>So instead, Nintendo developed a small microcontroller, which implements a program of sending random numbers back and forth.
According to wikipedia[1], I think the author means the CiC chip sent a pseudorandom a random code, but otherwise, great write-up. Amazing that Micro Machines essentially used voltage fault injection to get past the chip. I had no idea. Very cool!
Micro Machines, made by Codemasters who also made the Game Genie and the Aladdin Deck Enhancer. They made a few other standalone NES games, but the Aladdin Deck Enhancer is very cool and quite affordable to pick up still.
According to wikipedia[1], I think the author means the CiC chip sent a pseudorandom a random code, but otherwise, great write-up. Amazing that Micro Machines essentially used voltage fault injection to get past the chip. I had no idea. Very cool!
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo)