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                    GameBoy Game Genie Programing Guide
                       Version 2
                    By Nick Joslin
                       [email protected]
                       created 08/13/96
               
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  The reason for this file is to show how to program the GameBoy Game
Genie, and to tell you what to do with the Last three digits on it.




  First the most important thing to know when programing The Game Boy 
Game Genie is how to count in, what is called hex. Have I turned you
off or scared you? I hope not. Counting in Hex is so easy that a 5 
Year old could do it. It's that easy. 




  We all know how to count from 0 to 10. Don't we. If you don't you've 
picked up the wrong file. I'm sure you do know how to count from 0 to
10 though. Well counting in hex is just like counting from 0 to 10, 
but hex has 6 extra digits. Huh? SIX EXTRA DIGITS!!!! 
That must mean that counting from 0 to 10, in hex, is like counting 
from 0 to 16, the regular way. The regular way is called decimal. 
(An inacurite reason that this is so is because the Aliens that
made the Gameboy Game Genie have 8 fingers on each hand. And rather 
then make it easy for us to use, made it easy for themselves to use.)




  Just what are the new digits. The new digits are A, B, C, D, E, F.
Yes. The new digits are A to F. They are what you would normaly call 
letters. They're not letters now. How do I use the new digits?
Like this:
00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 0A, 0B, 0C, 0D, 0E, 0F, 10
Yes I just counted from 0 to 10 in Hex. Easy wasn't it. Notice that
I put a leading 0 on each of the numbers. When counting on the Gameboy
you may have to put in one or two leading 0's. Most of the spaces must
have some thing in them. So use a 0.
What? You have a question? How do I count above 10?
Very easy. Very easy.
What normaly comes after 10? Answer 11
I'm sure you can get from 10 to 19. Can you guess what comes after 19?
I'll bet you can. Would it be 1A. Yes it would.  
(10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 20)
Do you think that you can count to 100 now? I'll bet you can. Just 
remember to include the new digits.




Now on to the Programing.




Positions on a GBGG
(1 2)(3 - 4 5)(6) - (7 8) 9






Positions 1 & 2 are used together. They represent a two digit number.
They represent what you are changing, the number in the cartrige to.
This Number ranges from 00 to FF. Remember we're counting in hex.
Your highest number FF Hex=255 Decimal. Your lowest 00 Hex=00 Decimal.




Positions 3, 4, & 5 represent an address in the cartrige. 
An address points to what is changed by positions 1 & 2.
You must fill all positions. You can start with 000 and go to FFF.
(000, 001, 002, ... 010, 011, 012, ... 0FF, 100, 101, 102, ... FFF)
Just count in hex. 
 
Position 6 is counted from 8 to F If you put in a lower value the Game
Boy Game Genie will just add 8 to it. So a 0 will become 8, a 1 goes to
9, and so on. Position 6 is Just like an address position.
You can only count from 8 to F with it though. You should consider it
as being in front of Positions 3, 4, & 5. If I were to count in a 
straight maner I would start with position 6 with the number 8.
Then I would count with positions 3, 4, & 5. I would go from 000 to FFF.
Then when I got to address FFF(positions 3,4,5),8(position 6), I would 
change the FFF to 000 and up position 6 by 1 to 9. I would end up with
0009 for postions 3 thur 6. Not too hard is it. 






Positions 7, 8, & 9 are the most complicated. 
When Positions 7,8,&9 do not have anything in them any code you make 
will change more then one address in the cartrige. I estimate that it
may be a many as 16 address'. The main propose of positions 7, 8, & 9
is to tell your code which of those 16 address' to pick from, and 
limit it to just one address. It does that by using positions 7, 8, & 9
to tell the code what the original value of the address is. When the
game genie looks at the address and it isn't the value, chosen by 
postions 7, 8, 9 , then it won't change that address. But when the 
address has that value, chosen by postions 7, 8, 9, then it will change
the value at that address to the new value you have chosen. (The value
in postions 1 & 2.)




Positions 7 & 8, always have one of 16 sets of numbers.
The sets are: 
08   19   2A   3B  4C   5D   6E   7F
80   91   A2   B3  C4   D5   E6   F7
NEVER USE ANY OTHER NUMBERS IN SPACES 7 AND 8.
Those sixteen are it. They will lead you to the right set




x x x-x x x-0 8 x




Space nine you just count up from 0 to F then change 08 to the next
prefix. When you are looking for codes you should just leave positions
7,8,&9 blank. 




When you are first looking for codes you should not put any thing in
postions 7,8,9. This will allow the gamegenie to make more changes then
It would if you filled postions 7,8,9. You will then have a better
chance to find a code that does something.




When you have found a code that you like, you may find that the code 
has many side effects. These are effects that you don't want to have.
Let us take as an example a code I made for Kirby's Dream Land 2 for 
game boy. I started looking for codes at xx0-008 (xx is a number from
00 to FF. I used 40), and I didn't fill postions 7,8,9.
I used a value for postions 1 and 2 of 40. The code now looks like 
400-008. I counted three at a time 400-008, 400-018, 400-028. You have
three lines for codes so use them. Sometime you will hit places that 
cause a crash. You should try going through those places by sometimes
changing the value of postions 1 & 2. Or by doing just one code at a
time. Its up to you.




When I got the 403-7E8 I had an interesting suprise. Kirby walked
through all his enemys. Here was a code to work with. I then tried 
changing the value of postions 1 & 2. I started at 00 and was going to
work my way up, but that change made Kirby Invicible. Wow!!! What a 
great code, But unfortunatly the code has side effects.
Some of the side effects caused the complete loss of all saved games.
If only I could find the numbers for spaces 7 to 9. This would limit
the effects to just one effect. The effect of inviciblity.
Only one set of three numbers in postions 7,8,9 will let the code work
right.
Here is how you can do it.
All of the codes that galoub makes have one of 16 sets of numbers in
postions 7 and 8.
The sets are:
08   19   2A   3B  4C   5D   6E   7F
80   91   A2   B3  C4   D5   E6   F7
NEVER USE ANY OTHER NUMBERS IN SPACES 7 AND 8.
Those sixteen are it. They will lead you to the right set
_ _ _-_ _ _-_ _ _
x x x x x x 0 8 x
Space nine you just count up 0 to F then when your changing F to 0, in
postion 9, change postions 7 and 8 to the next prefix.
There are 256 possible combinations.
You should just put one code in three times, but with the last three
digits counting up.
003-7E8-080
003-7E8-081
003-7E8-082
Each of those codes affect a different address in the cartrige and do
not interfere with each other. When you hit the right code it will 
work. You should can then try each of the codes one at a time. 
Start from the first of the three codes and find out which one it was.
You now have a correct code.




On Kirby's dream land 2 the code went from 003-7E8 to 003-7E8-B3A.
(Invincible code Kirby turns gray)
Without the correct numbers in postions 7,8,9 the code has many 
problems.
Here is a list of the problems that go away when you have the correct
values in postions 7,8,9.
1: You had to turn off the code to pick up any animal friend.
2: On level 5-2 if you go through the second door of the level the game
crashes and can delete all saved games.
3: on level 6-2 some enemes disapair.
4: on level 6-3 second part the layout of the room is messed up so you
can't get though.
The correct last three digits does away with all those problems.




Code for Kirby's dream land 2  003-7E8-B3A Invincible and Kirby
                                              turns gray
created by Nick Joslin
           [email protected]
        on 04/18/96






The table that follows has the Hex value and the value for postions 
7, 8, & 9. If you know the original value of the code you can use this
table to just look for address' that have that value. 




            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       00      E6A         0  |        01      E6E         1
       02      E62         2  |        03      E66         3
       04      F7A         4  |        05      F7E         5
       06      F72         6  |        07      F76         7
       08      C4A         8  |        09      C4E         9
       0A      C42        10  |        0B      C46        11
       0C      D5A        12  |        0D      D5E        13
       0E      D52        14  |        0F      D56        15
   ----------------------------------------------------------------
       10      A2A        16  |        11      A2E        17 
       12      A22        18  |        13      A26        19
       14      B3A        20  |        15      B3E        21 
       16      B32        22  |        17      B36        23 
       18      80A        24  |        19      80E        25  
       1A      802        26  |        1B      806        27 
       1C      91A        28  |        1D      91E        29 
       1E      912        30  |        1F      916        31 
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       20      6EA        32  |        21      6EE        33 
       22      6E2        34  |        23      6E6        35 
       24      7FA        36  |        25      7FE        37 
       26      7F2        38  |        27      7F6        39 
       28      4CA        40  |        29      4CE        41 
       2A      4C2        42  |        2B      4C6        43 
       2C      5DA        44  |        2D      5DE        45 
       2E      5D2        46  |        2F      5D6        47 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
       30      2AA        48  |        31      2AE        49 
       32      2A2        50  |        33      2A6        51 
       34      3BA        52  |        35      3BE        53 
       36      3B2        54  |        37      3B6        55 
       38      08A        56  |        39      08E        57 
       3A      082        58  |        3B      086        59 
       3C      19A        60  |        3D      19E        61 
       3E      192        62  |        3F      196        63 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       40      E6B        64  |        41      E6F        65 
       42      E63        66  |        43      E67        67 
       44      F7B        68  |        45      F7F        69 
       46      F73        70  |        47      F77        71 
       48      C4B        72  |        49      C4F        73 
       4A      C43        74  |        4B      C47        75 
       4C      D58        76  |        4D      D5F        77 
       4E      D53        78  |        4F      D57        79 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
       50      A2B        80  |        51      A2F        81 
       52      A23        82  |        53      A27        83 
       54      B3B        84  |        55      B3F        85 
       56      B33        86  |        57      B37        87 
       58      80B        88  |        59      80F        89 
       5A      803        90  |        5B      807        91 
       5C      91B        92  |        5D      91F        93 
       5E      913        94  |        5F      927        95 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       60      6EB        96  |        61      6EF        97 
       62      6E3        98  |        63      6E7        99 
       64      7FB       100  |        65      7FF       101 
       66      7F3       102  |        67      7F7       103 
       68      4CB       104  |        69      4CF       105 
       6A      4C3       106  |        6B      4C7       107 
       6C      5DB       108  |        6D      5DF       109 
       6E      5D3       110  |        6F      5D7       111 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
       70      2AB       112  |        71      2AF       113 
       72      2A3       114  |        73      2A7       115 
       74      3BB       116  |        75      3BF       117 
       76      3B3       118  |        77      3B7       119 
       78      08B       120  |        79      08F       121 
       7A      083       122  |        7B      087       123 
       7C      19B       124  |        7D      19F       125 
       7E      193       126  |        7F      197       127 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       80      E68       128  |        81      E6C       129 
       82      E60       130  |        83      E64       131 
       84      F78       132  |        85      F7C       133 
       86      F70       134  |        87      F74       135 
       88      C48       136  |        89      C4C       137 
       8A      C40       138  |        8B      C44       139 
       8C      D58       140  |        8D      D5C       141 
       8E      D50       142  |        8F      D54       143 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
       90      A28       144  |        91      A2C       145 
       92      A20       146  |        93      A24       147 
       94      B38       148  |        95      B3C       149 
       96      B30       150  |        97      B34       151 
       98      808       152  |        99      80C       153 
       9A      800       154  |        9B      804       155 
       9C      918       156  |        9D      91C       157 
       9E      910       158  |        9F      914       159 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       A0      6E8       160  |        A1      6EC       161 
       A2      6E0       162  |        A3      6E4       163 
       A4      7F8       164  |        A5      7FC       165 
       A6      7F0       166  |        A7      7F4       167 
       A8      4C8       168  |        A9      4CC       169 
       AA      4C0       170  |        AB      4C4       171 
       AC      5D8       172  |        AD      5DC       173 
       AE      5D0       174  |        AF      5D4       175 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
       B0      2A8       176  |        B1      2AC       177 
       B2      2A0       178  |        B3      2A4       179 
       B4      3B8       180  |        B5      3BC       181 
       B6      3B0       182  |        B7      3B4       183 
       B8      088       184  |        B9      08C       185 
       BA      080       186  |        BB      084       187 
       BC      198       188  |        BD      19C       189 
       BE      190       190  |        BF      194       191 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       C0      E69       192  |        C1      E6D       193 
       C2      E61       194  |        C3      E65       195 
       C4      F79       196  |        C5      F7D       197 
       C6      F71       198  |        C7      F75       199 
       C8      C49       200  |        C9      C4D       201 
       CA      C41       202  |        CB      C45       203 
       CC      D59       204  |        CD      D5D       205 
       CE      D51       206  |        CF      D55       207 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
       D0      A29       208  |        D1      A2D       209 
       D2      A21       210  |        D3      A25       211 
       D4      B39       212  |        D5      B3D       213 
       D6      B31       214  |        D7      B35       215 
       D8      809       216  |        D9      80D       217 
       DA      801       218  |        DB      805       219 
       DC      919       220  |        DD      91D       221 
       DE      911       222  |        DF      915       223 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
            Postion   Decmial              Postion   Decmial 
Hex value    7,8,&9     value | Hex value   7,8,&9     value  
       E0      6E9       224  |        E1      6ED       225 
       E2      6E1       226  |        E3      6E5       227 
       E4      7F9       228  |        E5      7FD       229 
       E6      7F1       230  |        E7      7F5       231 
       E8      4C9       232  |        E9      4CD       233 
       EA      4C1       234  |        EB      4C5       235 
       EC      5D9       236  |        ED      5DD       237 
       EE      5D1       238  |        EF      5D5       239 
  ----------------------------------------------------------------- 
       F0      2A9       240  |        F1      2AD       241 
       F2      2A1       242  |        F3      2A5       243 
       F4      3B9       244  |        F5      3BD       245 
       F6      3B1       246  |        F7      3B5       247 
       F8      089       248  |        F9      08D       249 
       FA      081       250  |        FB      085       251 
       FC      199       252  |        FD      19D       253 
       FE      191       254  |        FF      195       255 




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