SharkVault Is Live You’re Already Inside.
15 days ago
– Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 12:55:29 PM
SharkVault Is Live
On September 15, we opened SharkVault to everyone.
154 games are live now, including the Grand Theft Auto guides.
Every Kickstarter backer already has access.
No purchase needed.
No code needed.
Just sign in with the same email address you used to back the campaign.
Your Founder number is already waiting on your profile.
Go to:
sharkvault.gamesharklabs.com
Shark Tip:
Use the email address this update reached you at.
If sign-in doesn’t recognize you, don’t create a second account.
Email: [email protected]
What’s Inside SharkVault
Live now:
154 games open to read
2,937 sections
768,000 words of original writing
3,563 facts checked against 1,661 cited sources
Original backdrop art for every canon game
Searchable, mobile, and ad-free
The Digital Compendium is also in the Vault:
100 of 100 chapters
25,161 codes
Readable in the browser
Every backer gets one full year of member access free, through September 15, 2027.
Code Vault access follows your reward tier.
If your pledge included Code Vault, your searchable archive is live.
The physical book is in prepress.
Current plan: print in November, ship in December.
Go break some games.
Todd Hays
Founder, GameShark Labs
You Backed the Beginning. Here’s What Comes Next.
about 1 month ago
– Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 05:54:30 PM
You Backed the Beginning. Here’s What Comes Next.
First and foremost, thank you.
Thank you for your patience, your support, and for believing in what we’re building.
We know many of you have been waiting for a meaningful update, and you deserve one. There has been a tremendous amount happening behind the scenes, and we want to be clear about one thing right away:
We have not slowed down. We have not backed away from our commitments. We are charging ahead.
Our goal is not only to deliver what you backed, but to give our Kickstarter backers considerably more than what was originally promised.
The GameShark Cheat Code Compendium
The GameShark Cheat Code Compendium has been in active development for months.
We’ve been researching, writing, organizing, checking, and compiling a massive amount of material, because this project was never meant to be a random dump of codes. It needs to be worthy of the GameShark name.
This is a preservation project, a celebration of the cheat code era, and a tribute to one of the most exciting periods in gaming history.
Our current schedule is to go to print in November, with shipping planned for December.
SharkVault Is Coming, and Every Backer Gets One Year Free
One of the things we’re most excited about is SharkVault, the digital evolution of the code archive we originally envisioned.
SharkVault has grown far beyond the original digital archive concept. Our intention is to make it a living digital resource for GameShark codes, gaming information, secrets, strategies, discoveries, and ongoing updates.
Because of your support, every Kickstarter backer will receive one full year of SharkVault access at no additional cost.
And for the backers who supported the upgraded Vault-related tiers, we have not forgotten you.
You will receive lifetime access to SharkVault. Forever.
That higher-level support matters, and we want to make sure those backers receive exactly the long-term access they signed up for.
So the simple version is this:
Every Kickstarter backer gets a full year of SharkVault.
Backers who upgraded for lifetime Vault access get lifetime Vault access.
My GameShark and InterAct Tell-All Book Arrives October 15
I’ve also been writing the behind-the-scenes story of GameShark, InterAct Accessories, and the incredible era of the video game industry we were lucky enough to be part of.
This book covers the products, retailers, personalities, successes, failures, battles, wild decisions, and behind-closed-doors moments that most people have never heard.
We’re making the complete book available free to every Kickstarter backer on October 15.
It’s another way of saying thank you to the people who helped bring the Shark back to life.
RetroShark Has Become Bigger Than We Originally Envisioned
At the same time, our engineering team has been moving quickly on the final development of RetroShark.
And along the way, something exciting has happened:
RetroShark has become substantially better and more ambitious than the product we originally described.
The progress has been strong enough that GameStop has expressed serious interest in an exclusive retail relationship for RetroShark.
Most importantly, we have not forgotten the people who supported us first.
When RetroShark launches, our Kickstarter backers will have the opportunity to purchase it at special below-market backer pricing. Our intention is for backers to receive access at the same time the product reaches retail.
You believed in us before RetroShark existed, and we want you participating in its launch.
Our First GameShark Video Game Is Already Nearly 50% Coded
We’re also doing something we didn’t originally promise at all.
We’re building our first GameShark video game.
Development is moving quickly, and the programming is approaching 50% completion.
We’ll have much more to show as development progresses, but once again, Kickstarter backers will receive substantial discounts and special access when the game becomes available.
CodeBoy Is Back
We’ve also completed Issue Zero of our new GameShark CodeBoy comic book.
For longtime GameShark fans, CodeBoy is another way for us to reconnect the history of the brand with what we’re building for the future.
We can’t wait for you to see it.
And We May Not Be Finished
We’re also studying the possibility of bringing back two legendary InterAct products in completely modern forms.
We’re exploring a new HandyBoy, designed around Nintendo Switch 2, as well as the return of the ProgramPad, reimagined for today’s consoles and PCs.
These are still concepts under evaluation, so we are not promising them yet. But we wanted our backers to know just how seriously we’re thinking about rebuilding this family of products.
You Backed More Than a Book
We recognize that this Kickstarter has taken longer than any of us originally anticipated, and we genuinely appreciate your patience.
But we hope this update makes something clear:
We haven’t been sitting still.
We’ve been writing.
We’ve been researching.
We’ve been coding.
We’ve been engineering.
We’ve been creating.
We’ve been building.
The GameShark Cheat Code Compendium is moving toward November printing and December shipping.
Every Kickstarter backer will receive one year of SharkVault access at no additional cost.
Backers who upgraded for lifetime SharkVault access will receive lifetime access.
The GameShark and InterAct tell-all book arrives free for backers on October 15.
RetroShark is rapidly approaching its final form and has attracted serious retail interest.
Our first GameShark video game is approaching 50% completion.
CodeBoy Issue Zero is complete.
And we’re exploring what comes next, including the possible return of HandyBoy and ProgramPad.
Most importantly, we have not forgotten who helped us get here.
You did.
Our Kickstarter community believed in the return of GameShark before any of these new projects existed. That’s why we’re committed to making sure our backers receive more value, more access, more content, and more opportunities than we originally promised.
Thank you for hanging in there with us.
We’re working as fast as we can, and we’re just getting started.
The Shark is back.
