--- title: A New Blood Hack For An Old Game | daily.dev description: A developer reverse-engineered Sengoku 2, a 1993 Neo Geo fighting game, to restore blood effects that were censored in the original release. With no simple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-blood-hack-for-an-old-game-5giohnx94 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A New Blood Hack For An Old Game | daily.dev og:description: A developer reverse-engineered Sengoku 2, a 1993 Neo Geo fighting game, to restore blood effects that were censored in the original release. With no simple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-new-blood-hack-for-an-old-game-5giohnx94 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5GioHnX94.png og:image:alt: A New Blood Hack For An Old Game og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A New Blood Hack For An Old Game **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer reverse-engineered Sengoku 2, a 1993 Neo Geo fighting game, to restore blood effects that were censored in the original release. With no simple toggle available, the project required deep reverse engineering work including palette swapping and tileset editing to modify the game's graphics without breaking other visual elements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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