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== Video Games ==
* The game developer Color Dreams changed its name to Wisdom Tree, and rereleased their old games with new titles and Christian themes slapped on. Some notable games that they made included ''Bible Adventures'', ''Sunday Funday'' (a rebadged version of the old Color Dreams game ''Menace Beach''), and ''Spiritual Warfare'' (a thinly disguised ''[[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]]'' clone—not half bad, but mostly by virtue of picking a good game to rip off). These games did not carry the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality, and came with special cartridges that were designed to get around the lockout chips in Nintendo's consoles.
**It is widely believed that the reason Color Dreams turned into Wisdom Tree was not out of piety, but so that they could get around Nintendo's
** One Wisdom Tree game, ''Super 3D Noah's Ark'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], is particularly famous among hardcore gamers for being the only unlicensed SNES cartridge released in the US. The game was essentially ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' [[Serial Numbers Filed Off|with the guns replaced with food and the Nazis replaced with goats]]. (Apparently, gathering ''different'' animals was too much trouble for Noah.) An urban legend claims that id Software actually gave Wisdom Tree the ''Wolfenstein 3D'' code and SNES lockout codes just to spite [[Nintendo]] after the SNES port of ''Wolfenstein 3D'' was [[Bowdlerise]]d. id Software [[Jossed|denies this]], claiming that Wisdom Tree was just another Id Tech 0 engine licensee.
* On a more secular note, ''[[Chex Quest]]'' takes the gameplay of ''[[Doom]]'' to a more family-friendly setting, placating parents who are concerned about their kids playing [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000|disturbingly violent shooters]] while still being fun to play. [[Product Placement]] notwithstanding, it was later lauded by critics and ''Doom'' fans alike as a solid if not tongue-in-cheek total conversion, and gained an enduring [[Cult Classic|cult following]] in recent years.
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** And now ''[http://features.peta.org/mario-kills-tanooki/Default.aspx Super Tanooki Suit]'', in protest of Mario's Tanooki suit. Which comes from a leaf, and [[Super Mario Bros 3|has been around for over 20 years]]. Also, we're talking about a guy who routinely uses turtle shells as weapons. It's the Tanooki suit you're taking issue with? They later claimed [[Parody Retcon|it was just meant as a joke]] after getting [[Internet Backdraft|hordes of Nintendo fans on their case]].
* [[Word of God]] claims that ''[[Ultima IV]]'' (the [[Trope Codifier]] for the [[Karma Meter]]) was intended to be this to the first 3 games, after hearing the complaints of [[Moral Guardians]]. A prime example of [[Tropes Are Not Bad]] since said game revolutionized the RPG genre.
* Stretching the definition a little, while [[CD Projekt]]'s games are just about as edgy and mature as every other AAA blockbuster video game, the company presents its business practices as a more moral substitute to the unabashed avarice shown by the likes of [[Electronic Arts]], [[Take-Two Interactive]] and [[Ubisoft]], who were the staple of criticism for their shady business practices such as the pervasive use of microtransactions and [[Loot Boxes]], none of which were implemented by CDPR out of principle. CD Projekt even went on to proclaim "[[Take That|we leave greed to others]]" on Twitter.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-19-cd-projekt-red-greed-cyberpunk-2077-multiplayer CD Projekt Red: "We leave greed to others"]</ref> Not that they weren't criticised for their labour conditions and their handling of ''[[Cyberpunk 2077]]'' though.
* CD Projekt's sister company [[GOG.com]] is this in comparison to [[Steam]] and other content providers in that they discourage the use of DRM in favour of games released without any sort of copy protection at all, under the principle that such restrictive measures only serve to inconvenience the consumer and actually drive them into piracy. Indeed, the lack of copy protection has attracted those who are ''willing'' to buy games legitimately but are turned off by the horror stories associated with DRM.
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