Parents warn of gaming console with hidden racist and sexual content

Taylor Turley was stunned after she noticed the Super Mini SN-02 gaming console her 5-year-old son received as a Christmas gift was filled with racist and pornographic games.

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[Larry]

These are all ROM hacks that people used to make in the very early days of the internet. The factory in China obviously just downloaded a collection of ROMs off the web and never checked what they actually were.

[disciprine]

Imagine knowingly buying a illegal knockoff console and then complaining about the contents inside. These parents are ridiculous

[ZachAttack]

The fact they try to contact Disney for something that is modified is hilarious.

[gmfitzg]

Why would they reach out to Disney for comment when it's a bootleg console?? smh 🤦‍♂

[MikeDest]

Some notes for other parents:
1. These are knock off consoles made in China and filled with unlicensed and commonly modified copies of games (ROM Files). You can't blame Nintendo or Disney or anything like that.
2. There is an online scene called ROM Hacking where people modify games. You have 2 sides of that. You have the people who modify games to update them, add features, or to make them better. An example of that would be maybe updating the roster of players on a sports game to reflect a 2023 season instead of a 1989 season. Then you have a group of people who just want to try to be funny and modify games to make them as sexual, racist, or obnoxious as possible. Those people did it for their own enjoyment and for the enjoyment of other ROM Hackers. Those people never intended for fly-by-night Chinese companies to take the ROM files and put them on their cheap knockoff consoles to sell to unsuspecting parents.

[mollycblaeser]

..well, you bought a bootleg knock-off.

Edit: OMFG they reached out to Disney?! They had nothing to do with it 🤣

[jdolandev]

"we reached out to disney but did not hear back" is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long while

[jtg_edc]

Its crazy they didn't even mention that even selling this game is completely illegal.

[mrShh]

I can't believe they actually contacted Disney about an unofficial rom hack of a game they made 30 years ago

[ginobling]

If you grew up playing the original SNES you should be able to notice a knock off when you see one

[whitediggity]

Yeah that’s why you don’t buy Chinese bootleg video games from the flea market or the internet.

[arcanum]

"Who's fault is it?"
Parents "Well...
- Video Games
- Movies
- Society
- Schools
- Internet
- Politics
- Anyone but the actual parents"

[drunktaco]

Both this news station and the parents are completely clueless about whats really going on.

[DisasterEXE]

If you paid $60 for a bootleg console not only are you being cheap, but you fail at buying inexpensive retro games

[Peroxide-Mark]

you buy bootleg consoles you get bootleg roms

[GreenCloveR]

Giving your child a cell phone is even more dangerous

[Kira_Official_]

Quick tip for parents: If you see a box that looks like a retro gaming console that says something along the lines of "821 GAMES IN ONE!!!" Expect it to be a bootleg from China. Also, just do your research before making a purchase.

[tlonmaster]

They're treating it like this is a new thing and they didn't buy cheap, fake stuff. I blame the parents.

[tiff]

The fact they called Disney over a video game that was made nearly 30 years is what had me 🤣

[Monafide]

The random dude who made that Jungle Book rom hack, the one presumably stolen by the creator of the console, would probably die of laughter if he found out that NBC reached out to Disney about it.