1993: The GAME GENIE Cheat Cartridge | BBC News | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 28 жов 2024

КОМЕНТАРІ • 42

  • @kel5944
    @kel5944 Рік тому +34

    Game genie made rental games more fun.

  • @ModeMan101
    @ModeMan101 Рік тому +15

    Let's not forget that the Darling brothers made their fortunes from being the founders of budget software giant Codemasters in the mid 80s. Game Genie came quite a few years later.

  • @SlaveData
    @SlaveData 6 місяців тому +3

    These were the guys behind Codemasters a now massive and very well known UK game development team. EA bought Codemasters in 2021 for $1.2b 👏

  • @hairybustard4247
    @hairybustard4247 Рік тому +10

    The door on his car sounds shite😂

  • @jeremywestern7067
    @jeremywestern7067 Рік тому +2

    I still remember the games designer for the Vic 20 that the Darling brothers put out on cassette… wacky but great fun. Don’t begrudge em their fortune

  • @brianhebert6152
    @brianhebert6152 10 місяців тому

    Note that they refer to video games as "computer video games", since most of the UK video game industry was centered around releases for home computers at the time.

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 10 місяців тому

    They were great to add a new dimension to a game.

  • @DexterXxX
    @DexterXxX 26 днів тому

    Cheats work if you like to explore the game to full potential

  • @grahamhoughton5728
    @grahamhoughton5728 Рік тому +9

    70 grand sports car??? It's a 93 Lotus Elan.... 20 grand at the most... classic BBC research!

    • @Tay12345
      @Tay12345 Рік тому

      Its old footage from 1993 though, that’s the new price

    • @grahamhoughton5728
      @grahamhoughton5728 Рік тому +3

      @@Tay12345 they cost 20 grand in 1993.... and the footage was from 1993

    • @Tay12345
      @Tay12345 Рік тому

      @@grahamhoughton5728 ok

  • @davedogge2280
    @davedogge2280 Рік тому

    They were absolute Darlings and I bought loads of their Mastertronic games.

    • @gbhxu
      @gbhxu Рік тому

      You mean Codemasters

    • @davedogge2280
      @davedogge2280 Рік тому

      @@gbhxu ah yeah Mastertronic came first and was the original budget label which had nothing to do with the Darlings then after that Codemaster came along which was a competitor

  • @murakami99
    @murakami99 Рік тому +1

    Look at what the guy in the double-breasted gray suit does.

    • @crnkmnky
      @crnkmnky Рік тому

      green suit? 🤷🏿‍♀️

  • @LukesGamePage
    @LukesGamePage Рік тому

    ‘Video buffs’

  • @jaydunstan1618
    @jaydunstan1618 Рік тому +2

    They did not spend anything on office furniture and chairs. There could be an RSI claim in there.

  • @damin9913
    @damin9913 Рік тому

    The game genie was more then just cheating thats what they don't understand

  • @darksider9534
    @darksider9534 9 місяців тому +1

    Typical Nintendo. Suing and banning things they don't like 😂

  • @Anthony_Stockton09
    @Anthony_Stockton09 Рік тому

    “Just run through the baddies at the end” England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💪

  • @DottyGran247
    @DottyGran247 Рік тому +3

    Never had one, makes buying the original game pointless if you’re just going to cheat.

    • @Friday0891
      @Friday0891 Рік тому +1

      Agreed

    • @northernsnow6982
      @northernsnow6982 Рік тому +9

      After you beat a game, it's fun to use it for different cheats sometimes. And like they said, it wasn't always to make the game easier, you could make games harder, or change some levels. I remember applying ice to levels, that didn't have it, or using a jump boost. There were even some extra levels, and stuff already on the game cartridge, just blocked for use by developers. It wasn't just cheats, it unlocked the game.

    • @TheStevenWhiting
      @TheStevenWhiting Рік тому +4

      Not really. I never had one but could of done with one for Tazmania on Mega Drive as that game was just super annoying.

    • @BOZ_11
      @BOZ_11 Рік тому +2

      @@northernsnow6982
      "And like they said, it wasn't always to make the game easier, you could make games harder"
      Yeah let's talk about the 1% of users.

    • @DenkyManner
      @DenkyManner Рік тому +5

      Wasn't about that. You could do interesting things, not just make the game easier.