Hyperkin Resurrects the Game Genie

[Greg Tito]

Hyperkin Resurrects the Game Genie

You can now edit your PS3 save files with this new product using an old trademark.

Back in the 80s, the Game Genie by Galoob was a physical hacking device that let you mess with the software loaded onto game cartridges. You plugged Super Mario Bros. 3 or whatever into the Game Genie, which then plugged into your NES, and if you input the correct code, you could become invulnerable or have unlimited raccoon flight. Nintendo fought the Game Genie, but it wasn't until the advent of game discs that use of the product lapsed. A peripherals company called Game Genie: Save Editor for PS3, which is available for purchase today for $33 US. [http://hyperkin.com/]

The new Game Genie: Save Editor is essentially a USB flash drive loaded with software that lets you edit the save files for popular games. You grab the saves from your PS3, put it on your PC, use the Game Genie software to search for the right variables to edit, plug the drive back in to your PC and voila, instant gold profit. Hyperkin says the software will be able to handle many games such as Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and that more titles will be added to the database in the future.

"The Game Genie Save Editor for PS3 is a breakthrough for gamers everywhere," said Steven Mar, head of Hyperkin. "The Game Genie Save Editor allows for even the most novice gamers to breeze past the hard or boring parts of games, leveling the playing field for a more enjoyable experience."

So for those of you with fond memories of glitching out the sprites in Mega Man or if you've spent years figuring out how to get endless gold in Final Fantasy Game Genie: Save Editor for PS3 [http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/522595-final-fantasy/faqs/11215].

You could also just play the game. Or, you know, get a decent PC rig and install some mods [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/misc/9333-Yet-More-Skyrim-Mods].

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[GAunderrated]

I'm glad they are bringing back the game genie. After you complete a game its fun to use cheats to mess around and enhance the experience.

 

[Kross]

Game Genie was my first hex editor!

I had pages of home crafted Excitebike and Final Fantasy code blocks, and would often buy/rent games based on whether I had codes for them.

 

[Lunar Templar]

nice, that'd been handy ... like 2 years ago ... when i still had a PS3

 

[Jorec]

Cool. Maybe they'll release one for the 360 too? It would be fun to mess around with Skyrim.

 

[The Lurking Writer]

They had a Game Genie for the Sega Mega Drive too, you know. Why does hardly anyone in the gaming media these days acknowledge Sega's consoles? Not everyone owned a Nintendo product (and in some cases like me, still don't).
/Sad Sega Fanboyism...

Will also be interested in seeing if they make one for the Xbox 360. I play games for the enjoyment - not the "challenge". 'Cheating' helped me do that for games I otherwise would never have been able to complete much less still play to this day (The New Zealand Story, Curse, and Cyborg Justice on a working Japanese Mega Drive from 1990, for example).

 

[Mick Myers]

This disgusts me. People too fucking lazy to learn how to play the game, so they cheat. If you're not good enough to beat the goddamn game, don't fuccking play it. Pretty damn simple.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

This disgusts me. People too fucking lazy to learn how to play the game, so they cheat. If you're not good enough to beat the goddamn game, don't fuccking play it. Pretty damn simple.

Or, you know, the people who like to just screw around on games and don't play to win.

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm glad they are bringing back the game genie. After you complete a game its fun to use cheats to mess around and enhance the experience.

Especially since fewer games are offering in-game cheats/button codes/whatever you want to call them.

Thank God! I don't know why cheats for consoles have fallen by the wayside recently. Sure, you could blame achievements, but there are still plenty of cheats that will prevent you from getting the points if you used the code. I used to watch all through the credits for games just to get any special codes. They do enhance the game!

A lot of what used to be "cheats" and "unlockables" are now sold to the consumer.

I'll be buying one as soon as they have it for the Xbox 360. Would love to play through another run of Skyrim as a God from the very beginning.

It appears you can already edit save files for the 360. The problem being that Microsoft takes this sort of thing as serious business and you can get your account suspended/possibly banned. I didn't look too far into it (Largely because I have no intent to try), but...Ummm...Trod carefully.

This disgusts me. People too fucking lazy to learn how to play the game, so they cheat. If you're not good enough to beat the goddamn game, don't fuccking play it. Pretty damn simple.

Yes, that's the only reason someone would ever use cheat codes/editors/whatever.

 

[xplosive59]

Hopefully this will allow you to obtain the unavailable clothing in Skyrim such as the Greybeard robes and Sheogorath's suit.

I only ever used the hacking software for event Pokemon unavailable in the UK when I had one.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Cheating in single player games is back in style?? Hooray, I can enjoy the plots, stories, and design of games I find tedious, boring, and stupendously aggravating, without all the annoyances! Now I can quickly breeze through the horrendously boring gameplay of games like Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno, and actually see how the other half of the game's story works out! When cheats started dying out, games were less fun. The ability to put in a few codes and stride around like an old testament god stomping on mortals and turning them to salt was infinitely more fun than wading through mediocre gameplay with tedious fights. Huzzah!

 

[chuckman1]

Wow thats awesome I was really hoping something like this would come back and it did.

 

[Tanis]

I hope to see some PROPER cheats.

There was something REALLY REALLY fun about turning our rocket launcher into a freaking machine gun in GTA that was just stupid fun...
Even if I DID end up crashing my PS2 more then once.

 

[Antari]

The Game Genie is one of the best products ever released. But, I'm a little shocked we haven't had a bunch of people freaking out that its immoral or somehow going to ruin lives. Honestly the lack of cheats in alot of games today is what makes them absolutely boring beyond all comparison. If I wanted to be forced to do something I'd goto work or jail. I wouldn't look for that in a game. Here's hoping the Genie hits every system on the market soon.

 

[AngryMongoose]

Ah, I remember my good old AR2. I bought it because the compression disc for my memory card was broken, but I had a good time moon jumping and sprinting with a chainsaw in GTA and such. Good times...

It's a shame Achievements ruined all this isn't it?

(Well... I guess online play had a hand in it too... >.>)

This disgusts me. People too fucking lazy to learn how to play the game, so they cheat. If you're not good enough to beat the goddamn game, don't fuccking play it. Pretty damn simple.

You know, it still fucking amazes me that people can have such an opinion. So someone wants to mess around in a game; what's your fucking problem? The Escapist ran an article by someone describing how they had a fit because they saw someone use cheats. Get over yourself, no one is losing out, people are just having fun.


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Cheats at Solitaire.

 

[Rack]

Cheating in single player games is back in style?? Hooray, I can enjoy the plots, stories, and design of games I find tedious, boring, and stupendously aggravating, without all the annoyances! Now I can quickly breeze through the horrendously boring gameplay of games like Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno, and actually see how the other half of the game's story works out! When cheats started dying out, games were less fun. The ability to put in a few codes and stride around like an old testament god stomping on mortals and turning them to salt was infinitely more fun than wading through mediocre gameplay with tedious fights. Huzzah!

I'd love to agree with you, but Bayonetta? Not only do you have no taste but Bayonetta comes with an infinite health cheat enabled by default. You'll only get stone medals but you absolutely will progress.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

I miss being able to mess around with your games. I understand not letting XBL games being hacked for the sake of being fair, but I hope that offline hacking and save editing can be more accepted and commonplace. If the user isn't online, it shouldn't matter, right? Bring on the Game Genie.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I love it can't wait for it, finally a reason to play games again, its not about making things easy IMO its all about customizing the game to your tastes!