This patch allows the player to experience Mega Man II (NES) in a new way by replacing the original typeface with that of Barbie (NES). The change is slight but the visual dissonance is great; after all, what are these crappy, italicized letters doing in my Mega Man game? Mega Man II (Barbie Dreams Type Hack) asks the player to consider the importance of small visual cues and the social implications of game hacking. Does femininity belong in the NES software library? What social concerns can a hacker embed in a 7 pixel-by-7 pixel square? Can Barbie hack or JMP her way into mainstream video-game nostalgia?
CRC-32: A9BD44BC
SHA-1: 6B5B9235C3F630486ED8F07A133B044EAA2E22B2
SHA-256: 27B5A635DF33ED57ED339DFC7FD62FC603B39C1D1603ADB5CDC3562A0B0D555B
MD5: CAAEB9EE3B52839DE261FD16F93103E6