you didn't need to push down on the game genie, because the "push down" was to e...

meatpopsicle on Sept 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did Blowing Into The NES Cartridge Really Work?

you didn't need to push down on the game genie, because the "push down" was to enable the CIC lockout chip. Galoob spent a considerable amount of time (and legal fees) bypassing the CIC chip. this allowed all games to run without problems on most NES systems.