Category Archives: Tamagotchi

Tamagotchi Friends Growth Chart

I reversed the ‘evolve’ function in the Tamagotchi Friends to make the first ‘growth chart’ for this Tamagotchi version. Growth on the Tamagotchi Friends is determined by how [..]

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Tamagotchi Friends Code Dump

I used voltage glitching to dump the code of the Tamagotchi Friends. Recently, I experimented with the EEPROM of the Tamagotchi Friends. I didn’t manage to get code [..]

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Tamagotchi Friends EEPROM

I dumped the EEPROM of the Tamagotchi Friends and altered it to see if it could be used achieve code execution on the device. The Tamagotchi Friends’ processing [..]

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Emulating the Tamagotchi Friends NFC

I used a Proxmark 3 to emulate the Tamagotchi Friends’ NFC. This confirms it is indeed low-frequency RFID, and shed some light on the NFC format.

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Tamagotchi Friends Modulation

I tried decoding the Tamagotchi Friends NFC with a Proxmark 3, but had limited success, so I went back to looking at it with an oscilloscope. I was [..]

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Playing with the Tamagotchi Friends RFID

I recently got a Proxmark 3, and used it to read the NFC of the Tamagotchi Friends. This allowed me to get some data on the protocol.

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Tamagotchi Friends Teardown

There’s a new Tamagotchi in town, so of course I had to get one (or two or three) and take it apart. The Tamagotchi Friends is the latest [..]

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends

Tamagotchi Debug Mode

I found a software debug mode in the Tamagotchi code that allows the game state to be viewed and changed in ways that aren’t normally allowed. This mode [..]

Tamagotchi, Uncategorized

More on Tamagotchis!

For more on my Tamagotchi research, see http://www.kwartzlab.ca/author/natalies/.

Tamagotchi, Tamagotchi Friends