Playing Super Smash Bros (N64) with Master Hand?

I remember playing the N64 version of Super Smash Bros where you could play as master hand. Was it just my imagination or there's a way to do it?

Solution 1:

Super Smash Bros. Melee is the only game you can play as Master Hand without using cheating devices like GameShark or Action Replay. The glitch for Melee was found a few years after the game came out and you can find a video of it here and a description of how to perform it here. However, as stated in the wiki for master hand

Though there are several "cheats" that supposedly allow Master Hand to be played as a normal character, most of them are false [...] However, one glitch works for controlling Master Hand in SSBM.

So you need a Gameshark to play Master Hand in the N64 or Wii games.

Apparently the GameShark codes to play him (for the N64 version) are:

Master Hand in Vs mode:
800A4D2B 000C<-----player 1
800A4D9F 000C<-----player 2
800A4E13 000C<-----player 3
800A4E87 000C<-----player 4

Master Hand in Story mode:
800A2AFB 000C<-----player 1
800A2B6F 000C<-----player 2
800A2BE3 000C<-----player 3
800A2C57 000C<-----player 4