The Long History of Game Cheats

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Cheat codes for video games have a colorful history. Hardly a game ever manufactured-even dating back to early Atari and the first computer games-has not had cheats either built in or a had way to program in changes. True, cheating sort of came about by chance, but today there is a whole game cheat culture with its own corner of the publishing industry.

At first, cheating was done only by the technically savvy gamers. It was not easy, and the every day gamer didn’t have the skills. Cheating back in the day required literally reprogramming a game before it was loaded into the computer’s memory. This breed of cheats were called POKES and could be used to create much the same effects that cheats produce in newer games-make a character unstoppable, get unlimited health, etc. (more…)

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