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The 31C3 presentation on reverse-engineering Metal Gear Online. You need to watch the video for this one.
to ag0907 ccc games mgo networking p2p reverse-engineering security ... on 18 January 2015
[SaveMGO] Tactical Revival Action
Reverse-engineering the server for Metal Gear Online 1/2 -- there was an excellent presentation about this at 31C3 that explained how they did it. It's a peer-to-peer game, so the server actually isn't too complicated. AG0907 students will probably find it interesting to see what a real-world matchmaking protocol looks like.
to ag0907 games mgo networking p2p reverse-engineering security ... on 18 January 2015
17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System - Xbox-Linux
How the (original) Xbox's freedom-denying bootloader was meant to work, and how it was broken. Repeatedly.
to cryptography reverse-engineering security xbox ... on 06 January 2015
Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures - mGBA
Copy-protection (or, rather, emulator avoidance) on the GBA. I'm not entirely sure why they bothered.
to copy-protection games gba reverse-engineering software ... on 03 January 2015
! Brain transplant of a 30 year old printer. - Danny Chouinard's doodads
Hey -- I've got one of these! (Actually, I think I have one complete one, and parts of a broken one that I dismantled.) These were sold with different branding as a more capable alternative to the Sinclair ZX Printer in the UK.
to electronics printer reverse-engineering spectrum thermal ... on 20 December 2014
Reverse-engineering arcade and 8-bit games. The level of detail here varies quite a bit, but some of the articles are very interesting.
to arcade assembler games retrocomputing reverse-engineering software ... on 23 August 2014
Reverse-engineering the planet display in the Antikythera mechanism.
to antikythera astronomy history mechanica retrotech reverse-engineering ... on 22 June 2014
Notes on Intel Microcode Updates
Reverse-engineering Intel's microcode update mechanism.
to cpu intel microcode reverse-engineering security ... on 16 June 2014
Presentations by Ange Albertini // Speaker Deck
Fun with binary files -- e.g. constructing a JPEG that shows a different image when it's encrypted with AES, or constructing a PDF file that's also a valid Windows executable.
to amusements binary file format reverse-engineering ... on 24 May 2014
Laughton Electronics | does what other contractors can't or won't
Some great reverse engineering, and a couple of interesting homebrew CPU designs: a 14500-ish 1-bit CPU using an EPROM, and a 24-bit extension to the 6502.
to 6502 cpu electronics homebrew microcontroller microprocessor repair reverse-engineering ... on 27 April 2014
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tasty by Adam Sampson.