The 70s & 80s Nostalgia Thread...

[Irving Cowboy]

is that supposed to be a streetlight?

Probably a halogen streetlight.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

First off, thanks for that. Second, what was its purpose?

To cheat at video games. I never owned one but the video game cartridge would go into the game genie and you could get unlimited lives and things like that on video games.

 

[Cotton]

To cheat at video games. I never owned one but the video game cartridge would go into the game genie and you could get unlimited lives and things like that on video games.

So, that replaced AABBLEFTRIGHTLEFTRIGHTAAB, or however that went?

 

[Cotton]

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

This. I'm ashamed of myself that I couldn't remember it.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

This. I'm ashamed of myself that I couldn't remember it.

Essentially, except it allowed for cheats that were never intended. Basically because it could change code as it passed from the game to your system. I had a friend with one and thought it was the coolest thing ever. In hindsight it was really just cheating. Like MODs you see on computer games today.