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Long-form pieces on how cheating in games actually works: where the codes came from, why they disappeared, and what replaced them.

The History of Cheat Codes: From Developer Debug Tools to MicrotransactionsCheat codes were never meant for players. They were testing shortcuts that escaped into the wild, got sold on cartridges, went to court, and were finally priced and sold back to us.11 Oct 2026 · 14 min read

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