Dad Hacks "Donkey Kong" - Now Pauline Rescues Mario 262
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from the then-nintendo-imprisons-you-for-life dept.
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.'"
What do you do? (Score:1, Funny)
oh, wow, he swapped the sprites... (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.
Re: What do you do? (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.
Re:Why is this necessary? (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.
Actually I suspect it was more a case of... (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...
Re:If you're going to defeat a 10 foot gorilla (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why is this necessary? (Score:3, Funny)
They aren't sex objects.
Speak for yourself. Kratos can dominate me any day *purrrr*.
Re:Parenting (Score:4, Funny)