Video games are big business in this country. Who do you know that doesn't have at least one gaming system? There are so many different kinds manufactured that dedicated gamers often own two or three game systems and a PC-plus a handheld device or two. Games fill the shelves in their rooms and spill out onto the floor. Games are not cheap, either. Video game software is a $9.5 billion industry and growing! At $40 or $50-or more-a pop, when you plunk down good money for a game, you should get your money's worth.

You do not have to retire a game after you have beaten it, you know. With game cheats, you can play a game repeatedly and change aspects every time. You can make a game harder, easier, less challenging, or more difficult. You can even leap ahead levels if you need to.

Depending on the game, there are loads of things you can do to make replaying a game fun. You can make your character unbeatable and speed through a game destroying everything in your path, or you can make it harder by having every character in the game gunning for you.

There are cheats to change the atmosphere of the game, mess with characters appearances, and bend the laws of nature. You can give yourself infinite access to things you need, like health, guns, and currency, too. With almost every game ever made, cheats give you the freedom to alter the way the game plays out. And it's all cool. Cheats are not cheating; they increase the value of a game by letting you play it many times and keep it interesting.

If you think you are done with a game, think again! Even the oldest video games have cheats-and there are lots of sources to look for them. Whole books are published devoted to game cheats. There are also magazines and internet sites full of cheat codes. So before you get rid of a game, check out the cheats!