"The Don Is Dead" mission
Break the windows in the barber shop before start the mission. This
will allow for easy shooting once the Don is shot. The recommended
gun for this and any other close range shooting mission is the
magnum.

Extorting businesses
When you are having trouble extorting business owners, try
destroying some of their property and/or hold a gun to their face.
For example, when you are trying to take over Good Eats in Brooklyn.
you can hold the gun to the man's face then reholster the gun and
extort. He will refuse. Simply draw your gun again, lock on, and
hold it. Keep doing this until he caves in. Do not forget to
reholster your gun to avoid accidentally shooting him. In another
example, when you are trying to extort money from the hotel owner in
Brooklyn, hold a gun to him twice, break the downstairs cupboard,
then finally blow his safe before you beat him into submission.
Always buy available rackets first. Take a trip around to either buy
another racket or go around the block. Do not attack until you visit
again, and instead of enemy soldiers you will find all your
soldiers. By doing this you do not have to fight a bunch of enemies
and get your vendetta up.

Taking over compounds
To take over a compound, equip your self with ammunition for all
your guns, or you can use one powerful gun to kill other gangsters
and take their gun. You must have cover at any time possible. ***
When behind the bushes to the left of the entrance they can shoot
you through the bushes. Once inside, do the same thing and always
have cover. Now, run downstairs. In the back house there are 2
men. One is behind a box and there is another behind a pilaer. After
those 2 are dead, set the time bomb (not dynamite). If needed,
stay in the basement and die, then drive back and repeat on the
other house.

All movies
Pause game play, then press Circle, Square, Circle, Square(2), L3.

Marlon Brando's last appearance
Play the mission when you go to the hospital to protect the Don.
After you kill the 1st assassin and Michael Corleone tells you to
go to the basement, go foward and make a left. You should see a door
with Michael Corleone talking to Vito Corleone while he is in the
hospital bed. Listen to the conversation carefully. This is the real
Marlo Brando talking, recorded while he was hospitalized.

No heat for entering parked cars
When you reach the rank of Underboss, when you enter parked cars you
will not get any heat.

Robbing banks
The type of bank will determine the easiest way it can be robbed.
The type with the 3 guards and one room is by far the easiest,
and should be robbed as often as possible. Use the following trick
to rob it without being chased or even getting past 2 shields.
First, bribe the cop outside. Now, go into the bank and choke the
1st guard by the door. Next, go into the vault area and start
strangling the guard on the left. The other guard will come and
attack you, but he will not shoot. He will only hit you with his
billy club. Remember to strangle the man on the left 1st because
he tends to start shooting with his shotgun if you attack the other
guard. If you are robbing the big bank, start the same way by
bribing the cop outside. Now, go in and immediately strangle the
guards in the main room. Hurry down to the vault and strangle the
2 guards there. Open the door and blow the vault. Ready your Tommy
gun for action. Three or 4 guards will attack you as you flee the
vault. Get close to them as you are shooting them and you will
perform an instant execution. After you shoot them, run up the
stairs and move to the right. Now, take an immediate right to leave
the building where the car is always parked. Get in the car quickly
because you will be shot at when outside. Take off and you should
not be chased after you hit the streets. After any bank robbery you
must go to your hangout to get the money. The best bank to rob is
the midtown bank, close to the apartment that the Corleone's give
you after you save Michael. You wll get $50,000 there.

Tattaglias compound
When you think you are ready for the challenge, take on a compound.
The Tattaglias in northeast Brooklyn might be the weakest family in
New York, but that does not mean they are going to let you walk
right in. Bring some bombs along and blow up the support pillars in
the basements. You may start a mob war, but if you are successful
you will have a new safe house with a group of guards.

Recommended weapons
Do not waste money on safe houses. You can make it fine with just
the ones you get in the story. Instead, save money for clothing and
weapons. All the best weapons cost a lot but are well worth it. The
Saturday Night Special is a better revolver and it will cost
$75,000. The Assassin's Pistol is better gun and costs about
$200,000. The Python a better magnum will cost $250,000. The
Dillinger is a machine gun that costs $450,000. Finally, the Street
Sweeper, which works like a shotgun, sells for $500,000 and will
kill most people in one shot.

Real cheats (works)
Cheat: $5,000
Pause game and enter SQUARE,CIRCLE,SQUARE,SQUARE,CIRCLE,L3.

Cheat: Full Ammo
Pause the game and enter CIRCLE,LEFT,CIRCLE,RIGHT,SQUARE,R3

Cheat: Full Health
Pause the game and enter LEFT,SQUARE,RIGHT,CIRCLE,RIGHT,L3

Unclockalbe: All Movies
Pause the game and enter CIRCLE SQUARE CIRCLE SQUARE SQUARE L3.

Unlockable: Film Clips
Pause the game and enter CIRCLE, SQUARE, CIRCLE, SQUARE, SQUARE, L3

Easy warehouse take over
If you have any heat on you go to an F.B.I. agent bribe him make sure you have a Dillidingler use it on all rival gangs hubs or warehouses on the outside then have a streetsweeper shotgun and kill all inside gangsters but, the manager usually has a bodyguard so kill the body guard beat the manager some then take it over.

Unlock all movies
At the join the family menu enter the following code

circle square circle square square L3

Easy Extorting
Become Don of NY and the managers wont diss you and have their original protection try to kill you.

$5,000 cheat
Square,circle,square,square,circle and L3

Full Health
Enter at pause menu,left,square,right,circle,right and L3