was more than a cheat disc. It was a tool of empowerment. For the broke college student who wanted to see the ending of Kingdom Hearts without grinding for 40 hours, it was a savior. For the hacker, it was a gateway to homebrew. For the collector, it is a time capsule of an era when physical media and hexadecimal codes were the only ways to break the rules of a game.
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