Possible useful information on hacking SNES GG Codes

[BigBossman]

I was doing a google search on finding newer SNES GG Codes & came across this site. I found some "How to" documents. One of them was involved SNES codes.

This is the entire handbook made by Fallen_One:
http://www.videogamesource.com/genie...andbk/p14.html

The part that interested me the most was Part 14: Company HEX Methods. It breaks games down by company, & details the last four digits of most codes GG codes. Some companies aren't listed, but they did get the major ones such as Capcom, Konami, & Acclaim.

I found this useful for creating random hacks, which I haven't had a whole lot of success doing with the SNES GG. After using this guide & looking at many SNES GG codes, using this method, I was able to find the most common digits used in games made by Technos, King Records, Jaleco, & LJN.

I managed to create my first random successful random hack on The Combatribes, which is an insignificant one, but ground breaking none the less. It prevented Player 1 from running to the right. This will give me more ambition to play around with the SNES games more for the GG.

[Pyriel]

Is this just brute-force noodling, or am I missing something?

[rimsky82]

It's all guesswork. If you applied a fraction of your effort to hacking codes the right way, you'd be finding much more significant and useful codes.

[BigBossman]

It's all guesswork. If you applied a fraction of your effort to hacking codes the right way, you'd be finding much more significant and useful codes.

Perhaps you haven't seen codes I've produced.

Regardless, I prefer not only codes that are significant, but also have interesting effects.

[Pyriel]

So you hack entirely by typing in different codes and hoping something noticeable occurs?

[BigBossman]

Sometimes I do depending on the device & system. In most cases, that's been with the NES GG (using 6 digit codes). I've also had some luck with a few Genesis games using the GG (mostly Double Dragon, Pit-Fighter, & Shadow Dancer). Of course, you have to follow the rules associated with the device you're using.

Using the PAR, Game Shark, or the emulator hacking device, I can find specific things such as infinite lives, infinite health, or character modifiers. The random Game Genie hacks is a way find crazy off-the-wall stuff. Almost like the Super Mario Bros. 6 digit codes that you see posted all over Youtube.

The only reason I posted that link is because that was something that was new to me. I've also checked it with other (legit) codes & they match up with it said. I've never had any success finding random GG code effects until I learned that. I was just simply passing it along for other who might be interested.

[ReyVGM]

What rimsky meant was that if you use that time to learn things like ASM/pointers, you could find all that crazy stuff you're after without resorting to semi-guesswork.

[Pyriel]

Well, possibly not. I'd never advocate for a guesswork method, but the one thing I will credit it for is that accidental discoveries are more likely. While it's true the novel effects found will be mostly pointless, I have seen noodlers come up with weird codes that turn the game purple, or like BigBossman's code that prevents movement to the right. If I set out specifically to find those things, I'd likely find in less time using the things I know than it would take I or anybody else who was just keying random digits. It's just that half that crap I'd never think of looking for in the first place.