, for example, was a REWARD for completion, rather than a cheat per se.

I try not to use cheats because... I dunno, I just never feel as satisfied if I complete a game only because I have cheats. I have a 100% completion for every single game so far excepting TEN (wow, boast a bit why don't you, Scarab?  :-X) and I did it without cheating, so I'm rather pleased with myself for that.

Still some fun cheats might be cool. Remember the Squid Skaeboard in YOTD? *Sigh*. Good times, good times...

i agree withe four times as long but not twice as hard. cheats... WHY WOULD YOU USE CHEATS? cheats ruin the experience

true it does ruin the expirience thats why i beat the game 5 times then use cheats for fun you know

Cheats should be put is so that you have to unlock them by winning the game (at which point you are informed as to what they are) before they will work, even if you should find them online.

Oddly enough, I really like that idea.
But... although I prefer beating the game using skill instead of health cheats, some areas of the new Spyro games can be really nasty - like at Malefor with the endless waves of those pillbug-horse-skeletons. Eeeew. Still, I got through it, so your idea actually would work nicely. XD *Babbles*

Heh, I like it without cheats. I wish TDH is four times as long as TEN and twice the difficulty!

ps. yes those symbols from my wii.