How many video games include a marriage proposal? At least one

Post by harel » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 10:09 AM UTC

Post by eleveriven » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 10:18 AM UTC

astrocat wrote: post #10

The heart-warming gem: > I sent a note about these Easter eggs to Scott Corley [the game's developer]. He said that he had recently pulled out the game to show the marriage proposal to his son. But he’d forgotten the code and couldn’t make it work! He and Melissa did indeed live happily ever after.

Post by westmeal » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 10:20 AM UTC

powerclue wrote: post #33

proofofconcept wrote: post #15

Reminds me of this vid by a guy who did a romhack of Chrono Trigger to propose to his then-gf who was playing through it for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_HMLvLB7b0 "I proposed by hacking Chrono Trigger (Oct 24, 2008, 6m 57s)" He writes in the description about what he was going for as far as making it seem like part of the actual game while still referencing their romantic history, and how well i…

That's me! I made that 17 years ago, still happily married. Took me like two weeks of full time tinkering. It involved a lot of trial and error messing with a hex editor.

Post by philipwhiuk » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 10:53 AM UTC

muragekibicho wrote: post #31

What's the criteria for changing HN post titles? The earlier posting was 'A marriage proposal hidden across two playstation games' or something like that. Is there a HN bot doing this or is it the mods?

Post by ralferoo » Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 11:42 AM UTC

astrocat wrote: post #10

The heart-warming gem: > I sent a note about these Easter eggs to Scott Corley [the game's developer]. He said that he had recently pulled out the game to show the marriage proposal to his son. But he’d forgotten the code and couldn’t make it work! He and Melissa did indeed live happily ever after.