The World Is A Console RPG

March 31, 2012 2:24 PM

Browse Google Maps In 8-bit Mode.

Some highlights: Paris, The Great Pyramids, Washington, DC, Area 51, Big Ben, Roswell, New Mexico, Google Headquarters . Much of the imagery seems broadly based on Dragon Quest, an NES franchise of RPGs started in 1986. Via

posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul (4 comments total)

I can't think of a dumb joke about doubles and retro games.
posted by Burhanistan at 2:28 PM on March 31, 2012

I can't think of a dumb joke about doubles and retro games.

I can, but my 32-bit machine keeps trying to make me post it four times, and that's annoying.
posted by hippybear at 2:31 PM on March 31, 2012

Oh, poor you.
posted by SPrintF at 2:33 PM on March 31, 2012

Something something but our post is in another castle!
posted by item at 2:34 PM on March 31, 2012