The Game Genie: The Cheat Cartridge That Nintendo Tried to Ban
A little grey cartridge that plugged in before your game promised infinite lives and unlimited ammo — and Nintendo fought it in court rather than let it onto store shelves.
Read more →A little grey cartridge that plugged in before your game promised infinite lives and unlimited ammo — and Nintendo fought it in court rather than let it onto store shelves.
Read more →Sega and Nintendo had already fought one console war. This was the sequel — polygons, discs, and a schoolyard argument that split the mid-90s down the middle.
Read more →In the early 90s, you were either a Sega kid or a Nintendo kid. There was no middle ground, no diplomatic neutrality, and absolutely no agreement on which was better.
Read more →Nintendo's handheld wasn't the most powerful, the most colourful, or the most technically impressive portable console on the market. It was just the one everyone had.
Read more →After the video game crash of 1983, Nintendo's NES and then SNES consoles revived the industry and defined console gaming through the 80s and 90s.
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