How do you get all those goombas to join the fight against two Italian plumbers? Simple. You create propaganda posters – that’s how. These Mario Propaganda posters were created by Fro Design Co. and look awesome. There are 4 total for $80 which isn’t bad and you can find them over at the Fro Design Co. [...]
Archive for the ‘8bit Cool Stuff’ Category
IKEA Tetris Ad, Simple and Fun
May 3rd, 2011
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As kind of a hobby I follow a few advertising blogs. I’m not an advertising guru by any means but definitely have a fascination and appreciation for the process (even for the completely annoying ads). I’ve always been intrigued by the psychology behind it, the creativeness and at times humor that can be generated by [...]
NES Flash Drive Works, but is Completely Inefficient
March 19th, 2011
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This is one of those mods that is cool in that ‘oh-that’s-neat’ kinda way but is completely useless. I still don’t understand why people mod old Nintendos to do pointless things – I’m still on the bandwagon of just make them work consistently. Then I’ll be impressed. But if you’re so inclined to do this [...]
NEStalgia Brings 8bit and MMO Worlds Together
March 19th, 2011
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This might be the coolest 8bit news in awhile. NEStalgia is an original, and free to play, MORPG that combines the classic 8bit RPG feel with an online community. Pretty awesome. Check out the trailer video first then head over to the official site to download. [joystiq]
Super Mario Bros. with Real World Sound Effects
March 19th, 2011
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The Mario continues…this time with real world sound effects. Amazing how it changes the feel of such a simple game. This was put together by Jake Kaufman, a sound designer from LA, using sound effect libraries for games.
It’s a Mario Day, Starting with Super Mario as a First Person Game
March 19th, 2011
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This is an interesting re-imagining of the classic Super Mario Bros. as a first-person title. Guess it could be a FPS with fireballs but we’ll leave that alone. This 3D video was made by the same guys who brought us Jedi A-holes – check out more videos on freddiew’s youtube channel. It took aproximately 60 man hours [...]
Real World Mario in SXSW Short Film
March 15th, 2011
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This is a pretty great real world version of Super Mario Bros. Created by Joe Nicolosi – this is just one of few shorts he has that will show up at SXSW. It’s a dark retelling (in a funny vein of course) of Mario’s pursuit of that bitch Peach. Enjoy. [/flim]
Functional 8bit Violin, Well Sort Of
February 23rd, 2011
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If it can be 8bitted – make it so. Well this homemade beauty was built as apart of an art experiment called an instrument a day, where artist Ranjit Bhatnager builds a new homemade instrument…um…each day. Today seems to be our lucky day as he decided to take on making an 8bit violin that actually [...]
The Great Gatsby for NES
February 22nd, 2011
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Not much to say. You either read it and know it or have no idea what this is. Either way it’s a pretty fun side scrolling 8bit version of the epic story that will ruin your day. Check out this flash based browser game over at Great Gatsby Game. Although you might be better off [...]
RetroN 3 Gaming System = 3 Classic Systems in One
February 14th, 2011
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Well isn’t this fancy. If a Sega Genesis, a Nintendo and a Super Nintendo had a crazy sex orgy party – the RetroN 3 Gaming System would be the bastard child of said love fest. This actual hybrid system can play all the classic cartridge based titles in one machine. The system comes with it’s [...]
