Turns out the solution was right under my nose. It appears that this updated folder had a functional Spirit Tracks C-Stick cheat than the one provided first provided by shoco which worked for me. I have nothing else to say but that I am grateful for you tech savy guys helping us out to play...
So, I have been reading up on all of this and have gotten to this point. I have already corrected the cheat's checksum to my specific rom (with the Dpad patch). The cheat appears in the cheats list and activates as it should. However, when I finally get to use the C stick it still acts as if it...
I went to a garage sell last saturday, and the lady had a PS2 for sale, but she had a sign on it that said "Nintendo -$50", had to laugh, almost bought but she didn't know if worked, and she didn't have controller or cables, so I passed.