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Reverse-Engineering Wind Waker's Sploosh Kaboom RNG

Linkus7 · Explainer · YouTube title: How We Solved the Worst Minigame in Zelda's History
Why it's here

HN recommends it as a rigorous, fun example of reverse engineering a game to predict and conquer its RNG.

What it covers

Linkus7 explains how a community reverse-engineered The Wind Waker to predict its random number generator and beat the Sploosh Kaboom battleship minigame consistently. It includes d3 animations by Peter Schmidt-Nielsen.