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Cheating At Computer Games By Modifying Save Game Files With A Hex Editor
| Field | Computer Games |
| Went Obsolete | Might still be used |
| Made Obsolete By | Might still be used |
| Knowledge Assumed | Understanding the format of the save file, ability to use and read the output of a hex editor |
| When useful | Cheating at computer games with hackable save files |
Some computer games had saved game files with data that was easily accessed and modified with a hex editor
One noteworthy example was the first version of Sim City. By changing a few bytes in the save game file, you could give yourself 16.7 million dollars to use for building your city.
Some games tried to combat this by including integrity checking of the same file, i.e. if the checksum of the save file didn't match what the game thought it should be, it would consider the file to be corrupt and refuse to load it.
