containing a myriad of helpful (and zany) cheat codes. Armed with these little helpers, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds can become a ridiculously easy game. For the sake of thoroughness, codes for the expansion, Clone Campaigns, have been included as well. To activate a cheat, simply press Enter during gameplay to bring up the chat function. Type in the code exactly as shown, and press Enter again to complete the process.
The economy of Galactic Battlegrounds is built around the accumulation of various resources. These raw materials are comprised of Carbon, Food, Nova, and Ore. Possessing a strong economy is essential as practically everything the player needs to build or research requires resources. But why work for it? With these nifty codes, everything a player could possibly need is only a few keyboard clicks away. Here's the breakdown:
Take notice of that final cheat on the list. Building things take time in Galactic Battlegrounds. Constructing a worthwhile base is time-consuming, but is almost always necessary in order to wage an effective campaign. With all those extra resources, what's the point of waiting for things to be built? Enter that last cheat and your base will spring to life in no time!
Like resource gathering, recruiting a formidable army also takes time. When locking horns with the AI, it's imperative for the player to build a competent army to neutralize enemy incursions relatively quickly. Sometimes, it's good to have a little extra help on hand when things go sour. Spawning these intimidating juggernauts can turn the tide of a battle in the blink of an eye. The list of unit spawns include:
Summoning Simon the Killer Ewok is an inspired choice. This furry terror can easily obliterate an enemy's base as well as their army, without breaking a sweat. Of course, if the player needs maximum destruction, then spawning the Death Star itself is the obvious choice. No matter which option they choose, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion the enemy won't last for very long when facing some of these overpowered behemoths.
Knowing how and when an enemy is going to strike is a handy bit of information. Normally, the player would need to take precautions so that some advanced notice can be achieved. This is because, under normal circumstances, a player's vision is obscured by the fog of war as well as the terra incognita of unexplored territory. These two cheats can eliminate those problems in their entirety:
The first cheat eliminates the black terra incognita that represents unexplored territory. The second cheat finishes the job by eliminating the fog of war. Thus, when combined, every inch of the map becomes fully visible to the player. No more nasty surprise attacks with these two codes.
Sometimes, players can lose control of a situation. Even the best-laid plans often come to naught. When failure looms large on the horizon, the thought of having to replay a scenario from the beginning can be quite deflating. Cheat codes are notorious for allowing players to surreptitiously snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. When the going gets too tough, lean on these cheats to turn a disaster into a triumph:
If winning instantly without effort proves unconscionable, then unit buffs may be a better alternative. These cheats give the player an edge on the battlefield by strengthening their own military units. Packing a harder punch is usually enough to tip the scales decisively in the player's favor. They include:
These cheats can make an already impressive force even more deadly. Missions can still be completed quite easily when the player's armies are buffed to this extent. Of course, if players felt bad about cheating, they wouldn't have done it in the first place. Right?
Simon, known as Simon the Killer Ewok, was an Ewok with brown fur and black eyes. Simon wielded a staff weapon that fired devastating blaster bolts capable of quickly destroying buildings, beings, droids, and vehicles. Simon was also equipped with an energy shield and was capable of moving at fast speed.[1] Simon stood at one meter tall,[2] wore a piece of orange hooded clothing that covered their chest and head, with holes for their ears and face. The Ewok also wore a headpiece with two plumes and spoke the Ewokese language.[1]
Simon the Killer Ewok appeared in the 2001 LucasArts video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, where they could be accessed by typing the cheat code "Simonsays" in the game's chat box. After the code is entered, Simon would appear on any stretch of land that the player is overlooking. The color of the plumes on Simon's headpiece are dependent on the team color of the player the Ewok is summoned by. They can be blue, red, green, yellow, purple, gray, orange, or cyan. Simon's model and profile image are identical to that of Chief Chirpa, who appears in multiple campaigns in the game.[1]
Unlike most of the game's other cheat codes, "Simonsays" was not mentioned in Prima Games' strategy guide for Galactic Battlegrounds,[4] and was instead revealed on the LucasArts website.[5] Galactic Battlegrounds level designer Lily Mansfield believed that Simon was named in reference to Simon Jeffrey, the president of LucasArts at the time.[6] When asked about Simon's canonicity on the StarWars.com Message Boards, Lucasfilm's Holocron continuity database manager Leland Chee compared Simon to Max,[3] a character who appeared as an Easter egg in the 1997 video game Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.[7]
The Imperial Remnant is all about defense in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds 1.5 update. They excel at fortifying their positions and have powerful late-game Temple technologies. Their unique unit, the Shadowtrooper, fulfills the role of melee infantry and benefits from both Trooper and Temple upgrades.
If you feel like checking out the mod now, the 1.4.1 update went live earlier in November, adding the multi-queue feature, fixing crashes, adding three new cheat codes, alongside a slate of balance changes. You can check out the full list on Mod DB.
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