Ahoy I'm CheatFreak, or just Cheat for short.

I'm a bit of a weeb who plays too many video games and watches too much anime. Grew up with Sega and Nintendo, became a PC gamer in 2011. Pretty into console modding, mainly the 3DS and Wii U. Only very slightly obsessed with catgirls.

I've also made/worked on a bunch of Sonic mods. People always tell me they recognize my name but don't know where from, which is just perfect, because I try to maintain a small internet footprint, not a fan of big attention.

I accept friend requests, unless you're obviously a bot or pulling a scam. I generally prefer anyone who adds me to be above level 15 as mentioned above, but I'm not strict about it. However, read the FAQ below first if you're adding me to ask a question or something, as your answer may already be there. (Scroll this box to read the FAQ.)

Chances are you ended up here from one of these places, but either way, Steam is not my preferred communication platform. If you wanna talk to me, hit me up on Discord ideally, especially if you want me to actually see it in a timely fashion.

Discord : CheatFreak#3799
Nintendo Switch : SW-1743-9967-0002
Twitter (I post Switch screenshots and posts here.)
Reddit
Twitch [www.twitch.tv]
YouTube
MyAnimeList [myanimelist.net] (I work hard on this!)
GitHub [github.com]

Q: Do you cheat in games/life?
A: No, not really. My username (since I assume that's why you asked) comes from my childhood love of Action Replay and GameShark devices. I didn't love them because they allowed to you cheat necessarily, but rather the ability they had to give you more entertainment out of games you already owned. Think Sonic Adventure 2 cheat codes that would allow you to play as Amy in Single Player for example. On the Nintendo DS, I used Action Replay regularly to actually make games harder, in fact. It's also for this reason I enjoy game modding and romhacks a lot.

Q: Can you make cheats or mods for games for me? (either for free or for money.)
A: The short answer is no. I don't do that. I do sometimes dabble in game reverse engineering for my own purposes, but mainly for assisting modding, and typically it's for older games on game consoles most often. I'm also not a very good programmer, I just know a good amount about a lot of things.

Q: Will you update BetterSADX or Make BetterSA2 / BetterHeroes / BetterWhatever?
A: No, I don't plan on working on BetterSADX anymore. Use SADX Mod Installer instead. BetterSADX was a stopgap project I made to inject some life into the Sonic Adventure modding scene by making the mod-friendly port available to the masses without being direct piracy. It got some 200,000 downloads at least and while the name may be recognizable, I've more or less left the project behind, and have no intention to work on any Sonic mods outside of ones borne out of passion.

Q: Can I add you to ask you questions about modding Sonic games or other games?
A: I'd rather you not, generally, but if you do I won't bite your head off, I guess. I just get this a lot, OK? There's better places to ask. Like Discord servers.

Q: Who made your artwork showcase?
A: I did, although the art it's made from comes from The Ditzy Demons are in Love With Me, an eroge visual novel I'm quite fond of. The art in it of Ayasaki Yuu was drawn by Sayori of NEKO WORKs. I don't do custom profiles requests.

Q: What other games do you play aside from on Steam?
A: I grew up with Sega and Nintendo, and I'm mostly a huge fan of Nintendo franchises these days. In particular, I love the Kirby, Xenoblade, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario, and Animal Crossing series. I also sometimes play Smash and Mario Kart. I still have a soft spot for Sega on occasion, but they so often disappoint these days, especially since they have an infatuation with bundling Denuvo in all their games which tanks performance on my admittedly dated PC. If you wanna play Nintendo games with me, feel free to add me via my friend code above.

Q: What is your rig like?
A: The short answer is it's mid at best. The long answer is that it's a Dell Optiplex 7050 MT with an i7 7700, 32GB 2666Hz DDR4, a 1TB AData NVMe SSD and 4TB more of HDD space spread across 3 other HDDs, one of which is dubious at best, and lastly an annoying MSI GTX 1650 LP which has a dying fan that is difficult to replace. Sadly I am stuck to slot-powered GPUs on this, since the PSU is non-standard, so I'll probably replace it eventually. That said, I'm also never buying MSI ever again, as they completely ignored all my support requests about the fan while it was still under warranty. heads.

Q: Can I donate to you for <insert some gratitude related reason here>?
A: Sure, just add me anywhere and let me know and I'll give you a link to where you can donate. If you're too shy to offer me directly, then just give archive.org a donation instead, they really could use the money.

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