Homebrew Question How to enter cheats in Retroarch

[Cheshy]

When I use the cheat updater in Retroarch, I get a blank progress bar that doesn't mention cheat.zip or extracting it at all.
I am currently trying to add a Rare Candy cheat to my Fire Red to make it just a little bit easier to level up the Magikarp you get from the ripoff merchant in the Mt Moon Pokemon Center.
I always buy that Magikarp to get Gyarados sooner, but I don't feel like grinding it this time!

 

[Mythical]

Manually download full retroarch off the website and install it and try again, alternatively you could just edit your save/save state or use fast forward to save you more time overall without cheating (other than the speed boost of course, which imo is relatively not harmful to the gameplay compared to flat out rare candies)