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R.E.T.I.N.A. is the very first Retro VideoGame built for Reverse Engineers. Do you want to start the analysis of that sample, but are are not really in the mood? You can try R.E.T.I.N.A. for Commodore 64, which can be fully customized with your own sample so that during your game you will perform also the Malware Triage!
This is a research project I decided to start because I always wanted to write a game for Commodore 64. In 2025 I decided the time has come. Since Computer Security, reversing and binary analysis are my main interest, I tried to glue things together.
The basic idea behind it is that you can get any Malware sample, get it analyzed on a modern system and then create a custom version of the game that will contain the information extracted from the malware itself.
The analysis process relies on the output of the well known CAPA tool which produce a Triage with the capabilities of an executable. The result will be merged and complied in a custom game that you can play on your real Commodore 64 (or on an emulator obviously).
You can play it with keyboard, joystick or even paddles (I built one for this) for more fun!
During the Demo-Lab we'll go through the entire development process of the project from zero to the final game prototype and we'll also play with it!
The entire project will be released as Open Source during the conference, so you are also invited to participate to the development!
Hope to see you at the session (remember, stickers will be available :-) )!
This is a research project I decided to start because I always wanted to write a game for Commodore 64. In 2025 I decided the time has come. Since Computer Security, reversing and binary analysis are my main interest, I tried to glue things together.
The basic idea behind it is that you can get any Malware sample, get it analyzed on a modern system and then create a custom version of the game that will contain the information extracted from the malware itself.
The analysis process relies on the output of the well known CAPA tool which produce a Triage with the capabilities of an executable. The result will be merged and complied in a custom game that you can play on your real Commodore 64 (or on an emulator obviously).
You can play it with keyboard, joystick or even paddles (I built one for this) for more fun!
During the Demo-Lab we'll go through the entire development process of the project from zero to the final game prototype and we'll also play with it!
The entire project will be released as Open Source during the conference, so you are also invited to participate to the development!
Hope to see you at the session (remember, stickers will be available :-) )!
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