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GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 Community, GoldenEye X, Nintendo 64 Games Discussion GoldenEye Cheats, GoldenEye X Codes, Tips, Help, Nintendo 64 Gaming Community
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GE MASTER Site Admin
Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 892 Location: Earth |
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:30 pm Post subject: Read this if your Gameshark is unable to hook up to your PC! |
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Okay, I can base this information on my personal experience. I get many emails regarding why a Gameshark will not be recognized by a PC using the utilities program. I was sent 2 bogus Gamesharks from Interact (years ago now) when using their GS upgrading program. You send in non pro, and then they send you pro versions for a slight cost. There are Gamesharks in existance, even new ones in retail boxes, that are defective. The defect is, that they do not have an actual LED part on the circuit board, and thus the port on the back is NOT working. I base this on many Gamesharks that I have tested and then returned to a retail store. Hopefully these pictures will claify what I'm talking about. Post your experiences here also. If there is no LED display part on the Gameshark that you are about to buy, then don't buy it unless you plan on manually entering all the codes.
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SubDrag Administrator
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 6125
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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I have I think two defective sharks myself, and they are indeed just simply missing the LED. But I think there's more at work, because I stacked my good containing LED shark, on the bottom, put one of the missing LED ones, and afterwards could not boot up the missing LED shark. However, when I then stacked the bad missing LED now with another missing LED (that worked) on bottom, it started booting again.
It's possible the defect was known [or they just got cheap or ran out of LEDs] and software was modified accordingly. |
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Dragonsbrethren Hacker
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 3058
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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I've got one now, got it after my last good 3.3 died. I've had very bad experience with N64 GameSharks:
My first one was a 3.0, some codes required 3.3, I saw the thing on Interact's site about upgrading and sent mine in, after about three months I realized something was wrong, they had no record of receiving it, I didn't insure the package so I was screwed.
My replacement Shark was a 3.2, it didn't work at all, I took it back and swapped it for a 3.3, that lasted for a year or so but I accidentally killed it when I deleted a bunch of games out of the list to make more space for GE.
After that I got another replacement (3.2), which I jokingly say died of "old age," it just stopped working one day, acting the same way as the one I deleted games from.
I moved on after that, but my neighbor's son got me back into GE and I wanted to show him all the awesome things only available via GS, I bought a brand new Shark (3.3) but it was one of the "defective" ones without the LED, this wasn't an issue at the time since my computer didn't have the port needed.
Now my new computer does have the port, and I really want to play the new missions made with the setup editor on my console, but I'm really not sure if it'll be worth it or not, I don't want to pick one up only to have it die in a year or so, I read that there's an N64 flashcart in the works that might be better suited for playing those missions.
For comparison, I had one PSX gameshark through all that, 2.4 I believe, I deleted every game I didn't own from its list, no problems at all, still worked last time I used it, gave it to a friend since I hadn't used it since I got my PS2. |
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SubDrag Administrator
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 6125
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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N64 sharks are very flaky. My advice is buy a lot of 5 or so from a place that sells non-defective ones, and just not worry about killing them. |
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MultiplayerX 007
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1210 Location: USA |
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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honestly you can (in most cases) get them to unlock by reloading the console without a shark then trying again OR use a switcharooni method by putting in the game, off on, then the shark again, etc. etc. It should eventually unlock again. _________________ http://codelegends.proboards.com/ |
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bmw Hacker
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1366 Location: Michigan |
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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I've bought several v3.2s, both of which I've had no problems with.
Oh, and re: stacking sharks - I had the idea of stacking gamesharks in order to activate 2x the number of codes (502), but found out that didn't work. |
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SubDrag Administrator
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 6125
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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bmw wrote: |
Oh, and re: stacking sharks - I had the idea of stacking gamesharks in order to activate 2x the number of codes (502), but found out that didn't work. |
Lol. That's a clever idea, but the limitation is actually storage space, not by the shark causing a limit. |
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ColdshadowX Secret Agent
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 281 Location: Boston, MA |
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 5:38 am Post subject: |
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mine don't even work!They just stopped working! HOW DO YOU FIX THEM! _________________ "I don't know how and I don't know when but my keys have found a way to lock my out agian." - Bishop Allen "Little Black Ache" |
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SubDrag Administrator
Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 6125
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: |
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You need a good one of same version, and have a setup like:
Non-keycoded game
Bad GameShark
Good GameShark
N64
If you turn it on, and then enter game, it should reflash the bad one. |
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ColdshadowX Secret Agent
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 281 Location: Boston, MA |
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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I do have both kinds v 3.3 both don't work and I'm itching to buy one off of EBAY! _________________ "I don't know how and I don't know when but my keys have found a way to lock my out agian." - Bishop Allen "Little Black Ache" |
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Jac6 Agent
Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 98
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 3:40 am Post subject: |
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Dragonsbrethren wrote: | I've got one now, got it after my last good 3.3 died. I've had very bad experience with N64 GameSharks:
My first one was a 3.0, some codes required 3.3, I saw the thing on Interact's site about upgrading and sent mine in, after about three months I realized something was wrong, they had no record of receiving it, I didn't insure the package so I was screwed.
My replacement Shark was a 3.2, it didn't work at all, I took it back and swapped it for a 3.3, that lasted for a year or so but I accidentally killed it when I deleted a bunch of games out of the list to make more space for GE.
After that I got another replacement (3.2), which I jokingly say died of "old age," it just stopped working one day, acting the same way as the one I deleted games from.
I moved on after that, but my neighbor's son got me back into GE and I wanted to show him all the awesome things only available via GS, I bought a brand new Shark (3.3) but it was one of the "defective" ones without the LED, this wasn't an issue at the time since my computer didn't have the port needed.
Now my new computer does have the port, and I really want to play the new missions made with the setup editor on my console, but I'm really not sure if it'll be worth it or not, I don't want to pick one up only to have it die in a year or so, I read that there's an N64 flashcart in the works that might be better suited for playing those missions.
For comparison, I had one PSX gameshark through all that, 2.4 I believe, I deleted every game I didn't own from its list, no problems at all, still worked last time I used it, gave it to a friend since I hadn't used it since I got my PS2. |
I used to be worried about killing my gameshark,
Though it makes it look like crap,
I only delete the codes in the folders
not the folders
And cool a hand! _________________ i am back. |
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ColdshadowX Secret Agent
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 281 Location: Boston, MA |
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: |
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As I would usually say with deleted files and stuff like that thats why I use SharkWare 2.4 BETA.
SharkWare 2.4 is a gameshark but it connects to your computer through a plug you put into your USB port. It costs money, about 50.00 bucks mabey 60 _________________ "I don't know how and I don't know when but my keys have found a way to lock my out agian." - Bishop Allen "Little Black Ache" |
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TS_Death_Angel Agent
Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 13
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry for bumping an old topic, but wow, this sucks. I have tons of GS 3.3s and none of them have LEDs on the front. *HOWEVER*, my old GS which I recently broke (also a 3.3) did not have an LED but I did manage to hook it up to my computer. Anyway, you're right, the devices that are unable to connect to PC have no LED :/ :
Damn you, InterAct! |
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Erevan Secret Agent
Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 336 Location: Saguenay, Canada |
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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ColdshadowX wrote: | As I would usually say with deleted files and stuff like that thats why I use SharkWare 2.4 BETA.
SharkWare 2.4 is a gameshark but it connects to your computer through a plug you put into your USB port. It costs money, about 50.00 bucks mabey 60 |
Where we can find it? |
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