• TachyonTele
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    27 days 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.

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      26 days 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.

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      26 days 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. ☹️

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        26 days ago

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