The assets aren't free and open source. If you want to legally use the open source code to play a game, you'll either need to buy the game to get the assets or use an alternative like freedoom.
If one delirious shitty britches party says "they are against this thing" the shitty britches sniffers will surely be all for the shitted britches position
Child me could beat it after hours of repeated attempts and running out of continues.
Adult me went back after a decade. The muscle memory was still there and I beat it on the first try. I probably got about an 80% success rate on first attempts now. But level 4 and beyond I'm terrible.
I actually found an A to A cable in my Big Box of Cables I Might Need One Day™ when trying to flash my Gotek floppy emulator with FlashFloppy firmware.
I'm leaning toward a short somewhere, since you said the PSU starts up with the paperclip but not when plugged in to the board.