Xbox 360 Cheats
This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for The Orange Box for Xbox 360. If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction, please click EDIT and add it.
(Portal) Aperture Science Login
You can find a neat Easter egg hidden in Test Chamber 17. One malfuncitoning wall panel reveals a den with cameras and pictures of cubes. Right of the piston and near the floor of is a user-name and password. Once you have written that down go to <a href="https://aperturelaboratories.com">www.aperturelabrat oies.com</a>. and type login. Enter the user-name and password. Type "Help" if you want to know all you can do.
Here are the usernames and passwords that work:
chell - portal
cjohnson - tier3
ApertureScience.com
The various grafitti in Portal can help you crack the code for the website <a href="https://www.aperturescience.com">www.aperturescience.com</a>. Go to the website (it uses Shockwave Flash) and type in the command LOGIN.
The user name is CJOHNSON and the password is TIER3. Once you are in, you may type in HELP for a list of valid commands. Have fun!
Addition by PRO_GAMER_: You should also be able to login to aperturescience.com with the username GLADOS and the password PORTAL, as well.
Addition by red7ring: It actually doesn't matter what name you login with. You can login with any name you want. It's the password you insert that's important.
Addition by Spilled Salt: After logging in, type at the prompt "thecakeisalie" (minus the quotes). Doing so will unlock some secret messages for you to view.
Invincibility
For character invincibility in the Half-Life 2 titles, insert the following code during gameplay: Left Bumper, Up, Right Bumper, Up, Left Bumper, Left Bumper, Up, Right Bumper, Right Bumper, Up.
Full Ammo
If you're in need of ammunition for your currently-equipped weapon during any Half-Life 2 or Episode 1 or 2, insert the following code to max out your ammunition: Y, B, A, X, Right Bumper, Y, X, A, B, Right Bumper.
Note that you need to re-assign the Gravity Gun button (or clear it completely) or the code will add null ammo to the Gravity Gun.
All Stages
To unlock all of the stages in any game in the collection, insert the following code during gameplay: left, left, left, left, left bumper, right, right, right, right, right bumper. If executed correctly, you'll be able to select all stages from the main menu.
This cheat works for each game in the collection except Team Fortress 2.
Secret Achievement: Defiant
One of the secret achievements is at the beginning of Half Life 2 when the Combine guard asks you to throw the can in the garbage, make sure to throw the can at the guard first.
Secret Achievement: Where Cubbage Dare Not Tread
On Highway 17, when you reach Colonel Cubbage and have to destroy the gunship, do so from the top floor of the house. I took the gunship out from up there and got the achievement.
Achievement Hint: Dancing Vortigaunt
You can find the "dancing" vortigaunt in Water Hazard at the part after you take down the chopper. Once you open the gate, look to the opposite side and you will see a pipe. Enter the pipe (which is difficult; try using something to stand on) and follow the passage until you see a friendly Vortigaunt who talks to you.
Achievement Hint: Garden Gnome (Episode 2)
The gnome is in the room in the first chapter where Alyx tries to contact her dad. The gnome should be under the bed on the right hand side of the door you exit through. Don't forget to shut the hatch once you put him in the cannon or the achievement will not register.
Portal Cheats
Insert the following button commands during gameplay for the desired result...
Create Box
Down, B, A, B, Y, Down, B, A, B, Y
Fire Energy Ball
Up, Y, Y, X, X, A, A, B, B, Up
Fire Rocket Projectile
Up, Y, Y, B, B, A, A, X, X, Up
Portalgun ID 0
Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Y, Y
Portalgun ID 1
Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, X, X
Portalgun ID 2
Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, A, A
Portalgun ID 3
Up, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, B, B
Portal Placement Anywhere
Y, A, B, A, B, Y, Y, A, Left, Right
Upgrade Portalgun
X, B, Left Bumper, Right Bumper, Left, Right, Left Bumper, Right Bumper, Left Trigger, Right Trigger
Free Health
The code scheme popularly known as the Konami Code works during Half-Life 2 Episodes, oddly enough, and will generate a Health Pack for your use. The code can be done over and over again: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A.