GameShark Labs presents
The SharkVault
The strategy guides you wish GameFAQs had written. Cheat codes, controller exploits, glitches, easter eggs, and schoolyard lore — the full spectrum of player ingenuity, organized as one ranked canon of classic and retro games, Atari through PS2.
Backed by 1,165 Kickstarter backers · invite-only beta. Already invited? Sign in
Donkey Kong 64
151
Games live
333
In editorial
1,963
Sections published
484
Original paintings
20
Platforms covered
1,165
Kickstarter founders
Founding Member · Road to GTA VI
Vice City is coming back. Prep for GTA VI with the team that wrote the book on cheat codes.
Grand Theft Auto VI · launching
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Become a Founding Member →Early access to the complete GTA vault — lock in the founding rate for life before GTA VI drops.
Original art for every game
Every game in the canon gets an original atmospheric painting — hand-airbrushed in the style of a ’90s strategy-guide cover, not a box shot scraped off a wiki.
- Donkey Kong 64
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Final Fantasy VIII
Super Mario 64
A look inside · Spotlight
Random pick · Top 10
Hall of FameTop 10Why This Game Matters
Final Fantasy VII(1997)
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We actually beat these
Every code, glitch, and easter egg, written by people who finished the game and cross-checked the facts — not scraped off a wiki.
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Era-faithful voice
Reads like a coffee-table book by someone who ran the cheat-code BBS — because it is one: the same canon is headed to print as The GameShark Cheat Code Compendium by GameShark Labs. Knowledgeable, irreverent, deeply versed in cheat-device culture.
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The full canon
Hall of Fame is shipping first. Then Era Definers, Canon Completers, and Deep Cuts — 100 ranked, with 500 in the long-term canon. Searchable, mobile, ad-free.
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You pick what's next
Members vote on which games enter the canon next — the roadmap is steered from inside the beta, not by committee.
Join the waitlist to get a vote →EcosystemSharkVault syncs to RetroShark hardware — coming soon.
Featured guides
- Road to GTA VIPrep the trilogy — GTA III, Vice City & San Andreas — before Vice City returns.
- Metal Gear Solid, decodedCodec secrets, stealth exploits, and boss tactics across the PlayStation-era trilogy.
- Final Fantasy VII, masteredMateria builds, chocobo breeding, and the real secrets of the 1997 original.
1,165 Kickstarter backers are already inside — as numbered Founders.
Everyone who backed the campaign holds a permanent Founder number — #0001 through #1165 — carried on their profile across the vault. The beta is invite-only; the waitlist is how the next wave gets in.
Join the waitlist →What's already in the vault
Hall of Fame is the top ~100, ranked by cultural impact and innovation; Era Definers, Canon Completers, and Deep Cuts expand the canon toward 500 over time.
