Barney being modded into Doom was the earliest joke mod I remember.

jhbadger · on May 13, 2019

The original 8-bit Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple ][ (1981) was modded to become "Castle Smurfenstein" (1983) in which the Germans became Smurfs.

https://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/smurf.html

protomyth · on May 13, 2019

That was an extremely satisfying mod for someone who got dragged into subbing at a early childhood center when they ran out of staff. That damn purple thing singing is still burned into my memory.

ilikepi · on May 13, 2019

I don't remember that particular mod. I do remember playing Barneysplat![1] on one of the local BBS's I frequented though. It was pretty satisfying for a text-only experience.

[1]: https://www.mobygames.com/game/barneysplat

tech2 · on May 13, 2019

For that we had alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die back when newsgroups were used for something as well as file distribution :) Very satisfying to vent.

xyzzy_plugh · on May 13, 2019

Great, I had since forgotten but now it's burned into my mind as if I just watched it. Is this PTSD?

ErotemeObelus · on May 14, 2019

I am amazed by how universal hatred of the purple dinosaur is. It transcends race, religion, sex and nationality.