40 of 47 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the PS2 specifically, but a must have for PSers, Oct 15 2000
By "rfortier@home.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: GameShark Video Game Enhancer (Electronics)
Anyone who's ever been stuck on a level for hours, and couldn't figure out some stupid clue, couldn't defeat that one (impossible) enemy to get to the next stage.. knows how important this sort of thing is.
This is a must have for all PS1 games.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK but could really use improvement, Jun 14 2005
By webgrunt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: GameShark Video Game Enhancer (Electronics)
Problems with the Gameshark:
1. When downloading new codes, only about 30 games are listed, but on their web site thousands of codes are listed. Why should I spend a half hour with their awkward code-entering system when I paid to be able to download new codes?
2. Many codes do not work in combination with other codes, but there's no way to know which ones will work with which others until you try them and the game won't load.
3. Their web site http://www.gameshark.com/ is the slowest I've seen in years.
4. As I write this, their forums have been down for days. The message is "Sorry, the forums are presently closed for maintenance. Please check back again later." What kind of maintenance takes days, and why don't they say when the maintenance is supposed to be finished so I don't have to keep checking back on their forums page only to be greeted with this frustrating and uninformative message?
5. The disk seems to be poor quality. It sometimes takes about two minutes to load, and it occasionally makes a humming or sort of buzzing sound like it's not balanced well.
Pluses:
1. When the codes work, they are a real Godsend. For example if you want to play Final Fantasy X without having to spend 40 hours mindlessly fighting random battles and leveling up, you can do it with Gameshark.
2. The forums on their web site, when they are up, are a great place for troubleshooting information.
3. They do have codes for a LOT of games on their web site.
Overall, I am satisfied with my purchase, but I do think the company needs to work on the issues I mentioned above.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
OLD GAME CODES ARE USELESS!!!, Dec 5 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: GameShark Video Game Enhancer (Electronics)
These game codes are from 1999, and ANY or ALL games made AFTER 1999, aren't on this Gameshark!!! DON"T BUY THIS GAMESHARK for the price. The 2002 Gameshark is 5.0 {up to date}. This Gameshark is 3.0 , USELESS!!! { the 3.0 etc. is on the back of the box , on a white sticker}