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GameShark Labs
A sculptural obsidian shark charging through a sky-blue digital ocean.

From the people behind the ’90s cheat-code era

For the people who never stopped playing the classics.

A vault, a device, and a book, made by players who grew up on these games.

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Backed by 1,126 Kickstarter backers · $109,040 raised, 1,090% funded.

154
Games open (15 Sep 2026)
2,937
Guide sections published (15 Sep 2026)
Atari → PS2
Era of coverage
Sourced
Codes checked against cited facts

Three ways in

A vault, a device, and a book.

One canon of player ingenuity (cheat codes, exploits, glitches, and lore) delivered three ways.

The idea

The whole culture of the cheat-device era, set down properly.

Every competitor organizes retro content by genre or community consensus. None apply a systematic lens to the full spectrum of player ingenuity. We make that lens explicit — and build the tools to live in it.

01 · The Vault

SharkVault

Original, cited guides to the canon of classic games, built toward the Top 500 and searchable from day one.

02 · The Device

RetroShark

A planned retro console that reads the game state as you play and surfaces the right code when you need it. Bring your own games.

03 · The Book

The Compendium

A definitive hardcover of the codes, the devices, and the schoolyard lore. Built to outlive your console.

GameShark Labs · AI

AI in service of the games we grew up with.

We use AI where it earns the spot, drafting guides and indexing thousands of codes. Every section passes a sourced-facts gate before it ships.

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The GameShark Labs shark-fin mark as an obsidian sculpture with a sky-blue edge glow.

Who’s building it

Players who grew up on these games.

Follow along

We’re building this in the open.

Shark Tips, prototype footage, and the codes as we verify them, posted as we go. Two places to find us, depending on what you’re here for.

GameShark Labs

The official accounts. Company news, product releases, and the build-in-public log.

GameShark Now Community

Where the retro community actually hangs out: deep-dives, drops, and day-to-day conversation. Run alongside the official channels, not in place of them.