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I was wondering where I had heard the name "Big Fish Games". I just realised that they created Virtual Villagers which was a huge part of my childhood, I loved that game.

I also enjoyed Fish Tycoon and Diner Dash by them.

Seems like they got sold to a casino operator? Unfortunate that this is what makes money.



They also published some Nancy Drew games, I believe, one of which im currently reverse engineering!


Pardon my tone, but what could possibly be of value to RCE in a mass-market mobile-gaming app?


I'm not OP, but, reverse engineer all things. You can learn how they are made, you can learn reverse engineering in general, you can make mods, hacks, cheats, spinoffs.


They’re not mobile games. https://www.bigfishgames.com/us/en/games/1207/nancydrewdange...


Theyre not mobile games, they are pretty old point and click adventure games, with lovely art and humor.

The reverse engineering is interesting because they rolled their own engine and most of the game is written in Lua 5.1.

I also personally find it interesting as the binaries and code in general is tiny, so its a good way to learn.


Maybe some personal enjoyment?


Diner Dash was made by PlayFirst, BFG and many other game download portals were selling it (Windows PC version)




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