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[Petri] wrote in to show off the 8-bit gaming system and original platformer which he and [Antti] developed. Don’t get us wrong now, it’s impressive that the duo were able to put togeth… ...
Video game developers didn’t have a lot to work with on the Nintendo Entertainment System; the 8-bit console didn’t have much power to throw around compared to today’s 3D extravaganzas, and ...
The people at CineFix created an 8-bit video game tribute to Anchorman and it's the best thing you'll watch today.
One of the particularly fun trends we’ve seen popping up around the internet is the 8-bit makeover, where an artist takes a popular TV or movie and reimagines it as a retro video game. The only ...
CineFix, a YouTube channel for film and pop culture buffs, shared this video of an 8-bit video game recreation of the Chicago-based holiday favorite.
G4 produced two seasons of a forgotten and underappreciated cartoon comedy about game designers that remains a love letter to 8-bit gaming.
The new side-scrolling web platform game, styled to look like an 8-bit entry from yesteryear, comes to us from The Line Animation at Electric Theater Collective, who have managed to use a ...
We’ve seen 8-bit versions of Community, Mad Men, even Downton Abbey. Now, we can add Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film "Drive" to the list. (If only this thing was a real game for Sega Genesis!) ...
Another game based on the eternally dumb Angry Video Game Nerd series is incoming on PS5 and PS4. This time, the Nerd's going full NES, starring in an 8-bit adventure suitably titled Angry Video ...
In this tutorial we turn our attention to the more lo-fi 8-bit sounds of the NES and Game Boy and look at how to recreate them in a modern DAW. To achieve this we’ll be using Vital, which is a ...
Today's video games are like watching a movie, but back forty years ago we were hooked on 8-bit graphics. Back in the 80s kids didn’t have handheld video games or apps on their phones to play ...
How to make 8-bit video game sounds in your DAW with a free synth (Image credit: Future) 1: Classic gaming console synths are very simple, and usually include square and triangle waveform oscillators.