Call of Duty Black Ops Codes, Cheats and Tips List (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii)

Call of Duty: Black Ops cheat codes terminal screenshot
Our Call of Duty: Black Ops codes overview will show you cheats and tips on how to play Zork and Dead Ops Arcade games from the Call of Duty: Black Ops main menu in the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Wii versions.

Index of Call of Duty Black Ops Guides

How to get to the cheat codes terminal?

At the main menu where you sit in the torture chair, look down and press the left and right trigger buttons repeatedly (on the console versions) or the space bar repeatedly (on the PC version) until you free yourself. Then walk over to the computer terminal and enter one of the below listed commands. After you’ve entered the code, don’t forget to also press the on-screen keyboard’s Enter key to confirm the code and enable it.

Code to unlock the Dead Ops Arcade game:

How to access the computer terminal and battle the forces of the Cosmic Silverback in Dead Ops Arcade: You can do this after freeing yourself from the main menu’s chair and then walking to the computer terminal. Once there, type in DOA to start the Dead Ops Arcade game, and play the twin-stick top-down zombie shooter.

In Part 2 we show you how to get all the achievements in Dead Ops!

Thanks for the chair tip Mano.

Code to unlock the Zork game:

How to play Zork on the computer terminal: You can do this after freeing yourself from the main menu’s chair and then walking to the computer terminal. Once there, type in ZORK to start the classic Zork game, and play one of the first interactive fiction computer games.

Code to unlock all campaign levels, bonus Zombies level “5” map, and Dead Ops:
Access the terminal in the back of the room and enter the following code: 3ARC UNLOCK

This cheat code will NOT disable Achievements/Trophies.

Thanks for the zombie tip ILGx MoBSteR.

Need more codes?

You can look them up in the game itself. If you enter HELP into the computer terminal after freeing yourself, that code will display a list of other commands you can enter into the computer terminal.

Code to unlock all Intel:
Warning: if you decide to use the following Intel cheat code that gives you all of the Intels, know that it will disable your ability to earn the “Closer Analysis” Achievement/Trophy on Xbox 360/PS3. — 3ARC INTEL is the code to unlock all the Intels for viewing.
Thanks for the intel tip AJ & Firenight508.

Feel free to comment if you’ve found more cheat codes or tips.