How to Get out of the Torture Chair in the Black Ops Main Menu

Last Updated: February 17, 2021

The main menu of the mega-hit shooting game Call of Duty: Black Ops, is shown from the first person, with the character strapped to a chair in a dark room. Most players breeze by this to get to the game, but a few curious players realized that you could actually get out of the chair -- and unlock some goodies on the way.

Steps

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Instead of selecting Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, or Options, look down at the chair. Use the right stick on Xbox 360 or PS3, or use the mouse on a PC to look down. You'll see your character's hands strapped into the chair.
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Rapidly tap your "hand" buttons until your hands break free. You'll watch your character struggle briefly before jumping out of the seat a free man. The controls are:
- Xbox 360: Rapidly pull back and forth on the right and left triggers.
- PS3: Rapidly tap R2 and L2.
- PC: Rapidly press the space bar and click the right click on your mouse.
- Wii: Shake the nunchuck and stick back and forth rapidly.
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3
Walk around the room to find the computer. Freeing yourself from the chair allows you to explore the room you've been trapped in, and input some interesting codes into a small black computer behind your chair. You can press the select button, labeled in the bottom right corner of the screen, to return to the menu at any time.
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Insert several codes into the computer to unlock special secrets and hidden games. There are two special games hidden in Black Ops, as well as a few other secrets. To find them, type the following codes.
- 3ARC INTEL will get you all of the Intel in the game.
- DOA unlocks the top-down, 4-player zombie shooter Dead-Ops Arcade.
- ZORK unlocks an 80's style text adventure game.
- 3ARC UNLOCK gets you the Presidential Zombies mode.

Community Q&A

Question

Is the code on the computer?

Community Answer

Yes, once you exit the torture chair you turn and activate the computer and can put in a variety of codes, unlocking the zombie maps 5 and dead ops arcade.
Question

What is the code for the moon map on Zombies?

Community Answer

There's no code, since it's DLC. Once you pay for it, the map will be in the Zombies menu.
Question

How do I play with three players?

Community Answer

Go to the "zombies" mode in the menu, and when you select the zombies map, you should see the two unlocked maps.