( SOLVED) GameShark Pro v3.0/v3.1/v3.2 Freeze On Starting Game After Flashing Original ROM?
Posted: January 6th, 2023, 11:14 am
I'm not really sure what to make of this. Quite a while ago, I bought 2 GameShark v3.0 Pro Cheat Cartridges 'New' from eBay, same seller I think.
The sole reason I bought these carts originally was to flash these cartridges with other software, and that all works fine. I managed to do the stuff I needed to on these carts (Tonyhax International ROM, helping MottZilla with Stealth ROM). I don't think I actually tried using the original GameShark ROM on them.
But now, I want to mess around with the actual GameShark O.G. ROM software, for reasons.... So I have flashed GameShark Pro v3.0, v3.1, and v3.2 (using UNIROM) to 'restore' the cartridges.
Something I noticed when testing the carts after flashing (any official 3.x version) was that the 'start game with codes' or 'start game without codes' options just don't boot the game. The original PSX disc just keeps spinning at 1x speed and does nothing. I looked at the manual, and it said if I want to directly boot the PSX disc with the cheat cart inserted into the PSX without going through the GameShark menu I can hold the 'freeze' button (the little button on the cartridge itself). This surprisingly does work, the disc goes from 1x to 2x speed while the GameShark menu is loading (and the logo is displayed) and then the whole menu is skipped and the game just boots.
have even zero'd out the whole cart (using UNiROM) and tried flashing again and it still doesn't start the game from the GameShark menu.
I managed to flash the Xplorer USA ROM (in the UNiROM collection) and that actually boot the game correctly from that cheat menu. Still, I'd much rather use the nicer GameShark ROM software. And I am really confused why this is even happening.
I have tried with 4 different consoles.
I am using original PSX discs that boot normally with no issues.
I am experiencing the same issue on both GameShark Pro v3.0 cheat carts.
The sole reason I bought these carts originally was to flash these cartridges with other software, and that all works fine. I managed to do the stuff I needed to on these carts (Tonyhax International ROM, helping MottZilla with Stealth ROM). I don't think I actually tried using the original GameShark ROM on them.
But now, I want to mess around with the actual GameShark O.G. ROM software, for reasons.... So I have flashed GameShark Pro v3.0, v3.1, and v3.2 (using UNIROM) to 'restore' the cartridges.
Something I noticed when testing the carts after flashing (any official 3.x version) was that the 'start game with codes' or 'start game without codes' options just don't boot the game. The original PSX disc just keeps spinning at 1x speed and does nothing. I looked at the manual, and it said if I want to directly boot the PSX disc with the cheat cart inserted into the PSX without going through the GameShark menu I can hold the 'freeze' button (the little button on the cartridge itself). This surprisingly does work, the disc goes from 1x to 2x speed while the GameShark menu is loading (and the logo is displayed) and then the whole menu is skipped and the game just boots.
have even zero'd out the whole cart (using UNiROM) and tried flashing again and it still doesn't start the game from the GameShark menu.
I managed to flash the Xplorer USA ROM (in the UNiROM collection) and that actually boot the game correctly from that cheat menu. Still, I'd much rather use the nicer GameShark ROM software. And I am really confused why this is even happening.
I have tried with 4 different consoles.
I am using original PSX discs that boot normally with no issues.
I am experiencing the same issue on both GameShark Pro v3.0 cheat carts.