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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by hammock on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:55PM (#38373622)
The memory cheats is how Game Genie worked!
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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by hobs on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:01PM (#38374204)
On the playstation you would load the GG as a disc and then pop it open and load another disc, it felt like absolute hacker magic.
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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by hammock on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:08PM (#38374245)
That’s what game genie was for cartridges too. You plug the game into the game genie into the console
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Re:Why does the moon change size when you snipe it in GTA? by BearOso on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @09:10PM (#38388334)
All the Game Genies sat between the cartridge and console and intercepted and replaced accesses to specific ROM addresses. It didn't have the ability to access memory. Other devices like the Pro-Action Replay could modify memory and acted more like a TSR.
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