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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Chad Concelmo is Destructoid's features editor. He loves hanging out with awesome people. That's why Destructoid makes him so happy, since it is full of THE MOST AWESOME PEOPLE OF ALL TIME! Also, dolphins.
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5:00 PM on 02.04.2009
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this is torture
Seriously at the very least that needs to be on the Virtual Console now!!
seriously brb faproom
Yeah, you should do Modus as well.
fucking style over polygon count!
If only..
Should have sent a poet.
The Sonic one from Aquatic Ruin Zone is amazing, but they're all fucking awesome.
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.
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.
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?!
You know, like Luc Bernard.
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
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.
Nabbing a few.
Old Games + Braid style