3. FINDING CHEATS OFFLINE

Finding gaming cheats offline is quite a bit more difficult. You will need to know exactly what game you want cheats for and the system it belongs to. Your first stop should be any local retail store that sells video games. They probably sell related materials as well You may find what you need here.

Gaming magazines are great tools for someone who has access to them. You either have to buy these, or find them at a library, but once you have them they are very handy. You can obtain a subscription to a video gaming magazine by simply visiting its website, or calling their hotline. The major drawback to a gaming magazine is that it's not guaranteed that every game will be talked about, and for every game you own, you may have to buy a new magazine. But in some cases they can be extremely helpful.

Some gaming magazine titles you might want to check out are:

Tips & Tricks Magazine

The Official XBOX Magazine

PSM

PC Gamer

Game Informer

Official Playstation 2 Magazine

A final option available for some gaming systems is an actual game cheat system produced by the company that makes the console. It has cheats for just about every game available for the system. The Original Nintendo system has a great one. If you cant find what youre looking for online or in a magazine you may consider looking into these cheat apparatuses.

In all, finding video game cheats isn't a hard endeavor. With the many options available, from free websites to magazines and cheat discs produced by the creators of the game, you should be able to not only find the codes you desire, but defeat the game giving you so much trouble.