Display extremely high resolution game maps at their native resolution, that's what! When
Alex Bisler stumbled upon Ian Albert's excellent archive of retro
video game maps, a light bulb went off in his head. You see, Alex happens to work at a research institute which
leaves a display capable of 6000x3000 pixels lying around. Whilst that's still not enough to fit every map on the
screen (some of the maps are an insane 20,000x20,000 pixels
across and weigh in at over 80MB!) they still look extremely impressive when displayed on the institute's
"HEyeWall".
If you're feeling a bit of pixel envy, stop reading and go check out the pictures of Alex being dwarfed by Zelda and
Ultima maps!
[Thanks, Alex Bisler]
What's a gamer to do with an 18 megapixel display?
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
"What’s a gamer to do with an 18 megapixel display?"
Get an awesome couch for it.
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Get an awesome couch for it.
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Cullen, was that using an 8 bit pallet? How many layers?? A png or similar "final" format with a optimized or simple pallet is usually much smaller than the working Photoshop file.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
It would be really cool if they could actually play the Zelda games with the monsters constantly running even when Link isn't in the same vicininty.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
What game is that in the picture? it looks cool
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
If i'm seeing it right, the pic is a map of the lands of Ultima. Guessing a map of Ultima 6?
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Ultima 7 accually, and its just the top 1/2. And 80 megs for a 8bit png file is insane, wonder if they do prints outs? Id love to have a carpet made with the Zelda 1 world map. Or maybe a wallpaper roll with the 1-3 world from Super Mario.
Somebody needs to start marketing this stuff for us hopeless nerds! :P
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Somebody needs to start marketing this stuff for us hopeless nerds! :P
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Says Ultima 7 on it if you click the image. Has some others there too.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
man, wonder how the 360 would look on it...drooooll...
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
What’s a gamer to do with an 18 megapixel display?
well if they had 3 more
they could play "Cave Quake4"
http://www.visbox.com/cq3a/
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well if they had 3 more
they could play "Cave Quake4"
http://www.visbox.com/cq3a/
Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Wow, that's an excellently comprehensive compilation of maps. I've played the original Zelda until my thumbs were sore, but seeing the entirety of Hyrule from a totally cohesive perspective throws the entire experience into a brand new light.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Could someone tell him to move! I lost my original Zelda map years ago, and I need to find whats going on in the lower right hand corner.
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Posted: Dec 18th 2005 9:42PM (Unverified) said
Upon further review, and a quick look into a box located in my basement I have found my Zelda map. Sir you may stay!
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