May 7 2009Wow, That's Pretty Brutal: 8-Bit Fatalities
Flickr user tastypaints.com has a dream. A dream about what Mortal Kombat-style fatalities would look like in oldschool, 8-bit games. Nice, tastypaints (I'll keep him occupied, you call the nuthouse).
Before Mortal Kombat, violence in video games was largely unheard of or ignored because of its extreme pixelized simplicity. But when Liu Kang and Sub Zero came along to finish off arcade goers the world changed and parents were in an uproar (not mine though).
Just because you didn't see pac-man violently tearing into the ghosts with his jaws, or mario smashing in the brains of a goomba, thats what I knew was happening. I knew my goal was to kill these enemies, so Mortal Kombat wasn't a big change for me. And so, I decided to show everyone just what I imagined was happening when these little blocky, pixelized abstractions did when they came into contact with eachother, but in a much more visceral, and gory way than could ever be shown with limited graphical systems.
Interesting, tastypaints (are they on their way -- did you tell them to bring a straitjacket?). Hit the jump for two more, and then check out the Flickr gallery to see them all. Haha, they're here! Tastypaints you are going away for a long, long time you demented little -- NO NOT ME, HIM! WHAT IN THE....DAMN YOU, GEEKOLOGIE READER! Well played.
Hit it.
Thanks to Margo the Jeweler, who, TOASTY!
Reader Comments
1. gben - May 7, 2009 1:28 PM
hot damn
2. Kris - May 7, 2009 1:28 PM
First!
3. gben - May 7, 2009 1:29 PM
@2 fail
4. naas - May 7, 2009 1:31 PM
geeko news seems marginal today & the firstards just keep on comin
5. so0pa - May 7, 2009 1:32 PM
Sweetness kill that goomba
6. Timbo - May 7, 2009 1:35 PM
That...is...sweet!
I want these pics hung in my gameroom
7. guate6 - May 7, 2009 1:42 PM
That's pretty intense.
8. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway (teh geek pages watchdog) - May 7, 2009 1:42 PM
FTW!
9. guate6 - May 7, 2009 1:42 PM
Though I wonder if the title is appropriate enough. They're not fatalities in 8-bit, but rather fatalities of classic 8-bit games.
10. aznterrorist - May 7, 2009 1:48 PM
aww poor goomba.. what is a goomba anyways.. >__<
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11. ender - May 7, 2009 1:48 PM
Lets not pick this shit apart, 9. Nice stuff.
12. Captain - May 7, 2009 1:54 PM
Awesome! but not as brutal as mybrute.. click the link below to fight >
http://captain-hash.mybrute.com
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13. Aids - May 7, 2009 1:55 PM
Now Where Is a Zelda One?
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make a guy for me please:)
14. Timbo - May 7, 2009 1:55 PM
Nothings as brutal as your failed url plugs
15. billy - May 7, 2009 1:58 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RynNYR-Xx_o&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div
16. Moose Knuckle - May 7, 2009 1:59 PM
Still waiting for the 8-bit porn...
17. stop motion - May 7, 2009 2:01 PM
stop motion tetris/mario like video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACT6qJ9QKNI
18. @U - May 7, 2009 2:04 PM
@17 not bad, u make that?
19. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - May 7, 2009 2:04 PM
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21. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway (teh geek pages watchdog) - May 7, 2009 2:16 PM
I know. The irony is killing me too.
22. HG - May 7, 2009 2:16 PM
@10: A goomba is a mushroom just like Toad, only working for King Koopa, AKA Bowser.
I feel the same way as number 9. Though I really do appreciate how much time it must have taken to do all this, take a few sprite grabs and put them in MS Paint, add some gore, and BAM. You've got yourself a true 8-Bit fatality.
23. catch22 - May 7, 2009 2:31 PM
WE NEEED A NEW KID ICARUS GAME
...i figure if they put pit into smash bros after a 20 yearhiatus, its possible
24. naas - May 7, 2009 2:48 PM
kid icarus was fun, good call
25. Captain - May 7, 2009 3:16 PM
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26. Beastman AIDS - May 7, 2009 4:35 PM
"TOASTY!" - that's my text message alert and it makes me shit my pants every time and it wins.
27. McCracken - May 7, 2009 5:29 PM
Wow the Pac Man one looks awesome. I would like that as a poster.
28. Daisy - May 7, 2009 7:20 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
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29. jay - May 8, 2009 7:10 AM
AWESOME!!! hehe
30. Don Chi Chi's - May 9, 2009 10:29 AM
Spammers do suck,but if you spam about them sucking,that makes you teh suck also.
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31. blicu - May 10, 2009 6:50 PM
Finish him!!!!!
32. ste7en - May 16, 2009 12:54 PM
Hey everyone, ste7en (tastypaints) here. Thanks for the feature and to those of you that like the series. To give you an idea of the more detailed and realistic direction the series is moving you can check out this little sample of my big upcoming sequel to the original project. Or you can ignore it and life will still go on for everyone, I swear...except the goombas.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49017345@N00/3520647603/
33. CorpHicks - May 19, 2009 7:50 PM
Cool concept and all, but I am not diggin' the art style at all.