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Game Genie (Nintendo NES) |  | From: Galoob
Category: Video Games
List Price: $24.95
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Seller: kawsgames
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 7441
Platform: Nintendo NES
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.5 x 0.6
UPC: 047246073566
EAN: 0047246073566
ASIN: B000FUIS40
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Input codes for multiple cheats |
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Product Description
The NES Game Genie is a series of cheat systems that modifies game data, allowing you to cheat, manipulate various aspects of games, and sometimes view unused content and functions. Original Game Genie for NES, cleaned and guaranteed to workCompatible with hundreds of NES titles Does not include code booklet, but codes can easily be found online Also helps to make stubborn games play in your NES console!
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The Greatest Cheating Device EVER!!!!!!!! May 17, 2007
Timothy Carroll (Sparta, TN USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Ah yes.....the Game Genie! This item is SOOO awesome because its simple yet complex. All you have to do is follow the directions on the back of it and a screen with letters and lines will pop up. Then all you have to do is input certain codes for certain games! This thing gives you unlimited heath, ammo, special items, and characters! It's SOOOOOO cool!!!
You should definitly try it out for those seemingly unbeatable games!!!
The must have accessory for the NES fanatic September 28, 2008
Timothy G. Berntsen (Virginia Beach)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Ever picked up an old NES game, and found yourself shouting at the screen saying "That's ridiculous! This game is impossible!" well, that was largely true in many cases, because so many NES games had game crippling design flaws. However, frustrated NES players found salvation through the Game Genie-- one of the best peripherals ever to be made for the system. Simply hook it onto an NES cartridge, put in three "wishes" in the form of codes, and suddenly you were were a video game master who could grind the kid from The Wizard into the dirt!
Some people will argue endlessly that the Game Genie cheapened the experience of some games, but really, the game developers were already doing that themselves. With so many games suffering from ridiculously unfair game design that in many cases made it near impossible to complete them, most of us probably only beat a small portion of the games we owned... That is, unless we knew someone with a game genie, or better yet, had one of our own! Why spend hours throwing the controller at the TV while playing "Dick Tracy" when you can just make yourself invincible and have unlimited super punches?
I can't say Game Genie makes games more fun, but it certainly brought back the fun to games that were so hard you'd given up on them, and on the NES there were A LOT of those. It was a fun device, and when I was a kid it was a household name.
A Must Have! July 20, 2009
Patrick W. Damiani (Huntsville, AL USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you play NES today, then you like classics. The Game Genie is definately one of the classics of the NES! Get it! Its so much fun! All the codes are available online now, so its super cheap.
Great entertainment September 8, 2009
Mary Ann Wesely (Shell Knob, MO.)
This product is everything we hoped it would be, the seller upgraded shipping at no cost and promptly answered questions. We are extremely pleased.
A vital component for the NES, and not for cheating... September 26, 2009
Atli Hafsteinsson (Viborg, Denmark)
...but for getting games running to begin with.
That's right, I still have my old NES from 1991 and it's never failed me yet. But of course the NES - a classic system though it is - has start-up problems with several cartridges, especially over time. And that's where my Game Genie comes to the rescue. It's permanently lodged into my NES and I place my games in it. A quick detour through the Game Genie screen into the game, and I'm guaranteed that it'll run smoothly. So, if you have a NES and intend to make it last, the Game Genie is essential.
What about its intended function, though? Well, the Game Genie is quite possibly the simplest cheating software you can find. I do not endorse cheating if you want to play a game properly, but if you're less averse to that (like I used to be), you'll be happy about the endless cheats available to an incredibly wide array of games thanks to the Game Genie. Want to fly over large portions of Super Mario Bros 3? The ever-popular start at level insert-number cheat? Look no further, it's all in the Game Genie. Provided, of course, that you have the codes.
Codes are the name of the game - I use the term 'game' loosely, because it's not. It's a software intended to make other games more fun - to those who like to cheat, at least. It really couldn't be simpler to use your Game Genie. It is a triangular-shaped component (see the box) with a slot in which you place your games. Then you place your Game Genie gold-end-first into your NES and turn it on. It's not meant to go in all the way. The interface is very simple indeed - you are given a choice of three lines of code. So, yes, no god-modes here, you have to select three cheats which you want to apply for the game. Do you want extra lives and invincibility or do you want extra speed and to start at a certain point? It's up to you to decide. Be sure to check out the Game Genie code booklets out - don't worry, one comes with the game.
It has to be said, though, that not all the codes in the book work. They do in the widest general sense, but you'll probably run into a couple that just won't work. Still, the booklet is thick and covers a wide variety of games indeed, allowing for lots of cheaty goodness.
I, however, advise you to buy the Game Genie just to get your games running - you don't HAVE to input codes.
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