Getting bored with modern mapping and navigation technology or do you just want something cool to look at? Traversing the planet via direction from a normal map is what it is. But what if you had to stare at something a bit more old school. What if Google Maps was around in 1982? What would it look like? A quick stop by 8bitnyc.com will help you with that one. The pixelated image above showcases 8bitnyc in all it’s classic gloy, compliments of the synapses of Brett Camper.
“I created 8-Bit NYC, mixing the lo-fi overhead world maps of 1980s role-playing and adventure games with the kind of geographical data that drives today’s web maps and GPS navigation. It’s interactive (like Google Maps), letting you zoom from a view of the whole city, down to an individual street — any address, anywhere in the city.”
What could be seen as a one-off goof off project has some actual traction, with Brent seeking funding to construct 15 more of these 8-bit city maps. While they wouldn’t be much help in the way of nitty gritty details for new trips to destinations unknown, they’d at least make the trip more fun. Heck, walking around my city (if it were 8-bit-ified) would be like a whole new adventure.
Am I weird?
