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Nintendo Datel Gameboy Advance GBA & SP Action Replay Max

5 star:		(33)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(21)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

When you use the Action Replay GBA ( AR ) on Pokemon Ruby,Sapphire,FireRed,LeafGreen,Emerald e.t.c the cheat codes have already been programed to give you what you want like INFINITE MASTER BALLS , INFIITE RARE CANDY in your PC or your bag when you want to find pokemon that you can't find use the Action Repaly to get them for you like you can find all pokemon on Route 101 depending on the pokemon that you want like a Lv.002 Entei , Raikou , Suicune , Ho-Oh, Lugia , Rayquaza , you can find all of thoes by useing the Action Replay.

If you want to type in more codes for the Pokemon Games go to this site : www.codejunkies.com

that is the official site for the Action Replay codes of all game systems.

This is a GREAT cheat system, first off all they are always updating the codes so you can have codes for all of your favorite games,and there is a software program that it comes with that enters the codes for you, yeah you heard me right, so people please use your brains and by this thing instead of that old no good gameshark.

The Action Replay ( AR ) can help you in tight spots like for
Pokemon & Yu-Gi-Oh games. When playing Pokemon GBA games like Ruby,Sapphire,Emerald,FireRed,& LeafGreen you can capture every Pokemon , that's right every Pokemon like from KANTO ( Bulbasaur,Charmander,Squirtle ),JOHTO ( Chikorika,Cyndaquil,Totodile ) Honen ( Treecko,Torchic,Mudkip ) plus you can caputure LEGENDARY POKEMON such as SUICUNE,RAIKOU,ENTEI,LUGIA,HO-OH,RAYQUAZA,MEW,REGICE,REGIROCK,REGISTEEL, E.T.C. And by the way you can get INFINITE RARE CANDY ( A Pokemon will get to the next level example 099-100 ) MASTER BALL ( Catches any Pokemon with out a fail ) you can get INFINITE of them and never run out if you hate wasteing money make INFINITE TM's or complete your POKEDEX to seen 386 captured 386.

For Yu-Gi-Oh lover's you can get passed any Pokemon game like in 1 whole day when it comes to
" THE SACRED CARDS, & RESHEF OF DESTRUCTION "
you can get 999 DUELIST LV. ( adding any card to your deck ) 9999 ( DECK CAPACITY ( adding any HIGH CARD to your deck ) MONEY/DOMINO 99999999 ( being able to buy all cards ).

If you buy this Action Replay (AR) it will allow you to cheat your way through the game like in a few hours. If your playing Pokemon games such as Pokemon Ruby you can get all OLD Pokemon (Kanto: Bulbasaur,Charmander,Squirtle) (Johto: Chikorita,Cyndaquil,Totodile) (Honen: Treecko,Torchic,Mudkip) you can get any pokemon you want and as many Master Ball's you want like INFINITE. You can get as much as the Legendary Rare Pokemon like Articuno,Moltres,Zapdos,Entei,Raikou,Suicuni,Ho-Oh,Lugia,Groundon,Kyogre,Rayquaza,Celebi and much much more.
Enjoy playing with an Action Replay for Pokemon fans.

I got my Action Replay at December 22, 2003 and it works back then. But just today most of my codes are gone except for the ones resulting in Pokemon. Remember not to close the replat while it's saving a code, OR ALL YOUR CODES WILL BE DELETED! I got two Action Replays and that happened to one of them. So, be careful!

get it it is so fun and works great for pokemon sapphire get this i love it and it still works and i had it for ever

I am the author of the "Action Replay codes for Ruby and Sapphire", and the reason Action replay messes up your games is because you have probably used a gameshark or some other cheat device that alters the game data. Because of this, the AR will not work or mess up your game. So if you have a gameshark or somthing else, STICK WITH IT.