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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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TheGregsaw's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 18:44
TheGregsaw
Formula:

Old Games + Braid style
Timstuff's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 18:56
Timstuff
Why can't there be more 2D games in this day and age! I WANT THAT SONIC GAME!
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:04
Solgrim
These are beyond impressive.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:12
Detry
Awesome! <3
brosef's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:15
brosef


Get me the President of Video Games.
Stahlbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:17
Stahlbrand
Wow, I was thinking -just yesterday- about how an HD re-imagination of LoZ-aLttP could look with the same camera perspective and whatnot.

Too kickass. Thanks for pointing it out.

Now we need to badger the big companies until this shit happens.
sickNasty's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:31
sickNasty
These are better than anything I've seen featured on Art Attack.

Awesome.
Draconianviper's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:44
Draconianviper
I really like the zelda one. I would love a 2d zelda game with that painted look to it, kind of minish capish. Metroid one is pretty cool, I like the lighting effect on the gun. Would have loved to see a Gradius one but I guess that might have been boring/bland.
Keriaku's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:45
Keriaku
No Final Fantasy or anything? :(
alpha486's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:51
alpha486
I CAME. Super Metroid FTW!
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 19:57
Johnny Justice
They look beautiful but I think to interact and see them in motion would be a headache. With that amount of detail you'd lose track of your sprite.

Like Jim said, I don't think they're intended to look like screenshots anyway.
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 20:13
Projectexodus
That looks amazing! The Super Metroid one is my wallpaper now.

But do you know what the sad part is? No videogame company is ever going to give a mega-franchise this kind of treatment... ever! Sure, we'll get to see games like Aquaria and Braid like this, but a 2D Metroid, Zelda, Mario and Sonic? Never!
dollrapist's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 20:35
dollrapist
Sterlings comments make me want to feed him his own wet and sticky nose boogers.
UmarifficCKizzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 20:48
UmarifficCKizzle
Absolutely beautiful, every single one. Though I'm not quite sure what exactly the Mickey Mouse game is supposed to be.

I would LOVE to see Megaman 2 reworked, along with 1942, Goemon/Mystical Ninja and Stryder
UmarifficCKizzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 20:51
UmarifficCKizzle
I don't believe I forgot it, but OF COURSE I would be downright tickled if they reworked an Earthworm Jim game to this quality. Whether it be just a screenshot or a full game...I'm getting giddy!!!
InfraredChimera's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 21:57
InfraredChimera
God I would love to see a Ghost n' Goblins one, but damn GUNSTAR HEROES!!!!!!!!! That's so going as my wallpaper.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 22:08
Monodi
I am still drooling at the Link to the Past picture on the article, and I stil haven't seen the rest
Zero_armada's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 22:15
Zero_armada
I want all of them. Now. NOW, DAMMIT!1
Covertpoet's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 22:17
Covertpoet
I...have no words of expression,
lost they are on a field of dreams

OMG I now wish i could draw :'(
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 22:24
ZombiePlatypus
Those are beautiful...
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 22:43
Dan CiTi
The Mario ones are like they are running on the Braid engine. The ALttP one is amazing too. I don't like the Metroid or Mega Man ones though. They're nice drawings but wouldn't look good as games.
MisterGrieves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 23:00
MisterGrieves
I will raise the money to accompany this guy to Japan and personally felate Shiggy, Aonuma, even the janitor, if it gets me one step closer to one day realizing that A Link to the Past remake. Hell, I just want my children, or my children's children, to be able to experience that.

Or I'll just wish really hard.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 23:04
Doomsday Forte
Now try to say that games aren't art.
Barcode's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/04/2009 23:58
Barcode
just like the game announcer for Quake...

HOLY SHIT! /echo
welkstar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 00:10
welkstar
Wow, I would kill for a Zelda and Metroid like that.

This is relevant to your interests
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=10478
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=12292
Furyfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 01:09
Furyfire
I don't think I'm gonna be blinking for awhile... jus' wanna keep staring!
Monco Vega's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 02:03
Monco Vega
Very nice pictures, the Metroid and Zelda one's are the best, I just noticed that the artist likes to add alot of smoke and rain and shit, why???
RiotMonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 04:40
RiotMonster
Oh wowwwwwwww, new desktop images ftw.
ROCKET KNIGHT ADVENTURES?! *dies* =]
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 05:09
Batthink
I just went O_O at the Rocket Knight Adventures image.

Honestly, these are all great, and the Yoshi's Island image shows off the colours magnificently.

Hamza is going to need to display this artist sometime.
TorpedoTed's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 07:02
TorpedoTed
Breath taking, howd id buy all them games back and probabaly pay 25 quid a piece just beacuse they look so fantastic! Art is in th eye of the beholder but that my friends is art!!
Sega should take a look at these and say fuck 3D sonic!!
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 08:06
Face
Awesome.
silvain's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:37
silvain
The SF one is better than SF4 lol.
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 17:00
Puppy Licks
it's as if Braid had babies with all of my favourite videogames. there are no words...
Wexx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/06/2009 00:19
Wexx
OMFG I CAME.
worldeater's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/06/2009 04:06
worldeater
yeah, I also agree with Jim here. While they are superb drawings, they are only drawings and I wouldn't call this topic or w/e high def videogaming. But hey, that Zelda one is my new wallpaper, Its just gorgeous!
Tomasz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/06/2009 10:33
Tomasz
The Mega Man one is pants soakingly awesome! Same with the Street Fighter and Sonic ones.
Drach's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/07/2009 04:00
Drach
@_@ The Samus is Gorgeous. So is the Link. Wow.
Ryee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2009 16:03
Ryee
I really like the smw one. It's my favorite.

And that would be cool if games did look like this
KoKoO Psy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/19/2009 03:11
KoKoO Psy
My god, I never knew until now. I need a Gunstar with Ikaruga/S&P2 like environments!

This stiff is amazing!
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