Guru setup

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Guru - Added international voices to the talking hand. I will add more features to it soon. Guru - bug fixes some users experiencing audio looping this should now be resolved. Guru layout is finished, and the site is starting to take shape. More work is needed to the main site, as soon as thats finished, I will be adding more tools. The codes provided by Studio 3DO are reliable -- they do what they say they will, and I never had problems with a game becoming damaged to the point that it was unplayable.

However, because these codes do modify game files in ways not intended by the developers, users should be cautious using them. The list of codes is somewhat incomplete, encompassing many older games but not newer releases for example, cheats for Descent are included, but nothing for Descent II. The Code Library also allows you to import cheat codes created by other Game Guru users -- there are additional codes available on 3DO's web page and on the Official Unofficial Game Guru web page.

Codes downloaded from these sites should be treated with extra caution, as they are usually not verified and in some cases scrambled my save game files so that they were no longer usable. The Code Generator is the most useful part of Game Guru and the only part that makes it worth looking at. It provides utilities to analyze save game files to determine where game information such as the number of lives, weapons, shields power, etc.

The search functions are very well done and make it relatively simple for a novice to use. Once you have analyzed your save games, Game Guru helps you build new cheat codes to change game settings, such as adding more lives. It can take some experimenting to find the right settings for the cheat you want, but once you have a working cheat code you can add it to your Code Library and share it with other Game Guru users.

One of the biggest complaints I have about Game Guru is its installation. The program ships on a protected floppy disk -- you cannot make a backup copy of the diskette before installing.

You are also limited to a maximum of three installations from the diskette. If you need to install the software a fourth time for whatever reason or if the original disk is damaged, you must obtain a replacement disk from 3DO. This style of software protection was common 10 to 15 years ago, but is unacceptable today. You don't even have the option to uninstall the software and restore an install "count" to the floppy. DOS 5.