Dead Man’s Hand Cheats
How to use these cheats
Button names refer to the Xbox controller — A, B, X, Y, the LB/RB bumpers, LT/RT triggers and the D-pad. Unless told otherwise, enter codes from the pause or options menu, or while playing. Some cheats disable achievements for that save — keep a separate save before you start.
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- Tips & secrets5
Dead Man's Hand has one real button code, plus hidden runestones and a secret mini-game tucked inside the levels.
Additional ammo: At the main menu, highlight New Game and press L, R.
Shooting gallery mini-game: In the level where the boss plays an old phonograph, find and shoot the three hidden watermelons. One sits just before the wall of adobe buildings on the left, one is hidden in a deep gully and one lies on top of the mountains. Shooting all three starts a shooting gallery mini-game.
Purple runestones: Blast cracked walls to uncover hidden runestones. In Dead Man Walking, shotgun the crooked door at the back of the church then blast the left wall inside. In White Lightnin', toss lit dynamite at the back wall of the house containing a table made from a door and barrels. In Shootout at the Lazy 8, enter by the side door and shoot the middle of the wall with the shotgun. In the log mill level with the Twins, dynamite the wall of a distillery room that has a plank table laid across barrels.
Infinite health glitch: In the second level, stand as close as possible to the explosives wagon the enemy rolls towards you and blow it up. At the right angle you are thrown into the air; just before landing hold L, R and press A, B, Y, Y, B, A, X as fast as possible. It takes a few tries.
Xbox Live menu lag fix: Menu slowdown is caused by a large Friends list. To reach a menu option quickly, hold the D-Pad up or down, release it when the highlight is two selections away from the one you want, then hold A until the next screen loads.