This game is absolutely baffling -- for example, some of the characters are 8-bit, while others are relatively high-resolution caricatures for some reason. An even more baffling aspect: it's a video game about, and designed with, Linkin Park.
The retro-style Linkin Park iPhone game you've always wanted
by JC Fletcher 
on Mar 31st 2010 5:00AM
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This game is absolutely baffling -- for example, some of the characters are 8-bit, while others are relatively high-resolution caricatures for some reason. An even more baffling aspect: it's a video game about, and designed with, Linkin Park.
Reader Comments (65)
Posted: Mar 31st 2010 3:24PM PlatinumSkeet said
Meh I just want the 8-bit ringtones and that's it....
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 4:48PM Professor Chaos said
Not weird...just a lame April Fools joke. Anything I read this time of year that sounds even a little fishy, I'm not buying it.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 2:11PM (Unverified) said
Which decade? In the end, it doesn't even matter.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 10:01AM Clydeftones said
This is the least enjoyable correction ever, but it was Linkin Park, not Papa Roach...
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 5:32AM (Unverified) said
Man, can't lie, I am totally nostalgic for Linkin Park's first album. I would be willing to try this game.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 6:45AM (Unverified) said
And what difference does it make if you say it? At most you'll have some people who nod their heads in agreement and tons of spamposts saying you suck. At the least you'll have... Well, what is written here right now I guess.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 7:27AM rubbercake said
Cute little internet troll trying to cause a ruckus. :P
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 8:46AM Petebot330 said
Need I remind you of the abomination that is Limp Bizkit?
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 10:02AM Clydeftones said
Darwins Waiting Room is the standard for awful Nu-Metal.
in related news- Nonpoint still tours. Someone needs to explain this to me.
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in related news- Nonpoint still tours. Someone needs to explain this to me.
Posted: Mar 31st 2010 10:21AM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
YAY FOR SUBJECTIVE THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS!!!
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 2:56PM cbarrentos said
@Grimcicle
your Olaf avatar has sold me on your theory. anyone who knows "Berserker" truly knows their metal.
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your Olaf avatar has sold me on your theory. anyone who knows "Berserker" truly knows their metal.
Posted: Mar 31st 2010 5:57AM (Unverified) said
Oh god, the irony in that vid just critted me in the face. It hurts so bad...
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 6:31AM (Unverified) said
Im pretty sure it says in the trailer (00:42) "help stop pixel corps evil HD empire" which explains why some characters are high res as they are the bad guys.
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Posted: Mar 31st 2010 9:08AM Granger said
Mega Man 9 had nothing to do with it. It was the rise of chiptune and using actual Game Boy and NES hardware in music production by underground artists (see: PAX coverage) and mainstream acts like Beck and Emilie Simon and a lot lot more that contributed the most to the 8-bit resurgence. Potentially just as important was the advent of 'i am 8-BiT,' and unfortunately, the prevalence of Hot Topic game branded apparel. Other contributing factors being plug-n-play TV games rise popularity six years ago, services like Virtual Console, and the overwhelming public interest in 'The King of Kong.'
Mega Man 9 didn't bring it about again, it only took advantage of it (and quite successfully)
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Mega Man 9 didn't bring it about again, it only took advantage of it (and quite successfully)
Posted: Mar 31st 2010 2:23PM shiftplusone said
Those plug and play things aren't sold in volume and like 20 people saw king of kong
overwhelming public interest?
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overwhelming public interest?
Posted: Mar 31st 2010 3:24PM Granger said
Whatever you say mate. I'll take the nonstop barrage of blog posts about Donkey Kong / Steve Wiebe as proof, not to mention it making its own rounds on the national media circuit. The King of Kong's success has snowballed beyond 'cult classic' status, and into genuine 'cult following' since its initial release, how blind are you to not have noticed? It's done a lot for retro and arcade gaming, and not just among existing gamer circles either (as evidenced by Hank Chien)
And at any rate, plug and play tv games were HUGE six years ago. They were the hot toy, everyone was making them, and the most popular were by far the retro multigames. Are they popular still? No, not at all as far as I know at least.
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And at any rate, plug and play tv games were HUGE six years ago. They were the hot toy, everyone was making them, and the most popular were by far the retro multigames. Are they popular still? No, not at all as far as I know at least.
Posted: Mar 31st 2010 9:11AM barkie said
Can't really call the art a fail....
A lot of people would consider 8-bit to be cool nowadays. Maybe they just wanted themselves represented in 8-bit and the bad guys represented in newer graphics.
Anyways, I don't listen to linkin park, but this game looks kinda fun. I might get it if its cheap
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A lot of people would consider 8-bit to be cool nowadays. Maybe they just wanted themselves represented in 8-bit and the bad guys represented in newer graphics.
Anyways, I don't listen to linkin park, but this game looks kinda fun. I might get it if its cheap
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