What does +x mean in a trainer/table name?

Post your topics and discussions here that you can't find a good section for.
Post Reply
dstarfire
Noobzor
Noobzor
Posts: 12
Joined: Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:25 pm
Reputation: 0

What does +x mean in a trainer/table name?

Post by dstarfire »

Seen a lot of trainers and cheat tables over the years labelled simply as (name of game)+3, (game)+5, etc. (e.g. "Halo +3 trainer"). Often this is accompanied by a list of features (e.g. infinite health, inf. ammo, etc.), but sometimes it's not, as though that +x somehow defines some basic features.

So, what the heck does this +x mean?

User avatar
STN
Founder
Founder
Posts: 4426
Joined: Thu Mar 02, 2017 7:48 pm
Reputation: 3423

Re: What does +x mean in a trainer/table name?

Post by STN »

Number of options/cheats

gir489_2
Noobzor
Noobzor
Posts: 6
Joined: Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:27 am
Reputation: 0

Re: What does +x mean in a trainer/table name?

Post by gir489_2 »

It comes from the old bootleg days when ROM images would come prepacked with a trainer.

So a release would be something like Super Mario 3 (USA) +4, meaning it came with 4 cheats, which were usually activated during the cracktro that was presented upon booting the bootleg image.

It's like when you hear kids say day0 or binz. What used to happen in the Apple ][e days, was someone would have a ware, and they'd take 2 or 3 days to crack it, so if it took 3 days from release, it would be a 3 day ware. Some people were a boss, and would have a day 1 ware, and if you somehow were a master theif and got it before release, it was considered a day 0 ware. Now people use it for fucking everything. I even saw RE7's crack being touted as a Day0, even though it took them 6 or something days to crack...

Although, granted, people are actually still using the +x term correctly.

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users