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The Pacman Badge hardware and CTF protocol are reconstructed from community reversing repositories, but no official RootedCON badge repository, official confirmation, named designer, schematic, PCB, BOM, or production file was recovered in this pass.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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official-status and archive gap · community sources only · needs official archive recovery
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.
- Badge
- RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
- Category
- official-status and archive gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- community sources only
- Status
- needs official archive recovery
- Timeframe
- 2026 badge archive pass
- Source note
- RootedCON 2026 community reversing, custom-firmware, and repurpose repositories.
community firmware repository
Community replacement firmware for the RootedCON 2026 ESP32 badge, documenting WiFi scanner, evil-twin detection, deauth, and crypto utilities on the same hardware.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
community repurpose repository
Community repository repurposing the RootedCON 2026 CTF badge as a wireless controller for a fighting robot over ESP32, TFT, and d-pad.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
community reversing repository
Community repository reversing the official Pacman Badge firmware, including arcade mode, Marauder integration, and the native quiz-server CTF protocol, published under GPL-3.0.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
official event page
Official RootedCON source for the March 5-7, 2026 sixteenth edition at Kinepolis, Madrid.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
GitHub / DonJulve · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary community source for the ESP32-D0WD-V3, ST7735 1.77-inch 128x160 display, D-pad, and native quiz-server CTF protocol reconstruction, published under GPL-3.0.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
GitHub / aherreros-dev · retrieved 2026-05-15
Community source corroborating the ESP32 DevKit hardware and documenting the WiFi auditing custom firmware replacement surface.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
GitHub / double-thinker · retrieved 2026-05-15
Community source corroborating the ESP32, TFT, and d-pad hardware by repurposing the badge as a wireless robot controller.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge
RootedCON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official source for the March 5-7, 2026 sixteenth edition, Kinepolis Madrid venue, and Spanish cybersecurity-conference context.
Badge: RootedCON 2026 Pacman Badge