Current Events > Have you ever used a Game Genie or an equivalent?

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I won't tell.

Sure. I've used Game Genie from time to time over the years.

gameshark

Action Replay and flashcarts yeah, but most cheat tools are irrelevant when systems nowadays are able to be homebrewed and have CFW.

No.

yea, when I was a kid.

my brother used to get mad because I wasn't playing the "right" way, lol.

I had a gameshark on the N64

I used Game Genies and Gamesharks all the time with older consoles. It was fun having an invincibility cheat and seeing all the levels of a game without the stress of dying. I had one for my Genesis, GB, GBC, N64, Dreamcast, and PS2.

Game Genie, Gameshark, Action Replay, Codebreaker I had them all.

There were some codes for Mario Bros 3 that were amazing. There was one that unlocked debug, basically you pressed like down + B and the game would pause while you scrolled through the power ups. My brother and I used to put in random codes and the graphics and stuff would just go bonkers. It was fun.

There's a Youtube channel that shows crazy codes from NES games. I'll have to look it up again.

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Yeah

Infinite powers in Megaman, Always have Wing Cap in SM64, Unlock Everything in fighting games, you name it.

GameShark for GBC
Action Replay for GCN

My brother had one for PS2, but I didn't use that one.

Still have mine for NES, SNES, and Gameboy

The DS software I used had it built in but I didn't abuse much, the one I used most was "all pokemon are shinies" cheat in platinum.

I have used and still use my old Action Replay stuff for my gameboy advance SP, Gamecube and old Playstation.

Plus I still have a Powersaves for my Nintendo 3DS

I have an action replay for my Nintendo DSi but the action replay got worn out or something where it doesnt start up the codes for games anymore these days.

i can still hear the pins crunching from using the nes one.

We had the og nes one. Novelty wore off pretty quick but it did help the nes work better. Didn't have to wiggle the carts and fuck with the console as much.

I had Game Genie for my Mega Drive. Absolutely brilliant device..

Entering NES/SNES Game Genie codes helped me learn how to read

VeggetaX posted...

Codebreaker

This is the one I remember best because I used it to beat Persona 4 lol

Physical Copy? No.

But i did see one, once.

So unless emulators count, the answer is a no.

Thats a good chunk more in the realm of "Didnt have the abillity", and not so much "Didnt want to"

Like, ive only beaten GTA San Andreas once without cheat codes, and its the only game pre-IV that ive done so with.

Yeah back in 6th gen I really liked messing around with SSBM action replay.
Usually Giga Bowser on the home run contest track.
Debug stage was neat too.
There were these awesome super characters too, Mario firing fireballs so fast it was like a straight line, G&W rapid fire frying pan. Ganon's Warlock Punch with almost no windup. They were fun.

Moon jump on Gamecube Zelda games was really fun too. On Windwaker you could give yourself infinite magic (Never ending deku leaf flight), moon jump and hold R for turbo speed forward. You could basically just jump in the air and start zooming around the world map, no sailing involved.

Game Genie was used on many of my SNES games.

A bunch of Game Genies the one for the Gameboy was cool. I also usesd a Pro Action Replay Plus for the Saturn, but that was more to just play imports than cheat. Honestly after the 8/16 bit era I just didn't use them and they weren't as prevalent.

Yup, Game Genie is the only one I haven't used, though. I used to use Codebreaker, GameShark, and Action Replay all the time as a kid.

It was pretty fun to get access to things that were locked away and not normally available.

An Action Replay on the DS.

I never owned one of the devices but I grew up in a household that went from NES to PS1, so all my SNES/Genesis/Gameboy/GBA experiences were emulated in my early teens, and game genie was built into them so...yeah I definitely used them at times

I used to love hacking up my pokemon games into nonsense with gameshark codes

I had one for the N64 that died within a year. And one for ps2.

I mostly used it to unlock npcs in Wrestling games.

And my thug2 characters had a go-kart and a guitar as skateboards.

I remember people hella hated others for using this kinda stuff LMAO.

Game Genie was the only way to beat some of those stupid old games

Yes.

I've contributed codes for different devices to websites

Yeah, mostly back when I played a lot of games via emulators and roms. I would use infinite hp cheats in pretty much everything.

same with Action Replay for Gameboy advance games and original Playstation games and Gamecube.

Just wish the action replay for my Nintendo DSi didnt crap out. sort of needed the action replay to breeze through Rune Factory 3

kawalimus posted...

Game Genie was the only way to beat some of those stupid old games

Yup, had one for NES.

It was great.

NES, SNES, and Game Boy

voldothegr8 posted...

Still have mine for NES, SNES, and Gameboy

I just still have the NES and SNES ones.

Yes.

For multiple reasons. As a child, I cheated my way through NES games like Friday the 13th and Lifeforce. As an adult, I beat both games legitimately. I also used a code for Mega Man 2 in which only bosses can hurt Mega Man. Not only was it unnecessary, as the game really isn't that difficult, but it also blocked me from completing the game as the Boobeam Trap does not register as a boss.

I also got a Gameshark for Nintendo 64. This wasn't so much about beating difficult games as it was unlocking inaccessible content. There's an Arwing that you can fight in Ocarina of Time. Big Show's likeness is locked away in the code of WWF No Mercy. And you can hack an unfinished Blargg into Super Mario 64. It lacks eyes, but is otherwise completely functional.

FortuneCookie posted...

I also got a Gameshark for Nintendo 64. This wasn't so much about beating difficult games as it was unlocking inaccessible content. There's an Arwing that you can fight in Ocarina of Time. Big Show's likeness is locked away in the code of WWF No Mercy. And you can hack an unfinished Blargg into Super Mario 64. It lacks eyes, but is otherwise completely functional.

This. It's how I got the Ice Key and the eggs in Banjo Kazooie.

I used the Action Replay DS a shitload of times. I also have a Nintendo 64 GameShark, but it never worked reliably. And I have a PS2 GameShark, but I don't think I used it much.

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

I just still have the NES and SNES ones.

I think I still have the NES one with a beat up box, the original cheat book and a few update books that were much smaller. What happened is that I saw it at Gamestop one day in the early 2000s (it had to have been) and it was like 20 bucks or something. What really sold me on it were the update books as I never saw those before. I only say think b/c I moved but I don't know why I would get rid of it, I don't recall seeing it recently here when I went through a few boxes in my closet though.

I had a Game Genie for Genesis and a GameShark for N64 and PS1.

Anyone remember the shitty one they made for the Xbox

Yeah I had a game genie so I could do the moon jump in Reversions SMB

then I had a GameShark for ps1 which was cool because you could use it to look at all sorts of files and concept art that wasnt normally accessible to players

Twisted Metal 1&2 in particular had all sorts of cool images and artwork for characters and stages

Yeah kinda, on vice city. Also I had to use one on mgs2 because my cousin had it setup with one and it kept bugging out when I was trying to beat Fatman for him without it.