Sonic the Hedgehog is one of those few video games that is a synonymous of nostalgia (especially for people my age). Here are 5 video games examples of games that used cheats perfectly. Just include a cheat code and go directly to the end!Ĭheat codes have been recurrent throughout video game’s history mainly because of those two reasons. Going Through the Back Doorįor example, if you are designing the final level of your platform video game but you just want to test the mechanics of the final boss it may be a little tedious to go through the level every time. Some players will love these simplifications, but others will prefer the harder path because they find it more rewarding. If you are a game developer, be careful with including cheat codes that are shortcuts. Or you could be stuck in the same level for months and find a sequence that allows you to jump directly to the next level. The question is why developers have used them since the first video games were published and why do they keep including these back doors? Cheating is Fun!Īlthough sometimes cheating makes things too easy due to the wider range of possibilities: You could be working hard to earn money day by day and suddenly make one million dollars by finding the right trick online. A a result, a new feature or uncommon behavior is unblocked and revealed. Those are examples of what is normally called an easter egg (term that was born as a reference to the egg hunt during Easter) which is anything that developers intentionally hide from the normal path of the player. Cheat codes are a subset of easter eggs that are normally activated by entering some kind of password or buttons combination in a particular part of the game.
A reference to a previous release of the same saga, a combination of keys that reveals a little hidden video game, a funny joke written on the walls. Almost every player has found a little secret inside the video game they are playing.
0 kommentar(er)
