Google Maps Introduces 8-Bit Quest Maps 123
AbsoluteXyro writes "Today users of Google Maps will notice a new mapping option — 'Quest' — alongside the usual 'Map' and 'Satellite' views. Quest view renders the planet in a retro 8-bit fantasy video game style, including renders of famous landmarks such as the White House and the Eiffel Tower. Even Pegman gets in on the game, now taking on the appearance of a sword wielding 8-bit adventurer, allowing you to witness Street View through 8-bit eyes. Basically, imagine a fully functioning Google Maps on an NES."
Re:Someone is trying to defictionalize this (Score:4, Informative)
Doesn't the NES have a big fat expansion bus on the bottom?
There's a 48-pin connector (pinout [nesdev.com]) on the bottom of the NES-101. It was intended to combine the functions of the controller port on the front of the Famicom and the cable that comes out of the Famicom Disk System's system card. The connector was originally intended for the NES version of the FDS, but it never found use because Nintendo discovered that just as the FDS made it easier for Nintendo to make authentic copies of games to sell, it also made it easier for others to make infringing copies of games to sell. So there is no such port on the top-loading NES-101, nor on the Famicom. The configuration where a cable comes out of the side of the cartridge would probably be easier to manufacture in small quantities than a dongle that the NES sits on.
Re:Interesting places to look at (Score:5, Informative)
So here is what I have found so far:
Space needle,
empire state building,
statue of liberty,
St Luis's Gateway Arch
The white House,
The Washington monument
MLK Jr monument.
The smithsonian has a Panda Icon.
All Google offices have 2 little people.
The Google headquarters has the Giant android statue, as well as the T-Rex skeleton.
UK:
Nelson's Monument
Tower Bridge
Tate Modern
Other:
The Louvre
Eiffel tower
Arc de Triomphe
Pyramids of Giza.
The sphynx.
Taj Mahal
Re:Cheat Sheet (Score:4, Informative)
remove the /has at the end and it works fine. derp.
Re:Google Maps 8-Bit Version Promotional Video (Score:4, Informative)
For those who aren't NES RPG fans, the game they took the graphics and music from is Dragon Warrior.
Re:Google Maps 8-Bit Version Promotional Video (Score:5, Informative)
Dragon Quest [wikipedia.org].
Re:Cheat Sheet (Score:4, Informative)
Link broken. Sorry about that, http://www.bengarvey.com/2012/03/31/list-of-interesting-places-in-8-bit-google-maps [bengarvey.com] should work
Re:Google Maps 8-Bit Version Promotional Video (Score:4, Informative)
not sure if you're trying to correct him or provide a link, but it was released as Dragon Warrior in the US.
Re:Google Maps 8-Bit Version Promotional Video (Score:3, Informative)
Coincidentally, There is an icon of a slime at the location of the Square-Enix HQ in Tokyo.
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