gameshark.com is no more it seems

[treos]

my bookmark to the website www.gameshark.com now redirects to http://www.madcatz.com/ for some reason and upon inspection there doesn't seem to be any cheats anywhere, rather it looks like a news website or something.

i wasn't checking it for cheats right now but this is still a surprise.

edit: was gonna check and see if i could find a new pc game controller but it looks like theres only 3 products in that section and they're all joysticks :/ i wouldn't mind that particularly for some arcade games (mame) but i was looking for the kind that resemble ps2 controllers (2 sets of L/R buttons + 2 joysticks) as i can configure those for most consoles easily.

[gezegond]

the boards are alive, but can't see any announcement or anything on them.

Edit:
http://store.gameshark.com/ works as well.

Maybe they're temporarily redirecting to their partner website to update their own website or something?

[treos]

maybe, seeing as this is the first time i checked that place in a while as i usually use gscentral nowadays it might be that. aside from the redirect the lack of cheats was a alert to me as well but i suppose those can be obtained from other sources in the mean time.

[Rok124]

oh jeez, you scared me for a minute there DX

[dman100percent]

I don't really use gameshark but the controller that's close to a PS2 controller would be the Logitech Dual Action. It has all the buttons a PS2 has but it's numbered like button 2 is X etc. It also works on the PS3 which found really when I wanted to play GT5 with a friend. I think they're pretty cheap too.

[treos]

yeah, my aunt found the controller earlier, looks just like a ps2 one as i wanted not sure what brand though but as long as it works its good enough for me though it better work for $31 (game tech is expensive nowadays or maybe it's because i haven't bought much over the last 2-3 years)

now that i'm thinking of it, sony actually did a good job with the dualshock controller design. on a pc i can configure the majority of console emulators to work on it as long as its the same or less amount of buttons (even the fail n64 controllers)

[MaslowK]

I can't imagine actually using gameshark.com for gameshark codes anymore; I found a long time ago that I'd find more varied cheats on unofficial websites (gamewinners used to be good).

[Rok124]

yeah, my aunt found the controller earlier, looks just like a ps2 one as i wanted not sure what brand though but as long as it works its good enough for me though it better work for $31 (game tech is expensive nowadays or maybe it's because i haven't bought much over the last 2-3 years)

now that i'm thinking of it, sony actually did a good job with the dualshock controller design. on a pc i can configure the majority of console emulators to work on it as long as its the same or less amount of buttons (even the fail n64 controllers)

its probably stupid of me to suggest this but you can also configure for the Ps3 controllers to work on PCs as well

but then again you probably knew that already

[dutchmasterkilla]

the new logitech's have the buttons marked like a playstation paddle but a lot of times it comes up as numbers in games i.e. madden.

I don't really use gameshark but the controller that's close to a PS2 controller would be the Logitech Dual Action. It has all the buttons a PS2 has but it's numbered like button 2 is X etc. It also works on the PS3 which found really when I wanted to play GT5 with a friend. I think they're pretty cheap too.

[SpuzzHardwick]

I can't imagine actually using gameshark.com for gameshark codes anymore; I found a long time ago that I'd find more varied cheats on unofficial websites (gamewinners used to be good).

I remember gamewinners! Those were the days. This may be a dumb question but do codes even exist anymore for modern generation console games? I don't think I've used a code since the PS2 era and even then not so much. Codes were more of "everything up to N64/Ps1 era" thing for me. Probably because I was too young and bad at games to beat anything.

[594rk]

I remember gamewinners! Those were the days. This may be a dumb question but do codes even exist anymore for modern generation console games? I don't think I've used a code since the PS2 era and even then not so much. Codes were more of "everything up to N64/Ps1 era" thing for me. Probably because I was too young and bad at games to beat anything.

I think since games have became more oriented to online play they have had to cut back on them.

[MaslowK]

I remember gamewinners! Those were the days. This may be a dumb question but do codes even exist anymore for modern generation console games? I don't think I've used a code since the PS2 era and even then not so much. Codes were more of "everything up to N64/Ps1 era" thing for me. Probably because I was too young and bad at games to beat anything.

Codes as in gameshark/action replay or as in built-in "press etc etc button combo" codes? I've recently seen action replays for at least the DS and the PSP so actual cheat devices are definitely still around (not to mention homebrew cheat software on the PSP in particular), definitely haven't seen nearly as many games with built-in cheats though.

[curryking3]

Yea, I miss cheat codes... it kind of sucks they are all given up. It's like GTA is one of the only series that still has them. Cheat codes are a great way to liven up a game sometimes.

[treos]

bit behind on this thread, oh well

I can't imagine actually using gameshark.com for gameshark codes anymore; I found a long time ago that I'd find more varied cheats on unofficial websites (gamewinners used to be good).

yeah, i usually go to gscentral most of the time. had to go to... it was either russian or germ, don't remember which but a foreign site for some hard to find NDS codes (worth noting i think that the remake of the snes game Front Mission for NDS as of yet has NO working action replay codes as they either just don't work or don't work AND corrupt saves)

and i didn't know that rok124, then again i don't have a ps3 to mess around with. could've used a xbox360 controller if i knew how i suppose but i'll have this controller soon enough.