The Story Of The Game Genie

[@ciscornBIG]

I have two uncles and when I was growing up they were both in to Atari and Nintendo to varying degrees. One uncle would finish everything he bought and I distinctly recall watching him beat Zelda 2 to show me the ending since I was six and would not do so myself until almost 2005. Anyway, the game genie is where they diverged the most. One uncle would play everything he could and legit beat it and my other Uncle would only play games with cheats and game genie stuff. I took after the uncle that beat his games legit but I had so much fun with my other uncle trying these codes out. I'm really loving your channel, dude. I grew up in the midst of everything you're covering (I wanted a 32x so bad when they first came out but then I got a PC and well...) and it has been a REAL joy watching and listening to your videos. This is exactly my type of content through and through. You've got something really special here and you're doing folks our age a great service. We were there to see all this stuff change year after year unto this very point. I miss those days now more than ever and I thought my retro love had hit its zenith around 2005.

[@JacobraTheGreat]

My brother and I managed to create some pretty nifty codes for Battletoads when we were kids. We would spend hours typing in random combinations and writing them down in a notepad. If the code did something, we would circle it and write a brief description of the effect. Some of the coolest ones were: psychic punching (hit baddies even when you're nowhere near them. Unfortunately, the snowmen had this power too), glass (everything you hit would shatter like glass), and puke toads (look like a pile of glitchy barf. This one was just for fun). Ah, good times!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+JacobraTheGreat haha that's awesome. You guys had way better luck than I did.

[@JacobraTheGreat]

I would say more perseverance than luck. I would say 99.99% didn't do anything lol

[@mikewill1740]

Jacobra The Great Man those was the days in gaming. Beating and playing the game was one thing. But the other side was to figure out the codes or to unlock them. Games aren't like that anymore.

[@MattBurosh]

Haha, me and my bros did the same for Mortal Kombat 😆 Also, I remember that, of all people, we enlisted the help of my mom to "soup-up" certain Super Mario Bros. 1 codes, which made them stronger. I think it was even in the instruction manual how to do it, but in the NES days, we were too young/impatient 😆

[@marioiacolucci]

I had game genie for nes but it broke my nes is no more it died

[@SebaTheHut]

Very nostalgic. I also remember ringing up my parents phone bill by calling the 1-900 numbers that gave you walk throughs on games when you couldn't get past a certain puzzle/stage.

[@nickangelo116]

Lets not forget that Game Genie couldn' t only make you jump higher, punch harder, and live forever, but it could also make you jump lower, punch weaker and live shorter

[@Larry]

Strangest thing, despite it being a UK invention, The Game Genie wasn't that popular here, The Action Replay from Datel was far more well known here.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Larry Bundy Jr yeah, it is pretty odd now that you mention it.

[@Larry]

I must confess I never even heard of a Game Genie until years later, But I loved the Trainer mode in later models, why look up codes when you can create your own. Took about 3 minutes to create infinite lives/health cheats. Oh, fun fact: It was renamed the Game Genie as it allowed you to enter three codes (wishes) :D

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Larry Bundy Jr I loved my game genie. There were many NES games I probably wouldn't have finished without it. It was especially helpful when you had a rental that you only had a few days to play. The commercials for it were god awful though. Even as a child I thought they were pretty lame.

[@MrPGT]

Overall, the NES/Famicom wasn't as popular here, Larry, as you already certainly know. I thought it was cool that CodeMasters, a budget software house, could develop and release this cool hardware. My nephew had one for his Nintendo, but I always preferred the Datel Action Replay, as it had the trainer to help you make your own codes. My brother had that for his Sega, I think that was for his Megadrive/Genesis, though.

[@RealILOVEPIE]

Datel bought codemasters

[@gillmccuddy]

Unfortunately growing up has left me with no time to play games the last console I purchased was a PS3 and it barely ever gets used for anything other than Netflix, watching your video was great it reminded me of all the fun times I had plaing Nintendo in my childhood

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

The last console I bought (new) was the PS2. =( In my 20's, I was already too busy to play games. I do pick up a retro game every so often. And I did buy the Wii a few years ago (lol) to play random Wii and Gamecube games.

[@Christopher-N]

The Game Genie is useful in other ways: I used to own a copy of _Tiger-Heli_ for the NES, but I noticed that the levels were very repetitive. To see if there was any ultimate goal, such as an end boss, I put in an invincibility code, turned the television set off, and let the game run for several hours. When I turned the TV back on, the game was still running-no boss, no goal, no purpose other than survival duration. I traded in my _Tiger-Heli_ cartridge for another title shortly thereafter.

[@ElConquistadork]

That Bill and Ted commercial: holy shit. Great video, man! I love these retrospectives.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Phil The Conquistadork thanks man! That commercial was just... so 90s. I both love and hate it! Lol

[@xbfalcon83]

You know there's another Bill and Ted in the works? Pretty sure Keanu has signed on as well

[@RichardCraig]

xbfalcon83 Yaaassssss!!

[@mullaoslo]

he has been signed on and the movie in development for the better part of a decade.. will most likely not happen and then sony will buy the rights and genderswap the movie

[@xbfalcon83]

well, considering it started production mid last year, I'm still hopeful

[@nocturnalmayhem0]

oh man this video almost made me cry remembering my childhood i remember getting one of these in 1990. great channel

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+nocturnalmayhem Thanks for checking the channel out man. I appreciate it

[@docdiggler6581]

I subscribed just for more old ass commercials. I love it.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Robert Paulson haha. Yeah, I try to throw those old commercials in whenever I can. I have a video that's a compilation of most of the ones I've used so far. I'll probably be putting one of those compilations together every once in a while.

[@stevenqbosell]

Quickly becoming one of my favorite gaming history channel. Notification squad is definitely on for your channel. GREAT FUCKING STUFF brother!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Steve Bosell Thanks a lot man! I'm mastering part 3 of the Rare series right now and it's been quite a pain in the case to edit. Reading this comment probably saved my monitor from meeting a window. Lol

[@310matt310]

I have a feeling your monitor and your window would not got along too well

[@nationalist818]

The game genie was a lifesaver as a young kid, my brother seemed to breeze through games and I got frustrated. Great video.

[@joebeach6289]

Live your channel man. Brings back a lot of memories

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

[@thearmenian5276]

Oh hell yeah bro, I just found your channel and it has tons of awesome content.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks man! I appreciate it!

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

The game genie it was so unique! I used the SEGA génesis versión and I remember what with a specific code with which I can change the architecture of the Sonic 1 levels (I don't remember what it was) and I had passed hours of fun playing the most bizarre levels design that ever can exist for the game. Thanks for bringing back that memories, and long live to the game genie!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Love the genie too. The GameShark/Action Replay is the technically better product, but I grew up with the game genie so it'll always be my favorite.

[@TheSuperPlayer707]

Wrestling With Gaming me too. My friend had the action replay, but I always was happy with my game genie

[@danbills]

Thanks for the video. I'm from Mexico; we didn't have Game Genie :( Only had the magazines and the TV shows to help us with the games. Keep the good work.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Dan Bills thanks for taking the time to watch. I can't imagine not having the game genie. Without it I wouldn't have been able too beat a lot of games.

[@ModernVintageTV0]

The Game Genie was one of the Best things to happen to 8 and 16-bit gaming. It made Those generations more fun. Same with the Game Shark during the PS1 and N64 era.

[@Torchmanz]

How does this channel only have 10k subs? This is very good production value, wake up ppl!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Torchmanz Thanks!

[@DragonXero]

Man, I remember the game genie. Those were the days when I actually still had consoles as a kid. I stopped getting them after the PS1 and moved on. I had already been checking out PC games, even playing some on the old Commodores, and while the console industry kept growing and booming, I was playing awesome games on the PC. One of the things the PC allowed for that the consoles didn't was seriously impressive cheat codes, often including "God Mode" natively, without a cheat device. These days, there really are no cheat devices for consoles. You can potentially edit save files and such, but that's just not the same. If a PC game doesn't have robust cheats, there are also trainers made specifically to edit memory addresses in various games. There are very few games that don't have at least a few good trainers for them. One game of note that still hasn't been quite cracked is "Evoland". It's a really interesting game, but there is just no way to cheat with it. Even with custom-made CheatEngine hacks, it just can't be hacked, especially the health system. I swear, they made something that could have been so simple, super complicated to avoid trainers. In any case, loved the Game Genie. It spoiled me though!

[@ufcfighter453]

What an amazing random video, it kept me hooked from beginning to end! Thanks

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Maximus Von hugendong thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nickoyaoya2465]

I seen this in my recommendations and I have to say this was way better than I thought it was going to be :) good job

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@caliktil]

Not bad, you almost have my subscription. Some of the information on your saturn video had some incorrect pictures ascociated with the named people , but the facts where pretty darn close. Good job on this and the saturn video.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+caliktil thanks

[@Mace2.0]

I remember this thing. A friend of mine actually had an NES with the Game Genie. Wonderful stuff.

[@marioiacolucci]

Had one but it broke

[@daddydadpants8820]

I remember making my own codes and seeing what they did. I would see a pattern in the codes and continue it.

[@Stevinfinite]

Fascinating as always. I remember that Bill and Ted rip off commercial so vividly it's sad. i also liked how you included the clip from the WCW action figure commercial. i had a few of those as well. Great work all around.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Stevinfinite thanks man. I was just trying to do what no video dude had ever done before. But yeah, once i found that wcw commercial it was going in the video faster than writers distance themselves Hulk Hogan's Thunder In Paradise.

[@hid4us]

I remember spending hours generating codes for Street Fighter II for the SNES resulting in multiple fireballs and wide uppercuts for Ken and Ryu. Generating genies codes was fun in itself.

[@thesteaktc]

I remember Game Genie, it helped me out so much and I wish there was something similar now. It was so clever and amazing how it could affect the games like that.

[@adrianjohnson6454]

U get trainers now......mainly for pc

[@horrorghoul]

I never knew I wanted to learn about the Game Genie until I was sitting here watching a video of it. Way to go lol.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+horrorghoul lol thanks 😀

[@310matt310]

Love your videos man. I stumbled across one on Reddit and have been catching up on them ever sense... You have a great demeanor for this kind of thing.. I got a google alert about some DKC + Drinking, but I can't find the video....that sounds exactly like something I need in my life. Good luck and I hope you keep getting more views..

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Matthew White Hey, thanks for the compliment man! Yeah, I was playing a Lytle DKC to test out my live stream setup. I was quite intoxicated lol. I took it down afterwards since it was just a test and a mind numbingly awful hour of gameplay. Just dumb death after dumb death.

[@310matt310]

haha, sounds perfect.. if you had made it to the minecart madness stage..that would have been interesting to see!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Matthew White That's as far as I made it man. But my hand eye coordination was shot at that point. I couldn't get past it.

[@Deek-Za]

Goddamn. Game Genie and Game Shark we're an amazing part of my gaming life.

[@KuKoKaNuKo]

I still remember all those commercials running on tv..... aaah the memories.

[@cheshire_skatkat9093]

Dear Gamie Genie, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP!

[@mpsd208]

Great video! Thanks, John Petrucci!

[@scottlowell493]

I wish it had done more for "Ghosts n goblins" which was insanely hard.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Scott Lowell agreed!

[@Darknights23]

love the channel keep up the good work

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Darknights23 Thanks so much. Truly appreciate it.

[@gold4963]

That Game Genie commercial scared me...

[@bradley_klein]

GOLD 1515 That's my daddy you're talking about.

[@beekarinsaan]

@@bradley_klein which one? Lol

[@georgewatanabe3846]

Hey! I shared your documentary playlist to a small group that I'm a member of in FB. You deserve more subscribers!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+George Watanabe Thanks so much man! That was really kind of you. Really appreciate it.

[@darthmetallus3893]

I live down the road from Codemasters HQ. I went to the same high school. 😂 Different years though. Greetings from England! 🇬🇧✌️

[@scottcongdon]

Just subbed. You are very good at this. Keep up the great work.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+scottcongdon thank you, I appreciate it.

[@IvyANguyen]

The Game Genie is where I got my start in comp sci!!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Ivy A Nguyen that's awesome!

[@deadbeat008]

what a great video. great job man, im proud of you.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+dead babies thanks for taking the time to watch

[@zerocool1ist]

I remember renting a game genie from block buster it truly was awesome.

[@blakegriplingph]

There's actually a Famicom version of the Game Genie, released in South America and other territories by Realtec. Needless to say, information about it is scarce and said units appear to be extremely rare.

[@VOAN]

Kinda pointless since the Famicom was never market there. South America got the NES similar to Europe.

[@collintag73]

My best finds were for Super Tecmo Bowl. Changed codes to change the length of the quarters to just about anything, including infinite. But the best was a code that made defenders miss every diving tackle attempt. They would dive at a 90 degree angle to your position every single time. LOL It was hilarious!

[@bravocado04]

“Stay bigger” “live forever”

[@BuckyCorvette]

Hi man, another great video, thanks very much!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Darius Robert Newton Ghazi-Torbati thanks a lot! i appreciate you continuing to watch!

[@Postposterous]

Playing as the bosses in Street Fighter 2 was the same highlight of my game genie days. That, and specials in mid-air and everyone has wall jump.

[@donmerrigan2362]

I loved the plug in mod chip I had for my original ps1. It acted as a game genie, allowed the use of burned copies of any game and it allowed me to play foreign market games on us model systems. It was always interesting trying to figure out the controls for Japanese games when you can't read the information manual. They had the permanent solder in versions to but I preferred to never do something like that in a non reversable way if I could avoid. Also I think later games started to be able to detect if a system had one of those chips and would then refuse to play.

[@Cycipher]

I have always been fascinated by these cheat devices. Especially the Pro Action Replay MK3 for the SNES; I spent weekends finding my own cheats and messing with Megaman X in all sorts of ways. I'm glad that I still have that MK3 but nowadays I use it mostly as a passthrough to play US SNES games on my PAL switchless modded SNES.

[@DEFkon001]

I had a Pro Action Replay for the Sega Genesis back in the day.. it wasn't as well known the game genie but was far superior as it let you make your own codes rather than having to rely on printed code books. In the pre internet age that was a god send. It was also great into to hacking in general for a kid. .

[@jasontennyson133]

Hey man...GREAT video!!! Luv this stuff!!! Thanks

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+jason tennyson thanks man!

[@jasontennyson133]

Sure thing! And I agree with Phil...that Bill and Ted commercial...rofl

[@keeganleecalmes]

This was very well done! Gained a sub today!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Keegan Calmes Thanks so much. This is one of my first videos and man, there are lots of things I wish I could go back and change about its presentation. I go into much more detail now. If you liked this video you'll probably like that one I just did on the Sega VR. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYaxkKOEbr-Ibrs Thanks for checking the channel out. I know that there are literally thousands of gaming channels on KZbin so I really appreciate it.

[@hondragrid]

I had the SNES Game Genie. I had tuns of fun with this thing. I messed around with the existing codes to come up with my own cheats or down right altered the game entirely. I still own the note book I had written pages of codes for games.

[@defil3d]

I remember owning one of these. I miss when gaming was simple.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Same here. That's not a knock on modern games, a lot of them are great, but sometimes I just want to sit down and play a nicely designed 2D game that I can finish in an hour or two and doesn't require me to learn a million controls. That's probably why I mostly livestream Genesis and SNES stuff. Just a bit more fun to get into and relax with. Thanks for checking out the channel!

[@defil3d]

Wrestling With Gaming Thanks. You're right, by no means are present games bad! I just miss the more creative and simple times, before the market became over saturated with FPS games. I'm still guilty of buying them though... see you next week Destiny 2.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+defil3d lol oh man, Destiny 2. I keep saying I'm not going to play it... yet I keep looking up information about it. Sigh... I'm going to get it.

[@1evol909]

Damn you really took me back to my childhood...thanks

[@ShawnTheRazor]

Excellent videos man. Very well done.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Shawn Does thanks!

[@WhiteJarrah]

Does the Genesis Game Genie work with Sega 32X imports? I have Japanese Mega Drive and use a Magic Key III adapter for my post-1993 PAL games, but it doesn't work inserted into a 32X. Nor does the Master System adapter.

[@VOAN]

Game Genie is a western product, it doesn't work with international software.

[@WhiteJarrah]

@@VOAN I have long since shelled out money for a Game Genie - can confirm it gets post-1993 PAL Mega Drive games working in a Japanese 32X.

[@thosetwodudes]

In addition to codes, I ALWAYS thought of Game Genie as a tool that helps the games start up more consistently etc... I have a working NES system with about 20 games and the genie. I dont play it MUCH, but when I do, I use the genie not for codes, but to make sure I can actually play, still have to blow etc... but...

[@dbranconnier1977]

Great video. I never knew they had a Game Genie for the Gameboy and the GameGear. Very cool!

[@tacticalAV]

Dude... loved that thing! Made my mom take me in her station wagon and get it for me at like age 10. ALL the cool kids wanted to come over to my house... next best thing was adding her stereo to the mix and making fake surround sound.

[@Arcanua]

Not sure if you still read comments on older videos but seeing as you did a Game Genie video what about the Gameshark and possibly even the Action Replay cheating devices too?

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Arcanua the Red Mage oh I'll be covering the Game Shark and Action Replay at some point. Next video is going to be on the Atari Jaguar and it'll probably be out in one to two weeks. Probably lol. I might just do the Game Shark after that since a lot of people have been asking about it.

[@Mobius89]

This channel was an awesome find. Sub'd and stoked for more. Thanks!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+ziahassan89 Thanks so much!

[@madscientistshusta]

"Go for it dudester" Me: *died of embarasment from growing up in the 90's*

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+madscientistshusta haha! I like to think I knew it wasn't cool even back then. I also like to lie to myself.

[@blank8327]

Awesome video man. Thank you.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Aaron Bramall Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@3DJapan]

I never had a game genius but one of my friends did for the NES. I remember it either not working well or getting bored with it.

[@frogmancometh1430]

another great retrospective. that bill and ted commercial was hideous!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks! Yeah, that Bill & Ted's game genie commercial was so exquisitely bad and 90s. I mean, I loved it.. and I hated it. But I loved it. I think you know what I mean. I thought about putting it at the beginning of the video since I know not everyone watches to the end but I thought it best to leave it towards the end as a reward/punishment for making it all the way through. Thanks again man. Are any of those cats on your channel yours? I think it said Ruby was your cousins. Just curious, I've got three myself. I'm pretty sure two of them think they own me though.

[@frogmancometh1430]

yes Roti and Moon are mine. Ruby is my Aunts. i love animals :)

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Same here. Roti is an awesome cat name. I always liked cats from afar but never saw myself as a cat owner. Then Starbuck, my first cat, showed up as a malnourished kitten on my doorstep 4 years ago. She's the cat on my chair in my youtube avatar. Now she's my buddy and I can't imagine her or my other two cats in my life.

[@310matt310]

Okay, I know im commenting too much- last one, your Cat's name is Starbuck!? A+ name....which startbuck though?

[@310matt310]

plz be the katie sackhoff one...young me watched battlestar for almost that alone...her and the old man..."whadda ya hear Starbuck?" ...never gets old

[@joemerriman1634]

cool vid man! I rocked the game genie back in the day! wish they had for new gen consoles

[@geekguitars]

Still have mine, with the codebook and she still works fine. Best xmas present my older brother and I received in 1990! I wanted the super NES version but never did get around to buying it. One of my classmates let me borrow his and was able to finally beat final fight as well as topple my brother's records in F-Zero.....he was pissed.

[@AltimaNEO]

The game boy version was similar to the game gear one in that it too had a space for the code booklet and came with stickers with codes to put on your games.

[@falconator3419]

I remember that thanks to this thing my friend and I beat many games we couldn’t beat before due to their extreme difficulty. Specially for the NES.

[@Albert-lj5jb]

Strange that Game Genie was made by Codemasters, a UK company, yet I had never even heard of Game Genie at the time, let alone see it, it wasn't until many years later that, on the internet, I learned of its existence. Action Replay was originally the most popular cheating device in the UK, I still vividly remember the magazine adverts for it, showing some robot man who looked half like a Terminator endoskeleton, the other half clad in spiked armour. I could never afford an Action Replay for my Mega Drive (was something like £60?), but years later I got the Xplorer cheat cart for the PSX (originally advertised as the "X-Terminator", most likely renamed due to lawsuit worries, was then later renamed again as "Xploder"). I think the original Xplorer (Pro, FX) line of cheat carts for the PSX were the last of the actual cheat carts before they turned into that memory card + CD combo crap. I also had an Equalizer cheat cart (Datel's lower end version of the Action Replay) for the N64, it was terrible and would corrupt itself all too often, I had to take it back for replacements several times, but when it did work, I had some really cool codes for Goldeneye so I could play full single player levels in multiplayer. My favourite level was always facility, so I was able to go all the way to the end of the level to the big gas chamber and camp out, killing my mates whenever they entered, great times!

[@the_real_foamidable]

I liked the video and want to see more like it!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+foamidable Thanks!

[@VOAN]

Hyperkin did revived the Game Genie for Nintendo DS, 3DS, and PS3 for a short while and had planned for a PS4 and Switch version but both never see released.

[@AF-Twice]

Detailed information. Great presentation. Great video.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks so much!

[@jeremyfleshman8957]

I still remember putting in the code for super jump on Mario 1 and jumping the whole map an learning the hard way what happens when you jump over the flagpole lol

[@irrealepappa10]

I love 90's videogames commercials!

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Galoob was a pretty funny name for a company. Sounds like some kinda Italian diss from a Scorsese movie. "Yer a galoob!" "What's a galoob?" "You! You are a galoob!"

[@beeto45]

hey Wrestling With Gaming; i dont see the link in the description to that gaming comunity that develops new game genie codes that you mentioned; were you making that up?

[@TheRjmayer]

I had a notebook with every possible combination of codes and when I got a new game I just ran through the list to find any decent ones. I only ever had the Game Genie for the NES though. I'm not sure why I never got it for the Sega Genesis or Game Boy.

[@Bro3256Films]

So one night I was playing Donkey Kong and was putting in some random codes, I tried out a handful of codes that spelled out words but I ended up with nothing. I then put in APESEX and it made the game faster. Who knew Ape Sex would be the answer to speed up Donkey Kong.

[@guardiane]

OH man the game genie was my savior. There were so many games I couldn't stand until I got this device, it suddenly made unplayable games playable. Even to this day I use "trainers" for PC games which I know angers a lot of people. But you know what? I still find a game just as much fun when cheating as opposed to playing fair (referring to single player games only, I don't even try to cheat online or multiplayer, that's BS). I hate ridiculously hard games, all they do is stress me out...so if I can find a way to enjoy a game without the stress then that works for me... Don't get me wrong, I really look up to people who enjoy a challenge and can play a difficult game with enjoyment...I wish I was the same, to be honest. But my brain isn't wired in such a way, unfortunately...I get mad just as much now as I did as a kid and that's pathetic and embarrassing...so if I can't cheat and it's insanely hard, I stay away from it.

[@GameGenies]

Hey, the story of me! Subscribed.

[@ryanduray1]

How does John Petrucci find the time to make a video about the game genie?

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+BlackDogsMatter in between solos.

[@darktrhone63]

Petrucci!!!! ... nice comeback too!

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

Heehhehhee! 😂😂😂

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Ezio Auditore da Firenze in between guitar solos!

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

But well John is clearly some sort of god, so it's not impossible for him to do many things... even at the same time. ;D

[@ME-qq3gr]

I still have my game genie for my Sega Mega Drive (the Australian version of the Sega Genesis) which I bought in about 1990. It was a lot of pocket money back then but I am still happy I got it today.

[@SNEStalgia]

I love these videos, I'm binging them now! I hope my channel can grow like yours. You do awesome work!

[@Bobajoe]

Very well done!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+vape nation thanks!

[@kingbugs3558]

The best thing about the Game Genie was the freedom to experiment. It was pretty awesome back in the day.

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

I always wondered what maniac came up with the idea for the Game Genie? It really gave us ways to play much more than the original game, and use all type of tricks to alter and debug a game. I also think it gave people who may not have the best health or may have another disability to be able to beat a game. Personally, that's why I would use it, I am disabled and it helped me do things I couldn't normally do on a console growing up. Nowadays, of course we have savestates on emulators, and most pc games (not online games on servers of course) have infintie savestates to make your way through a game without replaying it 1000 times. I had the game genie for sega genesis and gameboy, i never had any issues using the game boy pocket but I think I had a smaller version that was made later, than the one shown here. I later had the Nintendo 64 Gameshark and of course eventually got action replay for Saturn, GBA, DS, and plenty of other consoles.

[@makavelithedon1904]

Was wondering what happened to Danzing

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Mad Cap lol. I ran out of that Mother money.

[@johnnyspliff4900]

Still have my NES and Game Genie although the book is missing pages, works great

[@hatednyc]

I thought this was Heavy Metal Jesus! 🤣🤣🤣

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+hatednyc haha

[@radiorob7543]

You look like my cousin Eric. And he kind of looks like me. So, you kind of, sort of look like me.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Radio Rob haha

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+Lassi Kinnunen 😂

[@RevZman]

I clicked on it thinking it was that Jesus guy, then I was like oh wow he's been working out.

[@kryptikus29]

this is awesome! i loved my original NES Game Genie

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks a lot for watching. Really appreciate it. I loved my genie too. I especially loved the SNES version. There are many a game I would never have finished without it.

[@theonetheonlyw5483]

This was THE DAY!

[@darthbrolo]

love the Eveready shirt!!

[@clauramoore]

Awesome and Groovy Cool!

[@BASHEM72]

Great show. Keep up the hard 👍🏻 work.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+BASHEM72 thanks!

[@EndlessNameless137]

Great video! What a time trip! My only criticism would be that I wish you went into detail why Game Genie went out of business. The first time I ever heard of them was in 1997 but I couldn't find them anywhere unfortunately. I'd kind of like to hear that story some time. Any way, great job!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+I Want To Believe thanks! Yeah with these early videos I unfortunately didn't really follow up with what happened afterward. Something I corrected later on. I believe the main thing with the game genie is that the change to disc media made it more difficult to come up with cheating mechanisms. Plus they had actual competition from things like the game shark later on.

[@EndlessNameless137]

+Wrestling With Gaming Good to know! I'll be sure to check out your other stuff. Thanks for listening to my feedback man

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+I Want To Believe of course man. I'm always open to feedback.

[@brandonhoun]

Go for it, dudester!

[@goo_2gle]

I've never subscribed because i've been asked to, in fact i have often refrained because I was asked. This time I did subscribe because I loved your video.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Thanks so much! I completely get where you're coming from. I'm the same way, though mostly if someone asks at the beginning. If I like a channel I'll sub to it, if I don't I wont. I started doing the whole subscriber call out after a friend suggested it. Much to my surprise, adding in the subscription thing at the end really helped with getting people to subscribe. I think that sometimes casual youtube users that may not regularly subscribe to channels just don't really think about it. This was maybe my 3rd or fourth retrospective video. At the time I was mostly doing these weird visual novel lets plays and did a few of these gaming documentaries on a whim. I completely forgot about until I heard the end of the video after reading your comment but the way I say, "and hey, why not subscribe" at the end of this video is pretty embarrassing. I literally copied the soundbite from the end of one of my lets plays where it was inline with the sarcastic tone of that video and completely tongue in cheek. I kind of just sound like a jerk in this video. I ended up replacing it a video or two later and while I could go back and replace the audio at the end of this video and reupload it, I kind of like the idea of leaving it in as little reminder not to be lazy. I fell in love with researching, writing, and editing these kinds of videos so I've dropped those strange lets plays. Now I post a gaming related documentary every one to two weeks, depending on the amount of research and editing involved. I'm probably going to start throwing in some other retrogaming stuff this week like 90s video game commercial compilations. Thanks for giving my channel a shot and sorry this was such a long reply. I promise, I'm not usually this long winded in the comments lol.

[@goo_2gle]

Wow I genuinely appreciate the response it feels like you're much more genuine. I believe you are the first youtuber to have replied in the manner you did. Thats amazing, thank you for the videos I know they take time and effort to make.

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

Man, I should be thanking YOU for taking the time to watch. I know I'm pretty choosy about the videos I watch let a lone comment on, even of some channels I'm subscribed to. So I really do appreciate it when someone takes the time out to watch but especially if they take the time out to make a comment. Even if it's someone making a joke about my propensity for wearing size smedium shirts lol. The videos do take some effort but I'd be lying if I said that they weren't overall fun to work on. I've actually gotten to learn a lot about some of the topics I've covered while researching them. I try to reply back to everyone who leaves a comment but every once in a while KZbin likes to screw up by incorrectly marking someone's comment as spam or randomly notifying me of the comment two months later like it did earlier today. I've been fortunate that pretty much everyone that comments on my videos have all been really cool and often have their own interesting insight to share. Hope to see you around in the comments or feel free to hit me up on twitter at WrestlesGaming. Thanks again for watching!

[@madscientistshusta]

Wrestling With Gaming wow my guy i like you! Subbed!

[@WrestlingWithGaming]

+madscientistshusta Thanks man, appreciate it! And hey, I like you too.