How to Use Gameshark Codes on Visualboy Advance (with Pictures) (2024)

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Last Updated: June 17, 2023Fact Checked

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1. 1

   Open the VisualBoyAdvance download page.^[1]

2. 2

   Uncheck the "Install Yahoo Search Engine" box. It's below the green DOWNLOAD NOW button.

   • Clicking this box may prompt a new page or tab to open; if so, close it to return to the VBA page.

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3. 3

   Click DOWNLOAD NOW. This green button is in the middle of the page.

4. 4

   Click START DOWNLOAD. It's below the DOWNLOAD NOW button. The VBA folder will begin downloading onto your computer.

5. 5

   Open the ZIP folder. Double-click the ZIP folder in its download location (e.g., the desktop) to open it.

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   Click the Extract tab. It's at the top of the ZIP window. A toolbar will appear below it.

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   Click Extract all. This option is on the far-right side of the toolbar. Clicking it opens a window.

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   Click Extract. It's at the bottom of the window. This will prompt the ZIP folder to extract its contents into a regular folder in the same location; once the extraction is complete, the folder will open, allowing you to proceed with opening and using VBA.

   • If you don't have any games for VBA, search for "game boy advance roms" in your preferred web browser, or try using a website like LoveRoms to find ROMs to download before continuing.

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1. 1

   Open the Super Cheats Game Boy Advance page. Go to https://www.supercheats.com/gameboyadvance.htm in your browser. You'll be able to find cheats for your Game Boy Advance games here.

2. 2

   Scroll down to the Game Boy Advance section. You'll see both a "Most Popular" heading and a "Latest Cheats" heading here.

3. 3

   Select a game. Click the title of a game for which you want to find cheats. Doing so opens the game's cheat page.

4. 4

   Select a cheat category. If you see a list of links (e.g., Codes that Work), click the link that pertains to your preferences.

5. 5

   Review the cheats. Scroll through the list of cheats to find ones that you want to use.

6. 6

   Copy a cheat code. Select a code that you want to use by clicking and dragging the mouse across it, then press Ctrl+C.

   • You'll paste this code into the GameShark engine later.
   • Make sure that you copy the code and not its description. Most GameShark codes resemble a jumble of letters and numbers, a space, and another jumble of letters and numbers (some cheats have several lines of codes formatted like this).

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1. 1

   Open VisualBoyAdvance. Double-click the purple VisualBoyAdvance icon in the unzipped folder. This will bring up the VBA window.

2. 2

   Click File. It's in the upper-left corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.

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   Click Open…. This option is at the top of the File drop-down menu.

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   Select your game's ROM. Click the ROM file for the game that you want to open in VBA.

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   Click Open. It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. The game should open and begin playing in VBA.

   • If the game screen remains blank, do the following: click the Options tab, select Emulator, select Save type, click Flash 128K, and then click File and click Reset.
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   Click the Cheats tab. It's at the top of the window.

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   Click Cheat list…. This option is near the top of the Cheats drop-down menu.^[2]

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   Click Gameshark…. You'll find this button near the bottom of the window. A new window will appear.^[3]

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   Enter a description. Type a description for your cheat (e.g., "Infinite Money") into the "Description" text box.

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    Enter the cheat code. Click the "Code" text box, then press Ctrl+V to paste the code that you copied earlier into the text field.^[4]

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    Click OK. It's at the bottom of the window. You should now see the code's name at the top of the Cheats window, along with a checkmark to the left of the code's name.

    • If the code's name isn't checked, click the box to the left of it to check it.
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    Click OK. It's at the bottom of the window. This will save your code and apply it to the game.

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    Reset the game. Click File again, then click Reset in the drop-down menu. The game will load, and your cheat(s) should load with it.

    • You can disable your codes by reopening the Cheat list... menu, unchecking the cheat codes, and then resetting the game.

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