In case you missed it yesterday, Google Maps played a really good practical joke on the world with their NES 8-bit Google Maps April Fools prank. Although it’s not April Fools day any longer, I went again to check it out some more and see that it’s still up.
In these two clips from Lefvande Bilder, he created stop motion videos of Super Mario out of beads. I can’t imagine how long it took to create the animated sequences, but it’s creative and new way to capture the fun and legacy of Super Mario.
Super Mario needs your help in the ongoing war against Bowser to save Princess Peach. That’s the theme of these really unique propaganda posters by Fro Design. Remember, “don’t let power ups fall into enemy hands!”
Larry Quach is a freelance artist and had the opportunity to create unique wedding invitations for his friend’s Esther and Ryan. They wanted a Super Mario Bros theme wedding, so check out these invitations he created. They are amazing and very detailed.
If you love all your new console games like Halo or God of War, but also love your NES nostalgia, 72 Pins has the solution for you. They take old NES game cartridges and create illustrations that have the old 8-bit pixelated touch to it for the new console games. Their FAQ states they don’t actually remake new games 8-bit style; only that they reuse old games to create the new-to-old game look.
Twitter’s growth continues to rise. As it grows, the users continue to get more diverse and are changing as the service evolves. Pew Research provided an update for 2011 on some critical stats on who is using Twitter.
If you are a fan of Incubus’ music or you like to play old school 8-bit games akin to the Double Dragon era, you will like the new flash game that they have going. The game is dubbed Incubattle and it let’s you choose one of the Incubus band members and then you get to take on music pirates who have stolen tracks from the new Incubus album If Not Now, When?. There is 1-player and 2-player options. This appears to be an interesting way to promote their new album and give the message, don’t pirate our ish!
Shawn Smith, an artist in Texas likes to take thousands of small wooden blocks and create nature themed 8 bit art. The process is very intensive as he has to first conceptualize the art, design it, then cut each wooden piece by hand and paint each “pixel”. Then he has to glue each block pixel into place to create the final piece. The results are very interesting.
Gamers, Geeks and Fashionistas chillax — here are a bunch of really geeky and nostalgic outfits that you can wear to be extra rad or impress your geeky significant other! Enjoy.
Old School, meet iPad. iPad, meet Old School. This is awesome on many levels, but I love this idea. This guy hacked his old style Nintendo controller to work with his iPad using conductive arms that simulate touches on screen. I would really think for NES, 8-bit, old school fans, Nintendo should make a controller compatible with a line of NES games for the iPad. New technology with games we love.
A new check-in service is launching today called EightBit. EightBit is similar to FourSquare, Facebook Places or Gowalla. If you don’t know what a check-in service is, it’s when you “check-in” to places like restuarants or businesses with your mobile device.
This is probably the best use of an old Nintendo system I have ever seen! It’s called the Drunken-NES. It’s a drinking game developed just for the old 8-bit NES. You play by blowing into the game cartridge just like a breathalyzer. Also just like you used to blow into the games when they wouldn’t work. I love this. I hope they make some that people can buy.
If you ever thought what it would be like to mashup some of your favorite old school 8-bit video games together you are in luck. Here are some illustrations made by Aled Lewis. The Mario - Streefighter one is pretty cool I must say! Which one is your favorite?
This game just blew my mind! Get ready for “awesomeness”. Kijjaa is the very first game for your iPhone and your computer. It’s an iPhone controlled flash based game that you play on your computer. The iPhone is the controller.
Meet the first ever 8-bit inspired video game car. It’s a Scion made after the Famicon game system (Nintendo game system originally that came out in Japan). The Scion is called the “Giant Robot” and has all the likeness of the old 8-bit video game era. I love it!
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