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The Konami Code was created by Kazuhisa Hashimoto, who was developing the home port of the 1985 arcade game Gradius for the NES. Finding the game too difficult to play through during testing, he created the cheat code, which gives the player a full set of power-ups (normally attained gradually throughout the game). [2]
Game Genie is a line of video game cheat cartridges originally designed by Codemasters, sold by Camerica and Galoob.The first device in the series was released in 1990 [1] for the Nintendo Entertainment System, with subsequent devices released for the Super NES, Game Boy, Genesis, and Game Gear.
The Nintendo Entertainment System has a library of 1376 [a] officially licensed games released for the Japanese version, the Family Computer (Famicom), and its international counterpart, the NES, during their lifespans, plus 7 official multicarts and 2 championship cartridges. Of these, 672 were released exclusively in Japan, 187 were released ...
Two extra cheat codes were added to the Famicom version: a stage select code (since the setting is not available on the default option screen) and a code that increases the number of continues. The NES version uses a Nintendo manufactured MMC3 chip to control the game's program, whereas the Famicom version uses the Konami manufactured VRC4 chip.
Cheating in video games involves a video game player using various methods to create an advantage beyond normal gameplay, usually in order to make the game easier.Cheats may be activated from within the game itself (a cheat code implemented by the original game developers), or created by third-party software (a game trainer or debugger) or hardware (a cheat cartridge).
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games. It includes titles that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Video games in this category have been released exclusively on the Nintendo Entertainment System /Nintendo Family Computer console.
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console was first packaged as the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan. Its best-selling game is Super Mario Bros., first released in Japan on September 13, 1985, with sales of more than 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game of all time.
Unlike the main Action Replay series, which cheats by modifying the game code itself, Power-Saves store the game saves created by Datel, allowing users to cheat without modifying the game code being executed. Power-Saves are available for game systems such as the Wii on an SD card and the Nintendo 3DS.