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Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:08:39 GMT

When it comes to single player games I use cheats and walkthroughs due to my poor reflexes and coordination. Besides, I play games because I want the experience, not the frustration so I appreciate the cheats.

@Kushan I agree!

@smoreon Cheats have been replaced with trainers anyway.

By slider1983

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:09:18 GMT

i had a game genie. I think that nails my colours to the appropriate mast.

By MysticWangForce

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:25:39 GMT

As I've gotten older and my time more precious, I find myself leaning more and more on various cheats to be able to get through and complete some games. Usually it's the "busy work" that bothers me - the resource farming, the endless cookie-cutter sidequests, that kind of deal. I don't have time to sit through the repetitive garbage so I'll skip past that and go back to the parts I actually enjoy.

By Kushan

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:48:04 GMT

@smoreon this is it, exactly! 👍

By Blast16

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:58:26 GMT

@Blast16 Most games these days are designed to allow for most players to get through them, making actual cheats unnecessary. But goofy "cheats" like paintball mode or moon jumps? Bring them on! If they can be used to break the game and/or cause all sorts of chaos and hilarity, then that's all the better!

By smoreon

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 02:01:57 GMT

Yeah, only way I finished Xenon/2 was with a trainer. I tried to play w/o, really did. But, if you really wanted to get to the end it was the only way to do it.

By Daggot

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 23:25:08 GMT

@smoreon I think cheat codes in modern games are sorely missing. BRING THEM BACK!

Always a fun distraction when the time is right with a beloved game.

By Blast16

Re: "Games Were Pretty Hostile" - Duke Nukem Co-Creator Reveals How The Bitmap Brothers Turned Him On To Cheat Codes

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:43:39 GMT

your money, you play how you want

I can appreciate that philosophy.

Of course, players could use cheats to finish the game too quickly, and then either find it unsatisfying, or feel that the game is too short, but that's on them.

By smoreon