Cheats & Emulation

Tools for converting cheat codes and generating emulator configuration files.

Cheat Code Converter

Decodes and encodes cheat codes for retro gaming systems. Enter a code to decode it into address, value, and compare-value components, or enter raw values to encode them back into a cheat code string.

Supported Systems

System Code Format
NES Game Genie (6 or 8 characters)
SNES Game Genie (8 characters), Pro Action Replay
Game Boy / GBC Game Genie (6 or 9 characters), Pro Action Replay, GameShark
GBA GameShark / Action Replay (12 code types)
N64 GameShark (9 code types)
Sega Genesis Game Genie, Pro Action Replay
Sega Game Gear Game Genie
Sega Master System Pro Action Replay
Sega 32X Pro Action Replay
Sega CD Pro Action Replay
PC Engine Raw address:value
Neo Geo Pocket GameShark
Nintendo DS Action Replay (16 code types)
Sega Saturn Action Replay
Sega Dreamcast CodeBreaker
Game Boy GameShark
Neo Geo Raw address:value
PlayStation GameShark (18 code types)

N64 GameShark Code Types

Type Description
80 Write 8-bit value
81 Write 16-bit value
A0 Write 8-bit uncached
A1 Write 16-bit uncached
D0 8-bit equal activator
D1 16-bit equal activator
D2 8-bit not-equal activator
D3 16-bit not-equal activator
50 Repeat (serial)

GBA GameShark / Action Replay Code Types

Supports 12 code types including conditional writes, multi-line patches, master code enables, and slow-motion toggles.

Emulator Config Generator

Generates ready-to-use configuration files for popular retro gaming emulators.

Supported Emulators

Emulator Config Format Focus
RetroArch .cfg Multi-system
Mesen .xml NES / SNES
Snes9x .cfg SNES
Project64 .cfg N64
mGBA .ini Game Boy / GBA
Kega Fusion .ini Sega systems
Mednafen .cfg Multi-system
Stella .ini Atari 2600
FCEUX .cfg NES
MAME .ini Arcade

Common Options

These settings are available for all emulators:

  • Fullscreen — launch in fullscreen or windowed mode
  • VSync — enable vertical sync
  • Smooth video — bilinear or CRT-style filtering
  • Integer scaling — pixel-perfect scaling
  • Shaders — enable shader/filter support
  • Rewind — enable rewind functionality
  • Audio volume — 0–100%
  • Show FPS — display frame rate
  • Auto save state — save state on exit

Directory Paths

All emulators support configuring:

  • ROM directory — default ROM folder
  • Save directory — save file location
  • Save state directory — save state folder
  • Screenshot directory — screenshot output folder

Emulator-Specific Options

RetroArch - Video driver (gl, glcore, vulkan, d3d11, d3d12) - Menu driver (ozone, xmb, rgui, glui) - Audio driver (auto, alsa, pulse, sdl2, wasapi, dsound, coreaudio) - Input driver (auto, udev, sdl2, x, dinput, xinput) - Run-ahead frames (0–8) - Threaded video - Audio sync - Notifications - Enable cheats - Config save on exit - Pause on unfocus
Mesen - Region (Auto, NTSC, PAL, Dendy) - Remove sprite limit - Overclock - Enable cheats
Snes9x - Region (Auto, NTSC, PAL) - Turbo speed multiplier - SuperFX overclock - Enable cheats - Block invalid VRAM access - Dynamic rate control
Project64 - CPU core (Recompiler, Interpreter) - Counter factor (1–6) - Enable cheats - Display speed
mGBA - Audio sync - Use BIOS - Fast-forward speed multiplier - Enable cheats - Frame skip (0–10) - Allow opposing directions
Kega Fusion - Region (Auto, USA, Europe, Japan) - Perfect sync - Enable cheats - SRAM auto-save
Mednafen - CD image memory cache - Enable cheats - Sound buffer size (8–200 ms) - Video driver (opengl, sdl, softfb) - Per-system settings for: PC Engine, Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket, SMS, Game Gear, Virtual Boy, NES, SNES, Game Boy, GBA, Mega Drive
Stella - Palette (standard, z26, custom) - Phosphor glow effect - Enable cheats - TV scanline effects (0–100)
FCEUX - Region (NTSC, PAL, Dendy) - Remove sprite limit - New PPU - Enable cheats - Sound quality (0–2) - Game Genie
MAME - Skip game info screen - Skip warnings screen - Enable cheats - Detailed path, video, audio, input, and state options

Usage

  1. Select the target emulator from the dropdown.
  2. Configure common and emulator-specific options.
  3. Optionally set ROM, save, state, and screenshot directories.
  4. Click Generate to create the configuration file.
  5. When RetroArch is selected, click Export to RetroArch to write the configuration directly to the detected RetroArch installation’s retroarch.cfg.