Cheating used to be fun - Polygon

From pinball machines to the Konami Code to modern-day Pokemon games, cheating has come a long way. It used to be a fun, communal practice among friends. Now cheating is a big business, with all the downsides that comes with that.

What it even means to cheat, and why its considered bad, is almost impossible to define for video games. For me, as a child of the 90s, it meant using the item duplication glitch to get 99 Master Bal… [+1918 chars]

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