Hacking Games For Cash
by Steve Gibson, Dec 17, 2001 2:16pm PSTSunSpot.net has an article describing the job of some guys who get to try to crack game codes (Thanks GG) for GameShark for up to $60,000 a year in salary. It's pretty interesting reading and honestly not something I ever thought about. Didnt realize they just had a bunch of guys hacking away on games figuring out codes. But I guess that's what ya gotta do.
So far this group of a half-dozen programmers has cranked out more than 23,000 codes that cover nearly every game on the market. As many as 2 million visitors a month log in to grab the latest codes from the company's Web site, www.gameshark.com. It's a niche business off the radar screens of anyone but hard-core gamers, but it's profitable. It's also a contentious arena at times, because game publishers aren't always thrilled at having their creations "hacked" and played in ways they didn't intend. [snip]
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Just save you $40 and don't bother buying the game it in the first place.
This has got to be the ultimate hack.
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http://www.gameshark.com/dreamcast/objects/155413_106.html see?
These are the guys to bitch about:
http://www.cmgsccc.com/dc/index.php?letter=16
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helping kids beat a 1p game coz they are too moronic to actually play for themselves is one thing, but a coporation actually enabling cheats online is so wrong, and can kill the online part of a game. its not like dreamcast games could be patched....
and with Asus, how is a server admin supposed to block Asus card owners? and since not all asus card owners use the wall hack drivers (yah, right), how to specifically ban those using the drivers?
if random hackers release these kinds of things, oh well thats part of the deal, but for corporations that do it?!? it ought to be criminal.
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BAAH-HAHAHAAH! I've got to find me one of these just to see if it works...
...they're 20 years old, who gives a shit, right?
* CONSPIRACY THEORY *
Interestingly, Phantasy Star Online, a popular space adventure in the online gaming circuit, is not one of Interacts's primary targets. John Hays says that's because of the "moral issues" involved with providing cheat codes for players in head-to-head online gaming. "We could do it, but we don't," Hays said.
lies, all lies.... there are thousands of hacked items in the PSO world. thanks gamefucks.
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"I figured out that if your character goes into the bathroom and turns the hair dryer on, the guards can hear it and they'll come in and nail you,"
this is an epiphany? um..... no. :/
They're terrorists! (j/k)
yeah, hardcore gamers that cheat their asses off.