Google announces Google Maps: 8-Bit for the NES
Google has announced that it will be turning its attention to video game development with the brand-new RPG Google Maps: 8-Bit.
This new game which combines Google's Map service (complete with Street View) with a clever homage to Dragon Quest, will offer users all of the directions they desire and the ability to explore the entire globe in glorious 8-bit. All they'll need is an NES, a Google Maps: 8-Bit cartridge, and a working Internet connection.
Google was kind enough to provide a full demonstration on its Youtube page:
Members of the game's development team posted the following statement on the official Google blog to express their excitement regarding this bold new (or decades old in this case) gaming frontier:
The game should hit the Google Store some time in the near future and a "mobile" version is currently in development for the Game Boy.
If you would like to check out the "very real demo," just go to the Google Maps page and click the Quest button. It's super cool!
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
darkhyrulelord
If only if it was real.... : /
Gaijin Goombah
Ok, THIS is a damn worthwhile April Fools joke.
theentertainmentguy
Even in 8bit Detroit looks like crap eh heheh..Steve knows what I'm sayin,I don't know anyone named Steve.
usedgamer
BOO!!!
commodoredelights64
This is cool as shit, but you all need to check out the gmailtap, whichI think it could really work for disabled people who only have one hand, O also the Nascar one with self driving car had me cracking up so hard this morning, I woke people in my house up lol!
HybridRain
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Janos
Best thing GOOGLE ever made.
Cyborg_Slime
Holy shit it actually works?! mind blown
REVULSIVE
That's rad as fuck.
DaBlaze
I see what you did there Google...