Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Game Genie - the original famous cheat device that was developed by Codemasters and published/distributed by Galoob and Camerica around the world. It allowed anyone the ability to create their own cheat codes thanks to a simple user interface that promoted discovery to uncover new codes based on modifying existing codes. Many a video has been made about the Game Genie, but I've never understood how these codes were generated in the first place. In today's episode we sit down and figure it all out. Please Enjoy!

Sources :

► nesdev.org/wiki/Game_Genie
► tuxnes.sourceforge.net/gamegenie.html
► pagetable.com/c64ref/6502/?tab=2

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction to the Game Genie
02:24 - How are the codes generated?
10:53 - Legacy

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