Cheap Gameshark Game Enhancer (Video Games) (Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows 98) Price

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Very Useful Niche Product
The Windows Gameshark 3.0 is a product which in allot of ways, represents allot of wasted potential. This 3.0 version is the successor to an even earlier version. Since it (this newer, 3.0 version) launched in 01, the many reports of it not supporting current games, and having a small code library (43 games) is true to a point, but not all together fair given that it's and old product, very inexpensive here on amazon, and there is no way to update it since InterAct (sued out of business by Big Bad Sony) is out of business, and Mad Catz only owns the rights to the name, and website. Also while all the games it supports are indeed older games, this simply can't be helped. InterAct launched the PC Gameshark with a shoestring advertising campaign, and was not prompt about launching new codes for new games, or expanding their existing code library. However, many of the titles it does support are aging, but high profile games which in some instances remain very playable and popular even now. Speaking for myself, I have 4 titles it supports, and they are all games that I still play quite a bit (Metal Gear Solid, Crimson Skies, Final Fantasy 7, and Frogger 2--Tomb Raider II as well, though the TR2 codes did not come pre-loaded into the Gameshark), so it comes in handy quite often for me. <
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>It's truly sad that InterAct didn't launch this product with a better advertising campaign, or keep launching new codes for new games promptly--with these things behind it, it might have realized the success of it's console counterparts. But no--InterAct was simply too focused on code development for the immensely more sucecessful console Gamesharks--with it's sales, and popularity low, code development for the PC Gameshark was a low priority. Early buyers (like me) should probably be happy we got the tiny trickle of codes that came out for it over the next year or so after launch. Nevermind that when PSX Metal Gear Solid launched for example, InterAct had 44 Metal Gear Solid codes posted on their website on launch day. Similarly, there were 57 codes (!!) for PSX Final Fantasy VIII on launch day. Yet when comparably high profile PC titles launched, InterAct made no effort at all to launch codes in tandem with the game's launch as they so often did with high profile console games. Compounding the problem, though they did launch codes for a handful of high profile PC games later, the codes were months late (often after the games' popularity had already fallen off), it was rare to get more than 2 codes for any one title, most of them were of the pretty generic "God Mode", or "Unlock Everything" variety, and you could almost never count on the PC Gameshark to have the same codes for the same games as it's console counterparts. These complaints may sound nit picky, but this is the level of support owners of console Gamesharks had gotten used to, and (rightfully) expected of the PC Gameshark when they bought it as well--they didn't get it. In short, the PC Gameshark simply did not recieve the high level of support enjoyed by it's console brethren, and I remain convinced that this, along with it's shoestring advertising campaign contriubted heavily to it's failure--people simply won't buy what they don't know exists. <
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>As mentioned previously, there is a handful of codes that InterAct made for it shortly after launch, and I have most (but unfortunately, not all) of them, and am willing to share with anyone interested. Overall, it's usefulness diminishes as the product ages, and the titles it supports gets older, and less popular, but people who already have some of the games it supports can still get some use from it. Some of the more well known titles it supports right off are: Army Men, Baldur's Gate 2, Crimson Skies, Deus Ex, Diablo, Forsaken, Final Fantasy 7, Frogger 2, Metal Gear Solid, Mortal Kombat 4, Outlaws, Quest for Glory, Return to Krondor, Starcraft, The Sims, Star Wars: Rebellion, Unreal, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Owners of any of these games can expect to enjoy maxed out stats, infinite ammo, infinite lives, free cash, free experience points, etc. It is a discontiued, and unsupported product now, and that's an undeniably bad thing, but not unforgivable since it's cheap (I paid 30 dollars for it at launch, and it's less than 10 here now), and not entirely without usefulness. So while I sympathize with the frustrations of people who bought this product expecting, or hoping for a larger, or more up-to-date game library, I understand, but it's just something that can't be helped. But I can tell you that even if you have only 2-4 games it supports, the cheats it gives you (the infinite gil cheat code for FF7, infinite lives in Frogger 2, or the infinite ammo cheats in Metal Gear Solid come immmediately to mind--all of which are games it supports right out of the box) are going to give you enough of an edge in these games to be worth your money. But I also feel confident that I can't be the only person in the world who bought one of these at launch, and kept all the extra codes for it. Maybe another like me will show up on here with the ones I don't have. In the meantime however, at least to me, even as it fades into obscurity, the PC Gameshark still has limited usefulness for gamers with older games in their collection.

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Good For Old Games ONLY
This Gameshark Is Useless For Current Games.Because It Was Made By Interact.Plus Interact No Longer Makes Gamesharks.Mad Catz Makes Gamesharks .Now There Is No Way To Update It Because Mad Catz Does Not Support The Older Gamesharks.So Don 't Waste Your Time On This Gameshark If You Hope It Will Have Cheats For New Games.Like GTA Liberty City Storys.

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Discontinued & Unsupported
Be advised that it is practically useless purchasing this product. Gameshark for PC requires access to a web database on a Gameshark server to update and get new cheats. Since the original company has been bought, this service has been dismantled. Aside from not being able to update automatically, you also cannot add new cheats. It does come with a healthy library of cheats for older games, however it is not worth keeping around for newer and future titles. If you really do seek cheats for PC games, I would advise using freeware hex editors/address finders or searching for trainers tailored for the game and the problem that ails you. There also is no use attempting to ask the current Gameshark owners about this product, as they will either deny its existence, ignore you, or lock the thread if you decide to post on their forums. <
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>This product should be retailed with a warning in the main description.