GameFAQs, founded in 1995, became the cornerstone of the internet for gamers seeking walkthroughs and cheat codes. The 'GameFAQs Meme' typically references the site’s distinctively Spartan design, its highly specific and sometimes unhinged message board community, or the legendary 'Character Battle' contests that famously saw the Tetris L-Block beat icons like Link and Cloud. In contemporary meme culture, GameFAQs is often used to evoke nostalgia for early 2000s internet culture or to joke about the hyper-specific, ASCII-heavy guides written by teenagers two decades ago. It serves as a symbol of a simpler, text-heavy era of digital gaming knowledge and community interaction.