ArtMoney vs DOSBox Cheat Engine

ArtMoney is a standalone Windows game memory editor for locating and changing values in running PC games, such as money, health, ammunition, and resources. Its search methods cover exact and range values, unknown and encoded values, sequences, hexadecimal data, structures, and formulas. Tools for memory analysis include pointer scanning, a memory editor, a disassembler, a debugger, and breakpoints. ArtMoney Tables are AMT files with prepared game information such as saved addresses and descriptions; the tables page lists 6,728 tables. It also provides emulator options and supports emulator addresses and pointers. Microsoft Windows is the listed system requirement, with 32-bit and 64-bit versions and support for Windows 10 and 11. The free SE edition omits some features, including folder and structure search, and its pointer-to-pointer scanner handles up to three levels, compared with six in PRO. PRO costs $24.90 per one-time payment; updates of ArtMoney v8 Pro Edition are free. The vendor says the program is not intended for multiplayer or online games.

DOSBox Cheat Engine is a single-page web application for scanning, editing, and freezing emulated memory in DOSBox Staging. Search for values, narrow the results, and add memory addresses to a Cheat Table; values in the table can be changed by double-clicking or frozen so they do not decrease. Live memory polling can be paused during CPU-heavy game segments. Cheat tables can be exported and loaded as JSON files, and Shift-click or Ctrl-click supports range selection. The application connects to DOSBox Staging through its Web Server API, which must be enabled in the emulator configuration. It requires DOSBox Staging 0.83 or newer; the API web server's default local address is http://127.0.0.1:8086. Precompiled executables are offered for Windows and Linux, and the Python source can be run directly using only the standard library, without a pip installation. The project is MIT licensed and free. Closing the browser tab sends a signal for the Python server to shut down gracefully.