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| − | '''Team Twiizers''' is our resident "1337 h4x0r" group. They are essentially responsible for | + | '''Team Twiizers''' is our resident "1337 h4x0r" group. They are essentially responsible for the past and present formation of the Wii Homebrew scene. They are also responsible for the majority of work involving brick recovery. |
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== History == | == History == | ||
| + | Team Twiizers is named for the infamous [[WiiBrew:FAQ#How_did_this_happen.3F|tweezer attack]] in which a pair of tweezers was used to obtain the Wii's private encryption keys. | ||
Once the Wii's private keys were obtained, reverse engeneering could begin. Then at the annual 24c3 hacker conference, bushing demonstrated an altered version of Lego Star Wars which was used to load some basic code displaying wiimote data. | Once the Wii's private keys were obtained, reverse engeneering could begin. Then at the annual 24c3 hacker conference, bushing demonstrated an altered version of Lego Star Wars which was used to load some basic code displaying wiimote data. | ||
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== Current Members == | == Current Members == | ||
| − | + | *[[User:segher|segher]] | |
| + | *[[User:bushing|bushing]] | ||
| + | *[[User:tmbinc|tmbinc]] | ||
| + | *[[User:marcan|marcan]] | ||
| + | *[[User:dhewg|dhewg]] | ||
| + | *[[User:drmr|drmr]] | ||
== Projects == | == Projects == | ||
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*[[Twiizers Fanmail]] | *[[Twiizers Fanmail]] | ||
*[[Team Twizzlers]] | *[[Team Twizzlers]] | ||
| − | + | *[http://hackmii.com HackMii] Bushing's Blog. Marcan also posts there. | |
| − | + | *[http://debugmo.de/ debugmo.de] tmbinc's blog. | |
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Revision as of 22:06, 12 December 2008
Team Twiizers is our resident "1337 h4x0r" group. They are essentially responsible for the past and present formation of the Wii Homebrew scene. They are also responsible for the majority of work involving brick recovery.
History
Team Twiizers is named for the infamous tweezer attack in which a pair of tweezers was used to obtain the Wii's private encryption keys.
Once the Wii's private keys were obtained, reverse engeneering could begin. Then at the annual 24c3 hacker conference, bushing demonstrated an altered version of Lego Star Wars which was used to load some basic code displaying wiimote data.
Video Source: crediar's clip from the 2007 24c3 conference.
Then, due to an exploit found in the save system of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii version), followed the release of the Twilight Hack, which could load executables containing custom code compiled against libogc. The TP exploit worked by using a modified save file which had a name for Link's horse which was long enough to cause an overflow which allowed pointing to a different memory address containing the loader code.
Video Source: bushing
As backwards engineering continued, this eventually led to the creation of and ability to install the Homebrew Channel through the twilight hack or from a burnt disc on a modded disc drive.
Video Source: bushing
The Homebrew Channel was and is the only homebrew to feature an automatic update capability.
Philosophy
Twiizers has always gone out of it's way to make clear the point that they do not support nor want anything to do with piracy or pirates. They are simply a group of hacking enthusiasts who share their work with the community that they played a major part in founding, and have made every effort to ensure that their work is not associated with bootlegging.
Current Members
Projects
Team Twiizers have collaborated on a wide variety of projects, including a study of Wii bricks and custom booting to allow independence from Nintendo updates that may be otherwise necessary in the future for newer games.
...and others
Troublemakers
Given the stature and importance of Team Twiizers within the Homebrew Community, it is not surprising that they have received some greif from various people on occasion. Aside from the problems presented by pirates and the seemingly endless annoyance of dealing with "lamers", there are a few noteworthy mentions.
- Waninkoko, who has distributed tools shamelessly based on quick and dirty modifications of other people's code which are then used to promote piracy.
- Scammers trying to sell homebrew and guides based on freely available information.
- News sites spreading false rumors and inaccurate reports.
- Wiili, headed by tuxiido.
See Also
- Twiizers Fanmail
- Team Twizzlers
- HackMii Bushing's Blog. Marcan also posts there.
- debugmo.de tmbinc's blog.