---
id: 4255
title: "Game Over, Man! Reversing Video Games to Create an Unbeatable AI Player"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/reversing-video-games-to-create-smashbot-ai"
published_at: "2016-08-10T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "def-con", "reverse-engineering", "game-hacking", "smash-bot"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4255"
lang: en
---

# Game Over, Man! Reversing Video Games to Create an Unbeatable AI Player

## Summary

How Dan Petro reverse engineered Super Smash Bros: Melee's memory and the Dolphin emulator to build SmashBot, an AI that beats high-level competitive players; shown at DEF CON 24.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2016-08-10T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/reversing-video-games-to-create-smashbot-ai
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4255