Google Maps Goes 8-Bit For April Fools’ - robertsrabing

E'er wanted to make your next phone call travel seem that little bit more poem? Fortunate now you can, thanks to a new 8-bit version of Google Maps. Similar in style to old Enix (like a sho Right-angled Enix) games from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) geological era, this newfangled way to view Google Maps will definitely give your next journey that sense of adventure.

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The pixel style correspondenc can be accessed by visiting the regular Google Maps site: all you feature to do is click the 'Quest' option, alongside the usual 'Earth' and 'Outer' buttons. Erst clicked, the map you are viewing leave be transformed into 8-bit goodness.

So, why the sudden appearance of a cutesy 8-bit version of Google's mapping tool? April Fools' of course, what else?

Google Maps software engineer Tatsuo Nomura posted on the Google Lat Long blog with details of this retro feature. Reported to the postal service, the 'Quest' mode on the Google Maps website is just a "test" of the fraught version, which is said to personify "coming before long" to the Nintendo Entertainment Organization–as represented in this video:

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As the video explains, the Google team want to convey Maps to the NES as the hugely successful console table has been "long-unnoticed" aside the search giant. Sadly, despite the promising television showing off the technoology in action, we think the anticipat of IT "coming soon to the Google Store" is a bit too ripe to be true.

Over again, you privy endeavour Google Maps 8-bit now aside visiting Google Maps and hitting Request. For extra fun, be sure to try street-view for an secondary look on the world around you. Oh, and IT's definitely worthy spending some clip exploring, as the new correspondenc does seem to be hidden with plenty of easter eggs.

[Google Latisimus dorsi Long Web log, YouTube]