Mortal Kombaaaaaat
When this game first come out, everyone seemed to be woo'ed by it's awesome graphics (for the time) and violence not seen this side of a Ukraine minefield. The Megadrive version is released and there's deathmoves galore and bucketfulls of the red stuff per fight. Us saps who owned the politically correct SNES however were not so lucky. The SNES game loads up and instead of blood we had grey coloured blood splat out of them instead. What...what was that, spit? Wtf? I've spent good money on this? Damn cotton-wool console, I despair at times.
So for weeks we played this and was subjugated to abuse from people who owned the far superior Megadrive edition. Damn them....
A computer magazine at the time called "NMS" (Nintendo Magazine System) was running, and they knew our frustration. They shared our pain. One of the coolest games on the planet is out and SNES owners have not got the good stuff. So they contacted Midway and then....result! In one month's edition there was a 2 page spread showing the official cheat and screenshots of the cheat in action. As well as showing the normal death moves it also shows a screenshot of the two bosses being used (Goro and Shang Tsung) and Goro ripping Shang Tsung in half. Oh yes, fuck you Sonic-bummers, we got the bollocks right here.
So the code was read and I learnt the button presses. I power up the cartridge, slam in the buttons with a feeling of pride, and nothing. Wtf? I restart the cartridge, wait for the correct screen to load up, hammer in the buttons again, nout. Nada. Bugger all. I check the buttons. Nope, I'm doing it correctly. I read the article again and then come across a strange thing written on it. "If the cheat does not work, you may have a 2nd batch copy of the game. What you will need to do is to cellotape a 1p piece to the side of the cartridge, plus fooling the game into thinking it is a 1st edition." That was when the penny dropped. Oh you fuckers. You utter utter fuckers. Those Sonicers are going to be laughing now. I read the full article and at the end was a small note saying "If you have any problems, please contact us on this number on the first Thursday of next month". A quick glance at the calendar and my fears were confirmed. April the fucking 1st. Bastards.
I part-exed the game the next day and got Final Fight instead. Damn fine.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 10:07, 4 replies)

I feel your pain
I fell for something similar after being told about the All Bonds cheat on Goldeneye for the N64
(mon bison powered by magnets, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 10:42, closed)

^^Golden....EEEEEAAAAYYYYYYYYEEEEE
Played to death, could not beat on the difficult setting. Plus those cheats you had to earn by doing certain challenges on earlier levels. They don't make games like that anymore :p
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 11:03, closed)

True
This is the reason why I still have my N64.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 11:45, closed)

Damn right
The lads still come round for some M'Kart 64 before going out on the razz a good ten years after it went out of style.
(Dangerous Disco Trev Isn't my real name, Tue 26 Aug 2008, 16:15, closed)