If you use this program please send me some money. If you’re a cheapskate, then just send me a letter. My electronic-mail address is:
AMiller@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.edu
My postal address is:
Adam Miller
P.O. Box 1156
Yale Station
New Haven, CT 06520
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Cheat is a part of the Thieves’ Tools package. It is a Desk Accessory that enables you to cheat on games and other programs by changing things like your score, your lives, and your characteristics.
Using Cheat is a simple process. When you wish to change your score in some game or even a desk accessory game, call up Cheat. Type in your current score in the Search Number box. Then click on the Search button. After a few seconds search time, due to the in-depth scrutinizing method employed, Cheat will tell you the number of possible locations for your score. Unless you are dealing with very large numbers, there will probably be at least a dozen possibilities. Then, return to your game by clicking in its window, not by closing Cheat. You must now somehow change your score. It is irrelevant how much you change it, you just have to change it a little. Next, reselect Cheat from the Apple menu. Type in your new score in the Search Number box, and hit the Search button. Instantaneously, the number of possible locations will change to one, or zero if you have made a mistake. You are now ready to gleefully change your score to whatever you want. Just type in your new score in the New Number box and click on Change. You have now pulled off a dirty, low down cheat!
This is all you need to know to use Cheat proficiently. There has been a Reset button included for your convenience, which clears all of the possible locations. If you are unable to narrow down the possible locations to one, then when you try to change the number, Cheat will ask you if you really want to, as the location is still ambiguous.
These days, a Macintosh is likely to have a lot of memory. Therefore, it’s a slow process to search through all of it. Cheat contains three radio controls which let you pick how much memory to search through. They are “Stack,” “+ Heap,” and “All.” The “+ Heap” option searches through the Stack and the Heap. The “All” option searches your computer’s entire memory. It is not necessary to know what the Stack and the Heap are to use Cheat. Most of the time, the number you are looking for is in the Stack. However, it sometimes resides in the Heap. If you are running Multifinder or System 7, it is highly likely that you will need to use the “All” option. (Also, it may sometimes help to call up Cheat after loading the program you wish to cheat on.)
Warning: Cheat can be a dangerous program if used carelessly. Because it modifies memory directly, it is possible, though unlikely, that it will cause a program to crash. Therefore, I accept no responsibility for data lost after Cheat has been used. Be careful and there will be no problem.
Note: Cheat won't work in a lot of games because they don't support DA's or application switching under Multifinder or System 7. I am thinking of rewriting Cheat so that it will work under anything. I will only do it if I get enough money from this. Thank you.
For source code, send an initialized disk, a SASE, and $25 to my postal address. It sounds like a lot of money, but where else are you going to find source code like this?
