Customer Reviews

Game shark Lite for PLAYSTATION one ( CD rom )

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We recently bought a PS2 and Gameshark2. When we tried to use the Gameshark2 all we got was a message saying to insert a PS2 format disk. We contacted Gameshark and were told that Sony has changed the reader on the newer PS2's and the Gameshark2's won't work. The first time we were told that they would send us the new CD within 2 weeks. We called again yesterday and were told that they are updating their CD's but it may be several more weeks before they are available. Their suggestion "Return to the store for a refund or exchange it and see if the one we get is a newer version." (How it would be a newer one baffles me since he said that they are not out yet.) There are no markings on the boxes to indicate if you are getting the older, non-working version or the newer one that works. Since the store where we purchased the Gameshark2 doesn't give refunds on open software and will only even exchange within 30 days of purchase I guess we are simply out the ...!! Gameshark says this is Sony's problem but I think they should pull the Gameshark2's that are on the shelves if they don't work.

I used to think that the gs was the ultimate cheat device. I was dead wrong. Another cheat device called the "code breaker" is thousands of times better. The code breaker not only lets you use game shark codes but also enables the use of other codes! GS is payed off by game compaines to not release many codes!! and check out codes for phantasy star online. They only have one code! But if you check out underground sites they post many many more. The code breaker is only $30.00 and works better and does more. And the code breaker can be found here at amazon or many other mainstream videogame shops. End InterAct's reign of terror now dont limit your codes get codebreaker now!

I bought this peripheral (Version 1.3) today to help me out in some games. I plug it in and it says that the version of the software that I have wont work with my Playstation 2 because my Playstation 2 has safeguards against it. So the software says to contact Gameshark.com for more updates. DON'T BUY THIS IF YOU BOUGHT YOUR PLAYSTATION 2 WITH THE GT3 BUNDLE PACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you can, find another cheat device. Eighty percent of the people I have talked to(500 people or so) have said their's lasted a max of four months and then had a fatal glitch. Mine lasted a little over three. The gameshark deleted 90% of my codes and garbled the other 10%. To top it off I can't even reload them because of a "Hardware not detected" error. THIS IS COMMON AND CAN'T BE AVOIDED. It's a piece of junk. I'm looking into the Pelican code breaker mentioned by one of the other reviewers. It has to be better than this. Save your money or buy something else.

ok in response to what one reviewer said. the gameshark and the ps2 can be real glitchy. sometimes it says there is no disk or it will say no hardware detected. if it says no disk just hit the reset button. if it says no hardware detected turn of the ps2 and remove and replace the gameshark. it has to be in there just right or the ps2 wont read it. in my opinion the gameshark pro for the playstation was the best gs because of the code generator and the fewest problems. why they could not duplicate this for the ps2 is beyond me. on the right games the gs for ps2 is great. on the other hand it uses a memory card slot and some games wont save on slot 2 which means you cant use the codes on a saved file. you will have to start a new game. interact needs to upgrade the gs so you can use slot 1 for both the memory card and the gs just like some 3rd party remote sensors for the ps2. overall a worty item but expect some glityches and some incompatable games. and one last note. the gs will not erase your info. i know several people who use the gs all the time with many different games and never had this problem. if you lose data it might be because of third party memory cards which are proned to that. hope this info is helpful.

this is no good to the latest playstation2. if you have just got a playstation2 the ps2 gameshark disk won't work. you will have to also get the upgrade disk ... . you do need the gameshark "memory card" thing to make the upgrade disk work. stuck between a rock and a hard place. well worth it other than you feel like you have been ripped off when you get it home and it doesn't work. then you can make it work if you are willing to spend just a little more money. the reason is the sony changed the format on newwer ps2 systems so the original ps2 gameshark disk won't work. that's why you need the upgrade disk. marketing you have got to love it.

This is the GREATEST thing that was made for the PS2 the
First review at the top says that you have to keep the
Hardware in the first slot to work but that's not true you
can put the Hardware in the 2nd slot and the memory card in
the frist slot and it almost never gets glity you should get
this. i have one myself its the best it comes with the hardware
a disc for the PS2 with LOTS of codes and anothor disc that has over 13,000 Playsation codes too its easy to load cheats and you don't have to typein the code just press x on the codes
you want and thats all that simple and when you want to
add a new code just press x on the game and go to add code and a keyboard will appear at your screen and will make it much easyier to type it in I will GARENTEE you will enjoy this
amzing thing ok when you get this amazing item put the hardware in the 2nd slot if you have a memory card then take the disc that says Paystation 2 and open press the button that will the drive tray and insert the discand press the reset butten after that you will be at the game shark mian menu then go to Game shark 2 codes and there will be a list of games pick the game you want to play then there will be a list of codes press x to the codes you want and press o two times go to start game and it will ask you if you want to play the game with codes or with out codes pick one then open your disc tray take out the disc and put in the game you wanted to play and press x and thats all you will find amazing things with GameShark 2and if you are a real gamer you will get this item so have fun with it!!!!!!

DO NOT BUY GAMESHARK 2, Five of my friends that have tried it in their PS2 have had fatal errors and sony will not help out, unless you fork out $120 bucks. It works for a good month then seriously messes up your PS2. My PS2 will not play non-dvd games or playstation 1 games anymore, some games that are non-dvd are madden 2002 and fifa 2001. It will only play dvd's and dvd rom games. SO I BEG YOU DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. I'M WRITING TO THE COMPANY AS I WRITE THIS.

You must be extremely careful when entering codes with this product, and many cheats that adjust "inventory" for your character(s) should be saved on a different save slot than your regular saves. The reason being is there often is a glitch in the saved game data while the gameshark codes for adjusting the inventory are on. I found it best to cheat the inventory, save, reset, turn those inventory codes off, and resume/load.

If you intend to use this to move game saves around, look somewhere else. An 8mb cartridge with 15 saves took FOREVER to load the directory, and another eternity to perform the requested operation. I have to mark off a point from perfection just for this performance issue alone. (I'm using GS2 v2.)

I also would encourage simply using the PS2 by itself to view DVDs, or get the Sony DVD remote and software accessory. I don't believe the GS2 has any specific advantage to being used as a DVD player.

If you don't have a lifetime to master the technique required to defeat a boss, earn an item of equipment, survive a specific challenge, or progress past a certain point in the game, this product enables you to get over these hurdles, if in a somewhat technical, sometimes confusing, way. Especially if it's a game you have to enter codes for. Entering 16-digit hexadecimal numbers (sometimes 10 of them at once) to workaround your game problem can be a bit daunting. My wish is that they would allow you to burn a CD on a regular PC CD-R drive that this product could read and use as an update to its code library.

InterAct have recently replaced the GameShark2 v2 with a new GameShark2 v3. The codes for the v3 are incompatible with the v2 codes, and vice versa. InterAct are no longer publishing v2 codes for current games. You can buy an upgrade to GameShark2 v3, but you have to send back your v2 CD... meaning you're without the codes for your older games. So it looks like InterAct wants to try and push people to go out and buy a whole new GameShark2 v3, so they get more cash.

Meanwhile, www.codejunkies.com has codes for GameShark2 v2, which was actually the Action Replay unit under a different name. So rather than being forced to pay InterAct for a v3 upgrade, go there instead!