Play as Pauline in Donkey Kong’s Secret Prototype
0🕹 Game Name: Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition
📛 Alternate Names: DK Pauline Edition
📅 Release Date: 1983 (prototype hack)
🔫 Genre: Platform / Character Swap
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Nintendo R&D1 (prototype)
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Nintendo
🔢 Max Players: 2 (alternating)
⁉ Cooperative: No
🕹 Game Introduction:
A rare prototype swap hack replacing Mario with Pauline as the playable character, altering stage logic to suit her sprite.
🕹 Game Description:
Pauline climbs girders and jumps barrels in her quest to rescue… herself? The hack reframes the story as a self-rescue.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Pauline’s jump arc is slightly higher than Mario’s.
👉 🏻 Hammer power-ups are re-skinned as microphones that stun barrels.
👉 🏻 Score bonuses awarded for singing notes at key platforms.
📕 Background & History:
Developed internally as a demo for sprite-swap capabilities; never released beyond Nintendo labs.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Pausing on specific beams triggers Pauline’s victory dance sprite.
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Prototype ROM available among collectors with added debug mode.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Pauline’s original name was “Lady” in early design docs.
👉 🏻 Earliest appearance of Pauline as more than a damsel sprite.
👓 Lonster’s Review:
Charming aside from balance quirks; seeing Pauline in action is a delight.
🌟 Legacy:
Influenced later Pauline cameos in Super Mario Odyssey and other Nintendo titles.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Collectors celebrate it as a feminist twist on the original Donkey Kong.
💭 Lonster’s Final Thoughts:
A cultural gem—Pauline Edition is both cute and historically significant.
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