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.
The January 5th edition of Rings of Saturn is on Yuna Remix, the adventure game from Hudson.
This game, like several others from Hudson, has special features that can be activated by using a particular controller – the SBOM Joycard. I've created a patch that allows access to Yuna Remix's bonus mode with a normal controller.
Furthermore, Yuna Remix has a hidden debug mode with lots of features. To my knowledge, it hasn't been documented before. The patch enables access to it, too.
Get the patch at SegaXtreme and see my full writeup on Substack!
For January 3rd's edition, I'm examining two Ford Racing games for PlayStation 2 and Xbox:
Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives
Ford vs. Chevy
Both of these games have cheat codes that have spent more than 20 years in obscurity. I did some reverse engineering of their game data and uncovered them. Details on how the codes work are in the full article.
The first Rings of Saturn edition of 2026 is covering the Army Men: World War series. One of these game was released every six months for PlayStation in 2000 and 2001.
As you might guess from the release schedule, these games share a lot of code – and some previously undocumented features. Using my favorite software reverse engineering tool, Ghidra, I found level select and invincibility cheats for all four of them.
Check out the details in the Substack post!