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Game Genie (Game Boy)

Your friendly neighborhood ROM-editing device, on Game Boy! Betcha didn't think there'd be a page for one of these, did you?

Hidden Developers Credits#

Stored at the very beginning of the ROM.

Game Genie(TM) s/ware Vsn 1.17:8-Oct-1992 (C)1992 Codemasters Software Company Limited.
All rights reserved.Hardware:RDA @ LoftLogic, prototypes:RDA & CVJ, Software:RFW @ Big Red.
Code finding:Big Red & co., testing:PRG & DRC(The Loft Lads)

Secret Button Codes#

As in the Game Gear version, entering certain commands at the code screen will display one of several hidden messages or enable some special effects.

Message 1#

Press Up, Down, Left, Right.

CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU'VE FOUND THE
EASY SECRET!

NOW FIND THE
HARD ONES!

Message 2#

Press B, A, Left, Right, Select.

HELP! I'M A
PRISONER IN A
GAME GENIE
FACTORY!

Message 3 (Credits)#

Press Up, Up, A, B, A, Down, Down.

   GAME GENIE

BUILT BY:
RICHARD APLIN

PROGRAMMED BY:
R FRED W

MANAGED BY:
TED CARRON

"R Fred W" was a pseudonym used by R. Fred Williams in several Big Red Productions releases.

Message 4#

Press Right, Up, Down, Up, Left, Up, Down, Up.

POEMS HAVE,

RHYMES,

SOMETIMES.

Message 5#

Press B, A, B, Right, Left, Down, Up.

THERE'S RAIN
OUTSIDE,

AND THAT IS
WHY A,

LAUNDRY DAY,

NEEDS A CLOTHES
DRIER.

Message 6#

Press A, A, A, A, B, B, B, Start.

WASHING, WASHING
ON THE LINE,

WHO'S THE FAIREST
OF THE FINE?

BLUEY WHITENESS!

Message 7#

Press Right, Left, Right, Left, Down, Down, Up, Up.

PROVOCATION IS
NOT A JOB FOR
AMATEURS.

Message 8#

Press Down, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Start.

BEWARE:



STRIPES!

Message 9#

Press A, B, A, B, B, A, A, Select.

'BREEZY':-

FRESH AIR FROM
THE ALPS!

COMES IN AN
EASY-TO-USE
AEROSOL CAN!

Easter 1#

Press A, Left, Left, A, B, Right, Right, B to make the large fonts flip upside-down.

Easter 2#

Press B, Down, Down, A, B, Up, Up, A to make the small fonts flip upside-down.

(Source: nensondubois, CaH4e3)

Secret Game Genie Codes#

Blank out code line #3, enter one of the below codes, then press A on the first space of code line #1 to toggle the result. Several codes' effects can be combined, such as the first two.

Code 1#

Enter DEA-D to make the screen shake vertically.

Code 2#

Enter ABA-CAD-ABA to make the screen shake horizontally.

Code 3#

Enter F15-4 to turn the main selection cursor into a fish.

Code 4#

Enter FAC-E to turn the GG cursor into a happy face.

Code 5#

Enter 198-4 to make the device "explode".

THIS DEVICE WILL
EXPLODE IN 10
SECONDS!

(Counts down to 0, then...)

...PFFFT...

RATS. FORGOT THE
DYNAMITE!

Code 6#

Enter BAC-4 to invert the D-Pad buttons.

Code 7#

Enter 1CE to not be able to release the D-Pad.

Code 8#

Enter 414-E5 to make the screen wave horizontally.

Code 9#

Enter 6EE-6 to make the screen wave vertically.

(Source: RFredW)