Sony PlayStation GameShark Updates - List

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An attempt to document all Audio-CD-based Datel CheatWare update discs (incl. GameShark, Action Replay, Equalizer, Gold Finger, etc).
More research is needed to determine if there are any Audio CD-based discs for updating Datel cheat devices for systems other than the PlayStation (e.g. Sega Saturn).

History

Datel cheat devices were sold by InterAct as the GameShark in the US (until 2003/4), by Karat as the Action Replay in Japan, and sold in Asia by Hong Kong-based company EMS under many names including the Gold Finger. The Equalizer (compatible with Action Replay codes) was sold by Datel in Europe alongside the Action Replay.

In 2003/4, InterAct's parent company Recoton went bankrupt and Mad Catz bought the GameShark name for the US region. Mad Catz ceased selling Datel devices in the US under the Gameshark name and began to sell Fire-based cheat devices instead (among other products), while Datel sold their own devices in the US under the Action Replay name. Fire-based devices, sometimes marketed as Blaze devices by Fire International Ltd, were originally created by a former Project Manager at Datel who worked on the Action Replay. Fire-based devices were sold as the Xplorer and Xploder, as the Codebreaker (distributed by Pelican Accessories) in the US until 2004(?), and were also sold by GameTech as the X-Terminator in Japan. More research is needed to determine if any of these Fire-based devices had Audio CD-based update discs, or only PC CD-ROM update discs [1].

Europe

Research needed: Cheat Factory, Game Champion, and CodeStream products. The Equalizer was marketed as having optional upgrade CDs [2].
The Game Champion series for PlayStation were memory cards with game saves (Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, and Crash Bandicoot Warped memory cards are known to exist).
Game Champion CDs allowed Equalizer or Action Replay owners to use the cheat device to move saves to their own memory card.

Title	Ringcode(s)	Barcode	Notes	Dumped?
Game Champion: Game Save Download CD for Tekken 3	17493, 17504	1074195566954		Dumped
Game Champion: Platinum Collection 1			Presumed to exist	Undumped
Game Champion: Platinum Collection 2			Presumed to exist	Undumped
Game Champion: Platinum Collection 3			[3]	Undumped
Cheat Factory	19305		Matches 19317 with different split	Dumped
Cheat Factory	19317	7194801624701	Matches 19305 with different split	Dumped

USA

GameShark update discs were sold as GameShark Upgrade and Enhancement discs.
More research is needed for if there are any Audio CD-based update discs for devices marketed as the Action Replay in the US.

Title	Ringcode(s)	Barcode	Notes	Dumped?
GameShark Upgrade CD Version 2.1				Dumped
GameShark Enhancement CD Version 2.2	16502	741948334719		Dumped
GameShark Enhancement CD Version 2.3	17696	741948334719		Dumped
GameShark Upgrade CD Version 2.4	21133	741948011047		Dumped
GameShark Upgrade CD Version 2.41	00357, 00358			Dumped
GameShark Upgrade CD Version 2.42/3.2				Dumped
GameShark Upgrade CD Version 2.42/3.2			Silver disc	Dumped
GameShark Upgrade CD Version 2.42/3.2	00013101		Black disc	Dumped
GameShark: The BigWave Enhancement CD	24122	741948810015		Dumped
GameShark: The BigWave #2 Enhancement CD	00020701	741948810022		Dumped
GameShark: The BigWave #3 Enhancement CD	00071301			Dumped
GameShark: The BigWave #4 Enhancement CD	01020602			Dumped

Japan

KRTDD-001 is currently unknown.
KRTDD-004 corresponds to an undumped PC CD: PlayStation / Sega Saturn - ProComms Link for Windows 95/98 (プロコムズリンク).
Further research done here: Karat Barcode Analysis

Serial	Variant	Title	Foreign Title	Notes	Dumped?
BSDD-001		Action Replay Vol. 1	ＰＳ用プロアクションリプレイ	Bundled with Kakugetsukan Action Replay Magazine Vol. 1	Dumped Rev 1
KRTCD-001		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 1	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．１	Blue cover, blue foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-001	A01	Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 1	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．１	Red-white cover, black text on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-001	B02	Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 1	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．１	Red-white cover, black text on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-002		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 2	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．２	Orange cover, orange or black foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-003		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 3	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．３	Red cover, red foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-004		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 4	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．４	Green cover, green foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-005		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 5	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．５	Cyan cover, blue foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-006		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 6	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．６	Rainbow cover, black text on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-007		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 7	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．７	Pink cover, black foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-008		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 8	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．８	Green cover, black foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-009		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 9	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．９	Purple cover, black foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-010		Action Replay Higi Code CD Vol. 10	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ Ｖｏｌ．１０	Blue cover, black foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-00A		Action Replay Higi Code CD: Premium CD	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ　プレミアムＣＤ	Light blue cover, light blue foreground on disc	Dumped
KRTCD-00B		Action Replay: Premium CD 2	アクションリプレイ　プレミアムＣＤ ２	Yellow cover, yellow text on disc	Dumped
KRTDD-002	B01	Action Replay Higi Code CD	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ	Taikenban, Bundled with Pro Action Replay [4]	Dumped
KRTDD-003		Action Replay Higi Code CD	アクションリプレイ　秘技コードＣＤ	Taikenban, Bundled with Pro Action Replay [5]	Undumped