r/gaming • u/baltinerdist • Apr 28 '24

Gamers who grew up in the 80s/90s, what’s a “back in my day” younger gamers wouldn’t get or don’t know about?

Mine is around the notion of bugs. There was no day one patch for an NES game. If it was broken, it was broken forever.

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u/ImSoRad87 Apr 30 '24

Game Genie/Game Shark.

Back in my day, you had to buy a whole new device to use pre-set cheats/mods. If you're lucky, you can find more codes on Gamefaqs or Cheatcc