If you go to Google Maps right now, there’s an option in the top right corner for a Quest view. Click on that, and get the world in all its 8-bit NES glory. And great news: The map adventure is coming to an NES console near you. Just put in the cartridge, connect to the Internet via dial-up, and you’re off to the races. See the world like you’ve never seen it before.
Google explains in the video below.
Update: There are also a lot of Easter eggs. [via]
It’s already April 1st in Japan!
Yours isn’t the only timezone ;)
Check out google.com maps as suggested. Quest works.
Looks an awful lot like the “Legend of Zelda” map tileset I made for Bing Maps just over two weeks ago!
http://alastaira.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/creating-the-legend-of-zelda-map-tiles-from-bing-maps-aerial-imagery/
Sounds an awful lot like they stole your idea!! Pretty messed up, but not really surprising.
I sooooooo wish this were for real! It would be an instant buy for me. I love the old NES and still have one that I treasure dearly. Google Maps 8 bit would be a nice addition to my collection of mostly RPG’s like Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy III.
Gaaaah! This joke is cruel for those who despise the three-dimensional horrors of modern day video games.
Oh well…
nice final fantasy 3 map style
Google’s really upped one this year because the map actually works. A lot of the world’s landmarks have also been 8-bittified: http://www.bulsuk.com/2012/04/google-maps-8-bit-tour-of-world.html. Still trying to look for more.
Check out street view!!!
Holy crap, it’s like you’ve dropped acid.
check out a compilation
http://goo.gl/Z0kag
haha , love this look, reminds me of my old Atari games from when I was 12.
Extends to street view as well :)
I think I hear the original Zelda music playing in the background. Very Cool
Dragon Warrior music
Dragon Warrior maps
(edit: Dragon Quest was the original)