eli5: How do gamers figure out long cheat codes?
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Do any modern games have cheat codes still?
– the developers share them
– they are hidden in the game as an easteregg somewhere
– the program itself is examined to find such cheat codes in the source code
– it might be a code from another game, such as the famous konami code
– someone might’ve typed it by accident once and shared it
It is either found by the devs leaking codes and them spreading through communities, by people data mining the gameto find them, or by people screwing around for long enough
As others have said, mainly through the magazine Nintendo Power. They also had help lines – I bet they’d give you cheat codes through there.
The thing about cheat codes is that they weren’t “easter eggs.” They were meant to be given out. That has two benefits. One is selling magazines for additional revenue. The other is generating interest in the game. If you give someone a cheat code, it can make them want to get the game to use it!
remember how crazy hard the goldeneye ones were? took me so long to be able to do it lol
it’s a thing of a gamer yk, ur bored in game u press random buttons and bang u get the cheat, or simply being a nerd and going through game files to know
There are two different types of cheat codes. The classic combination ones like up down left right…. These are added by developers and are jokered. You hit the combination of buttons and it edits a line of code to the cheat and boom you have infinite ammo. The 2nd is a hacked line of code by someone who extracts the game files and go in and edits a line of code manually to reach the same outcome. Over the years developers have tried to stop the 2nd type by encrypting the files or having it check for edited lines ect but if there is a will there is a way. Up until ps4 me and my buddies used to hack games for fun but now I don’t have the desire or time. Interesting fact most patches that are released usually are also intended to fix hacks as well. They will shift the lines of code or use a different encryption. It’s was always a battle between us and the next patch.
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