

It was even possible to trophy-whore Nier with the infinite money cheat by loading that in, going to a store and buying something, which instantly kicked in the trophy for having a million or more in game currency. In each case, the Game Genie did exactly what it was supposed to do, and rendered cheats onto the game save that, when loaded back up onto the PS3 and used to overwrite the old game save, worked perfectly.

I ran the Game Genie through a few games, including Nier, Grand Theft Auto IV, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Red Dead Redemption, Tales of Graces F and Skyrim. The Game Genie works EXACTLY as advertised, and when it does, it works well. At the time of this writing, only 71 games are currently recognized by the Genie for cheats, with more being added every few days.įirst, let’s go over the good stuff. Admittedly, this library actually isn’t that large right now. Once that’s done, you take the stick and plug it into your PC, install the software there, and it makes a quick check with the Hyperkin database to see if any of your chosen games saves are supported by the current library. You first insert the Game Genie into your PS3, select the save you want to modify from your Game Save Data folder and copy it over. In addition to requiring a PS3, you’ll also need a PC running Windows XP Vista, or 7 in order to work. The PS3 version is a simple USB stick, but it has some specific requirements.
