This item was an essential part of my NES experience as a child and still is today. Original Nintendo games are way too hard! Yes, I am a cheater, and yes, I’m OK with that. I still have several, if not all, of these, and the original code book is no more than 10 feet away from me right this second. I was lucky enough to get one of these as a child, and what’s more, my parents even let me sign up for the code updates that were sent through the mail. We all know an endless supply of lives isn’t the only factor when it comes to beating many NES games, but boy is it an appealing possibility when you’re 6 years old. I still have foggy recollections of the commercials advertising infinite lives… infinite lives was the big selling point. It seems like more and more people are forgetting about this clever tool, which is really a shame.
