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AppWizard

January 16, 2026

How well do you know classic videogame cheats? See if you can answer these 10 tricky questions

A variety of gaming quizzes are available, covering topics such as health bars, in-game currencies, and patch notes. The author reflects on their experience as an intern at a website focused on cheat codes and tips in the mid-2000s, where they verified user submissions for genuine cheats. During that time, they relied on GameFAQs, official guides, and hearsay, occasionally contacting game publishers for hidden cheats. Although the website has become less relevant and cheat codes are not as prominent today, the author expresses nostalgia for that era and introduces a quiz about classic cheats and secrets from the '90s to the 2010s.

AppWizard

November 9, 2025

To the rapidly aging person reading this: GameFAQs is 30 years old, and people are sharing their memories of the venerable guide hub

GameFAQs celebrated its 30th anniversary on November 5, 2023, having been launched on November 5, 1995, as the Video Game FAQ Archive. The site has grown to include over 82,000 guides, more than 178,000 reviews, and 5 million user-uploaded screenshots. Notable contributor StarFighters76 has created over 5,000 custom walkthrough maps over 22 years. GameFAQs remains a valuable resource for gamers, particularly for those playing games released before 2000.