What they did
Had Claude use Ghidra and Radare2 to reverse engineer 3D Space Cadet from WinXP; ported to Rust+Bevy with MIDI support.
How it went
Game playable in 2 hours of work; Claude added MIDI crate for music without being asked.
Claude reverse-engineered WinXP's 3D Space Cadet into Rust in 2 hours
No source code, just disassemblers. Told it had Ghidra and Radare2, Claude took the game apart, ported it to Rust and Bevy, and added MIDI music without being asked.
Result Added MIDI music without being asked
“I had Claude reverse engineer 3D Space Cadet from WinXP just by letting it know it has access to ghidra and radare2”
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Try it yourself with Claude
Reverse engineer [old game] from Windows XP using Ghidra and Radare2. Port it to [framework]. Game should: match original mechanics, be playable in browser, preserve original feel. If it has music, add support for it.
A starting prompt written by Agents in the Wild. Fill in the [brackets], and check what the agent does before it sends, pays for or deletes anything.