<s>
GameShark	B-Device
is	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
cheat	O
cartridges	O
and	O
other	O
products	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
console	O
video	O
game	O
systems	O
and	O
Windows-based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Mad	O
Catz	O
,	O
which	O
marketed	O
GameShark	B-Device
products	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
load	O
cheat	O
codes	O
from	O
GameShark	B-Device
discs	O
or	O
cartridges	O
onto	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
internal	O
or	O
external	O
memory	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
loaded	O
,	O
the	O
selected	O
cheats	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
original	O
GameShark	B-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
it	O
came	O
with	O
4,000	O
preloaded	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Codes	O
could	O
be	O
entered	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Genie	I-Device
,	O
codes	O
were	O
saved	O
in	O
the	O
onboard	O
flash	O
memory	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
accessed	O
later	O
rather	O
than	O
having	O
to	O
be	O
reentered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	O
Saturn	O
and	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
consoles	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GameShark	B-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
in	O
late	O
August	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
GameShark	B-Device
also	O
bypasses	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
regional	O
lockout	O
,	O
allowing	O
games	O
from	O
any	O
region	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
