The Konami code, cheats for Sims, glitches for Skyrim, etc. How did these get found out by their gaming communities?
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> The Konami code
There seem to be conflicting accounts about this. Some sources say that one of their staff mentioned it in an interview, while others say that someone had already discoverd it by accident at this point. This cheat code was originally only intended for use while testing the game Gradius and was left in accidentally. Some other cheat codes are left in on purpose, including the Konami code in some later Konami games.
> cheats for Sims
I’m not 100% sure, but I think these were first published in official game guides. A common practice in the 90s/00s was that game publishers would put secrets or very difficult puzzles into games and sell official “strategy guides” that explained these alongside lots of basic information and tips. This died out as more and more people got internet access – nobody wanted to buy books any more just for a few pieces of information that you could easily find on a forum.
> glitches for Skyrim
Bethesda are known for intentionally leaving in a few particularly amusing glitches and publicising them. Others are just found by players, sometimes at random and sometimes by intentionally doing weird stuff to try and find glitches.
Cheat codes can also be found in game files sometimes. For example, suppose a game has a text box into which you can type various responses. If you search for those responses in the game files, you might find that there are some undocumented ones too. This isn’t always possible, as the list of responses might be obfuscated somehow, or for online games it might only exist on a remote server.
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