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Metroid ※ Cracking VG Passwords S2e2

Bisqwit

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  • Presented by Joel Yliluoma
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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

37K views7 years ago1 recommendation

SecurityGame developmentReverse engineeringCryptographyRetro games and consoles

Joel Yliluoma explains how the password system in the NES game Metroid works and how to reverse engineer and crack it.

In the advent of 1990 I played NES games a lot. Knowing nothing about programming but being geekish by nature, I obsessed over cracking the password systems in those games. In this series we will study some of these systems. Become a member: youtube.com/Bisqwit/join Twitter: twitter.com/RealBisqwit Patreon: patreon.com/Bisqwit (alternatives at iki.fi/bisqwit/donate.html) Twitch: twitch.tv/RealBisqwit Homepage: iki.fi/bisqwit/ You can contribute subtitles: youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=wiOalxCQ1Mw Downloads: iki.fi/bisqwit/jkp2/metroid-passwords.cc github.com/bisqwit/password_codecs

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What people say. Recommended as an excellent deep dive into retro video game password systems and reverse engineering.

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