How to manually enter new game genie gameshark and pro action codes

markratner

I have been trying to manually input cheats for my games because most of the ones pre programmed in are incorrect and unusable. I have also made my own over the years and want to put custom codes in. I would like a step by step tutorial on how to manually add cheats for my games. I would also like to know why there is no support and i cannot find cheats for n64 titles

herb_fargus

@markratner This belongs in help and support. I have moved it.

I haven't done much with cheats,

There's a guide on reddit though:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/4ceyty/you_cant_get_cheats_to_work_well_heres_how/

markratner

Is there an easier way to do this witout all the homework? This is alot of steps for a task that should be 95% easier!

herb_fargus

@markratner you're in the wrong project if you are looking for something easy.

The pi is designed for learning. When you something that runs as many systems as retropie does there is no shortage of configs and settings.

mediamogul

@markratner said in How to manually enter new game genie gameshark and pro action codes:

Is there an easier way to do this witout all the homework? This is alot of steps for a task that should be 95% easier!

I've added several Game Genie codes to my setup and it's really not that difficult. If you don't want to use a guide, just open up one of the existing codes and use it as a reference. Below is a Game Genie cheat file I made for 'Cheetahmen II' for the NES.

cheats = 12 

cheat0_desc = "Level 1 Infinite Lives"
cheat0_code = "SZNUAUVK"
cheat0_enable = false 

cheat1_desc = "Level 1 Infinite Energy"
cheat1_code = "SXUXGUVK"
cheat1_enable = false 

cheat2_desc = "Level 2 Infinite Lives"
cheat2_code = "SXKUYUVK"
cheat2_enable = false 

cheat3_desc = "Level 2 Infinite Energy"
cheat3_code = "SZNZAUVK"
cheat3_enable = false 

cheat4_desc = "Level 3 Infinite Lives"
cheat4_code = "SZEUYUVK"
cheat4_enable = false 

cheat5_desc = "Level 3 Infinite Energy"
cheat5_code = "SXSXGUVK"
cheat5_enable = false 

cheat6_desc = "Level 4 Infinite Lives"
cheat6_code = "SXXUIXVK"
cheat6_enable = false 

cheat7_desc = "Level 4 Infinite Energy"
cheat7_code = "SXEZGUVK"
cheat7_enable = false 

cheat8_desc = "Level 5 Infinite Lives"
cheat8_code = "SZUUPKVK"
cheat8_enable = false 

cheat9_desc = "Level 5 Infinite Energy"
cheat9_code = "SXVXLUVK"
cheat9_enable = false 

cheat10_desc = "Level 6 Infinite Lives"
cheat10_code = "SZVUAKVK"
cheat10_enable = false 

cheat11_desc = "Level 6 Infinite Energy"
cheat11_code = "SZXZPKVK"
cheat11_enable = false

markwkidd

@markratner said in How to manually enter new game genie gameshark and pro action codes:

I have been trying to manually input cheats for my games because most of the ones pre programmed in are incorrect and unusable. I have also made my own over the years and want to put custom codes in. I would like a step by step tutorial on how to manually add cheats for my games. I would also like to know why there is no support and i cannot find cheats for n64 titles

If it is a libretro/RetroArch cheat that is incorrect, or if you have a working cheat that is missing from a libretro/RetroArch emulator, my guess is that you would be very welcome to post an Issue about it in order to get the original database fixed: https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database/issues

markratner

Cool man thanks ill get started with your little example.