# Tips and tricks for reversing foreign architecture games

DevFeed: [Tips and tricks for reversing foreign architecture games](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tips-and-tricks-for-reversing-foreign-architecture-games-39682.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mahaloz.re/2022/09/23/0ctf22-rev.html>)

Published: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [mahaloz.re](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mahaloz-re.md>)

Topics: [ctf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ctf.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [console](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/console.md>), [Hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hacking.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/assembly.md>)

Tags: [console](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/console.md>), [ctf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ctf.md>), [file](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/file.md>), [game-hacking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/game-hacking.md>), [games](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/games.md>), [reversing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reversing.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial presents techniques for reversing software built for unfamiliar architectures, using an 0CTF22 game-hacking challenge involving a Vectrex console and Motorola 6809 architecture as its example.

## Source excerpt

Some common techniques used while reversing unknown architectures seen through the lens of an 80's game hacking challenge from 0CTF22