Cheat codes were a common element of retro classic gaming, but they've largely disappeared. These 7 are excellent examples of classic cheats.

Anthony is a writer who's worked in the games industry for four years. He's a competitive gamer with a soft spot for retro titles. Anthony enjoys speedrunning a few titles, but Simpson's Hit & Run is ...

Motherlode is the most recognizable cheat in The Sims, but even the most hardcore Simmers might not know that it wasn't ...

I was too poor to own a console, but 40 years later and I still remember by heart: Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A I don’t even remember what game it was for. Click to expand ...

Most gamers remember the excitement of discovering a cheat code in a game back in the 1990s and early 2000s, entering in a wild string of controls that would make you invincible, get extra abilities, ...

YouTuber Nicholas Zetta has always enjoyed online video games for their competition. For many gamers, cheaters are increasingly ruining that experience. Zetta built a following of 2 million ...

Several players of the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty complained last week that they were permanently banned from the game for using a well-known cheat. Video game streamer ItsHapa wrote on ...

Cheating in video games has changed dramatically over time, and there are stigmas about it now that simply didn't exist two decades ago. I can't really fault the change, either. Cheating nowadays is ...