Recently I had the privilege of trying a new game, Yoot Tower, a Mac-first product from SegaPC that was released on November 24. It's an amazing game created by the same developer who brought us the best-selling Sim Tower. Today they poured through the game manual and were disappointed to discover there weren't any cheats provided.
Cheats are the codes that unlock an arsenal of treasures better than gold for the gamer.
These cheats range from making characters invincible or arming players with unlimited ammunition, to allowing entry into concealed bonus levels. The treasure hunt for cheats also attracts active gamers who see the opportunity to discover codes in the same light as explorers of new worlds. Cheats were originally intended as back doors that allowed programmers to skip through the games' increasingly difficult levels when testing for software bugs. Frustrated players of the most popular games often share their findings with other impatient gamers. In fact, cheat pages are among the more popular Internet game sites.