Just can’t get past that one level in Riven? Having trouble fighting off the Zerg hordes in Starcraft? Maybe you need some outside help. The Internet’s the perfect place for finding cheat codes and hints for practically every video game ever made, whether it’s for the PC or for Nintendo. Here’s how to find them.

As for how you deal with being a cheater -- now that’s up to you ...

Computer Games

If you're trying to find computer game cheats, a great place to start looking is at our sister site GamePower. It's got indices of cheats and hints for hundreds of games, as well as a nifty Cheat of the Week feature.

Also worth checking out is The Cheater's Guild; it offers cheats, walkthroughs, and level editors for hundreds of PC games, and covers console games as well.

Need more? Cheat Code Central offers hundreds more cheats and hints, as well as descriptions of game endings, reviews and release dates, and even an online store.

If you still can’t find the cheats you’re looking for, don’t despair; there are dozens of other worthwhile cheat sites out there. Try The GamerZone PC Hints Page, Universal Hint System, Xtreme Gaming, Cheater's Paradise, and Planet of the Cheats.

Console Games

Looking for hints and cheats for console games instead? Video Game Cheats covers games for a variety of sytems, from Lynx to Nintendo 64, and provides cheat codes for hundreds of games. It hasn’t been updated in months, though; for a less complete but more current cheat collection, check out Cheatcode 99.

A number of sites devote themselves to games for one specific platform. Some of our favorites include The Sega Saturn Codes Depot, The Ultimate Sega Codes Site, Nintendo 64 Codes and Cheats, and Steve Online Sony Playstation Cheats.