Difference between revisions of "Game Genie (Game Boy)"

From Wiki - GameHacking.org
Jump to: navigation, search
(Complete rewrite; more information. Still not finished. Gameboy should be changed to Game Boy because it looks retarded. Also, debating whether to upload snapshots of both unused messages, though this ins't the right place for that, I don't know. :>)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
[[Image:Gameboy Game Genie.jpg|thumb|The Gameboy Game Genie.]]
 
[[Image:Gameboy Game Genie.jpg|thumb|The Gameboy Game Genie.]]
The '''Game Genie''' is a runtime ROM modification device. This is one of the many [[Game Genie]] products available. This version of the game genie works only on the black and white Gameboy games and will not work on Gameboy color games. Originally all game genies required 9 digit cheat codes to be entered but later models only required the first six digits to be entered. But the last three digits are required for switching a specific ROM bank, so larger games could have a need for this.
+
The '''Game Genie''' is a runtime ROM modification device for the Game Boy,only allowing up to three bytes to be altered at a time. The format is XXX-YYY-ZZZ, with ZZZ being a compare address to determine which will isolate the new code to a specific ROM bank.
  
There is a way to trick the game genie into working with Gameboy color games but it can damage the cartridge. Click [http://www.angelfire.com/games2/codehut/PokemonDoc.txt here] for more info.
+
==Non-Monochrome Game Compatibility==
 +
There is a way to trick the game genie into working with non-monochrome games with GBC hardware, but it will most likely damage the SRAM and delete all saved data on the cartridge. Tony Hedstrom [http://www.angelfire.com/games2/codehut/PokemonDoc.txt here] discovered a trick that basically will load the game in monochrome by performing a cartridge swap.
  
The Gameboy Game Genie also is only compatible with the original Gameboy and the Pocket Gameboy. If inserted into the Super Gameboy it will play games at half speed. A special adapter was created that allows the Game Genie to work on the Super Gameboy fortunately.
+
==Compatibility with the Super Game Boy==
 +
The Game Genie is compatible with the Super Game Boy but you will need to physically modify the unit so it will fit into the Super Game Boy/2. There was an adapter that was released and sold by Microsystems Development Technologies, Inc. located in San Jose. More info can be found here [http://forum.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?158850-Game-Genie-to-Super-Game-Boy-Adapter|Game Genie to Super Game Boy Adapter].
  
== Gameboy Secret Message Input ==
+
===Using the SNES Game Genie to implement codes===
 +
Game Boy Game Genie codes can be converted and entered into a SNES Game Genie to achieve in-game effects, as [http://gamehacking.org/vb/threads/680-Super-Gameboy-Game-Genie-test|= ugetab demonstrated this prowess using Super Mario Land 2 and Castlevania Legends]. Using a code provided as example from the former game allows you to play the chance game for free, and a simple code from the latter game allows you to walk right fast.
  
To access these, press the specified buttons in order while the code screen is displayed.
+
==Secret Developer Messages==
 +
To access these, press the specified buttons in order while the code screen is displayed. Two are unused and are not associated with button access, and can only accessed by hacking the Game Genie ROM, though they can still be accessed using hardware via [http://gamehacking.org/vb/threads/12747-nensondubois-codes?p=90641#post9064=| Codebreaker cheat Device].
  
 
'''Up, Down Left Right''' <br/>
 
'''Up, Down Left Right''' <br/>
Line 38: Line 42:
  
 
== Known Versions ==
 
== Known Versions ==
??
+
v2.1
 +
 
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
Line 48: Line 53:
 
* [http://www.devrs.com/gb/files/gg.html Jeff Frohweins webpage] at devrs.com.
 
* [http://www.devrs.com/gb/files/gg.html Jeff Frohweins webpage] at devrs.com.
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020802004727/http://home.earthlink.net/~zazer/ Cheatmaster's webpage] (Internet Archive)
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020802004727/http://home.earthlink.net/~zazer/ Cheatmaster's webpage] (Internet Archive)
 
  
 
{{Game Genie}}
 
{{Game Genie}}
 
[[Category:Game Genie]]
 
[[Category:Game Genie]]

Revision as of 05:15, 1 September 2015

The Gameboy Game Genie.

The Game Genie is a runtime ROM modification device for the Game Boy,only allowing up to three bytes to be altered at a time. The format is XXX-YYY-ZZZ, with ZZZ being a compare address to determine which will isolate the new code to a specific ROM bank.

Non-Monochrome Game Compatibility

There is a way to trick the game genie into working with non-monochrome games with GBC hardware, but it will most likely damage the SRAM and delete all saved data on the cartridge. Tony Hedstrom here discovered a trick that basically will load the game in monochrome by performing a cartridge swap.

Compatibility with the Super Game Boy

The Game Genie is compatible with the Super Game Boy but you will need to physically modify the unit so it will fit into the Super Game Boy/2. There was an adapter that was released and sold by Microsystems Development Technologies, Inc. located in San Jose. More info can be found here Genie to Super Game Boy Adapter.

Using the SNES Game Genie to implement codes

Game Boy Game Genie codes can be converted and entered into a SNES Game Genie to achieve in-game effects, as ugetab demonstrated this prowess using Super Mario Land 2 and Castlevania Legends. Using a code provided as example from the former game allows you to play the chance game for free, and a simple code from the latter game allows you to walk right fast.

Secret Developer Messages

To access these, press the specified buttons in order while the code screen is displayed. Two are unused and are not associated with button access, and can only accessed by hacking the Game Genie ROM, though they can still be accessed using hardware via Codebreaker cheat Device.

Up, Down Left Right
Congratulations! You've found the easy secret! Now find the hard ones!

B, A, Left, Right, Select
Help! I'm a prisoner in a Game Genie factory!

Up, Up, A, B, A, Down, Down
Game Genie built by: Richard Aplin code by: Jon the Programmer managed by: Paul Ranson.

Right, Up, Down, Up, Left, Up, Down, Up
Poems have, rhymes, sometimes.

B, A, B, Right, Left, Down, Up
There's rain outside, and that is why a, laundry day, needs a clothes dryer.

A, A, A, A, B, B, B, Start
Washing, washing on the line, who's the fairest of the fine? Bluey Whiteness!

Right, Left, Right, Left, Down, Down, Up, Up
Provocation is not a job for amateurs.

A, B, A, B, B, A, A, Select
'Breezy':- Fresh air from the Alps! Comes in an easy-to-use aerosol can!

A, Left, Left, A, B, Right, Right, B
[This one isn't actually a message. Everything below the words "Code Screen," but above the copyright notice, is flipped upside down. The codes are still in their proper order, but the characters are upside down]

Known Versions

v2.1


Credits

  • Game Genie built by: Richard Aplin
  • Code by: Jon the Programmer
  • Managed by: Paul Ranson

External Links

Game Genie
Galoob
Game Boy - Game Gear - NES - Genesis - Super Nintendo - Sega CD (Cancelled)
Hyperkin
DS/DSi/3DS - PSP (Cancelled) - Wii (Cancelled) - PlayStation 3