Packy & Marlon - An SNES Diabetes Adventure Platforming Game

As you may or may not know, I was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and that really blows, but I’ll manage, so I’m not too worried.

Thanks for the kind comments, and of course, thank you Matt for the great email!

Anyway, I’ve been doing a lot of Googling on the subject and I found a ridiculous SNES game for Type 1 Diabetics called Packy & Marlon.

According to Wikipedia, “Packy and Marlon are diabetic elephants who must remember to take their medication throughout the day and eat healthily. At the end of the game they face the evil bosses Veets and Yebur of the Lunch Room Crew who force them to eat highly refined snacks and drinks which raise their blood sugar level.”

That last bit sounds fucking terrifying. Also what is that Elephant doing in a tree without shoes or socks on when he has Diabetes? Crazy ass Diabetic pachyderm!

Also in the wonderful ’90s, Diabetic insulin supplier Novo Nordisk sponsored this gem of a game, Captain Novolin:

All jokes aside, apparently Packy & Marlon has helped Diabetics with Diabetes.

From Wikipedia:

“A six month study undertaken in 1999 on behalf of Click Health by researchers at Stanford University’s Medical Center on 60 diabetic children ages 8 to 16 found that after playing the game the children were four times less likely to require urgent care visits than children who had played other games.”