Cheating: Difference between revisions

[[Generation III]] games exclusively contain two specific cheating countermeasures. First, {{p|Mew}} and {{p|Deoxys}} were given special programming that prevents them from ever obeying the player if they were obtained illegitimately, even if the player has the right badges. This can be bypassed if the player uses cheats to get to [[Faraway Island]] or [[Birth Island]] to catch the Pokémon that way, as the Pokémon itself becomes indistinguishably legitimate although the event item to arrive at the location is not. This countermeasure does not exist in [[Generation IV]]. Second, special programming known as DMA (dynamic memory allocation) causes sensitive memory areas such as Pokémon data to dynamically move around, preventing or making it difficult for cheating devices to target this data. This can be avoided through codes that disable the DMA altogether; such codes are often referred to as "Master Codes".<!-- ironically, this very DMA maneuver is what makes Glitzer Popping possible. lol-->