Rings of Saturn
If you're following me on X / Twitter (@memory_fallen) for my posts about reverse engineering retro games, check out RINGS OF SATURN, my Substack blog. Each week I take apart a different game and report my findings.
This week's main article is about the demo disc Flash Sega Saturn Vol. 25, which includes a non-playable preview of Burning Rangers. I developed a patch that makes it interactive, allowing you to play all four of the main stages.
This demo based on a prerelease build of BR that's in between the two available prototypes. It's interesting because it has features that were introduced after the earlier prototype but removed before the final game.
Check out the writeup here!
The holiday season bonus article is about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 for PlayStation.
THPS3 uses the same scheme for hashing cheat code inputs as THPS2, which I wrote about previously. However, the button sequences are harder to crack in this game because they don't spell out dictionary words.
With some help from others, I managed to find eight new cheat codes for this game. Check out the writeup!
There are lots more reverse engineering articles in the archive. What games should I be looking at? Tell me, and I might add them to my list.