Millenium Falcon and the Death Star, pixel art from Star Wars (Namco japanese videogame for Famicom, 1987).
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2012-05-26
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TweetFire Emblem Famicom box art (Intelligent Systems)
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, 1990.
Fire Emblem Gaiden, 1992.
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2012-05-18
TweetI knew about Matej Jan (a.k.a. Retronator) when he released his first iPhone game, Monkey Labour. Since I am an enthusiastic for Game & Watch handhelds and the game was really good I wrote a few words about it here.
Now I have in my hands one of his latest works: this Tribute Pixel Art Poster. An absolutely amazing pixelated homage to retro-gaming, full of details and printed with vivid colors over canvas. The kind of stuff that your wall needs, retro-gamer fellows.
You can buy one of this special hand-signed limited editions on Matej etsy shop or a regular print at society6.
And don’t forget to check out and follow Retronator’s tumblr site, designed as an old text adventure.
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2012-05-02
TweetFamicase exhibition 2012 is now open in Tokyo!
“PLANET OF THE SNOW MONKEYS” is our Game & Graphics + Daruma Studio contribution for this year!
“Due to strange malfunctions in your spaceship engines you have been forced to land on an unknown, cold, frozen planet. The inhabitants are macaques who spend most of the day in the hot springs to warm up. You will have to socialize with them if you want to leave… the Planet of the Snow Monkeys!
This is the first title of the famous onsen simulation role-playing video game series.”______
** My past years contributions: Rise of Mice Empire / Star Cats IV
[ About Famicase: Famicase is an exhibition organized by Satoshi Sakagami, owner of Meteor shop, and every year shows fictional Famicom cartridge designs ]
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2012-04-10
TweetGame & Watch Multiscreen: Mickey and Donald (Nintendo, 1982).
Box art, instructions and screens.
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2012-03-27
TweetJapanese box art comparison:
-Super Mario Bros. - Famicom/NES, 1985
-Alex Kidd in Miracle World - Sega Mark III/Master System, 1986
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2012-03-23
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Star Trek arcade flyer (For-Play, 1972). The game was a clone of Computer Space, released a year before.
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2012-03-20
TweetFlyers for Computer Space (1971)
Computer Space is a video arcade game released in November 1971 by Nutting Associates. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, who would both later found Atari, Inc., it is generally accepted that it was the world’s first commercially sold coin-operated video game — and indeed, the first commercially sold video game of any kind, predating the Magnavox Odyssey’s release by six months, and Atari’s Pong by one year. [ wikipedia ]
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2012-03-08
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Ice Man, from Mega Man (Capcom for NES/Famicom, 1987).
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2012-02-24
TweetAwesome Star Wars Videogame collection by Achilles Zsolti, composed by 71 different titles.
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2012-02-20
TweetJapanese TV ad for Super Mario Bros. 3
30 seconds of animation using the usual style for the old Mario official artworks.
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2012-02-14
TweetRetrogaming graphics: Challenger (チャレンジャー)
Hudson Soft for Nintendo Famicom, 1985.
Japanese flyer, screens & art from the manual.Not one of the most known Famicom titles in the west, Challenger is a pretty popular game in Japan. If you want to discover more about this good 8-bit title please take a look at the links below. As a graphic curiosity note that the look of the big boss is clearly based in Darth Vader, and the princess waiting to be rescued is a japanized version of Leia - this time saved by an Indiana Jones-inspired hero.
[ Watch some gameplay here / More info about this game ]
(Source: gameandgraphics.com)
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2012-02-09
TweetGame & Watch original designs
Octopus (OC-22), 1981.
Parachute (PR-21), 1981.
Turtle Bridge (TL-28), 1982.
Fire (RC-04), 1980.
Ball (AC-01), 1980.
Chef (FP-24), 1981.
Flagman (FL-02), 1980.
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2012-02-07
TweetRetrographics: Japanese Namco classic flyers.
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2012-01-25
TweetRetrographics: Japanese Nintendo classic flyers.
