If there’s one thing I’m not afraid to admit is
that I totally suck at retro video games.
While others may defend the old school style of game difficulty as
being normal back then, I argue that it was always a horrible experience for
me. Thankfully the Game Genie was
released back in those days, so that terrible players could beat those
difficult games. Unfortunately people
used to call them (us) cheaters for using the Game Genie; an attachment device
that helps you enable special codes to play original games (for example extra
lives, or jump higher). While I never
used one back in the day, I was able to get one this week at my local buy and
sell store.
Initially I was excited because I would finally
be able to beat those old school games that had haunted me for years. So when I got home, I cleaned the Game Genie
off, and set up my Nintendo console to play games. In order to enable the Game Genie I had to
attach it to a cartridge (my precious cartridge) and physically jam it firmly; then
insert it into my NES with the damn thing sticking out half way. Unfortunately the Game Genie didn’t even work
properly; I either got a grey screen or the codes didn’t work. They either have never worked properly, the
chip has expired, and it’s not worth wasting your time trying to fix it (you
have to remove the label to unscrew it).
And so I have to firmly warn everyone that you avoid getting this damn Frankenstein
monster for your classic consoles.
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