Hi,
I view cheats as a way to reward a gamer for completing a game, or reaching
to a certain challenging level. For instance, some games don't let you
activate cheats until you have beaten it once. After you beat it, the point
of cheats are to let you have fun--bigger bombs, invincibility to see how
fast you can run through a level, etc. Sonic for Sega had a cheat where you
could fly through levels. I didn't find it to be cheating--just a fun way to
beat a game. Since most games require you to pull off a challening taks like
press several buttons rapidly in the case of some Mortal Kombat cheats, it's
soemthing you have worked for and thus should be able to enjoy.
True that some games introduce cheats which started out as simple flags
allowing a developer to skip around in their game, but when it comes to
letting the player activate that flag we make ti much more difficult than,
say, tdv /skiplevel.
Munawar A. Bijani
"Knowledge is of two types: absorbed and heard. The heard knowledge is only
useful if it is absorbed." - Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib, Nahj Al-Balagha
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Bennefall" <phi...@blastbay.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] why do cheat codes exist?
Hi Charles,
Personally as a gamer I enjoy using cheats sometimes, particularly if I've
already beaten the game and want to abuse it a little. It's pretty much
just to see how far you can stretch the boundries of it, if that makes any
sense? And from a programming perspective, they're great fun.
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <woofer...@sbcglobal.net>
To: "audyssey gamers group" <Gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 5:54 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] why do cheat codes exist?
I know that programmers and testers use cheat codes so that they can test
certain aspects of games before they are sold or given to the public, but
why do you, as a gamer, use them? After all, it's cheating. I ask this
to see what answers I get.
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