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Gameboy De-Makes
This photoshop challenge posted to Pixelation is simple: Take modern games and re-imagine them as 2D ports to the first gen Gameboy.
Funny right?
The results are even more hilarious, with entries for BioShock (seen above), Ico, Sam and Max, and many others.
Here are the requirements, as listed over at Pixelodeon:
Mockup Frenzy #3: Game Boy De-Makes!
Resolution: 160x144
Colors: 4 (see images below for examples)
Theme: De-Makes
Start Day: September 17th, 2007
Deadline: September 30th, 2007
Notes: To sum up, de-makes are the inverse of the "next-gen" game update. Take a new game, and roll it back to an older piece of hardware. Only we're going to be rolling it WAY back; all the way to the original Game Boy! Goldeneye 2D is a perfect example, and the inspiration for this theme! To help you get started, I've included a few choice screens from the better-looking GB games of the past. Feel free to use any of the palettes in these images, or invent your own 4 color monochrome ramp! (images on the site)
You're welcome to follow the strict Game Boy spec, but it is not a requirement for this competition. The basic specs for the system are as follows:
* 2-bit color (black, dark grey, light grey, white)
* 8x8 tiles
* 8x8, 8x16 and 16x8 sprites
* 1 4-color bg palette
* 2 3-color sprite palettes (that must choose from same 4 colors as the bg)
* Background tiles each get a foreground/background flag
* No more than 10 sprites per scanline on the raster This photoshop challenge posted to Pixelation is simple: Take modern games and re-imagine them as 2D ports to the first gen Gameboy. ... more -
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