Remember the days where you had to quickly hammer out cheats as the game booted up, and if made any mistakes it was just one frustrating reset after another? Well, those days are gone. Guitar Hero 5 makes using cheats easy by including an actual cheats menu. Enter these button combinations at that menu to achieve the desired effects. It's so easy, even your girlfriend can do it. And you use the instruments to input the cheats, so you won't have to worry about any Wii Remote accidents.
GREEN, GREEN, RED, RED, YELLOW, BLUE, YELLOW, BLUE - Always Slide
YELLOW, GREEN, RED, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, RED - This makes playing the drums quite a bit easier by automatically playing the kick drum.
RED, RED, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW - Make all of the instruments disappear so that your band is jamming on air instruments.
GREEN, RED, YELLOW, YELLOW, YELLOW, BLUE, BLUE, GREEN - Go one step further than the previous cheat and make your characters disappear.
GREEN, GREEN, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW, GREEN - All hammer-ons and pull-offs, for those looking for the ultimate challenge.
GREEN, GREEN, RED, RED, YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, BLUE - Contest winner 1
YELLOW, GREEN, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN - This activates Focus Mode, making the background of the note highway black, allowing for easier focus.
GREEN, RED, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN - Clear the screen of the HUD.
YELLOW, YELLOW, BLUE, RED, BLUE, GREEN, RED, RED - Further clear the screen by removing the track and display in Performance Mode.
BLUE, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN, RED, GREEN, RED, YELLOW - Unlock all characters
If you choose to earn all of the special characters the old fashioned way, instead of using Guitar Hero 5 cheats, my hat is off to you. You can unlock each one by completing the appropriate song on any difficulty and with any instrument. While Courtney Love may be upset with what the game is doing with Kurt Cobain's image, you don't have to be!
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Matt Bellamy - Plug in Baby
Shirley Manson - I'm Only Happy When it Rains
Carlos Santana - No One to Depend On
Kurt Cobain - Smells Like Teen Spirit