Arbitrary Code Execution in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Through a combination of the void glitch, the RETIRE trick and 2 years of hard work, Arbitrary Code Execution has been achieved in the generation 4 games of Pokémon.
Major credit to FlederKiari, MAP and Martmists, who worked with me on achieving this goal.
RETIRE:
Twitter: / retireglitch
Voidmatrix discord:
/ discord
Glitch City Laboratories discord:
/ discord
credit:
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[@omegahaxors3306]

When you're in a pokemon speedrun contest and your opponent shows up with nothing but a bike, a pedometer and a calculator

[@Martmists]

Y'all can thank RETIRE for staying up until 4 AM multiple nights in a row to get this out within the BDSP deadline

[@0x19]

Up to 6am :O

[@MrCheeze]

Just like the BDSP devs FeelsBadMan

[@DatBisa]

This is absolutely incredible. As someone who was among the pioneers of the void glitch all the way back in the back in the, I've already had an itch this was possible, but we'd probably never get there. Today, a decade from when I left, I cannot express how proud this makes me feel of this incredible community. So, so many thanks to everyone involved in this project, this is indeed the Holy Grail. ACE is here, sky's the limit!

[@Crystalmourne]

From a race condition to understanding the mysteries of the infinite Voids, to executing certain scripts to full arbitrary code execution... Thank you everyone who has been involved in all of this, in any shape or form. It is truly amazing to see how far we've come!

[@0x19]

Huge congrats to all the team

[@paifu.]

This is gaming history right there.

[@0x19]

TRUE

[@tabbender1232]

This

[@MatRazer]

its actually insane what you guys do, i remember the time when arceus was pretty much unobtainable and the darkrai and shaymin glitch took hours to perform

[@tabbender1232]

ikr

[@volcanhacks]

The Max% Glitched Pokedex Run looks real good rn

[@pixelmike54]

as a person who loves glitches and start with gen 4, thank you all so much for your efforts!

[@steveluvscows2490]

And then they turned themselves into a Giratina. Funniest shit I've ever seen.

[@MAP233224]

TIMBERS: SHIVERING

[@flitterbee]

bruh why tf did i get jumpscared by the trainer sprite swap to giratina lmao

[@oracle3484]

Thank you for all the time and effort you guys put it to making ACE possible. Let's go!

[@kendrickpalmore4128]

Wow is all of this possible without action replay? The void glitch is absolutely incredible. 👏

[@bassoonplatoon3146]

I was able to get Shaymin and Darkrai because of you guys's efforts years back man! Super fun to do.

[@FartingSpider12]

This is amazing, I cant believe I'm just now seeing this, 2 to 3 years after it was uploaded. This deserves way more attentino and you all should be proud! Great job!

[@sirswagabadha4896]

Imagine going back in time to 2008 and posting a detailed guide on how to do this on your forum of choice, just for people to call you a troll and tell you to go back to finding mew under the truck

[@WannabeMarysue]

People knew how to catch Mew in 2008. The trainer-fly mew glitch was known about. Go back in time and tell people that surfing through that Elite Four door isn't a game-ruiner, and that void out there is gonna get wild.

[@PretzelBS]

YOOO YOU’RE TELLING ME THE HOLY GRAIL OF GLITCHES HAS BEEN FOUND FOR DP

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

Absolutely incredible!!!!!!! There's so much to say here, and the sky really seems like the limit now. Fantastic work both on all of the work to discover this and presenting it in such a digestible and well-explained way. I'll be watching this so many times to really wrap my head around all of this

[@RETIREglitch]

Thank you Matt, I am glad you enjoyed the video! I told you it wouldn't dissapoint ;)

[@AbsolBlogsPokemon]

and here I was thinking the calculator app was just cool because of Pokemon cries... insane!

[@modmenu_]

true, this is groundbreaking

[@SoldiesBC]

No wonder it's called the final holy grail. Cheers!

[@Hereson]

A PHD in Pokemon Science, well researched & thoroughly explained. Cheers!

[@soni182]

Thats amazing you could say you cracked the game open at this point Give yourself a pat on the back You deserve it and congrats.

[@KaiCyreus]

34:55 "1" most threatening aura i've ever seen

[@FighBat]

Now this is the kind of thing I will never fully understand, but can't stop watching. Incredible work :)

[@nestor5316]

This is fantastic! If you use this to make actual routes for pokemon like manaphy or any unubtainable pokemon i will love you forever! Thanks to you and the others who pure their minds together to achieve this!!!

[@danteuribe2179]

ok but can it run doom

[@itchystepbro]

this shit like a movie trailer fr got me hyped

[@Zackattackplayspokemon]

Finally! Love watching all of these and great to see you succeed! (Geez, now that gen 1-4 has been broke, gen 5 is next but I kinda have doubts on that one lol)

[@arjemy]

Absolute wizardry. Came here after etchy at GDQ and the glitch exhibition. Tremendous work. Made me giddy at seeing this

[@robo3522]

I'm speechless, just thank you for making this wonderful work and explained it this well.

[@duck_corp]

Retire, the things you do are incredible. Thank you so much for what you provide to this community!

[@kepler69c32]

Huge milestone achieved for the glitch community. Congrats!

[@yugibuttplug9107]

gotta say your content has always been great, but this is a step above that, loving it dude.

[@thecarrieshot6411]

34:06 That beat is fire

[@TNTMusic5757]

I was on your discord for a long time. I’ve not been able to access my acct in years… this is an amazing undertaking by you guys! Good glitch finding!

[@BlazeStorm]

And here it is. So exciting! I played Pokémon Ranger on an emulator just for Manaphy and my god is it hard. I hope this can help others complete their dex

[@NatetheNintendofan]

Wiimmfi

[@inactivechristine]

been a sub for over two years now, your content never fails to disappoint. you’re the GOAT 🐐

[@freekvanderlinde1889]

damn due that was crazy! I just tried and succeded the darkrai, shaymin and arceus thing yesterday, and that was probably the most fun thing in pokemon I've done in years. Hope to see more cool stuff like this and thanks from the Netherlands!

[@Tsukimi727]

4世代でもついに任意コード実行が...

[@0x19]

Yes!

[@riantwoninety]

man i'm just remembering watching alll those livestreams leading up to this video...... again amazing job this was sick

[@Engage_lol]

GG. Honestly, I didn't expect to see this so soon. Congrats !!

[@Tsukimi727]

これは待ちきれない.....！

[@MintyCodes]

This is just incredible. Really clear explanation, too!

[@REM27]

Can't wait to see this to better understand!

[@thecommondude]

Fantastic find! This is really good!

[@nbmudkip]

saved this to watch while soft resetting for a shiny chimchar in brilliant diamond and i’m so glad i did, what a captivating video! i’ve been following research and developments with glitches in dp for 7 or 8 years now and i can’t believe how far things have come just while i’ve been around to watch. i remember almost crying the day the method to catch arceus via the void glitch and retire trick was discovered, and look at how far things have come just since then! i can’t begin to thank you and everyone involved enough for all the time and effort and dedication you put into making this possible. seeing this come together bit by bit over the years with the discovery of the retire glitch, alt retire, ledge canceling, etc has been so exciting and simply amazing to watch. thank you again so much for your dedication, and here’s to figuring out both ASE and ACE in diamond and pearl after all these years!

[@TheHayesClips]

The quality of this content is on a whole other level. Fantastic job guys!!

[@danielwielewski4848]

Thanks for everything. I think it's time to find my lost games and play again, with glitches of course

[@malfruemulo]

I am ridiculously hyped for this

[@natalyahasdied]

sick stuff! thank you for all of your hard work

[@crashedlife]

Thanks for the content. I love your work!

[@volcanhacks]

Congratulations man you have opened up the game to anything

[@KamonXV]

I dont know how or why but getting jump scared by Giratina at the end there is the most shocking part of the whole video LOL

[@Waikai54]

That work through years is huge, I don't even know what to say ! But congrats !

[@kattnip500]

So you're telling me that the entire first half of Pokemon has ACE now

[@RETIREglitch]

Yes :)

[@ArbitraryCodeExecution]

now all main line games from gens 1-4 also do!

[@salamense6788]

cool dark void manaphy you got there well done on finding ace

[@justinhamilton8647]

This is INSANE. Massive congrats to all involved

[@eksmad]

I knew this video would be amazing before watching but I have to say it really is .. amazing.

[@kitsuneprincess4637]

Met at Lv. 69, huh? Nice work!

[@kjhgfdfghjkdrtyuiwewe]

I hope you keep making more content! I also hope we start to find more in black and white!

[@chyuame]

So excited to see this!

[@Mystixor]

Amazing work!

[@cppbear6115]

Yo this some real shit, thanks for the work. I wish you a lovely weekend

[@RETIREglitch]

Thanks for the kind words, and the same to you :)

[@chainswordcs]

incredible. great work from everyone

[@lior_haddad]

Man, that's insane, incredible job!

[@qwertilicious2574]

Wow! I didn’t understand like any of this but I am amazed

[@quinnderp]

i wish i was smart enough to understand any of this.

[@penguinimptheinsane774]

Hot shit my guy, big props to everyone involved!

[@ZilbaFollie]

AAAAAHHH I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!

[@pielovervi]

AAAAAAA SAME!

[@strangeanimations2518]

My mind is blown, you’re an absolute genius.

[@strangeanimations2518]

All of you.

[@Ducktherealone]

:D

[@strangeanimations2518]

:D

[@suchalem6686]

ACE never looked so good. The door has been opened, let the glitches reign supreme!

[@decoolman6210]

I have no idea how people find this kind of stuff... But it is absolutly insane!!! really cool!!!

[@abarette_]

Hahahaha this looks like crazy. Let's see what we can us all do with this !!

[@JH-jk3nm]

this is it

[@The_Mister_E]

With how much code you were entering at the end, I thought we were about to start playing Pokémon Red version!

[@thebaker9005]

A release date special 😍

[@racerking5901]

Wow this is so cool! Kind of sad that it's so much more complicated than gen 3 ACE but I guess that's expected.

[@ArbitraryCodeExecution]

ITS BEEN 2 YEARS???????

[@RETIREglitch]

With some luck next year new videos will come :)

[@ArbitraryCodeExecution]

@@RETIREglitch 👀

[@anthonylacoste387]

better news than the remakes for sure

[@DrPeeper]

"Go! Fly slave!" Had roll

[@jonathancelestina6368]

Are u going to make a video on using the step counter and void to get Manaphy just like u did with Arceus? Also, does this mean u can get infinite of any Pokémon too? Lastly, does the final step count that you make in the void correspond to the Pokédex ID number of the Pokémon, thus being able to get Manaphy? Thanks!

[@JyseppProductions]

Cant wait

[@gonturan0585]

o-o the holy grail has been found

[@PrincessColumbidae]

Ahhhh the hype is real

[@coaldustmarauder2071]

33:24 Every kid's hacking fantasy of pressing random keys on something to hack it. Except it works in this case. There may be a ton of prerequisite steps and the actual keys pressed aren't actually random but I still think the comparison is cool.

[@caseyleenb]

incredible work!

[@Lunascaped]

This is so cool!

[@chawa5594]

oh this video boutta be good

[@ruchi__]

just amazing

[@riantwoninety]

ohhhhhhhhh my god

[@greenleaf2074]

Great work!

[@radiocaf]

That was nothing short of incredible. It's going to take a lot of rewatching for me to fully wrap my head around, but the possibilities that this opens up are endless, and that's so exciting. I can't wait to see what more people do with this.

[@simonmeggeson6048]

35:20 he knows what u did and has come for ur soul

[@ethancarranza6743]

@RETIRE is it possible to void glitch into the safari zone in pokemon pearl?

[@0x19]

LET'S GOOOO

[@ceravia4228]

Beautiful

[@GTR33-FLOH]

Respect +!

[@magician4058]

with all the menu storage bugs in bdsp 1.1.1, surely we can get ace happening on the switch

[@poachedegg12]

Just in time for BDSP

[@2FORN2NITE]

This is amazing

[@milkman9314]

This is awesome