Google has announced that its popular Maps tool will soon be available in 8-bit form for the NES. Google has announced that its popular Maps tool will soon be available in 8-bit form for the NES. is a ...

I'm not really a fan of pranking on April Fools Day. There have been plenty of attempts in the gaming industry to pull off believability over the years, some amusing and some that just fell flat. This ...

Legendary prankster Google is out with some early April Fools’ tomfoolery ahead of schedule, teasing nostalgic gamers with an 8-bit version of its near-ubiquitous Maps application. “In our pursuit of ...

Sure, it’s a little early to call winners, but not many tech companies will be able to top Google’s genuinely clever, fun, and novel approach to April Fools Day 2012. Any other gag will seem a little ...

Way back in 2012, Google "released" an 8-bit version of Google Maps as one of the company's then-annual April Fool's Day jokes. There was a low-res 8-bit style of Google Maps to play with, but the ...

Almost a decade before the world finally realized how tedious April Fool’s Day pranks are, Google revealed a farcical 8-bit port of Google Maps for the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System. The prank ...

A hacker has ported all of Google Maps to a modded Nintendo Entertainment System. The final product is an 8-bit map of the world. The hacker used several other NES/map mods as a launching point.

Many years ago, Google created one of its famous April Fools jokes suggesting it would make an 8-bit version of Google Maps for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. [ciciplusplus] decided it ...

The 8-bit version of Google maps lets you "Quest" around the world and find custom landmarks and tiny monsters. The modern fashion known as '8-bit' really has nothing to do with how large the graphics ...