The Game Genie was like magic when it first came out. It let you add on cheat codes to pretty much any game, and suddenly stuff you'd gotten bored or frustrated with became a whole new experiencennnAll the good Game Genie codes usually made you stronger or invincible. But of course, there were some codes that didn't work so well and even made games worse.nnnIn case you were curious, here's the absolute dumbest Game Genie codes ever discovered.

9. The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World: Die More EasilyrnrnrnThe NES Simpsons games already have a reputation for being very difficult. But this code makes things worse by making it easier for you to lose lives.rnrnrnI don’t know who thought of this as a cheat, but it sounds like a great way to make a bad game even worse.