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Dad Hacks "Donkey Kong" - Now Pauline Rescues Mario

Posted by Unknown on from the then-nintendo-imprisons-you-for-life dept.

H_Fisher writes "What do you do when your daughter wants the girl to be the hero of your old video game? If you're Mike Mika, you hack the game ROM to reverse the roles. He even changed the 'M' at the top of the screen to a 'P.'"

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  1. What do you do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You tell her to check her privilege and stop being a sexist! Oh, wait, wrong gender.

    1. Re: What do you do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Privilege? Gender? This is simply a violation of the DMCA and will be stopped before others use it as an example that they, too, can modify a game to meet thir personal preferences.

      Hats off to the dad for making his daughter happy, but big gaming is going squash this like a bug.

  2. oh, wow, he swapped the sprites... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    There was a patch for DOOM that let you shoot Barney.
    Maybe you shouldn't be taking your morality from Donkey Kong.

  3. Re:Why is this necessary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody looks like that in real life.

    No? I do ... look a lot like Lara Croft. Sure, it's an odd look for a man, but I think I pull it off nicely.

  4. Actually I suspect it was more a case of... by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... dad had a convenient excuse to spend some quality time hacking.

    Wife: Hey, why the fsck are you still sitting in front of that computer, its 1am! You love that thing more than me. I'm sick of it! Come to bed and treat me like a woman!

    Dad: I'm giving matriachal empowerment to the characterisation of this game for the sake of our daughters self esteem.

    Wife: Oh , well, ok then! Night!

    Dad: Heh , sucker. Now, lets see what this ISR does...

  5. Re:If you're going to defeat a 10 foot gorilla by auLucifer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you seen what women carry in their handbags? I'd rather be hit with a mallet than whatever they're hiding in there!

    --
    If I was witty I'd put something funny here but, as it stands, I am not and have just wasted seconds of your life
  6. Re:Why is this necessary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They aren't sex objects.

    Speak for yourself. Kratos can dominate me any day *purrrr*.

  7. Re:Parenting by hackula · · Score: 3, Funny

    Back when I was three, I programmed Donkey Kong from scratch in Assembly. "Big Arcade" stole the source off a BBS where I posted it, and made millions off my idea! Now get off my lawn and go learn some BrainF&&ck, toddlers!