N64 Equalizer was a different product to the Action Replay

[turmoni]

I'm in my semi-regular attempt to see whether I can fix the Action Replay I broke about twenty years ago with a dodgy flash attempt, and I was glad to see all this stuff collected into one place now, so thanks for that! (I've still not succeeded, mind.)

Anyway, the N64 Action Replay pages mention that various other products are the same hardware, just branded for different markets. I think the Equalizer is an exception here, because it was marketed as a budget offering, and possibly looks like a slightly older model of the AR, hardware-wise, without the parallel port. I'm pretty sure both were sold to the UK at the same time, with the Equalizer being under half the price of the AR.

See:

https://web.archive.org/web/20001202105700/http://www.codejunkies.com:80/actionreplayron64.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20001109012400/http://www.codejunkies.com/EqualizerN64.htm

Regarding CodeJunkies, that isn't a subsidiary of Datel, it's just their consumer-facing web site as of some time in the early 2000s (see https://www.datel.co.uk/codejunkies.html ).

Edit: whilst doing this research I also found an archived n64utils.zip that contains an ar3.enc that you don't seem to have: https://web.archive.org/web/20001003014449/http://www.codejunkies.com/_binaries/n64utils.zip

[parasyte]

I think your interpretation is sort of correct.

• "Action Replay" and "Pro Action Replay" were the same product with slightly different labels.
• "Action Replay Professional" was a different product line. An LPT port replaced the SMC slot.
• "Equalizer" was a rebranded "Action Replay" after the "Action Replay Professional" was released.

So, it's isn't rebranded for a different market, but was rebranded for marketing purposes.