Comments on: How do people first figure out game cheats? http://Surpi.com/blog/how-do-people-first-figure-out-game-cheats/ Surpi.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: md_yosri http://Surpi.com/blog/how-do-people-first-figure-out-game-cheats/comment-page-1/#comment-821 md_yosri Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:08:41 +0000 http://Surpi.com/blog/how-do-people-first-figure-out-game-cheats/#comment-821 Cheating in video games has existed for almost their entire history. The first cheat codes were put in place for play testing purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier. An early cheat code can be found in Manic Miner, where typing "6031769" (the phone number of the developer, Matthew Smith)[1] enables the cheat mode. In order to find them a hacker had to interpret the machine code and locate the critical point where the number of lives is decreased, impacts detected, etc. Sometimes the term POKE was used with this specific meaning. Cheating in video games has existed for almost their entire history. The first cheat codes were put in place for play testing purposes. Playtesters had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced cheat codes to make this process easier. An early cheat code can be found in Manic Miner, where typing “6031769″ (the phone number of the developer, Matthew Smith)[1] enables the cheat mode.

In order to find them a hacker had to interpret the machine code and locate the critical point where the number of lives is decreased, impacts detected, etc. Sometimes the term POKE was used with this specific meaning.

]]> By: Shadowfyre http://Surpi.com/blog/how-do-people-first-figure-out-game-cheats/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Shadowfyre Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:15:40 +0000 http://Surpi.com/blog/how-do-people-first-figure-out-game-cheats/#comment-820 They're usually posted on the game developers web site. Though PS3 and Xbox 360 games don't really have cheats, though that may change in the future. They’re usually posted on the game developers web site. Though PS3 and Xbox 360 games don’t really have cheats, though that may change in the future.

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