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Twilight hack
The '''Twilight hack''' is the name given to the exploit found by Team Twiizers of Wiibrew.org in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' that permits [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] developers and everyday users to run unofficial [[Wii homebrew|homebrew software]] from a [[Secure Digital card]] inserted into the slot on the front of the [[Wii]]. Notably, this is the first way found to boot homebrew software without the use of hardware modifications to the Wii console.<ref>[http://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=Twilight_Hack Twilight Hack - WiiBrew<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==How it works==
The hack exploits a [[buffer overflow]] error caused by loading a specially crafted save file for ''Twilight Princess''. The save file stores the name of the [[player character|player's]] horse in the game (originally "[[Epona (character)|Epona]]"). This save file presents a name much longer than expected to the ''Twilight Princess'' game,  which causes the Wii system to crash when it tries to load the horse's name. With this crash, the system is made to run a loader program (which was loaded by the game as part of the name) instead of ''Twilight Princess'''s code which then proceeds to load a program from the Wii's front SD card slot. Any program that is placed on the root of the SD card,(contracted; show full)==References==
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==External links==
* [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack Official website]

[[Category:Homebrew software]]
[[Category:Wii]]