DraStic

Finally get it working... Here is how I solve this:

1. Open my cheat database in the right character set (SJIS) and export it to xml in UTF-8
2. Close the R4 cheat code editor and reopen it. Import the xml file
3. Export it to dat in UTF-8

I tried directly save it as dat but does not work ...

Those cheats are likely using either GBK or BIG5 for their encoding (heck, I guess they could be UTF-8 for all I know), and I don't believe DraStic handles non-ASCII cheat names at the moment.
I am guessing if you can get the resource rom (the original-i.e. a japanese rom, a us rom or a euro rom ...

I use DraStic to play some Chinese games localized by non-official groups, and I also have Chinese cheats for them. While the games run without any problems, the cheats can hardly be used. It seems that the cheat database in the game menu does not support Chinese characters and all texts become ...