8 Video Game Cheats You Were Forced To Use

Oh Game Genie, how brilliant you were.

For those not in the know, the Action Replay and Game Genies console upgrades were third party hardware that you could plug into your home systems and use them to crack open your favourite titles in ways that the developer would turn white as a sheet at.

Endless money cheats, level skips, access to cut content and of course, infinite lives were now yours for the taking. However, in some titles, this access to endless retries wasn't actually something that felt unfair, as with the likes of Battletoads, there's a good chance you'd need this boost in order to make it through the bloody game.

As we have discussed many, many times over, Battletoads is "made of granite then coated in diamonds" hard, made even worse when you could accidentally batter your friend in the two-player mode, and therefore having access to infinite lives thanks to the Game Genie was pretty much essential.

It's true that you'd still need the skill to make it past the likes of the jetbike sections, and contend with the fact that many people seem to overlook that the game gets harder from that point on, but having endless attempts might help you finally remember the combination to squeak a victory over the finish line.