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A Canadian hobbyist spent four years chemically decapping and optically dumping the PS2’s CXP102064 MechaCon security chip, finally releasing its ROM. The dump opens up software disc backups, modchip development, and future low‑level emulation of the console’s security mechanisms.
The author reverse‑engineers Factorio’s RNG, confirms it’s the Boost taus88 generator (a 3‑LFSR XOR combo), proves equivalence with the game’s compiled code via decompilation and symbolic Python checks, and explains how the weak LFSR structure lets you predict future “random” quality outcomes.
The project releases a full, byte‑identical C/C++ decompilation of Resident Evil 4 for GameCube, reproducing the original binaries down to every byte. It ships with build scripts, verification tools, and detailed documentation of the matching process.
