- Yes, needs full sections on early history (ZX Spectrum POKEing, for example), cheat cartridges, and modern-day cheating (CLI in Quake etc). Marasmusine 19:39, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- It is amazing that this article hasn't been made before. There is a online game cheating article though (which this article must link to someday), some information can be taken from that. Laganojunior 01:25, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
- This article needs to be well-written from the beginning, so a COTW is a great idea. It gives us the opportunity to mold this article so it gives some fresh information on the subject and makes reference to but doesn't simply rehash stuff from similar articles like Galoob v. Nintendo or GameShark.
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- saved game editors
- strategy guides
- prevention of cheating
Reference
editFrom early cheating history:
- Multiface
- PEEK and POKE
- Jet Set Willy has already been referenced by Oscarthecat; will need to find citations but I believe it was one of the most hacked 8-bit games (mainly due to the fact that it could only be completed by cheating.)
- Magazines like Your Sinclair had pages devoted to cheating ('The Tipshop') and the covertapes included programs that were bundles of cheat codes (YS's was compiled by Phil South).
- Amiga Power also had cheat pages but in its later days it scorned upon cheating (as being ungentlemanly or something) and the cheat-page hosts were mocked.
- Cheating in online games - do a section on
- Galoob vs Nintendo - do a section on, legality of cheating - modifying code
- Gameshark - modern cheating