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xcvmvcx · Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

Does anyone know a site where I can find gold finger codes for the GDSF7?

Trenton_net · Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 233

For that matter, does anyone know the whole story as to why so many code formats exist? I'm guessing everyone started encrypting and the diffrent formats branched from that point.

Are Goldfinger codes encrypted or not? Are there any un-encrypted cheat code formats now days for that matter?

I guess on an additional note, I wonder how they came up with the name for Goldfinger. Perhaps a bad translation from a Chinese counter-part name?

kyuusaku · Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 941 Location: .ma.us

The codes aren't encrypted. With a little work you can convert decrypted Game Genie codes to Gold Finger but you can't turn codes off in Gold Finger like you can in Game Genie. Gold Finger works by patching the ROM and each code can only address 8M so you must patch each 8M block.. it's really crappy.

My guess about the name is that the cheats give you a good player's ("golden") thumb ("finger")

Trenton_net · Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 233

Heh, if you read any copier box, the Chinese actually reads (literally) "Gold Finger". I know a lot of Chinese people (non-gamers) who always scratch their heads because under the list of features it literally reads “Gold Finger”. What kind of feature could that be?!? Did someone loose a finger? Is my copier gold color? Smile

satanas · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 10

Amazing timing... I was about to post a similar thread here regarding the Goldfinger device. I have one and it works perfectly, but I would like to update the codes and ROM on it. I have the software but thats it... I've seen kits for connecting the Goldfinger to your computer via a special ISA card and parallel cable. Is this ISA card just a parallel port? If not, does anyone know if a PCI version exists? Thanks!

--ST

kyuusaku · Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 941 Location: .ma.us

You're talking about the Action Replay clone for PlayStation right? The rest of us are talking about cheat codes for SNES copiers, not quite the same :)

Anyways, the hardware you need to connect it to the PC is called a Comms Link card, and it's only available as an ISA card. There were three makers AFAIK: Datel, EMS and Xinga. The interface is not a parallel port although it uses the same cable and it's almost compatible with the bidirectional parallel port. People have come up with solutions to simulate the comm link protocol with a normal parallel port but of course it needs new hardware and new software (or hacked software) There's another similar cheat device called an Xplorer or Xploder which doesn't need a Comm link card, it links to the PC with a normal parallel port by default.

satanas · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 10

Ah jeez... sorry about that! Thank you for your reply though! Yes, the unit I have is the GoldFinger for PS1 (cloned Action Replay).

--ST

acem77 · Joined: 25 Jul 2003 Posts: 180 Location: usa,ohio

what cheat devices are popular for ps2 and dc in japan.
some imports id love to find codes for.
they must have somthing like we have in the usa for newer systems.
the usa/uk companies seem to have cheats for every release.
it would be nice to find cheats for jap games.

i love the days of the action replay. it was so easy and fun to make codes for games on the psx and saturn. and with the new emulators its easy to make code for most of the old systems.

the newest system i made cheats for was xbox now that takes a lot more work and tools to do.

MiSTiFCHRiS · Joined: 14 Jul 2007 Posts: 13 Location: New Zealand

I had a random Gameboy thing and it had "Goldfinger codes". Probably totally different but heres a link about it

http://mistifchris.50webs.com/gbsacker.html