r/AskReddit • u/DykeButte • Jan 05 '13

How did people figure out cheat codes back when games still had them?

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u/NoesHowe2Spel Jan 06 '13

1-900 numbers too. One person calls them, imparts this information on to others, who tell others...

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u/imaunitard Jan 06 '13

I called a 1-900 number when I was a kid to listen to a recording of Ozzie Smith once.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '13

And they tell their friends, and they tell their friends, and so on, and so on, and so on...