Game Genie Returns

[bungholio]

The PS3 one better be a cheat engine. It being a save editor would be a complete bummer.

[MIR]

The PS3 one better be a cheat engine. It being a save editor would be a complete bummer.

that was the big bummer when i bought the Gameshark DS. turns out its nothing but a windows 32bit gamesave thing. its been utterly useless and i have been hoping someone would perk an interest in finding out how to use it to dump DS games as its pretty much the equivelent of a DS usb card reader no different that the SD card readers out there.

[macrox]

Maybe this is one Genie that should have stayed in the bottle back in the Cave of Wonders?

The Game Genie of old was a nice device even though you had to type the damn codes in it over and over on each use. I much more preferred the AR for SNES back then which could activate and use more codes than Game Genie, but I must be careful here as I am treading on being Blasphemous.

[MIR]

Maybe this is one Genie that should have stayed in the bottle back in the Cave of Wonders?

The Game Genie of old was a nice device even though you had to type the damn codes in it over and over on each use. I much more preferred the AR for SNES back then which could activate and use more codes than Game Genie, but I must be careful here as I am treading on being Blasphemous.

no. you speak truths. wisdom from the wise old Macrox! ;D

[bungholio]

The Game Genie of old was a nice device even though you had to type the damn codes in it over and over on each use.

Not only that, I remember my NES one only allowed 3 lines of code. I can't remember the SNES and Sega Genesis limits, but it was still annoying too.

[ShangTsung]

so have they mentioned where they'll be selling these when they arrive? namely the ps3 one??? wal mart, k-mart, radioshack, ect..

[Demonic722]

so have they mentioned where they'll be selling these when they arrive? namely the ps3 one??? wal mart, k-mart, radioshack, ect..

I'm not sure where you can purchase 'em in stores, but I know Amazon is selling them. http://www.amazon.com/Hyperkin-Devic.../dp/B005ZKPNMA

Edit: Never mind; I reread what you wrote and you wanted to know about the Game Genie for PS3, but I posted the one for NDS.

[ShangTsung]

eh.. yea.. i can't imagine why anyone would even care if there's one for handheld devices.. i was wanting to find out when it releases for ps3 can i buy it like u could ps2 codebreakers? or will i have to order it?

[dlevere]

PS3 Game Genie Save Editor by Hyperkin to Debut at E3, July Launch

Previously we reported on several other PS3 cheating devices, and today Kotaku has announced that a modern-day Game Genie Save Editor by Hyperkin for the PlayStation 3 is slated to debut at E3 2012 and launch in July offering maximum lives and more.

Apparently it works through a USB flash drive that contains an installation program that allows you to transfer save files between the PS3 and PC.

A PC program in the USB drive will write cheats onto your save files allowing you to then transfer the edited save files from PC back to the PS3. It also will include a continuously updated server that adds new codes to the newest games.

To quote: "The Game Genie works by modifying save data with cheat codes that unlock a variety of possibilities. The Game Genie: Save Editor for PS3 is the first code device amongst any competitor's products that actually manipulates save files and works for the PS3. Hyperkin will debut the Game Genie: Save Editor for PS3 at E3, the premier trade show for the video game industry.

Located in Booth #417 in the South Hall, the Hyperkin booth will offer E3 attendees the opportunity to see firsthand the kinds of cheats available for several blockbuster games such as Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Twisted Metal, Street Fighter X Tekken and Final Fantasy XII-2. Attendees will get to experience the power of maximum lives, ammo, power-ups and unlocked levels that make any game easily beatable.

The Game Genie: Save Editor for PS3 comes in a USB flash drive that contains an installation program that allows users to transfer save files between the PS3 and the PC. Players can use the PC program in the USB drive in order to write cheats onto their save files. Players can then transfer the edited save files from their PC back onto their PS3 to enjoy a powered-up game file. The Game Genie PC program works through a continuously updated server that adds the newest codes for the newest games.

Update: They're hoping to release it in the first week of July, a company rep tells me."

[rimsky82]

I like these current gen cheat devices for the sake of enhanced gameplay and completing the gaming experience on otherwise hard games. But using them to cheat online and get trophies you don't deserve is disgraceful.

[Helder]

You know what would deter many online cheaters in some popular games? Offer to unlock say weapons or levels or characters or whatever at a price just like what the hackers did with a jtagged xbox did for call of duty (myself included hehe). Many people pay these hackers to get them into a hacked lobby or game and then get the achievements or unlocks, if they offered this to the public it wouldn't be cheating now would it? Since you're paying for legit content from the developer.

[bungholio]

So he went from a cheat device Codefreak to a save editor? What the hell? What happened? I doubt Sony would just knowingly *allow* them to plug a device into the USB port and do whatever, so they found a way around something. Why a save editor instead of a cheat device? They are miles apart in what they can do. I don't like them even calling it a cheat device. Call it a save editor. It can allow some cheating, but it's just editing a game save file. Aside from little things developers accidentally leave in that allow you to do actual cheating like the crazy stuff for Nazi Zombies in CoD World At War, all you can do is skip to getting things done now rather than later. All a game developer would need to do is leave goodies out of save data and the save editor would be doing nothing more than speeding up the process of obtaining things.

[rimsky82]

It's much easier and less of a hassle to distribute and resign a save then to inject a cheat engine into execution. Actually, and legally.

[bungholio]

I'll wait and hope for a big surprise. He keeps saying it'll be great, there must be some kind of reason I hope.

[MathUser]

I wonder if they will try to make a Xbox360 version. Knowing microsofts past they might release a update that disables the peripheral. The PS3 version sounds nice tho.