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A curated collection of reverse-engineering projects, experiments, and ideas: revive old devices, rebuild apps, preserve games, and understand hidden behavior.

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Covers REA and other AI-assisted work. REA connects coding agents to local reverse-engineering tools through CLI and MCP.

Based on author and project reports; not independently reproduced here. Evidence and project status are recorded in each case.

10 worth reading, chosen for concrete uses, inspectable evidence and dated engagement—not an automated ranking. Dates refer to featured sources or author updates, not collection dates.

1. Plustek scanner & ThinkPad camera · 2026-10-16 — Use Windows reference behavior to improve Linux drivers. Published measurements also disclose low-light and exposure defects. In progress
2. Where NIST curve seeds came from · 2026-10-16 — Anthropic reports Claude traced public parameters to lrand48 and timestamps, publishing code and unresolved questions. Not an ECDSA break; not independently recomputed here. Research report
3. LeanREA: direct CLI vs MCP · 2026-10-17 — Trace Notion features, inspect a native lock and identify Go dependencies. The public 36-run comparison reports lower time and cost, but scores are 74/75 vs 75/75, not identical accuracy. One model and machine; not independently rerun. Analysis test
4. Frontkick vs Rikugan · 2026-10-13 — Recover algorithms and keys from AES/ChaCha20 binaries. Synacktiv publishes per-run results, but unequal library prompts confound the comparison—not proof that CodeAct beats tool calling. Two tasks only; not independently rerun. Analysis test
5. Open Scrantic: Johnny Castaway returns · 2026-10-17 — REA and Claude Code help recover a Windows 3.1 screensaver engine in Rust for three platforms. Public code and successful project CI; original assets required, known-build limits and deliberate behavior differences remain. In progress
6. NJFE: an ear camera on your PC · 2026-10-10 — Claude-assisted USB bridging turns a cheap Wi-Fi camera into an inspection scope, building on prior otoscope protocol work. One device tested by the project; camera Wi-Fi remains open. Public implementation
7. Gears of War 3 · 2026-10-17 — AI-assisted Linux graphics work through mechanical PowerPC-to-C++ translation, not recovered original source. The reported 4K WIP still drops frames in combat. In progress
8. ArkWeb: Spider-Man in Gotham · 2026-10-03 — Run two owned games together, stream collision and composite the character. Public code and Claude setup guidance; experimental, version-bound, REA use unconfirmed. In progress
9. Sonic 3D Blast: recreate the compiler first · 2026-10-16 — A native port from decompiled code, not static recompilation, according to the author. Visual defects remain; November 20 is a release plan. In progress
10. ReaCut · 2026-10-16 — An independent editor with project-reported exports and plugin tests. Licensed assets and AI APIs remain bottlenecks; signing and platform limits remain. In progress

• Universal Modder — AI-assisted cross-game mods, including Minecraft content in GTA V.
• Firefighter — Recover Pascal logic from a DOS binary, then rewrite it in Rust, according to the author.
• Modern Warfare 2 — Author-reported multi-agent reconstruction; 83% function byte matches, no public code or independent reproduction here.
• Smart toilet from the Mac menu bar — Author-reported Bluetooth research and home-device control.
• Apple TV remote on Linux — Bluetooth interoperability with a public implementation; REA use unconfirmed.
• LG PlxNative — Native Plex client; user-selection time reportedly falls from 30 seconds to 3 seconds.

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