If this was true, then why could you stick a game genie into your system, not press down, and still get the game to work, even on a broken NES with bent or non-

If this was true, then why could you stick a game genie into your system, not press down, and still get the game to work, even on a broken NES with bent or non-connecting contacts? The contacts were never the issue. the CIC lockout chip is the culprit everyone's ignoring.