I don’t think we agree on what is cheating and what is gameplay.
If I were to play Super Mario and I used my controller and found a spot in the game where I can repeatedly jump on turtles and get 100+ 1ups, that is gameplay!
If instead I used a game genie and it altered the game code so I automatically start with 100 lives, that is cheating.
No game code was hacked in any way, and all moves were done within the confines of gameplay. If something in the normal gameplay doesn’t work as Per Blue intends, then make a fix, don’t make foes.
I’ll post it here since it was hidden.