Game Genie Codes with & without hyphen (-)

[mightymo77]

OK I noticed something weird, or maybe it's not weird but I just didn't know about it. But there are some Super Nintendo game genie codes that do not work when you put the hyphen in the middle. Here are some examples:

Ys III - Wanderers from Ys:
'"Untouchable by enemies or their weapons", disabled, D6FEBE7C
"Infinite Amulet shots", disabled, D7F32358
"Kill every boss with one hit (except final boss)", disabled, DDF32A5B

Castlevania - Dracula X:
"Invincibility (turn on after title screen, during game play)", disabled, 7E00DE64
"Have the Axe", disabled, 7E00A401
"Have the Cross", disabled, 7E00A402
"Have the Holy Water", disabled, 7E00A403
"Have the Knife", disabled, 7E00A404
"Have the Clock", disabled, 7E00A405
"Have the Key", disabled, 7E00A406
"Start on level 2", disabled, 7E007801
"Start on level 3", disabled, 7E007802
"Start on level 4", disabled, 7E007803
"Start on level 5", disabled, 7E007804
"Start on level 6", disabled, 7E007805
"Start on level 7", disabled, 7E007806

BASS Masters Classic - Pro Edition:
"Start with $65,380", disabled, 7E2242FF

Now I've only tried these codes with BSNES. However when I put the hypen in the middle of the codes they did not work.

[Pugsy]

Codes starting with 7E realate directly to the RAM so 7E2242FF will poke address $7E2242 with 0xFF.

[mightymo77]

OK but what does the hyphen not being in there have to do with the code working or not working.

[ugetab]

SNES Game Genie codes:
xxxx-xxxx

SNES PAR RAM Codes:
30xxxxxx (May sometimes work as a GG code)
40xxxxxx (May sometimes work as a GG code)
7Exxxxxx (Never works as a GG code)
7Fxxxxxx (Never works as a GG code)

The dash is what identifies it as a Game Genie code. There's is, in fact, a reason why you need a Game Genie encoder/decoder program to do stuff with Game Genie codes.

Ys III - Wanderers from Ys:

'"Untouchable by enemies or their weapons", disabled, D6FE-BE7C
This decodes to 7E1AFC08, which won't work on the real console.

"Infinite Amulet shots", disabled, D7F3-2358
This decodes to 7E1FE903, which won't work on the real console.

"Kill every boss with one hit (except final boss)", disabled, DDF3-2A5B
This decodes to 7E17E100, which won't work on the real console.