Just thought i'd spread something i've found for Linux which may make the day a bit easier for some.
"scanmem is a simple interactive debugging utility for linux, used to locate the address of a variable in an executing process. This can be used for the analysis or modification of a hostile process on a compromised machine, reverse engineering, or as a "pokefinder" to cheat at video games. "
scanmem - Project Hosting on Google Code - Backend
GameConqueror - scanmem - Project Hosting on Google Code - GUI Frontend
Are what looks like simple form of Cheat Engine for Linux.
Incredibly easy to use and full of bugs.
and honorable mention to show how easy its done with python
Pycheat.py
http://sixserv.org/2010/07/26/memory...on-and-ptrace/