USE WITH CAUTION: this tag is for codes, programs and devices that modify gameplay, however we do not allow questions about multiplayer game hacks/exploits that ruin another player's experience for personal gain.
Cheats are either bits of debug code left in a game, such as the famed Konami Code: ↑↑↓↓←→←→BAstart
or explicit alterations to gameplay (e.g. big head mode).
However, we do not allow questions about multiplayer game hacks/exploits that ruin another player's experience for personal gain. See these meta discussions for more insight into what is and isn't allowed here:
This has always boggled me. Obviously, GameShark and Game Genie never got inside access to place their own cheats into every game. I don't think any developers gave them the source code to pour over for codes. And I don't think the original…
Back when I played pokemon Red/Blue edition there was a glitch where you went down to the edge of an island in the ocean and you would surf on the water up and down the edge of the island and you could find a weird pokemon that might mess up your…
I've painted myself into a corner and am forced to choose between abandoning a couple hours' progress or cheating my way out of it. Unfortunately, I can't find hard data on if/how the use of console commands affects the unlocking of Steam…
My girlfriend accidentally enabled hardcore mode in Minecraft, dooming herself to experience the ultimate frustration sooner or later on her first playthrough. Is there any (presumably non-legitimate) way to disable it?
I have some single player games that I want to skip the grind part and go straight to the end game content. Could I get VAC if the game has no online content?
For example, I got heat-signature and wanted to get more money ingame.
However, the new…
I know this is a silly question but when I am idle and just waiting for some thing to complete production or researching science for the matter, I want to increase the speed of the game.
I am used to increasing speed in games like Stronghold or Age…
Cheat codes are programmed into some games by developers. As an example: Have you ever played International Super Star Soccer 64? Well this game had several codes that would unlock new teams, give the footballers giant heads and things like that. We…
There is a discussion about maphacks in Starcraft2.
I understand it is a cheat. But what kind of a cheat? Or are all cheats in a real-time strategy game called maphack?
Somehow I know wallhacks and whatever, but maphack I don't.
Unikong supports the Konami code entered as:
↑-↑-↓-↓-←-→-←-→-B-A-Enter
My own memory of entering the code was that the code was:
↑-↑-↓-↓-←-→-←-→-B-A-B-A-[Select+Start]
Was the classic Konami code just for Contra and then other games had a similarity…
I've played games with some friends and they claimed that so-and-so was cheating. I honestly just thought that he was a really good player.
What are some indications that someone is actually cheating?
A 'game trainer' is an application that modifies how a game behaves, allowing you to cheat in a game. But why is it called a "Game Trainer"?
As the title implies, what has training got to do with an application that cheats a game?
I remember back in the day there was a Up Up Down Down cheat code that was used in a lot of things.
What's the full code?
Is there a name for this code?
Are there any games where this code works? (nostalgia value)
A few games make their whole point in levels that are easy to figure out but hard to pull off. VVVVVV, Super Meat Boy and the Bit.Trip games fall squarely into this category, for example. You're basically expected to put in the obviously correct…
