[TAS] Pokémon Yellow - Arbitrary Code Execution

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as the standard demonstration of arbitrary code execution on a Game Boy, and of glitches and bugs being turned into a working computer.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

MrWint

Topic

game boy arbitrary code execution

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• One of the crazier uses of ACE in Gameboy Pokemon games exploits is this "speedrun", by MrWint: [VIDEO] ([TAS] Pokémon Yellow - Arbitrary Code Execution) I've timestamped the part where the actual exploit begins, after all of thesetup. It's worth mentioning that this isn't faked …

• It mentions Pokemon Yellow, but really any code run isn't really "run in the game" more so that it uses bugs to hack together alternate instructions for the game boy to execute. Good example: [VIDEO] (skip to 1:20 for craziness)

• Sometimes even after you've come up with the exploit, you can create something really beautiful for the console to run afterwards. Pokemon Yellow: [VIDEO] Super Mario World: [LINK]