Posts tagged arcade games

BurgerTime?

I’m back!

We moved house recently and spent two weeks without internet, jeebus that was scary. Yep, two weeks in the real world - the graphics were awesome but the gameplay sucked…

Algorithm creates vector art from pixels.

An algorithm created by Microsoft researchers upscales 8-bit graphics and converts it into vector graphics, able to be upscaled to any size.

The algorithm identifies pixel-level details to accurately shade the new image — but more importantly, the algorithm can create smooth, curved contour lines from only-connected-on-the-diagonal single pixels.

Check out their full gallery here.

Something’s odd about that roadsign…

Why didn’t the bottom seven lines vanish?

Mario, what have you done!

There’s an interesting thread on Reddit from an ‘Advantage Player’, who seems to make a living by playing video games full time at Dave and Buster’s.

I didn’t even know that was a career choice!

He claims to average about US$50 an hour by trading the tickets won for iPads and similar items to sell on eBay. Here’s his answer on how long he needs to play:

I usually plop my ass down in front of a game, play straight through to earn 100,000 tickets, then let the machine drain of the tickets owed.

Usually I spend 3-4 hours playing, and then 3 hours waiting for the remaining 45,000-50,000 tickets to dispense.

Sessions are 7 hour days, twice a week. (My D&B will tolerate me and another guy doing 200,000 a week each; any more APs would be overkill, and any more than 200k/week/person would be overkill. We’ve found a good balance.)

Check out the thread on Reddit here.

Photo: 8 Bit sculpture.

Check out Texas artist Shawn Smith’s gallery of 8 Bit sculptures here.

Pac Man inspired food pyramid.

Etsy seller Andrew Heath has quite a few awesome prints for sale, check out the rest here.

That’s ok, I never need to park my Mario Kart.

Browse Google Maps in 8 Bit.

This is great! Check it out, here.

[Edit] be sure to check out Roswell, and watch out for monsters. Check out the whole list of locations and monsters, here.