https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/96b87f8d-348f-475e-b149-da4a6ae2ae95 Difficult programming and reverse-engineering challenge by Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD). In this first part I have a first look at the challenge and try different stuff. In the next video we talk about the solution. PS: I'm not looking for a job. Just used a clickbait title based on the challenge name. HireMe.cpp: https://www.nerd.nintendo.com/files/HireMe Working at NERD: https://www.nerd.nintendo.com/jobs 00:00 - Introduction 01:14 - Quick Overview 02:31 - First Lazy Strategy - Chosen Plaintext Attack 05:03 - Looking Closer at the Code 07:29 - Next Lazy Attempt - Just Reverse It 08:56 - Thinking Deeper about the Algorithm 12:06 - Talking is NOT Understanding! 12:30 - Attacking XOR Chain 13:51 - Visual Analysis 16:06 - Giving up... for now... 16:30 - Outro -=[ ❤️ Support ]=- → per Video: https://www.patreon.com/join/liveoverflow → per Month: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w/join -=[ 🐕 Social ]=- → Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiveOverflow/ → Instagram: https://instagram.com/LiveOverflow/ → Website: https://liveoverflow.com/ → Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveOverflow/ → Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveOverflow/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:43:09 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/96b87f8d-348f-475e-b149-da4a6ae2ae95 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.