I don’t think CheatEngine existed when I started MHS, but I don’t know that CheatEngine was inspired by my program.
At least in modern times it is very easy to say that many of its features were directly inspired by MHS, but DarkByte and I used to work together on considering the futures of where each of our programs would go. I directly ripped some of his features for compatibility (mainly the auto-assembler), and later he did the same (anything real-time, such as the hex editor, plus being able to show infinite addresses in the search results instead of “Too Many Addresses to Display”, etc.), and we discussed a lot of ways to make our programs interchangeable via private messaging.
We are on pretty friendly terms.
I am coming out with a new version, but I temporarily had to stop production as I prepare to move across the world once again.
L. Spiro