RootedCON
The March 5-7, 2026 sixteenth RootedCON edition in Madrid whose community reversing repositories reconstruct an official Pacman Badge ESP32 electronic badge with an ST7735 display, D-pad, and a native quiz-server CTF protocol.
Kinepolis, Madrid · Spain · 2026
A Spanish RootedCON 2026 official Pacman Badge reconstructed from multiple community reversing repositories as an ESP32-D0WD-V3 board with a 1.77-inch ST7735 128x160 display, a directional pad, buttons, and a native quiz-server CTF protocol, distributed at the March 5-7, 2026 sixteenth edition at Kinepolis Madrid.
Lifecycle
The original official badge firmware shipped a custom Pacman-themed firmware whose native quiz-server CTF protocol was reversed by the community.
The r4venOS community firmware replaces the Pacman firmware with a WiFi scanner, evil-twin detector, deauth, and crypto utility toolkit on the same ESP32 hardware.
Community reversals identify a 1.77-inch ST7735 128x160 TFT display and a directional pad with additional buttons on the ESP32-D0WD-V3 board.
Operational history
The Spanish record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying community repository diagrams, screenshots, social media, placeholders, or generated approximations.
The record treats the badge as the official RootedCON 2026 badge on the strength of convergent community reversals, while keeping the official-status, designer, and production claims conservative until official sources appear.