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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

I know what they are lol I grew up with an NES. The codes came about so devs could quickly do things in game.

[-] Hagdos@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

That's how it started, but then they sometimes grew to their own level of features too.

I don't believe that Age of Empires II needed shooting convertibles for debugging.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Hah! Get baited, now I feel younger /s

I miss fun stuff like showing off cheatcodes to friends in couch games. And couch games in general. And friends. ☹️

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

Good times, definitely.
"I used the Konami code while wearing an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time" haha

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