Ah, whenever I talk about this topic, the first thing that comes to my mind is FPS games...
For example, as early as the ninth year, the CS local area network appeared automatic locks and acceleration knives of the "gods"; not to mention the CF ghost mode in the most popular days of what ghost, flying, remote and so on.
To this day, both stand-alone and online games still can't escape the existence of "modifiers" and "auxiliaries".
There is a lot to say, playing the game without affecting others to add a little plug-in MOD is not a "crime", but there are always people who are not willing to be lonely, and must destroy the game experience of other players to find a sense of existence.
(Green Plugin)
Cheating is constantly prohibited, and even some gamers are accustomed to this situation; at this time, I usually wonder why this situation occurs in games, and when did this situation begin to occur?
The FC era
The earliest appearance of cheats (modifiers) can be traced back to the 80s of the last century, when the relevant laws and regulations for the sale of cheats were not perfect, so this cracked cassette was even a "regular commodity" for a while.
Although this kind of open sale of cheats is very shameful, but the evil people have their own evil grinding, do plug-ins can crack the game, and white prostitutes can crack plug-ins.
Some magazines even offer players a separate section to publish cracking tips. （？？？ ）
Later, many manufacturers realized that not all players can accept the difficulty of the game and honestly pass the level, so there is an "official cheat code" or "game cheat".
(Double Dragon 2 Press B to make enemies disappear directly)
On the other hand, in fact, this "official cheat code" was not used by players at the beginning;
Originally, this kind of code was used by developers to test game data, or in layman's terms, they couldn't beat it themselves, so they had to make this kind of thing out...
Since I mentioned this, then I should talk about the classic "Contra" and "↑↑↓↓ ←→←→BABA".
I have to say that although Konami has had some problems in recent years, many of the IPs they have made have achieved one classic after another.
The "official cheat code" of "Contra" was very popular among players, and many manufacturers followed suit, so the "official cheat code" became almost a game "Easter egg" later.
(Youyou White Book - Magic Unity Battle Pause button can cooperate with many functions)
Millennial
After 2000, PC games gradually appeared on the stage, such as "Warcraft" and "Give Him Love" series of games also continued the "official cheat code" Easter egg.
For example, mysterious codes like "PANZER", "nuttertools", "WHOSYOURDADDY", I believe that many small partners have long been engraved in DNA.
In addition to PC games, the residual temperature of FC is still alive, and between the millennium, a "peripheral" of FC was developed, which is what we later became familiar with "goldfinger".
Because the cassette contact part of the peripheral modifier resembles a gold finger connected together, it is gradually called "gold finger", and later points to the modifier or modification function of FC games.
This thing is simply "violent" compared to the "official cheat code"; the "official cheat code" is to give you a fixed framework, so that you can get some developer permissions, "goldfinger" is directly cracked and then you can change it.
In addition to single-player games, the rise of online games and online games has made some "level worrying" players have crooked minds, and crazy has spawned a crooked atmosphere of cheating.
My personal impression is that the first cheat I came into contact with was in CS1.5, which is a small plug-in with a very simple interface; after entering the game, the crosshair will turn blue, and it will add functions such as "perspective", "self-aiming", "wall piercing", "increased rate of fire", "no back seat" and so on.
The cheats that began to be popular in online games in the early days were roughly like this, with many limitations and difficult to use for profit.
The development of cheats
In fact, "cheater" and "modifier" are two concepts.
(Plugins/Modifiers)
After the player purchases the game, it means that the game already belongs to the player, and they have the right to use other tools to modify the game to meet [personal] needs. (Note that merely meeting "personal needs" and not additionally ruining other people's gaming experience)
This means that you only do some "invincible attributes" in single-player games or add some plug-ins in multiplayer games that do not affect the profitability of the game and destroy the game environment, which is completely your freedom. (Of course, this behavior is not advocated Ha)
So if we don't care about the scorn of hardcore players, we can also proudly say that we are "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect". (A single-player game modifier)
As for the development of "cheaters", they are basically with the popular games to increase the functionality or crack the anti-cheat.
For example, between 2000 and 2010, the "cheats" were developed around "Adventure Island", "QQ Hall", "Bloody Jianghu", "CF", "CSOL", and "DNF" in turn.
After 2010, the "cheater" developers first focused on "League of Legends"; but the MOBA game was a bit difficult to modify, and Tencent and Fist's anti-cheating was also good.
So at present, the game with the most "cheaters" is FPS; most FPS can only be described in two words: "repeated prohibition" and "invincible".
If you ask which FPS game currently does the best anti-cheating, then I think "CSOL" is the best; many of the "perverted" weapon props officially designed by Nexons make the "cheaters" marvel, and can only engage in low-end operations such as "blowing up the room".
What is the "mystery code" you remember most? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss Oh~