Do you have any resources or advice to building up the skills required to do something like this?
I like the idea of fixing up some older, unsupported, games I have issues with but would like to upskill using some structured resources first (books/videos/guided projects).
Great work! This is the kind of wizard-magic I wish came naturally to me.
^ yeah that. I started with C so I always had decent low level understanding. I've found I pick things up faster if I'm doing stuff, not reading about it but YMMV.
I probably I picked up most of my reverse engineering skills practicing on crackmes and reading/watching other people's solutions on crackmes.de (now dead) but you can try your luck in the successor https://crackmes.one/
Do you have any resources or advice to building up the skills required to do something like this?
I like the idea of fixing up some older, unsupported, games I have issues with but would like to upskill using some structured resources first (books/videos/guided projects).
Great work! This is the kind of wizard-magic I wish came naturally to me.
Learn C and Assembly, learn how to debug your own programs.
Then try debugging other programs.
^ yeah that. I started with C so I always had decent low level understanding. I've found I pick things up faster if I'm doing stuff, not reading about it but YMMV.
I probably I picked up most of my reverse engineering skills practicing on crackmes and reading/watching other people's solutions on crackmes.de (now dead) but you can try your luck in the successor https://crackmes.one/