Talk:Cheating in video games

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-Sturm55 23:06, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collaboration 

message: I think the Legality of Cheating section should contain some information about the EULA. I think the deal is, game companies cannot arrest you for cheating, they can only deny you their service if you violate the EULA, right? I don't dare contributing, because I don't know that much about the subject. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MisterPhyrePhox (talk • contribs) 16:22, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legality of Cheating 

message: Hot Coffee wasn't a cheat. It was only accessible through a modification of the game. -Not Diablo 03:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed that reference, and added a link to Mod (computer gaming) under See also. Marasmusine 07:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hot Coffee 

message: I'm hoping to get some references in for some specific types of cheat (big-head mode, for example.) Now, whilst there are hundreds of game cheating sites with user-submitted cheats, is there a site with some editorial control over such submissions (that could therefore be used as a reliable source?) It's either that or dig out some old gaming magazines.Marasmusine 07:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources 

message: Is there anything on the concept of "putting a weight on the controller/keyboard" to keep a button pressed down? This might not qualify as cheating but it seems relevent 76.66.125.118 07:32, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Manual cheating" 

message: The use of macros is not forbidden in World of Warcraft... they even put an interface in the game where you can create them...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.232.51 (talk) 04:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Macros in World of Warcraft 

message: Should this article contain a section on bug abuse and why or why not that would be considered cheating?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.5.103.158 (talk) 16:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abuse of bugs 

message: There should be a section on being "cheap" too.  For example, abusing techniques not intended for the game, such as in Street Fighter II how you can throw the opponent without giving them recovery time after hitting them with a quick jab. --Denise from the Cosby Show (talk) 07:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cheapness 

message: Another common "cheat" not mentioned is level select, and also skip level; I know many 16 bit and some 8 bit games with these features. Sonic 1 & 2 for the Mega Drive had a level select screen among other cheats, as did Earth Worm Jim (which called you a cheater when you accessed it). Aladin, Chuck Rock and Lion King among others had a cheat feature where it would skip to the next level if the player pressed the correct sequence of buttons, often whilst paused. Hidden warp zones like that in Super Mario Bros on the NES, where the player can find a hidden area and warp to a later level sometimes with several level warps to choose from. I imagine many would say these are not cheating as they are within the game, but I think they could be mentioned anyway as they are hidden and make the game a lot easier similar to cheats, and are a bit crafty, some might know about them but disapprove of using them just like cheats. 
I am sure there are many more games than I can think of with these features, not sure where to put it in the article but I think we should mention it. do users agree? Carlwev (talk) 15:15, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If we can get a source discussing this as a kind of cheat, it can go somewhere in this article. Marasmusine (talk) 09:05, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Level select/skip level

message: Some history: Two of the earliest computer games (Colossal Cave and Rogue) had wizard modes that gave users extra powers. Can this be added to the article?
Topher67 (talk) 05:42, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Wizard mode

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message: If you can, please add a section on the rise of fraudulent sites advertising "cheats" and then just tricking visitors into doing things that are only good for the people who run the site. There is a whole ecosystem of such sites. 2003:C0:9739:7200:514E:4829:BFD6:C8AB (talk) 00:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: would appreciate examples of sites and tricks, and sources backing them up cogsan (give me attention) (see my deeds) 15:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraudulent "cheat" sites