Cheats

**Cheats** are codes that can be used to *hack* the game. They can be opened by using cheats.txt in ProgressDOS/Terminus or tapping cheats.txt on the desktop/Filer.

## Mechanics

There are 21 cheat slots for the God Mode type of cheat and 20 for the other 2 types of cheats. Once all 20 or 21 slots in a certain type of cheat is used, that type of cheat can no longer be used. The next day, one cheat slot is freed and another cheat code can be used.

1. God Mode lets you catch red segments without receiving a Blue Screen of Death and pink segments without subtracting 5%. Both will count as a normal 5% blue segment. It also prevents any BSOD-inducing effects from causing game over, such as mines, dynamite Clippies and laser pop-ups.
2. No pop-ups lets you play without having to deal with pop-ups, including Dog, as they are a pop-up.
3. Only blue segments lets you play any level, but there will only be blue segments.

## Trivia

* Before version 0.489, cheats were used by opening cheats.txt in ProgressDOS while a game was running. Attempting to use a cheat while a game was not running would return an error:
> Use in game!
>
>

Cheat codes were displayed, but could not be used without cheats.txt. The cheats.txt file was also named cheatcode.txt, which still appears in the title bar of the cheat file.
* PBSYS32 was added in 0.489 and is a reference to System32.
* When deleting a cheat file in ProgressDOS or Terminus, it displays "Fair play!" and awards a bonus of 500 points upon completing a level. By feeding Bin a spawned cheats.txt file, Bin will say "Fair play!", earn one happiness point, and award the same bonus upon completing a level.
* The PBDQD cheat code is a reference to the IDDQD cheat code in Doom. This code also always appears in the cheats.txt file from the tutorial.
* PBEULB has the word "blue" backwards: "eulb".
* Various Blue Mode cheats have "BLUE" in different languages.
	+ PBAZUL has the "azul" word, which is "blue" in Spanish, Galician and Portuguese.
	+ PBKEK has the "kék" word, which is "blue" in Hungarian.
	+ PBBLAU has the "blau" word, which is "blue" in German and Catalan.
	+ PBGORM1 has the "gorm" word, which is "blue" in Scottish Gaelic.
* Not only Blue Mode cheats have different words, but also God Mode ones.
	+ PBISTEN has the "isten" word, which is "god" in Hungarian.
	+ PBDIEVS has the "dievs" word, the name of a sign that depicts the housing of gods.
* PBBLOO is a reference to Bloo, a character from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
* PBDEUSEX is a reference to the first two words of "Deus Ex Machina", which means God from the Machine.
* PB1POP1N creates a sentence from the cheat code, "I pop in". This is due to that the number 1 looks like an I.
* PB0000FF is a reference to the hex code for blue, #0000FF, while PB00255 is a reference to the decimal color code for blue, (0,0,255).
* The PB1 cheat code is a reference to it being the first cheat code in the game.
	+ It may also refer to the second Progressbar system, Progressbar 1.
* PBSINE refers to the sine function (blue).
* PBZEU5 is a reference to Zeus, who is the sky and thunder god in the ancient Greek religion.
* PBPAPCLIP refers to Clippy, as "PAPCLIP" is short for "Paperclip".
* PB81U3 has the word "blue" but made with numbers. The first 4 letters are not to be confused with Progressbar 81.
* PBDEA has the "dea" word, which is Latin for "goddess" (although it is a no popup cheat).
* PBTXTDOC features the "TXTDOC" phrase, which is expanded to say "Text document".
* You need to use the "Only Blue" or "God Mode" cheat in order to get the "Mission possible" achievement.
* Using Help in the CHEATS application in BarOS will display the message: "CHEATER!!!".
* PBBIT8 can only be found when looking at the game's texture files.
* BarOS text file icons from BarOS 10 onwards and H@ckgresh contain these cheat codes:
	+ PBTXTDOC
	+ PB10II
	+ PB10III
	+ PB11
	+ PB14
* The text of the file icons of said systems will say:
> This is a secret text only true fans of the game might see. To reward you here is a secret cheat code: *cheat code here*. Enter it into PBDOS or Terminus to activate godmode
>
>

	+ Before 0.7600, the text in the file will say instead:
	> Progressbar95 is a unique nostalgic game. It'll make you smile. Old visual buttons and icons on your smartphone or tablet. You need to fill the progressbar to win. Move your progressbar with one finger to fill faster.
	>
	>
	+ Strangely enough, BarOS 12 and BarOS 13 don't even have their own cheat code. The following text will appear instead in said systems:
	> This is not a secret text, it does not include any cheat codes or some other hidden information. May be such data will be included in the next BarOS system. Have a nice day and play Progressbar95!
	>
	>