Whatever happened to cheat codes and guide books? They were the best part of gaming they just kind of dropped of the earth is there a rhyme or reason for this?

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Whatever happened to cheat codes and guide books? They were the best part of gaming they just kind of dropped of the earth is there a rhyme or reason for this?

alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 months ago

A lot of cheats weren’t actually useful gameplay cheats. My favorites were always the silly ones like big head mode or flying a real car in rogue squadron.

themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Oh yeah, a lot of games introduced cheats as easter eggs. NBA Jam set the standard for a lot of cheat variables.