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From: Joshua Meeds <dreamer@sinclair.net>
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Subject: Re: Clearing some confusion
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 21:40:24 -0700
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I can clear some confusion - I remember a device, I think was for SNES
(maybe NES) called the "Action Replay".  It allowed you to save any game
at any point in the game, and then reload it at that point, whether it
had battery backup or not.  I'm not sure, but it could be related to the
"Pro Action Replay" by Datel.

Datel made the Pro Action Replay, for sale in Europe and Japan.  For US
distribution, they licensed it to InterAct.  It is exactly the same
device, but with different codes in it (for US versions of games).  It
does work with Datel's CommsLink card for the PAR.

This is my knowledge.

> Can anyone explain the whole story of the "Game Shark" to me?
> 
> How do "Datel", "InterAct", "Rocket Game Products", "Action Replay",
> "Game Shark", "Shark Link", "Comms card" all relate to each other?
> (As well as any other bits I'm missing.)  Are these companies related
> to the original "Game Genie" company that made Game Genies for the
> NES/SNES/Genesis/GameBoy/GameGear/(other systems?) (Wasn't it
> CodeMasters, the makers of the current Micro Machines game on the
> PlayStation?)
> 
> On the Rocket Game Products web page http://www.rocketgameproducts.com
> they seems to have Game Sharks and Shark Links for sale, which seem alot like
> 
> the Action Replay and Comms Card, but different (Comms card seems to be a
> PC ISA card, and the Shark Link seems to connect to the PC's parallel port).
> But they also seems to mention somewhere that "Game Shark" is a trademark
> of "InterAct".  Why then are both (all three?  Maybe more?) companies selling
> 
> "Game Sharks"?
> 
> Can I use the ARS type Yaroze software with a "Shark Link" rather than the
> "Comms Card"???  What is the difference between ARS and "Nice ARS"?
> Are there other fast-download solutions along these lines?
> 
> Can anyone from Sony comment on whether these products are considered
> "good" or "bad" (whatever those might mean!)  Whats the company line on
> these kinds of 3rd party peripherals?
> 
> If someone could write a nice, clear, complete picture of this seemingly grey
> 
> area, that would be very cool!  Please help clear this confusion up for me!!!
> 
> EdF

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