Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Mike Mika created the NES "Pauline" version of Donkey Kong when his three year old daughter asked to play as Pauline instead of Mario ("Jumpman"). I thought it was a really clever hack, so I created an expanded arcade version (with Mike's blessing) for use on original Donkey Kong arcade machines.

My development log on the work is here: multigame.com/dkp_arcade.html

Mike's Wired article is here: wired.com/gamelife/2013/03/donkey-kong-pauline-hack