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GameCity Squared's 15-Pixel Megamix
gamesetwatch.com - 10/30/2009
GameCity Squared's 15-Pixel Megamix
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Remember those 15-pixel interpretations of Noby Noby Boy, Parappa , And Street Fighter created for GameCity Squared? London-based design collective Alaskan Military School created those three "hyper pixel minimalist" clips as a preview of a much larger set, which you can now see ...
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— youtube.com — GameCity Squared is LIVE!To commemorate the launch of GameCity Squared and the 25th anniversary of Elite, GameCity... and the Alaskan Military School have teame... (more) GameCity Squared: The 15-Pixel Megamix (video)
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— twitter.com — "You're all part the most exciting creative innovation of my lifetime. I've come here to beg you... not to sell it short." - Lord Puttnam 2 minutes ago from web Puttnam implores the audience to not hide behind technology but use it to talk more basic, ... (more) gamecity (gamecity) on Twitter
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GameCity Squared’s 15-Pixel Megamix
GoNintendo — We’ve shown you some of these before, but now you’ll get to see more games than ever before. What do you think of the Punch-Out!! segment?! Direct link here

A megamix of minimalist game remakes
Joystiq — For the opening of last weekend's GameCity Squared event, design group Alaskan Military School took a bunch of popular games and boiled them down to the bare essence, creating shockingly recognizable 15-pixel animations representing Parappa the Rapper, Street Fighter II, Noby Noby Boy, and more. This is the most abstract we've ever seen many of these games, but even without the audio, it would be easy to identify the sub-Meggy Jr. interpretations of our favorites. Although we were briefly confused by what we ...

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