What qualifies as cheating: If your stuck in a game for a really long time and use a walk-through right there to get on with the game it's not cheating. If you use the walk-through to hold your hand through the entire game your cheating. Asking a friend for help isn't cheating. That was one of the coolest things about NES games before this darn internet thingy. Hacking to change images isn't cheating. You gain no advantage, just different looks. Hacking that changes stats or equipment or abilities is cheating. Sure maphack is convenient for experienced players ofD2, but it's still cheating. Cheating can make the game more fun though. It adds elements to the game not originally there. You can sort of customize the game to your liking. Giving Terra in FFVI shock instead of morph is UBER>3.