henke on 31/5/2017 at 17:43
The 0451 keycode came up during some immersive sim talk recently and when I looked around the net I couldn't find any comprehensive lists of all the games that use it. But I figure that if any community can crowdsource this thing it's TTLG! Here's what I got so far, feel free to fill in my blindspots/issue corrections/elaborate on explanations.
System Shock (1994)451 appears as the code for the first locked door in the first level.
Crusader: No Regret (1996)Appears as 451. Unlocks a semi-secret area.
Sanitarium (1998)The code 451 opens the gate to the pumpkin patch.
System Shock 2 (1999)451 is used twice in SS2. 45100 in Medical Cryo Recovery, and 12451 in Medical Maintenance Access.
Deus Ex (2000)The code 0451 unlocks the comms van outside UNATCO in the first level.
Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003)Though the number does not appear as a code it is used as the room number of the first unlockable door of the game.
Bioshock (2007)0451 is used to open the first locked door.
Bioshock 2 (2010)The code 1540 (0451 reversed) opens the first locked door in the first level.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)0451 is the code to David Sarif's elevator. It is used again as the first code in The Missing Link DLC.
Dishonored (2012)451 is the code to the first safe you come across after breaking out of prison while going through the sewers.
Bioshock Infinite (2013)0451 is the only code in the game.
Gone Home (2013)0451 is the first code found, unlocks a file cabinet.
The Novelist (2013)The location of the house is 451 Torrington Road.
Deus Ex: The Fall (2013)The code 0451 opens the door to Mikhail Kontarsky's hideout in Hotel Novoe Rostov.
Might & Magic X (2014)The password 0451 is used in the Promotion to the Archmage quest.
Alien: Isolation (2014)0451 is used as a door code.
Transistor (2014)0451 is used for Maintenance Access.
Spirits of Xanadu (2015)0451 is the keycode for the brig.
Neon Struct (2015)It's the code for an office you have to break into.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)The code 0451 unlocks the first door encountered during the Dubai mission. A Heated Combination achievement is awarded for entering the code instead of hacking the lock.
Deus Ex GO (2016)It is the code needed to access Novak's secret lab.
Firewatch (2016)Unlocks a supply crate.
Dishonored 2 (2016)0451 is used twice in the same building, first early in the game, and second towards the end.
Mafia III (2016)0451 is mentioned as the keycode to an elevator in (
https://youtu.be/ljO3ISxDvUQ?t=108) a cutscene leading up to the Tony Derazio mission.
Infra (2016)0451 is the code to open door B3 in the Bergmann tunnel area
Prey (2017)The code to the office of the protagonist on the Talos 1 Space Station is 0451.
Tacoma (2017)The 0451 code is required by the Station AI Wetware Release Interface.
We Happy Few (2018)The code is used to lift a quarantine in the Parade District of Wellington Wells.
Half Life: Alyx (2019)A luggage ticket for the North Star Hotel has the number 0451 on it. This ticket can be found hidden in a locker inside the Quarantine Zone.
The Last Of Us 2 (2020)A safe near one of the Fedra checkpoints (marked "Gate West 2") in Seattle that uses the code 0451.
Atomic Heart (2023)References it right at the beginning.
For more, see (
https://www.giantbomb.com/0451/3015-12685/games/) this list over at Giant Bomb because I don't wanna have to keep updating this post! THANK YOU AND GOOD BYE.
Stingm on 31/5/2017 at 17:52
I know its the code to the bosses elevator in his office in Deus Ex Human Revolution
Malf on 31/5/2017 at 18:30
It's in both Dishonored games too (although necessarily shortended to 451 to fit safe combo locks). In the first game, it's the first safe you come across after breaking out of prison while going through the sewers, and in the second it's used twice in the same building, first early in the game, and second towards the end. That building is also the home of someone you robbed in the first game IIRC.
Judith on 31/5/2017 at 18:30
Bioshock Infinite, it's the only code in the game AFAIR.
Renault on 31/5/2017 at 19:37
Cool idea for a thread. Just did a quick search, looks like in the game Sanitarium (1998), the code 451 opens the gate to the pumpkin patch. I haven't played that game for years, so I don't remember that part at all.
Jason Moyer on 31/5/2017 at 21:47
The code in Dishonored 2 is to the safe of Dr. Galvani. If you've forgotten the first game, he's the guy whose lab you visit while doing an errand for Granny Rags near the beginning.
icemann on 1/6/2017 at 03:39
So what is the significance of the code? As in, why is it used so often?