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[TAS] [Obsoleted] GBC Pokémon: Yellow Version "arbitrary code execution" by Fracta[...] in 03:14.15

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A tool-assisted speedrun of Pokemon Yellow on Game Boy Color that uses glitches and frame-precise inputs to make the game execute an arbitrary program. It was later obsoleted by an improved run.

HN cites it as a showcase of memory-corruption exploits achievable using only normal controller inputs, often alongside other arbitrary-code-execution speedruns.

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@mlex2013 · in “Super Mario World "Completed" in Under 3 Minutes by Corrupting the RAM”

There's a Pokemon Yellow run which finishes the game in under a minute, without leaving the starting room: [LINK] There's also a run where someone executes arbitrary code in Pokemon Yellow: [VIDEO]

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@Shish2k2013 · in “Discoveries Ten Years Later in Zelda Speedrun”

One of my favourites; not technically a speed run, but a festival of glitches being used to corrupt memory in a very specific way, using only the regular gameboy inputs :) [VIDEO]

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@comex2013 · in “Writing a Program in Pokemon Blue”

These sorts of "exploits" have also been used in Pokemon and other games for extremely fast tool-assisted speedruns: [VIDEO] (Pokemon Yellow) [LINK] (Super Mario World) [LINK] (EarthBound)

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@chilldream2013 · in “Writing a Program in Pokemon Blue”

It's neat how many glitches people have found in these particular games. A couple other Pokemon "arbitrary code" hacks (in the Yellow version): [VIDEO] (Pi day celebration) [LINK] (proof-of-concept for a clojure-to-pokemon-to-assembly compiler) A "normal" playthrough in which the author shows off various glitches (most without any kind of cheat device): [LINK]

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