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The Game Genie code that is forever etched in my brain is PIGOAP, it lets you swim in any level in Super Mario Brothers 1. https://youtu.be/yjBsHyJlkRE?t=16 ht
by regus 4y ago
The Game Genie code that is forever etched in my brain is PIGOAP, it lets you swim in any level in Super Mario Brothers 1.
https://youtu.be/yjBsHyJlkRE?t=16 https://youtu.be/yjBsHyJlkRE?t=16
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There is a guy on Youtube called "Displaced Gamers" that explains how NES games work. There is an interesting episode where he breaks down how a certain item in the game Faxanadu behaves.
It's a pendant that is supposed to increase your attack power, but when you get it does the opposite. In the video he explains exactly what is going on in the code: the game was shipped with a bug.
He then goes about crafting a Game Genie code to fix the bug. It's a fascinating video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeemO9yW-hs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeemO9yW-hs
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If you are curious as to how the Game Genies works, watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86OsYRACTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86OsYRACTM
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If you are curious about the origins of the Game Genie, watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOm4qR4fFDA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOm4qR4fFDA
- camtarn 4y agoIt was watching the recently-HN'ed Displaced Gamers video on Super Mario's warp zones that actually got me curious about how the Game Genie codes were encoded :) I'm definitely going to go through his past videos - looks like so much interesting stuff in there.
- aidenn0 4y agoThe NES release of FF I has quite a few bugs. There's a page that lists them all along with patches: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/522595-final-fantasy/45575058 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/522595-final-fantasy/45...
- jandrese 4y agoIt's impressive how much of those patches are NOPing out code bloat. An enterprising hacker could probably do some interesting stuff with the space freed up just fixing the bugs.