11-13-2020, 09:08 AM
Hacker Tears Apart Super Mario Game & Watch To Find Out What’s Inside
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<p>Nintendo’s new <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/where-to-pre-order-game-and-watch-super-mario-bros"><strong>Super Mario Game & Watch</strong></a> isn’t officially out until tomorrow, but as we’ve already reported, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/11/lucky_fan_gets_nintendos_super_mario_game_and_watch_early_-_has_yours_arrived_yet">some lucky people have gotten theirs early</a> – and one such individual has been tearing the thing apart all day to find out precisely what makes it tick.</p>
<p>Hacker <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja">ghidraninja</a> has been posting their findings throughout the course of the day, with the primary aim of discovering if this new handheld can be hacked to run other programs. A Y-type screwdriver was required to actually gain access to the machine’s innards, but once inside, it was discovered that this particular Game & Watch is powered by an STM32H7B0VBT6 chipset, which comprises of an ARM Cortex-M7, 128 KBytes Flash and 1024 KBytes of RAM.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Interesting, an STM32H7B0VBT6 is the main processor! Cortex-M7, 128 KBytes Flash, 1024 KBytes of RAM. Also some unpopulated headers close by that expose SWD (the Arm Cortex-M debug interface)! <a href="https://t.co/f5cdSlmin6">pic.twitter.com/f5cdSlmin6</a></span>— stacksmashing / Ghidra Ninja (@ghidraninja) <a href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326856771516964864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A quick test found that the machine does have <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326864937583587328">basic security</a> which prevents the firmware from being dumped, but ghidraninja is continuing to pick the machine part to find a way in.</p>
<p>While this dissection is still ongoing, it’s worth noting that the machine is <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326892993362731011">dumping NES ROMs</a> into RAM to play them, so we’d imagine there’s an excellent chance that you’ll be able to turn the Super Mario Game & Watch into a portable NES in the future.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Awesome, seems like it loads a Super Mario Bros. NES ROM into RAM (device RAM contents left, original Super Mario Bros. ROM right) <a href="https://t.co/gR4ItA2Kph">pic.twitter.com/gR4ItA2Kph</a></span>— stacksmashing / Ghidra Ninja (@ghidraninja) <a href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326892993362731011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Want more?</strong> <strong><a class="external" href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/10/video_the_history_of_nintendos_game_and_watch_range">Video: The History Of Nintendo’s Game & Watch Range</a></strong></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/11/...ts-inside/
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<p>Nintendo’s new <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/where-to-pre-order-game-and-watch-super-mario-bros"><strong>Super Mario Game & Watch</strong></a> isn’t officially out until tomorrow, but as we’ve already reported, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/11/lucky_fan_gets_nintendos_super_mario_game_and_watch_early_-_has_yours_arrived_yet">some lucky people have gotten theirs early</a> – and one such individual has been tearing the thing apart all day to find out precisely what makes it tick.</p>
<p>Hacker <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja">ghidraninja</a> has been posting their findings throughout the course of the day, with the primary aim of discovering if this new handheld can be hacked to run other programs. A Y-type screwdriver was required to actually gain access to the machine’s innards, but once inside, it was discovered that this particular Game & Watch is powered by an STM32H7B0VBT6 chipset, which comprises of an ARM Cortex-M7, 128 KBytes Flash and 1024 KBytes of RAM.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Interesting, an STM32H7B0VBT6 is the main processor! Cortex-M7, 128 KBytes Flash, 1024 KBytes of RAM. Also some unpopulated headers close by that expose SWD (the Arm Cortex-M debug interface)! <a href="https://t.co/f5cdSlmin6">pic.twitter.com/f5cdSlmin6</a></span>— stacksmashing / Ghidra Ninja (@ghidraninja) <a href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326856771516964864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A quick test found that the machine does have <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326864937583587328">basic security</a> which prevents the firmware from being dumped, but ghidraninja is continuing to pick the machine part to find a way in.</p>
<p>While this dissection is still ongoing, it’s worth noting that the machine is <a class="external" href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326892993362731011">dumping NES ROMs</a> into RAM to play them, so we’d imagine there’s an excellent chance that you’ll be able to turn the Super Mario Game & Watch into a portable NES in the future.</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Awesome, seems like it loads a Super Mario Bros. NES ROM into RAM (device RAM contents left, original Super Mario Bros. ROM right) <a href="https://t.co/gR4ItA2Kph">pic.twitter.com/gR4ItA2Kph</a></span>— stacksmashing / Ghidra Ninja (@ghidraninja) <a href="https://twitter.com/ghidraninja/status/1326892993362731011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Want more?</strong> <strong><a class="external" href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/10/video_the_history_of_nintendos_game_and_watch_range">Video: The History Of Nintendo’s Game & Watch Range</a></strong></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/11/...ts-inside/