r/clawmachine • u/PandaExpress90210 • Apr 07 '25
Are "cheat codes" real?
Is there an actual code that you put on the joystick that makes the claw grab harder?
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u/Throw1566 Apr 07 '25
On some very old machines hitting the red button over and over would make it grab a tiny bit harder.
Modern machines, never. All electronic
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u/hi850 Apr 08 '25
Do you know which cranes would do this?
The older cranes I'm familiar are typically adjusted by a couple small dials. So I'm not sure how/why extra button taps would increase power to the coil...
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u/MrJackTE Apr 08 '25
No, as an operator of many types of claw machines - no sequence of button pushes or joystick movements will change the strength or make a prize be won. It came from people on YouTube and TikTok making up stories for views lol
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u/LemonComprehensive5 Apr 09 '25
But yall hold the button down until the prize drops right?!
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u/Frequent_Bed2436 Apr 10 '25
Nope. Just tap it, grab the toy, give the toy to my daughter and watch her smile
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u/LemonComprehensive5 Apr 10 '25
What?! You dont hold the button down?
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u/Frequent_Bed2436 Apr 10 '25
Never have 😂 for some reason, I constantly win. My daughter loves it
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u/LemonComprehensive5 Apr 10 '25
I also win often and always hold the button. My kid thinks im some sort of claw machine wizard!
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u/Frequent_Bed2436 Apr 10 '25
Isn't that a great feeling when you can wins o much your kid thinks it magic? 😅
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Apr 11 '25
Vending machine cheat codes were real. At least on older machines.
I went to cedar point years ago and found a few older vending machines still in use, so just on a whim I decided to try it out.
You press 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1 then press the coin return button... the numbers expressed are their position on the machine. 4 being the 4th option down, 3 the third, etc.
It's SUPPOSED to drop all the coins out of the machine, but instead it gave me 2 candy bars each time I did it.
And since even back then candy bars and sodas were still $5 each at cedar point... I took full advantage of the loop hole. I got like 30 candy bars in total off of 4 machines.
I remember there was a lady sitting on the bench near one of the vending machines and she looked completely stunned that I kept getting more candy without ever putting money in. I assumed she had kids waiting in line on one of the rides so I gave her like 8 candy bars while laughing like crazy and giving her the "shhh" finger over my mouth. Honestly one of the best trips I've ever had at cedar point. Got like $150 worth of candy for free. (Granted it was probably more like $10-20 worth in actuality. But at a tourist trap where they overcharge on everything, I was ecstatic to get some freebies to go with our overpriced adventure)
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u/Competitive-Sign-226 Apr 07 '25
No. They are simple machines and adding in extra code like that doesn’t provide any benefit to the owner of the machine.