Game Genie Cheat Files For Retroarch

As found on a Japanese website. The XP codes make Deu, Azel, and some other Gen1 characters actually playable! Gain Xp = level up 84AA5E 01 Gain no levels 84AAD6 EA 84AAD7 EA 84AAD8 EA. You gain stats with the above, but no levels. Thus you can keep gaining stats endlessly. These are best used on an emulator as a cheat cartridge can interfere with the battery back-up in your game cart. It’s always been said that there are no Game Genie or Action Replay codes for Shining Force II, the reason being that when the game is used with such a cheat cartridge the saved files would often become corrupted or even deleted.

If you're like me, there are some games I could just never win as a kid. This guide will finally allow you to win! (albeit with a much lesser sense of satisfaction)

Download Cheats

As a preface cheats only work through libretro/retroarch so take note of the emulators you are using.

You first need to open the RGUI. There are two ways of accessing the RGUI:

  • In the RetroPie menu of EmulationStation select Retroarchor
  • Hotkey combinationHotkey+X to open the RGUI from within a game

If you haven't done so already, you'll need to enable the advanced settings by navigating to Settings >> User Interface >> Show Advanced Settings, then enabling the Online Updater in View >> Show Online Updater

Next, navigate to Online Updater >> Update Cheats

this will download a set of preconfigured cheat files for many games into /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cheats

Enable Cheats

Now you can launch the game you want to finally win:

Open the RGUI with Hotkey combinationHotkey+X

Choose Quick Menu >> Cheats >> Load Cheat File

Navigate to your game title and select it

Then navigate to the cheat you want to enable and press left or right to toggle it on/off

Select Apply Cheat Changes

Then press B to go out of the cheat menu and resume your game.

Cheat File Retroarch

Your cheats should now be enabled

Create Cheat Files

You can create .cht files in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cheats/<system>/<rom_name>.cht

The following is a reference chart for the types of cheat codes for each system:

Games For Retroarch

ConsoleCheat typeExample code
Famicom / NESAction Replay02A2:01
Famicom / NESGame GenieAPEETPEY
Game BoyGame GenieFA1-B9C-4C1
Game Boy (Color)GameShark0101CEC1
Game Boy AdvanceGameShark v3CD93194F 089CE0B4
Game Boy AdvanceGameShark v1/v2A62B1D67 EB2D
Game GearAction Replay00D3-C280
Mega Drive / GenesisAction ReplayFFFE21:0032
Mega Drive / GenesisGame GenieNN8A-AADN
N64GameShark8033B177 0015
NDSAction Replay22085A50 00000001
Sega Master SystemAction Replay00C0-2502
Super Famicom / SNESAction Replay7E1490:FF
Super Famicom / SNESGame Genie14B4-6F07
Cheat

Cheat Code Example

Filename: Addams Family, The - Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt (USA, Europe) (Game Genie).cht

Multiline Cheat Codes

The following is an example for a PSX game

Filename: Resident Evil 2.cht

Mame Cheats

Mame has its own configurations for cheats. You can see a guide HERE