Nintendo Datel Gameboy Advance GBA & SP Action Replay Max

by Datel

Product Features

• Download new codes and game saves through the Internet, to improve your game even more (requires PC with Internet connection)
• Includes link cable and software
• 100% compatible with Game Boy Advance SP

Product Details

• ASIN: B00008DHLS
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,223 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Action Replay contains everything you need to put the power in your hands. It comes with a world of preloaded codes for the latest and greatest games. Beat every boss, uncover every secret and make yourself unbeatable!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

118 of 137 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Action Replay VS. Gameshark, August 1, 2003

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Atomic Knight "atomicknight" (Levittown, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nintendo Datel Gameboy Advance GBA & SP Action Replay Max (Video Game)

This is a good Buy if you get stuck in games, or just to have if you dont have weeks to spend to get every last Pokemon and you cant find omeone with a Ruby to link to your Saphire to finish your colection. but if you have a GameShark you are not stuck, i am sure that some of you reading this are here because Gameshark is now owned by a new company and their online servise and code updates have seemd to stop compleatly.
What many people don't know is that the Action Replay is Compleatly identical to the GBA GameShark, just with a different sticker on it. down to the Internet Update program.
all they did was licence the hardware and put their own labels on it and changed the coding system around a bit.
well.. if you go to ActionReplays website ...you can download a file that will turn your Gameshark into an action replay CAUTION.. DOING THIS WILL PERMANTLY MAKE YOUR GAMESHARK AN ACTIONREPLAY. AND YOU WILL LOOSE ANY CODES YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED IN IT, AND GAME SHARK CODES ARE'NT COMPATABLE ONCE YOU UPGRADE.

But on the upside the Upgrade is Compleatly Free Bringing your GS and AR to Version 3 AND and all the codes you had before are replaced with AR versions and Each Game now has almost twice the cheats now and the Program comes with the latest codes in the Download. and I hav'nt missed the Gameshark site since i upgraded. The Download program is updated about Twice a Week and new codes are posted almost Daily!
And I Find that the GameShark with the Replay's program in it is more stable then the Replay version itself, and has no trouble Automaticaly Recoginizing any games I put in it, Even when the code is typed in manualy.
I downloaded over 50 new codes in the last three weeks alone and there are so many New Codes for all the latest games There is no space in the shark any more and I Have to store the rest on the computer till i need it.
After Upgrading you might notice there is a lot less space left to enter more codes.. that is because when upgrading you have been given over 2000 more codes, Just save the you wont use till later on your computer till you need them unless you have over 500 games that you need all the codes on at once.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Action Replay cheats for Ruby and Sapphire, November 26, 2004

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendo Datel Gameboy Advance GBA & SP Action Replay Max (Video Game)

I have recently bought an Action Replay(AR), and it is great!For all you parents who are clueless about ARs, it alters the game data to enhance game play. For pokemon Ruby And Sapphire, which are the most popular to cheat with an AR, you can get all the new pokemon in Hoenn, all the pokemon from Gold, Silver, and Crystal, and get infinite money,infinite rare candies, all berries, all TMs(Items that teach pokemon moves)and HMs(same as TMs),and get codes for other games on www.codejunkies.com, and do google search for Action Replay codes for Ruby and Sapphire and hit I'm Feeling Lucky for great codes. My favorite code on that site is walk through walls. The codes are in a format of 0-9 numbers and A-F+M letters. The first 2 lines of 7 of the numbers and letters tell the AR where to go in the game, and the other 2 tell it what to do there. Hope my review helped kids with their wish list and parents with a gift ideas! BTW, the version you buy from Amazon is version 5.0, there is a version 5.4 out, but they are pretty much the same.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Device, January 16, 2004

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Richard H. DeBarba "igoritzelf" (Bloomington, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nintendo Datel Gameboy Advance GBA & SP Action Replay Max (Video Game)

I'm the kind of player who likes to beat a game on my own and then go back with a cheat device and play it in an enhanced mode of some sort.
I'll also use a cheat for a game that is fun but way too hard.

This system works great on my GBA SP, And While I've only used it a couple of times, The PC link is great. It automatically detected that my firmware needed to be upgraded and did so. and downloading the new codes I wanted was very easy.

The only reason I didn't rate the device 5 out of 5 is that it is kind of bulky. I know that it can't be helped, but it still affects my opinion.

I've had more luck with my AR devices than I had with my Game shark devices.