Topic: Where, How, or When did you learn about the cheat codes for the first time?

[OKeijiDragon]

Where did you guys learn about the cheat codes for the first time. Obviously, most 16-bit games came out before the internet, so did you hear about it from your friends, or did you just accidentally discover them?

I first discovered Sonic 1 and 2 cheats (and game cheat codes in general) from the 100th issue of EGM on Nov 1997. I totally recall feeling very ecstatic about a level select included in Sonic 1 so I didn’t have to deal with Labyrinth Zone anymore. Debug Mode was awesome too because you got to mess with objects from the game like those teleporter boxes which I would often place them in a row for me to spindash through and break them, just for the screen to strobe flash and the game to crash just for kicks.

Oh, and that Blue Sphere game? I had no idea it existed until when I was in second grade, when a fifth grader told me that if I pressed A + B + C at the same time with a non-Sonic game cartridge, I could have access to the millions of Special Stages within Sonic & Knuckles, which Blue Sphere basically was. I know its not really a cheat code tale, but it was awesome to get game info through word of mouth at the time.

God those were the days.

[Lunar Knight Zeke]

I first learned about cheat codes when my brother used them to get Super Sonic right from the start of Sonic 2 when I was about 6 or 7 years old.

[Align]

I don't remember, it was too long ago...

[Archer]

I don't remember, it was too long ago...

[Shiki Tohno]

I do.


Konami Code.


Contra and Gradius.


1990.

[Nexus]

God mode for Doom, like around 6 or 7 years old (born 1993). INTERNETZ!!

[Satoryu]

late, actually. it was when i first got Nintendo Power, which was after i got a N64.

[Acid]

Warcraft 2.

It's a good day to die.

[Fxeni]

I do.


Konami Code.


Contra and Gradius.


1990.

This more or less, not sure of the year in my case though.

[Rad Lionheart]

I don't remember when I discovered or how I discovered cheat codes in games.

But I do recall one time playing a game, and by fluke somehow inputting something at the title or option screen that gave me unlimited health.
Can't remember the game much, it was on a Sega Genesis though, and I remember the health just ticked through it's numbers on it's own. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. and so on.) as if I was taking damage, but wasn't.

[Protoman Blues]

Does the MM3 Super Jump Glitch count? 

[Fxeni]

Does the MM3 Super Jump Glitch count? 

I'd say so, since I don't think it's a glitch, persay.

[Protoman Blues]

If it does, then that's mine!

[Asvel]

About 6 or 7, shortly after I discovered gaming. I didn't believe in using cheats or glitches to get ahead, but I looooved looking up glitches, bugs and cheats for Mario games on The Mushroom Kingdom back when it first went online, about '98-99. But that wasn't the first; I went to TMK after not being satisfied with what was in Tips & Tricks Magazine. I don't have my very first issues, but I think I have some copies from '00 or '01 in my room.

I also read about some code that involved up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, Select, Start (Atari code? Been a long time) that I thought would help me find Magmars. It wasn't even a Pokemon-specific code, but I got one anyway just walking around like that for an hour so whatever >_>

[Akamaru]

Cheat codes? What is that? I never knew there was such a thing.

[Shiki Tohno]

[...] I also read about some code that involved up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, Select, Start (Atari code? Been a long time) that I thought would help me find Magmars. [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code

[Sky Child]

When I got The Sims.

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