Equinox
Platform - Super Nintendo
Type of Material - EB Games Registration Card
Production Date - Unclear
Location - Back of Registration Card
Writing Instrument - Black Pen
Material Source - Photo from eBay Listing
Summary - This Electronics Boutique registration card contains a password for Equinox written on its back side. Much like the K Mart Buck Bumble receipt, this object bridges disposable paperwork with a desired input sequence that increases its import for the player who recorded this code. The website Flying Omelette explains the purpose and source of the code,
"At the title screen, press L, L, R, R, L, L, L, R, R, R, L, L, R, R, L, R. The box with the copyright information will turn from blue to green. Now when you play the game, your life and magic meters will never deplete. You will still "die" and restart a room if you touch an enemy or dangerous object, but your life meter won't decrease, so essentially you have unlimited tries. You can also use magic as much as you want because the magic meter never decreases. FO's Note: I do not recommend playing the game this way. It's good to use if you've already mastered the game and just want to futz around the dungeons to get screenshots or experiment, but you really should attempt to beat the game without it if you haven't. Equinox is perfectly beatable without this code. Code Source: Nintendo Power."
FO's note about the source of the code points towards these writing practices as also a practice of linking and connecting various media, building a chain from Nintendo Power (or any other source this player used), to EB Games, to Equinox.
