Game Genie Video Game Enhancer

by Camerica

Product Features

• Game Genie is the video game enhancer that gives you the power to change and customize your favorite video games. Want more power? More speed? More lives? Infinite lives? More weapons? Want to run faster, jump higher, punch harder? Start out on any level you choose? Even out the competition by giving more lives, powers or abilities to one player? Using the simple step-by-step instructions in the Game Genie manual, you can take command of your video games and be a video game master!
• The Game Genie code screen appears before the start of each game. It lets you enter codes for over 290 games in the codebook to create the special effects you want. Game Genie works on many game titles for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Not all effects can be created at the same time, and some effects are not available on some games.
• Features: Start on any level you want - More power - More speed - More Weapons - Infinite lives - Jump higher - Punch harder - Includes Codebook for over 290 games for the Nintendo NES

Product Details

• ASIN: B000FUIS40
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 7 x 2 inches ; 3 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,069 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Allows for codes to be entered for NES Games.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The must have accessory for the NES fanatic, September 27, 2008

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Timothy G. Berntsen "Guru of geekdom" (Virginia Beach) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Game Genie Video Game Enhancer (Video Game)

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.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Cheating Device EVER!!!!!!!!, May 16, 2007

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Timothy Carroll "Mindfreak" (Sparta, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game Genie Video Game Enhancer (Video Game)

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!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!, July 20, 2009

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Patrick W. Damiani (Huntsville, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Game Genie Video Game Enhancer (Video Game)

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.