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How to Burn & Use Gameshark

Original PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 game discs from Sony are often expensive. Therefore, creating backup copies of your original game CD or DVDs can help protect your investment. Replacing an inexpensive writable disc is much easier to bear than having to replacing a costly original. However, most firmware versions for the PS2 or PS3 do not recognize games on burned discs. To play games from backup discs, you must purchase a burnable version of GameShark and use the application to boot your PS2 or PS3 before you can run games burned or copied on backup discs.

Things You'll Need

PS2 or PS3 GameShark 2 or (downloadable version)
USB flash drive
CD/DVD burner drive
Blank CD
CD authoring program
Copied PS2 or PS3 game on a CD or DVD

Instructions

- 1
  Navigate to the GameShark.com website and purchase a license for the version of GameShark you want to use ̵1; PS2 or PS3. When making your purchase, select the ̶0;Downloadable̶1; version and not the ̶0;Ship me a disc̶1; option.
- 2
  Open your email application and click the link in the message you receive from GameShark.com. Download GameShark and save it to a folder on your PC. Also, download the USB flash drive file and save it to your computer.
- 3
  Insert a blank CD into the burner drive of your computer. Open the CD authoring application on your PC and follow the prompts for burning an image, or ISO, to the blank disc. Remove the disc from the burner drive when prompted.
- 4
  Click ̶0;Start,̶1; then ̶0;Computer.̶1; Open the folder where you saved the USB file from the GameShark.com website. Copy the file to your USB flash drive. If you have any other files on the flash drive, delete them before copying the file you downloaded from the GameShark.com website. Disconnect the USB flash drive from your computer.
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  Power off your PS2 or PS3 if you have not already done so. Insert the USB flash drive into an available USB port on the PS2 or PS3. Power on your PlayStation console and press the eject button on the face of the unit. Insert the GameShark CD you created earlier and close the tray. Wait a few seconds for the GameShark program menu to appear on your television screen.
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  Press the down-arrow button on your controller to scroll to the ̶0;Start Game̶1; option on the menu screen. Press the ̶0;X̶1; button on the controller and insert the copied game disc you want to play into the drive tray of your PlayStation when prompted with the ̶0;Please insert game disc then press X to continue̶1; message. Press the ̶0;X̶1; button on the controller. Wait a few seconds for the game to load from the copied game disc. Play the game as you normally would.

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