zapperdapperDec 2017Strongly recommends
I put a bunch of the ones I enjoyed here: [link] One of the best though, for me, has to be this one on fixing a Guitar Hero bug: ▶ this video
in “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk from 2017?” · View on HN
How I Fixed a 10 Year Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Source Code
How I Fixed a 10 Year Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Source Code on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2017–2025.
ExileLord
Open on YouTubetalk · intermediate · evergreen
A reverse engineer walks through fixing a ten-year-old bug in Guitar Hero III without access to its source code, using a disassembler and decompiler. It is technical but explained step by step.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Held up as a favorite tech talk and a great hard-debugging story about patching a game binary.
- people recommended it
- 2
- separate months
- 2
- strong recommendations
- 1
- discussed on HN
- 2017–2025
“One of the best though, for me, has to be this one on fixing a Guitar Hero bug”
What HN commenters said
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
0xC0ncordJan 2025Recommends
This video[1] on reverse-engineering parts of Guitar Hero 3 covers a few similar techniques that were used to heavily obfuscate the game code that you might find interesting. [1] ▶ this video
in “Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat” · View on HN
Tempest1981Nov 2018Cites it
You reminded me of this: "How I Fixed a 10 Year Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Source Code" ▶ this video
in “Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved?” · View on HN
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Speedrunning, glitches & game hackingSecurity & hackingTesting, debugging & developer toolsreverse engineeringguitar heroidax86debugginggame hacking