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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''. "Twilight Princess" save files store the name of the [[player character|player's]] horse in the game (originally "[[Epona (character)|Epona]]"). The save file used by the hack presents a name much longer than expected to the ''Twilight Princess'' game. 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 the loader program. When the loader program runs, any program that is placed in the [[root directory]], which will load and run a program of the user's choice stored ofn 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 as the [[Homebrew Channel]] so that the applications can be run from the Wii Menu instead of (contracted; show full)
==External links==
* [http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack Official website]

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