Reverse Engineering "DNA Sequences" in the Lost World: Jurassic Park Video Game
a year ago
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- Examined the password system for The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) using Ghidra.
- Replicated the system in Python, uncovering new cheat codes for stage select, invincibility, and photo galleries.
- Discovered hundreds of thousands of valid passwords for the PlayStation version with duplicate effects.
- Detailed the technical workings of both Saturn and PlayStation password systems.
- Identified new cheat codes for the Saturn version, including invincibility and stage select, previously unknown for 28 years.
- Shared Python scripts used to generate and validate passwords for both versions.
- Highlighted differences in password encoding between PlayStation and Saturn versions.
- Teased upcoming reverse engineering articles on other games.