You are Sam Fisher, activated operative of top-secret government organization Third Echelon. CIA agents Blaustein and Madison have gone missing in the Georgian capital of T'Bilisi, and your job is find the missing agents and assess the situation.You are to leave no trace of your existence on the physical or political map. If you are found, your existence is denied.You are a Splinter Cell.

Splinter Cell is one of the year's most anticipated titles and with good reason.It's revolutionary lighting system, in-depth story, and detailed gameplay puts Splinter Cell in the upper (excuse the pun) echelon of stealth-based action games.One of the things to note about this game is that every obstacle you come across can be approached in a different manner.The walkthrough found in this guide proposes only one of many different ways to tackle a situation.There is no right way to play this game so try every approach you can think of - You may be surprised at what works!

Get ready to play through one of the best games of the year.Remember to move silently, stay in the shadows, and don't forget to hide those bodies! Realism is the key here, so think like a Splinter Cell and do your country proud.

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The game makers elected to reduce the resolution of all 32-bit video cards to display a maximum resolution of 640 X 480. If you want a higher resolution, find the SplinterCellUser.ini file in the \\...\splinter cell\system\ directory and open it with a text editor. Find the line, "Resolution=640X480" and change it to whatever resolution value your video card (and monitor) can handle.

In the game hit tab to enter codes, in Version 1.1 hit F2 to enter codes:

• FLY - to float around
• AMMO - more ammo
• HEALTH - more health
• INVISIBLE 1 - be inviisible
• INVISIBLE 0 - turn off invisibility
• WALK: Disable no clipping
• GHOST: No Clipping
• PLAYERSONLY: Freeze Enemies
• PLAYERSONLY 0: Unfreeze enemies
• KILLPAWNS: No Enemies
• MISSION WIN: Instantly Win Level
• PREFERENCES: Change settings
• STEALTH: Change Stealth Stats

Press F2 and enter these cheats to receive item:

• Med Kit: echeloningredient.emedkit
• Airfoil Round: echeloningredient.eringairfoilround
• Camera Jam: echeloningredient.ecamerajammer
• Chemical Flare: echeloningredient.echemflare
• Disposable Pick: echeloningredient.edisposablepick
• Diversion Camera: echeloningredient.ediversioncamera
• F2000: echeloningredient.ef2000
• Flare: echeloningredient.eflare
• FN7: echeloningredient.efn7
• Laser Mic: echeloningredient.elasermic
• Lock Pick: echeloningredient.elockpick
• Smoke Grenade: echeloningredient.esmokegrenade
• Sticky Camera: echeloningredient.estickycamera
• Sticky Shocker: echeloningredient.estickyshocker
• Thermal Goggles: echeloningredient.ethermalgoggle
• Thermal Mine echeloningredient.ethermalmine
• Wall Mine: echeloningredient.ewallmine
• Rappelling Object: echeloningredient.erappellingobject