GameShark CDX Version 3.4 (USA) (Unl) (PSX) Concerns

The ISO I downloaded was a GameShark disc for the PS1 called GameShark CDX Version 3.4. I stick it into PSXFin, and the "game" gets loaded. I go through the thing with the PS logo, then the echo that you hear when after a sound is heard disappears, my PS logo thing turns me to a black screen. I sit there for a few seconds. After that I decided to close PSXFin because I am getting stressed with GameShark not booting, but before I even did that, I heard a old-sounding woman say "When you wanna tip the scales", before I closed the console down, after hearing the sound.


Has anybody else tried this disc before and got this same experience? I just wanna activate my cheats and fiddle around in my game.

UPDATE: Just tried the GameShark ISO again. I sat there for the same duration as when I first tried playing it and no voice this time. I had my Mozilla open. It wasn't an advert, because when I went to shut off PSXFin, it paused.

Have you tried again and let it run longer?
If you can't get that working, consider switching emulators. ePSXe has PEC (PS Emulator Cheater) plugin, and retroarch has a built in cheat function.

Gameshark gives emulators problems, use Codebreaker 3.0, BTW PSXfin is beyond dead and will give nonstop problems.

You want to use RetroArch with the Mednafen PSX core as that is a million times better BUT the built in cheats I don't believe have been hooked yet to that core so you can use Codebreaker 3.0 and do it that way instead.

Its not hard at all and works like a charm.

What about the other PS core in Retroarch? I think it was called Beetle. Do the cheats work there?

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Originally Posted by skullpoker

What about the other PS core in Retroarch? I think it was called Beetle. Do the cheats work there?

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Beetle is the RetroArch term for Mednafen PSX since the PSX core in RA has been modified and enhanced so much its not really Mednafen anymore and is its own thing. :wacko:

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Originally Posted by skullpoker

Have you tried again and let it run longer?
If you can't get that working, consider switching emulators. ePSXe has PEC (PS Emulator Cheater) plugin, and retroarch has a built in cheat function.

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No, I haven't tried letting it run longer. Should I?

I would use ePSXe, but that emulator is specific about EVERYTHING whenever I use it. I was actually going to try using PCSX1, but because PCSX doesn't show me my drivers and processors during setup, I had to move to PSXFin, which also has another problem of it's own. Certain sounds cutoff after a while. For example, when you're playing a game like Driver, the sound of the car will cutoff after the engine has been roaring for sometime, but this only happens to the car that's been driven by the player.

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Originally Posted by Warrior

Gameshark gives emulators problems, use Codebreaker 3.0, BTW PSXfin is beyond dead and will give nonstop problems.

You want to use RetroArch with the Mednafen PSX core as that is a million times better BUT the built in cheats I don't believe have been hooked yet to that core so you can use Codebreaker 3.0 and do it that way instead.

Its not hard at all and works like a charm.

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RetroArch doesn't sound like it's for Windows though, and even if it were, I cannot trust where I have to download it.


By the way, I have another thing to mention. When I tried running the same GameShark CD on my emulator, I forgot to mention I first tried the .BIN version first, this one removed the echo, but locked me to the PlayStation logo. I sat there for the same amount of time, no voice. Tried the .cue file of the same game, black screen, and a voice.

Every emulator will have problems, if you want a correct experience (slowdowns and anything else) you need to play on the actual hardware.

Warrior wouldn't be suggesting RetroArch if it wasn't available for Windows.

He'll also correct me if these links are wrong but, they should be correct:
http://www.libretro.com/
http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.3.6/
http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/

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Warrior wouldn't be suggesting RetroArch if it wasn't available for Windows.

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Originally Posted by The Researcher

and even if it were, I cannot trust where I have to download it.

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My point is that I don't know what any of those sites are and I don't know if they have viruses or not.

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Originally Posted by Gary Oak

if you want a correct experience (slowdowns and anything else) you need to play on the actual hardware.

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You mean play on a real PS1?

EDIT: I have put something on the OP.

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Originally Posted by The Researcher

RetroArch doesn't sound like it's for Windows though, and even if it were, I cannot trust where I have to download it.

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If you can't trust Open Source Software yet trust closed source baloney like epsxe and psxfin you got issues.

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Originally Posted by Gary Оak

Every emulator will have problems, if you want a correct experience (slowdowns and anything else) you need to play on the actual hardware.

Warrior wouldn't be suggesting RetroArch if it wasn't available for Windows.

He'll also correct me if these links are wrong but, they should be correct:
http://www.libretro.com/
http://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.3.6/
http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/

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Mednafen vanilla and the Mednafen Core in RetroArch are the most accurate emulators regarding PSX emulation, epsx and pSXfin are nowhere close to the accuracy that Mednafen provides.

Shar aka Gary is correct in those links, that is the official repository for RetroArch and is 100% safe but you may want the Nightly and not the Stable but thats really a personal choice.

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Originally Posted by The Researcher

My point is that I don't know what any of those sites are and I don't know if they have viruses or not.

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If you wanted to learn what the official sites are for anything emulation all you had to do was ask here, I am the resident Emulation Enthusiast and I tend to keep up with news regarding anything emulation. :P

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Originally Posted by The Researcher

My point is that I don't know what any of those sites are and I don't know if they have viruses or not.

You mean play on a real PS1?

EDIT: I have put something on the OP.

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Yes, a real PS1.

No one is likely to link you to a virus purposely and they'd surely be banned if they did.

At Warrior:
Let's not bring your closed source is pure evil shenanigans into this, if you'd please :wacko:.

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If you can't trust Open Source Software yet trust closed source baloney like epsxe and psxfin you got issues.

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Real funny, coming from somebody who didn't tell me it was open source, and instead decided to be an asshole about it.

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Real funny, coming from somebody who didn't tell me it was open source, and instead decided to be an asshole about it.

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You contradicted yourself above with the epsxe/psxfin and the distrust of the libretro link, sorry if you took offense to that. :P

If you want the lowdown with RetroArch il teach you what I know, what CPU do you have BTW?

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Originally Posted by Warrior

You contradicted yourself above with the epsxe/psxfin and the distrust of the libretro link, sorry if you took offense to that. :P

If you want the lowdown with RetroArch il teach you what I know, what CPU do you have BTW?

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I don't even know why you need my CPU, or have the knowledge on finding it out.

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I don't even know why you need my CPU, or have the knowledge on finding it out.

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I wanted to see if your machine could run Mednafen without any issues since I was trying to help you out.

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Real funny, coming from somebody who didn't tell me it was open source, and instead decided to be an asshole about it.
I don't even know why you need my CPU, or have the knowledge on finding it out.

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Warrior is... Overly fond of open source.

That said, don't make a help thread if you don't want advice? Buy a PS1 if you want a guarantee that a Gameshark will work.