Google Maps Features A "Quest" Map As Directions (maps.google.com)

Copyright square enix lol

Demo video: http://www.youtube.com/googlemaps

StreetView looks fun in this mode:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/216352/streetview-8bit.jpg

I wonder whether it's a bug or feature.

It's hard to look at the maps without the 8 bit music in my head.

So they remembered the 2nd-player mic, but no Famicom Modem[1]?

And in case it wasn't obvious enough that this was inspired by Dragon Quest (the video even uses the theme music), spotted at least one slime on the map[2]

(edit: the (C) SQUARE ENIX mark on the map may have been another clue)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_Modem

[2] https://skitch.com/constantinexvi/8qsay/queens-ny-google-map...

I hope they keep this, or better yet, make a mobile version!

With OSM you can do that yourself, see http://8bitcity.com for an example.

OMG this is nostalgia overflow, i did spent so much time of my childhood with this 8bit stuff. I still love 8bit music for that reason, always brings the feeling back.

Google should do more of this stuff (but more practical stuff) and put serious development distance between itself and facebook. Being able to have a good idea and then built it at work is what Google's about--or at least what I think they should be about. I really have no idea how their corporate climate operates.