Posts tagged "reversing"
Fixing ScummVM! Testing Wrath of the Gods, Part γ!
Mon 13 March 2023
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Fixing ScummVM! Testing Wrath of the Gods, Part β!
Fri 17 February 2023
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Fixing ScummVM! Testing Wrath of the Gods
Sat 11 February 2023
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Fixing ScummVM! Panicking before 2.7.0 gets released! Testing Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure
Wed 25 January 2023
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Fixing ScummVM! Testing DEVO Presents: Adventures of the Smart Patrol
Thu 17 November 2022
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Fixing ScummVM! Macromedia Director (Debugger), Session 5
Thu 15 September 2022
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Fixing ScummVM! Macromedia Director (Debugger), Session 4
Sun 11 September 2022
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Fixing ScummVM! Macromedia Director (Eastern Mind), Session 3
Thu 25 August 2022
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Fixing ScummVM! Macromedia Director (Meet MediaBand, Eastern Mind), Session 2
Mon 08 August 2022
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Fixing ScummVM! Testing Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou
Tue 02 August 2022
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Fixing ScummVM! Macromedia Director, Session 1 - Part 1
Tue 26 July 2022
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Intro to ROM Hacking: Ghost House
Tue 09 June 2020
A long time between updates! I've been distracted by working on ScummVM's Macromedia Director engine, but it's mostly bugfixing and I couldn't find a good focal point. So on a whim I made this! The previous video took maybe a week, this was a good test of writing/filming/editing in two days.
In this video Scott takes apart "Ghost House" by Sega, and figures out how to remove the obnoxious screen flashing effects by reverse engineering the Z80 code. This contains a full step-by-step explanation of how to use the MAME debugger for hacking ROMs, even if you don't …
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Let's Reverse: Adventures of Lomax graphics
Wed 25 September 2019
I guess I'm a YouTuber now. Wonder how long I can fight this newfound urge to tase a dead rat.
In this video Scott takes apart "Adventures of Lomax" by Psygnosis and reverse engineers the graphics data. This didn't require taking apart the code, and contains a step-by-step explanation of the black-box analysis process. A good introduction for anyone getting started in reversing games!
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DDD 2018: Reverse Engineering is Good and also For Everyone
Sat 20 April 2019
Last year I gave my first talk at DDD Perth 2018! It was about reverse engineering, how I think everyone interested should be encouraged to try it, and some useful tips for people starting out. Here is the slide deck.
Apologies that the audio is a bit muffled; the microphone had a recording issue, so instead enjoy some lo-fi camcorder goodness. Thanks again to DDD for having me, and for going the extra mile to accomodate first-time presenters. Extra special thanks to David for salvaging these black box recordings (on a long weekend, no less!).
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Introducing Mr. Crowbar! Untold minutes of reverse engineering fun for ages 26-29!
Thu 22 October 2015
I believe that one of the best ways of allowing creativity to overcome limited technical skill is to build upon stuff that already exists. Take game modding; just try and count the number of successful games that started out as a modification of an existing one. Would these developers have gotten anywhere as far with their idea if they couldn't build on an existing engine and assets, not to mention community support? WOULD THEY?
Indeed, game modding is an important springboard for new developers to cut their teeth in a familiar setting and form a good understanding of how games work in the real world. There is, however, one rather large barrier of entry for people to start playing with the innards of their favourite game: tools. Occasionally the engine author will encourage custom content and give their developer tools out for free. But most of the time games are 100% not designed with modding in mind, leaving it up to a tiny number of skilled reverse engineers to write their own tools and share them with the community.
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