Gameshark won't work with some self boot games? What?
 

Ok, I would first like to say that I had to repost this because I really didn't like the subject I gave my other post, and some people only have 56k modems, and can't just click every topic to see what it is really about. I would have deleted my other post, but I don't think I can, either that or I just don't know how to. Well thanks for understanding. now for my question.........

Hi, I have backedup games that are self boot. When I go to use gameshark with them (real one, not burned gameshark) some of them will work, others will boot up, and not work, and others won't even boot up. I am guessing the reason this is, is because gameshark is applying the codes to the boot sector, and not the actual game. But then why does the gameshark work on other self boot games? If anyone knows how to fix this, please let me know, thanks.

Ok look, I really would appreciate it if SOMEONE, ANYONE would tell me how to change the boot thing!! I am at a part in Record of Lodas war that is LITERALLY IMPOSIBLE!!!!!! At least at my level 17. Gameshark is REQUIRED FOR THIS!!! Please someone tell me how to change the boot sector to that of Jet grind radio. Because Jet grind radio works with gameshark! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

It still won't work :(

2 days with NO reply!! What??????? That CAN'T be right, somebody MUST know how to do this! Right??!!

don't know how, guesss no one else does either.

Syez...I just wanted to say thanks for responding, even though you don't know how, you let me know you don't know how. Thanks :)

Dude
 

Take a chill pill. It's just a freakn game. Maybe no one is replying because they just dont care and they think you are annoying

:eek:

I finished ROLW without cheating.

Do they work with the originals? Maybe the codes are for a seperate version of the game.

I dunno, the DC scene is dead to almost everyone that doesn't develope homebrewn stuff for it.

erm, I just looked at the date. This topic is almost 4 years old.

Codebreaker can crack games that Action Replay/Gameshark cannot, because it supports workaround codes for protections against these things.

But codebreaker only works with GD-ROMs.

Unless you get the codebreaker boot loader. ;)
(note: it only works for codebreaker, not xploder)

I know this is an old topic, but in case anyone is still wondering about the question... Gameshark checks the version number in the IP.BIN, so if you have a rip from someone who uses a general IP.BIN for their games, (such as using a Crazy Taxi IP.BIN for all their rips), the version # may be 1.000 for example, but if the original GDROM is 1.001 or something different, it won't work. Sometimes there were even multiple version #'s released by the developer, such as Sonic Adventure.

Another reason could be that a lot of the pirated releases were of EU/PAL versions of the games, but you may not realize it. Red Dog (from echelon), for example, was an EU version release, but looks just like the US release.

Codebreaker also checks the game name and version number in IP.BIN. Because inputting codes on it is such a pain, I actually wrote a problem which takes game codes as a script and spits out a DCI that you can upload to a VMU already full of your codes. Though it needs some slight editing first, so it's not really any good as a general public tool yet.

Still can't find that bootloader thing anywhere.

Darkfalz, check your email. ;)

This is exactly what I was looking for!!!
 

The Codebreaker Boot Loader!!!
Could you please send me as well???
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