Hacking SimCity 2000 saved games
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- The author recounts learning about bytes and hexadecimal by hacking SimCity 2000 saved games on a Packard Bell 386 SX computer running MS-DOS.
- They used a hex editor (Norton DiskEdit) to search for their money value in the save file, replace it with all Fs (maximizing funds), and repeat the process to increase the value further.
- The experience led to understanding that files on disk are accessible and editable, and that hexadecimal is a compact way to display raw bytes.
- This knowledge was later applied to other games and memory editing tools like Game Wizard, contributing to the author's eventual success with computers and game development.