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Be prepared: High-def videogame remake art is beyond beautiful photo

I think this is the first time in my life I have ever been speechless.

Before anyone cries “OVERDRAMATIC!” please take a look at the attached gallery. Artist Orioto has recreated some iconic retro videogame scenes in glorious high-definition and ... yeah ... like I said: speechless.

I honestly love so many of his (or her?) pieces that I truly couldn’t decide which one to use as the header pic of this post. I selected the classic opening storm sequence from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past not only because it is stunning, but, well, Link to the Past is my favorite game of all time. What can I say? I’m a little biased. But, man, they are all incredible! Check out the one from Super Mario World ... or the one from Street Fighter II ... or the one from Super Metroid! MY GOD I CAN’T CONTROL MY HAND OVER THE CAPS LOCK!

As much as I adore retro graphics, can you imagine what it would be like to play all of these high-definition remakes? Someone shoot me in the face because, if there is a heaven, I will be playing these games there.

Please give some much deserved love to Orioto by also checking out his deviantART page. He deserves every bit of praise I am hoping you all heap on him in the comments.

What do you think? Which one is your favorite? Any retro games you would love to see the artist tackle next? CAPS LOCK GO!

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Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 02/04/2009 17:03
Holy shit.......amazing.
Half left's Avatar
Half left at 02/04/2009 17:04
JIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
seigfreid's Avatar
seigfreid at 02/04/2009 17:05
Moar games like this plz
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 02/04/2009 17:05
HOLY FUCK
this is torture
DarkTower06's Avatar
DarkTower06 at 02/04/2009 17:08
I have no goddamn idea what I'm supposed to be looking at in the Metroid one. I assume it's Metroid because all the others are easily identifiable.
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 02/04/2009 17:09
Amazing. You don't usually see Gunstar Heroes fanart in any form.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 02/04/2009 17:09
MY PANTS ARE NOW BROKEN!
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar
Anus Mcphanus at 02/04/2009 17:11
I think I just crapped myself after seeing the Mickey & Donald World of Illusion picture!

Seriously at the very least that needs to be on the Virtual Console now!!
trueb7ue's Avatar
trueb7ue at 02/04/2009 17:11
the mario, SF, and Metroid themed ones were all the best.


seriously brb faproom
power-glove's Avatar
power-glove at 02/04/2009 17:12


Yeah, you should do Modus as well.
The Hero with 1001 Faces's Avatar
The Hero with 1001 Faces at 02/04/2009 17:12
Meh.
maltman1856's Avatar
maltman1856 at 02/04/2009 17:14
i love it
Mozgus's Avatar
Mozgus at 02/04/2009 17:14
We'll probably never see any of these get remade in this style. Developers just don't get it.
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 02/04/2009 17:15
My heart flipped over when I saw the Mega Man one.
Unicorn's Avatar
Unicorn at 02/04/2009 17:18
i'm waiting for games to actually look like this.

fucking style over polygon count!
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 02/04/2009 17:18
Well, we are pretty much getting the Street Fighter one in a few days . . .
that1dood's Avatar
that1dood at 02/04/2009 17:18
My pants... THEY DO NOTHING!
Darkanubis87's Avatar
Darkanubis87 at 02/04/2009 17:19
omg god! i exclaimed out loud when i saw this and dragged my wife to stare with me.
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 02/04/2009 17:22
New wallpaper go!
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 02/04/2009 17:22
I love the Zelda, Sonic and World of Illusion ones. The rest just look like waterpainted screenshots... meh :)
Snoopbob2006's Avatar
Snoopbob2006 at 02/04/2009 17:23
i love them..

If only..
falinter's Avatar
falinter at 02/04/2009 17:23
I've seen the mario one before a while ago but the rest of these. WOW
The GHost's Avatar
The GHost at 02/04/2009 17:23
*eyes begin to well up*

Should have sent a poet.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 02/04/2009 17:24
No Castlevania love...but these are still awesome!
Mirax's Avatar
Mirax at 02/04/2009 17:26
Although the Alttp one really is stunning, when I saw the Super Metroid one I just freaked. SO GOOD.
Krow-Kupo's Avatar
Krow-Kupo at 02/04/2009 17:26
Pants have been creamed.
Drack48's Avatar
Drack48 at 02/04/2009 17:27
WOW INCREDIBLE! OHH god I want a new 2d metroid like that soo bad it hurts. Great work..man..wow! How can people look at that stuff and go "meh"?
VampireChrist's Avatar
VampireChrist at 02/04/2009 17:29
that shit is illllll son
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 02/04/2009 17:32
Go buy Aquaria then you fuckers, some people do make games like this.
Slynx's Avatar
Slynx at 02/04/2009 17:35
Sonic and Metroid ones were awesome.
El Nicko's Avatar
El Nicko at 02/04/2009 17:38
Wow...i would love to have the Super Metroid one hanging on my wall.
grafkhun's Avatar
grafkhun at 02/04/2009 17:39
Impressive, very impressive. I love the blurry impressionistic style as well as all the neat touches, like how the door in the Metroid one looks so natural in the scene and stuff, gorgeous. my favorite is the SMW one with the giant bullet bill, due to how the perspective is formed to make it really look like it is a game scene. I love the megaman one but can't really see it in a game, it's still awesome though.
Heojaua's Avatar
Heojaua at 02/04/2009 17:40
MOARRRRRRRR PLZZZZ
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 02/04/2009 17:44
Now, these are amazing, and look beautiful, but isn't calling them "high-def remakes" a little pretentious? They're just drawings, basically. That's not how they'd look as hi-def remakes, they're just illustrations. Intensely beautiful illustrations, but they don't look anything at all like game screenshots.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 02/04/2009 17:45
OH MY GOD

The Sonic one from Aquatic Ruin Zone is amazing, but they're all fucking awesome.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar
ArrestedDeveloper at 02/04/2009 17:48
Those are errmazing.
Shirley Temple's Avatar
Shirley Temple at 02/04/2009 17:48
@Jim

The whole time I was going through the gallery I kept thinking to myself that a game dev could actually very easily make games that look like these. After all, everything would be a flat image/sprite. I want to see more games like this. Much like Braid.
realyst's Avatar
realyst at 02/04/2009 17:50
@Jim:

Why couldn't they be? High def doesn't necessarily mean brown and bloom. Non-realistic shaders are all over the place and these games would look gorgeous using some of these techniques.

Nothing in this pics couldn't be done using some very high tech and a good library of non-realitic shader effects.
solidgoomba's Avatar
solidgoomba at 02/04/2009 17:53
I would trade all the 3d graphics in the world to see something like this
Artemus's Avatar
Artemus at 02/04/2009 18:13
Good gawd.
Holy got damn toledo.
Fuck.
Those pieces are beyond words!

Can they be purchased?! I'm gonna have to get the Mario, Link and Sonic pieces printed and framed! These need to be displayed!

Yeah, Chad - When I saw The Link to the Past pic I nearly fainted with joy... I though it was a screen shot of a Nintendo HD remake! Damn, my hopes were high...
Wouldn't that be sweet?! =) Imagine?!
sylphx's Avatar
sylphx at 02/04/2009 18:17
I'm gonna second Jim on this one.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar
RonBurgandy2010 at 02/04/2009 18:17
This guy needs to start making games.




You know, like Luc Bernard.
sylphx's Avatar
sylphx at 02/04/2009 18:20
I'm gonna second Jim on this one.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 02/04/2009 18:25
@Jim Sterling,
You sound like the old man neighbor yelling at the guys building the first rocket.

"What are you thinking?! That crazy contraption is never going to go anywhere! Stop dreaming big, you damn whippersnappers!"

I wonder if those guys waved at the old man as they were flying to the moon ...

Who knows what a Link to the Past high-def remake would look like until, ya' know, it actually exists?!

Think positive! TECHNOLOGY! :D
mix's Avatar
mix at 02/04/2009 18:28
I'm at work and I can't stand up!!!! I would buy these for sure!!!!
psycho terror2's Avatar
psycho terror2 at 02/04/2009 18:29
not particularly impressed.

yes i'd love to see these games, but these are just pictures. if someone takes the time to redo all the sprites in super metroid to look like the ones in the picture, then i'll be impressed.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar
Lord The Night Knight at 02/04/2009 18:33
The Sonic on the beach one looks great.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 02/04/2009 18:34
I would give a generous amount of vital organs for a high def Gunstar Heroes remake.
gatorsax2010's Avatar
gatorsax2010 at 02/04/2009 18:37
Gotta say, I loved the Yoshi's Island one. I think that's what it would have looked like if the technology were there at the time it was released--sort of the ultimate expression of they style they were going for. I really want to play a game that looks as smooth as the best hand-drawn animation. Wario Land: Shake It! is a good example, but imagine what could be!
Christophart's Avatar
Christophart at 02/04/2009 18:38
i just came shit i mean yeah there only IMAGES but wow...he has a picture of L on his deviant art fucking sickest shit ive seen in a while
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