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Recently I?ve been enjoying the Neo-Geo games of MAME and as I was whizzing through them (thanks to the nifty swindling afforded us by the FANTASTIC cheat.dat) I came across only 4 faults:-

PULSTAR: On a later level the invincibility cheat breaks down when confronted with the crab like boss ? its attacks blow you apart.

SAVAGE REIGN: here we have a major oversight, as none of the cheats present will carry you and your lack of skill through to the end of the game.

VIEWPOINT: has the necessary cheats but the game resets itself during mid-play, now is this because of the activation of the cheats?

WINDJAMMERS: the ?score always 99? cheat - though the screen professes to have catapulted your score to 99 it proves entirely immaterial as the Referee smells foul play and gives the victory to the rightful one!

Any rectifying of the above cheats would bring me a serene contentment.
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Post by Kitsune Sniper »

I'll test those cheats tomorrow and see what's wrong. Hopefully I can fix them. Fair? :smile:
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VIEWPOINT: has the necessary cheats but the game resets itself during mid-play, now is this because of the activation of the cheats?
Nope, 68k ASM bugs, works fine with the C core.
PULSTAR: On a later level the invincibility cheat breaks down when confronted with the crab like boss ? its attacks blow you apart.
A simple "Doesn't work for final boss" type comment seems fitting.
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I made a fix for Pulstar some time ago for Cowering but it has never made it past the WIP part of the cheat file. But in the meantime it may help:-
pulstar:0:1016AD:A4:000:Invincibility PL1
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[This Invincibility cheat is]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[really buggy, but the above]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[cheat gets turned off when ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[fighting the end of stage ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[bosses on Stage 5 -Cowering]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[let me know if there are ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[other levels please. Only ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[enable it when it's needed ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[and turn it off as soon as ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[you fire the last shot that]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[kills the boss - otherwise ]
pulstar:0:000000:00:999:[the game will hang!! ]
pulstar:0:104556:14:000:Buggy E.InvincibilityPL1
pulstar:0:104557:40:500:Buggy E.InvincibilityPL1(2/2)
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CheatFinder General I salute you but my seeming gratitude is marred with a slight doubt ? how will I know when it?s the last shot?!

Tourniquet ? Thanks for the info on VIEWPOINT, no-one to chastise here then (joke). With regards to your comment, ?A simple "Doesn't work for final boss" type comment seems fitting.? Well, personally, I thought no comment on my comment seemed fitting?..!!!

Kitsune Sniper ? I?m grateful for your desire to help, you need only examine SAVAGE REIGN and WINDJAMMERS as the other two have been ?sorted? (sort of).
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Post by Kitsune Sniper »

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; [ Savage Reign / Fu'un Mokushiroku - kakutou sousei ]
savagere:0:1084A8:59:000:Infinite Time
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[   Free player selection   ]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[  Use at selection screen  ]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[  Sorry, solo mode ONLY.   ]
savagere:0:1043C3:0A:000:Play with King Lion [End Boss]
savagere:0:1043C3:0B:000:Play with Angry Chung
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[The following energy cheats]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[ are not perfect; the game ]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[changes where it stores the]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[energy value at random. If ]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[ one doesn't work, try the ]
savagere:0:000000:00:999:[         next one.         ]
savagere:0:100695:F0:000:Infinite Energy P1 (1)
savagere:0:100F95:F0:000:Infinite Energy P1 (2)
savagere:0:102895:F0:000:Infinite Energy P1 (3)
savagere:0:105795:F0:000:Infinite Energy P1 (4)
savagere:0:100695:F0:000:Flashing Energy P1 (1)
savagere:0:100F95:F0:000:Flashing Energy P1 (2)
savagere:0:102895:F0:000:Flashing Energy P1 (3)
savagere:0:105795:F0:000:Flashing Energy P1 (4)
savagere:0:107195:F0:000:Infinite Energy P2 (1)
savagere:0:100495:F0:000:Infinite Energy P2 (2)
savagere:0:100995:F0:000:Infinite Energy P2 (3)
savagere:0:105B95:F0:000:Infinite Energy P2 (4)
savagere:0:107195:F0:000:Flashing Energy P2 (1)
savagere:0:100495:F0:000:Flashing Energy P2 (2)
savagere:0:100995:F0:000:Flashing Energy P2 (3)
savagere:0:105B95:F0:000:Flashing Energy P2 (4)
As you can see, Savage Reign's energy data is not always stored on one memory location. I only found out four different locations for it, though I'm sure there must be dozens if not hundreds more.

I also fixed the boss code. It wouldn't work, so I changed the cheat type from 001 to 000. Boom, it works now. :smile: There are lots of cheats that are incorrectly set to 001... It'll take me some time, but I'll find them and fix'em all! (... that sounded like something out of Pokemon. Apologies. ^_^;;)
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Last Blade has a cheat deficit ? it is bereft of an infinite energy cheat. So this too needs attention.

I?m only alerting you to these failings, not out of selfish desire but to make the cheat.dat as comprehensive as possible.
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