my r4 and my action replay

hi my mate let me borrow his action replay but when i tried to cheat on a game on my r4 it froze can anyone help?

you don't need an action replay device to use cheats on R4, the action replay functionality is built into the firmware. An actual AR device probably will not work with a flashcart.

AR doesn't work i tried you have to put the cheat fileson your r4

ok thanks so how do i put the cheat file on my r4. do i have to download one?

yes, it can be downloaded from cheats.gbatemp.net

i can't get on to the website it says internet explorer cannot display the page.

ok i got on to the website but i dont have a clue about which one to download. theres a massive long list. any help?

http://cheats.gbatemp.net/files/04_16_09_CHEAT.DAT.ziporhttp://cheats.gbatemp.net/files/04_16_09_USRCHEAT.DAT.zipI'm not sure which one is for R4. Note that R4 and some clones have problems reading cheat files above a certain size, so games at the end of the alphabet may not show on the cheat list. This can be solved by using this cheat file: http://cheats.gbatemp.net/latest/CHEAT(UE).DAT.zip which does not contain cheats for any japanese games.

when i saved it and it downloaded and it went in to a folder do i have to extract it? i know you have to extract the games.

yes, it is a zip file. Windows XP/vista can open zip files as if they were folders.

ok this might sound stupid but the file is on my r4 but what do i do now?

when you choose a game there should be an extra button to select cheats for that game.

no there isnt

then cheats need to be enabled somewhere. I don't have an R4 so I don't know anymore than that.

ok thanks for your help. is there any one else who can help me?

someone who has an R4 will answer when they see this.

ok guess i will just have to check back tomorrow. thanks for your help.

Preferably you would use usrcheat.dat, cheat.dat was commonly supported better in older firmwares, for even older models of the R4. If you have it in the _system_ folder, highlight one of your games. It will show the header information, and there should be a little Cheat (Y) button below it (if there are cheats for that game in the database). If so, tap it or click Y, enable, and Save. If there is no button, consider switching to YSMenu firmware, or use R4CCE by Yasu, in order to delete most of the entries by modifying the database, or move the games you want higher in the list :)

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