demo · intermediate · evergreen
SNES Code Injection -- Flappy Bird in SMW
SethBling · Mar 28, 2016 · 6m 31s
What this video covers
SethBling uses Super Mario World glitches to inject and run Flappy Bird code on an unmodified SNES, entering it purely with controller inputs. It was the first time a human completed this kind of exploit by hand.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
Constantly cited as the canonical example of arbitrary code execution through gameplay and of deep system knowledge among speedrunners.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“A must-see video.”
“Tidbits of hacking ingenuity”
“my personal favorite mario-related feat is sethbling injecting flappy bird into super mario world manually”