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The '''Twilight hack''' is the name given to the exploit found by Team Twiizers of [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Main_Page 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"Twilight Princess" save files stores the name of the [[player character|player's]] horse in the game (originally "[[Epona (character)|Epona]]"). Thise save file used by the hack 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 proceed. As a result, the excess characters in the horse's name overwrite a portion of the game's program in [[computer memory|memory]] with a special loader program. This causes the "Twilight Princess" program to crash as it runs tohe load aer program from the Wii's front SD card slot. A. When the loader program runs, any program that is placed oin the [[root directory]] of the SD card, with the [[filename]] "boot.elf" or "boot.dol", will run.

==What it was used for==
[[Wii homebrew|Numerous applications]] have been written that can be run using this method. Since the hack loads an application through a glitch in ''Twilight Princess'', in the past the game had to be loaded each time the user wished to run a homebrew application. This is no longer the case. Certain programs have been made to install custom [[Wii Menu]] channels such (contracted; show full)==References==
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==External links==
* [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack Official website]

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[[Category:Wii]]