Interstate '76 Codes & Cheats
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Cheats, Tricks, Easter Eggs
Use Helicopter on Last Level - In Scene 17, you'll be asked to choose your vehicle. Instead of choosing a car, click the helicopter in the upper, left-hand corner of the screen. You'll be able to pilot it for the last level. Try it before you buy it: Click here to watch a video of the Interstate '76 helicopter easter egg.
Level Skip - Hold down control and shift while typing "getdown" (without quotes). Groove will say "getdown" to confirm you've entered the code. All vehicles in the game will start to attack you, including Taurus and Skeeter. After you die, the game will restart in the next level.
Blurry Vision - At any time in the game, type "wiggleburger" while holding control and shift to make the screen blurry. May not work in 3D-accelerated modes. Try it in software if you really want to experience the effect.
Increased Radar - To increase your radar, hold down control and shift and type "thirdnostril"
Flat tires - Hold control and shift and type either "frlat," "flflat," "brflat," or "blflat."
See the Development Team - In order to see the development team, drive the bus in the F1 mode and look back. The development team will be in the back seat.
Play movies from hard drive - Rather have the movies load from you hard disk? Copy the "Cutscene" folder from your Interstate '76 Play CD and paste it to your install folder. Rename the folder to "SMK" (no quotes) and viola, the movies will stream from your hard drive!
Wiggleburger and bus riders.
Vehicles
Play as the Helicopter
In a melee game, select the Rattler. Make a variant and save it with the name retpocileh (helicopter backwards).
Outside and inside the helicopter.
Piloting the helicopter is a little strange. Giving it "gas" will tilt the helicopter down for forward movement; this'll also move you closer to the ground. Likewise, braking will reverse things, tilting the helicopter back and moving upwards. There seems to be some game logic that keeps the helicopter above certain areas of terrain. That being said, you can still crash this thing directly into a hill and explode.
Play as the Tank
In a melee game, select the Rattler. Make a variant and save it with the name knat. (It's "tank" backwards, just in case...)
Tank exterior and limited interior.
The tank is big, bulky, and if you prefer to use the in-car view... blinding. It comes with its giant cannon as well as a couple of other user-selectable weapons. It's interesting for a spin, but due to the lack of speed, it's not very practical.
Specials
What do the extras do?
- Cup Holders reduce the probability of a critical hit to internal components by 10%. Armor and chassis still take damage as usual.
- Structo Bumpers double your front and rear chassis reinforcement.
- Heated Seats give you 10% more ammunition.
- Curb Feelers reduce damage from bullets and explosions by approximately 9%.
- Mud Flaps reduce chassis damage you receive by approximately 9%.
Thanks to therealjkvalentine on GitHub for the clarifications on specials!
Miscellanous
These aren't really codes or secrets, but if I don't add them, it'll seem like the list is incomplete.
Change Resolution - Press F12 to change the game resolution. As a side effect, this will reset your car to an upright position.
Self-destruct - Press <ctrl> + <alt> + X to self-destruct. Could be useful if you were stuck in limbo mode online; not needed in single-player mode as you can just restart a level.
Specials clarified - 10/6/26
Images & missing codes - 9/19/26