Capcom’s Dragon's Dogma, for instance, stores the raw save data as a human-readable plain text file, making it simple to find the specific values you want to edit. Advertisementįor some of the games that Hyperkin has unlocked, editing the save file is a relatively straightforward process. (This process also makes it possible to re-encode a save file with the profile from another PS3 system, letting you easily transfer saves between hardware). We'll actually decode the save on our server, then we'll send it to you, and then you make the changes, then we'll re-encode the save and send it back,” he said. “So we basically make all of that invisible to the user. That’s because those save files are protected by “encryption, compression, checksums, second level encryption, and so on,” he explained. "If you take a hex editor like Winhex on your PC and you open a PS3 save, the only thing you're ever going to do is break it,” Beckett said. While the interface the Game Genie uses for its save file hacking looks like a simple hexadecimal file editor, the software actually conceals a lot of behind-the-scenes work needed to make those files editable in the first place. The Game Genie documentation doesn’t offer much guidance on how to use this advanced editing option, so I reached out to Hyperkin Project Manager Wayne Beckett (a veteran developer of previous cheat devices like the Action Replay and Game Shark) to explain the basics of how the PS3 save file hacking works.
While most users will probably be satisfied clicking checkboxes to activate pre-built cheats like maximum health and full game unlocks (just like most users of the original Game Genie were satisfied copying down codes from the included booklet or game magazines), the Game Genie software also offers an Advanced mode that allows for more direct save file manipulation. While the old Game Genies actively patched the ROM code being loaded from the game cartridge, the PS3 Game Genie is actually just a computer program that lets you decode and modify PS3 save files stored on a standard USB stick.īut one thing the old and new Game Genies share is the ability for a determined, patient hacker to create their own cheats by diving in to the vagaries of the hexadecimal code. It doesn’t share exactly the same functionality as its namesake either. The newest, PS3-based incarnation of the Game Genie doesn’t share much of a lineage with the original line of similarly named, cartridge-based cheat devices nearly ubiquitous in the 8- and 16-bit eras manufacturer Hyperkin picked up the rights to the name when Galoob’s original trademark recently lapsed.
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