History Swordfish / VideoGames

** In the remake of the first game, ''Pegasus Prime'', Gage Blackwood has to stop a robot from launching nuclear missiles at the NORAD VI military base; he manages to use one of its computers by entering 8 zeroes. Slightly justified since the computer was behind a retina-locked door.

* {{Double Subver|sion}}ted in ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]]''. The 10-digit passcode to a top-secret emergency nuclear bunker isn't anything obvious (and the system locks you out after ''two'' tries)... But the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesiac]] MysteriousWaif knows it.

* And the system returns in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', where the Boston Public Library has 123456 as an employee ID number, and the code to enter the Railroad HQ is simply "Railroad".

** Speaking of ''VideoGame/BioShock1'', the password for Australian supervisor Kyburz's office is the date of Australia Day. In case you don't know it, there's a ''huge poster with the date right outside it.'' [[FacePalm In US date format's]] month/day rather than pretty much the rest of the world's day/month. Even when sold in Australia!

* Used in all manner of fashions in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''. The hacking minigame involves educated guesses involving plaintext words ([[PasswordSlotMachine the computer tells you how many letters there are and which ones are right and in the right place]], i.e., lets you play ''TabletopGane/{{Mastermind}}'' with the password system), and passwords that get given to you run the gamut from the name of the daughter of the Vault Overseer to a hexadecimal pointer string. The last mission even ends with you inputting a security code that's never told to you outright [[spoiler: [[ArcNumber but you've been hearing throughout the storyline]].]] Bad Wolf?
* The same case in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. While seemingly the HELIOS One password is super long, those who understand the code can notice that it is not that secure at all. Tabitha also use the password of 123456789 for Raul's cell. Finally, the password for the executive level of REPCONN headquarters is 'Ice Cream', which can be correctly guessed by the player character with high luck or very low intelligence. In fact, the OverrideCommand for The Strip's securitrons is '1C 3C R34 M'. In the case of Raul's cell, he purposely made the password simplistic since he thought that no one would ever bother reading his journal entries in the nearby terminal that outright state the password.

* And the system returns in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', where the Boston Public Library has 123456 as an employee ID number, and the code to enter the Railroad HQ is simply "Railroad".

* Guess what the final password in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' is. No, go on. Guess. It is rather easily solved with a document by Alexander Ashford that says the password is name of his "beautiful ancestor". [[spoiler: Justified because the base was meant to be blown up easily -- so no one would find the family secret. Not to mention Alexander's utter obesssion with his ancestor Veronica.]]

* Guess what the final password in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' is. No, go on. Guess. Interestingly, there are no in-game hints for what it is, which due to this trope is a clue in itself. [[spoiler: Justified because the base was meant to be blown up easily -- so no one would find the family secret. ]]

* The final puzzle in ''[[VideoGame/TheJourneymanProject Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time]]'' requires you to figure out the password to the villain's computer system. It turns out to be the name of his/her favorite sport.

* The same case in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. While seemingly the HELIOS ONE password is super long, those who understand the code can notice that it is not that secure at all. Tabitha also use the password of 123456789 for Raul's cell. Finally, the REPCONN password is 'ICE CREAM', which can be correctly guessed by the player character with very high luck or very low intelligence. In fact, the OverrideCommand for The Strip's securitrons is '1C 3C R34 M'. In the case of Raul's cell, he purposely made the password simplistic since he thought that no one would ever bother reading his journal entries in the nearby terminal that outright state the password.
** In ''Dead Money'', the password to the basement elevator is a line from the in-game song "Begin Again", which only works with Vera's voice, so either Christine, who has had her voice reconfigured to that of Vera, has to say the words, or you have to play a holotape found in the dresser.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/{{Pirate101}}'', the player is told that the password to see [[TheMafia the Frogfather]] is "swordfish". The player is later told the real password is "ribbet". This appears even more ridiculous, since the Frogfather is an [[PettingZooPeople anthropomorphic frog]]. But while it seems silly, it's CrazyEnoughToWork. Nobody's ever guessed it.

* There's a quest in ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'' in which the player characters comes to a locked door and has three choices to give for the password: "[[TheLordOfTheRings Friend and Enter]]", "[[AliBaba Open sesame]]", and "Swordfish". When you speak to the wizard you had rescued, he tells you that the password is [[spoiler:none of these]].

* Discussed, exploited, and [[spoiler:played straight]] in ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'': When Kyouko finds a password lock, the first thing she does is try every piece of data on the person who set it she could find. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the name of his daughter--Kyouko--but since she hated the man and thought he abandoned her, she never even considered the possibility.]]

** ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod'' is slightly better at this as many of the easy passwords are explicitly temporary (like after a server crash) and explicitly easy as they are just tests. The passwords that are really insecure are frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]

** A computer in one of the Sarif Industries offices has a password listed nowhere in the game... except on a post-it note to the left of the computer reading, "Password: "Eclipse"". A lampshade is immediately hung on this when checking said computer's email. One of the emails is from the network administrator Prichard talking about keeping your work computer secure and closes with "[=ABOVE ALL, DO NOT WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORD!=]" Another computer nearby doesn't need a password to get in, and there's another Prichard email that closes with "[=ABOVE ALL, REMEMBER TO LOCK YOUR MACHINE BEFORE LEAVING YOUR DESK!=]"

** A variation: Manfred [[TheVonTropeFamily von Karma]] set his PIN to 0001, in his own words, "Because I'm number one!", which he announces to the entire courtroom. (Then again, who would try to steal from [[TheDreaded Manfred vonKarma?]])

*** This is actually a '''violent''' subversion on closer analysis. Seven Princesses of Heart equates to '''''5040''''' different combinations, and the screen in the cutscene indicates it's a single password unlike the Chamber of Repose below. Although the origins of the namespace make it slightly less of a guessing game than brute-forcing a 47-character password, Sora, Donald, and Goofy getting it right on the first try stretches the bounds of AcceptableBreaksFromReality.

* Used in all manner of fashions in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''. The hacking minigame involves educated guesses involving plaintext words (The computer tells you how many letters there are and which ones are right and in the right place, i.e., lets you play Mastermind with the password system), and passwords that get given to you run the gamut from the name of the daughter of the Vault Overseer to a hexadecimal pointer string. The last mission even ends with you inputting a security code that's never told to you outright [[spoiler: [[ArcNumber but you've been hearing throughout the storyline]].]] Bad Wolf?

** In the same world, the access to the Chamber of Repose appears to be the names of the six people who made it - [[spoiler:namely, the Somebodies of the first six members of Organization XIII]]. This one doesn't even have the justification of the DTD, as the cutscene shows six different inputs for passwords. This one also requires a disc to even access it, so it's slightly justified. There is also a minor catch for anyone who figures out the Organization's SignificantAnagram ThemeNaming: [[spoiler:Xehanort took the name 'Ansem' before he became a Nobody, and 'Xemnas' is perceived from that, but the password corresponding to the Superior is 'Xehanort'.

** In the same world, the access to the Chamber of Repose appears to be the names of the six people who made it - [[spoiler:namely, the Somebodies of the first six members of Organization XIII]]. This one doesn't even have the justification of the DTD, as the cutscene shows six different inputs for passwords (although if the order is relevant, there's still 720 different orders), although this one also requires a disc to even access it, so it's slightly justified.

** A variation: Manfred [[TheVonTropeFamily von Karma]] set his PIN to 0001, in his own words, "Because I'm number one!", which he announces to the entire courtroom.

* In ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry Reloaded'', Larry can try to use it.

* In ''Videogame/ShadowrunReturns'', while infiltrating an office building, the player can answer "Swordfish?" when asked for a passphrase. The guard quips "Nice try" and attacks.