Basic Trope: A game contains measures to punish or discourage cheating. * Straight: You use a cheat code, and you cannot get achievements. Some secrets become unobtainable, too. * Exaggerated: You use a cheat code, and the game permanently breaks itself. * Downplayed: You use a cheat code, and the main character chews you out. * Justified: The game was programmed in such a way that it can't handle cheating devices; alternatively, all rules are known and all moves are made openly between two human players, rendering all cheating obvious. * Inverted: The game encourages you to cheat at multiple points. * Subverted: The main character starts to harangue you for cheating, but then concedes, "well, that's the kind of guy I am" as he rewrites his hp total. * Double Subv