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title: THE GAME THM WRITEUP
tags: [WriteUps, Science& Tech, Education, TryHackMe]

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# THE GAME THM WRITEUP
Hey, today I am going to take you through **The Game**.

Below is the information we are given by the creator of the room.

"Cipher has gone dark, but intel reveals he’s hiding critical secrets inside Tetris, a popular video game. Hack it and uncover the encrypted data buried in its code.

This challenge was originally a part of the Hackfinity Battle 2025 CTF Event."

First, you have to download the Task Files
![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJtguZfyWx.png)

In your terminal, move to the directory where you saved the task files.
It is common for TryHackMe to have their flags in the format `THM{...}` right?

So all we have to do is to use the `grep` command to find the flag.
In the directory with the task files, type this:
`strings Tetrix.exe | grep "THM"`
The above command simply outputs all the strings with the word `THM` regardless of the case. You will only have to scroll and you will get the flag in plain sight.

Thank you, I hope you have learnt.
Have a good day