Bomba Patch

[3] Allan Jefferson, owner of a rental store in Mogi Mirim,[2] had already worked on modifying International Superstar Soccer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1990s, replacing the original teams with Brazilian ones.

[1] In 2007, with the growing popularity of Counter-Strike tournaments in LAN houses, Jefferson decided to "combat" them by holding championships for the PlayStation 2 game Pro Evolution Soccer 6,[2] using the mod "Brazucas".

[3] He initially replaced the foreign teams for Brazilian ones; for example, Barcelona would become São Paulo, and Real Madrid would become Corinthians.

However, the team's uniforms and emblems were left unaltered, as these changes were made by Jefferson via the PES editing menu itself.

[2][1] Eventually, the mod, inspired by the name of the competition, was called "Bomba Patch" and was updated weekly and made available at his rental store.

Jefferson went to study Computer Science, spending a year "isolated from the gaming world" in the town of Mulungu, Paraíba.

[2] Jefferson only realized how popular the mod was when he went to the center of a neighboring town,[2] Guarabira, and found it in a local game store.

The signal was only sent via radio waves, so the technician told him that a receiving antenna in a high place was needed, the suggestion being a church tower.

Instead of being scolded, the priest thanked us and said that he was going to put up a loudspeaker to tell people that the church was now 100% safe and that Mass could resume.As a result, the mod was updated again, starting with version 4.6.

[8] For example, an image was published showing Ronaldinho Gaúcho in prison clothes inside the mod, in reference to his arrest in 2020.

[12] In 2021, Jefferson declared that he was developing several original games for cell phones and consoles, and also announced that he was working on a version of Bomba Patch that was fully integrated with WhatsApp.

[2] According to The Enemy, "In Brazil, it's practically impossible to tell the story of the PlayStation 2 without remembering Bomba Patch[, which] won over the country with its frequent updates, uniforms identical to those in real life and the classic theme song".