I recall it had a well-publicised cheat that let you warp to late stages of the game, but it wasn't resilient-- you could easily get the saved game into a state

I recall it had a well-publicised cheat that let you warp to late stages of the game, but it wasn't resilient-- you could easily get the saved game into a state where you needed to defeat a boss to get an item or advance the plot, but the boss didn't appear because you were now out of order.