Guides Are the New Cheats

Back in the day of the pioneering consoles, man forged the ultimate tool of single player gaming fun, the cheat. Back in the days of the Atari a "cheat" was basically going into the code and changing numbers until you found out which number changed what, to a desirable effect. Such as giving the player an ungodly amount of lives to ensure that even the most unable of players could finish the sometimes ball-breakingly hard games of old.