>>12002268
I use them too. I wouldn't call them cheating though. They're more like EASY MODE to me.

I've beaten games before, retro or not without them, when I didn't have to emulate. Nowadays I use save states to save time. Limit the amount of tries it takes to beat some tougher section. Does it take away from the satisfaction of beating the game? Probably. But it also saves the frustration of hitting a wall at a game. And whatever satisfaction is lost can be balanced with beating games faster and having time/energy to beat more games that way.