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NYC artist John McGregor, aka Brother Brain makes awesome pixel animations from old school video games. This ongoing miniseries celebrates the licensed 8-bit replicas from the NES era, where popularity for movie character video games first gained an audience, today it’s practically expected of a summer blockbuster to come with a video game tie-in. Here’s where it began:

Batman (NES) Sunsoft 1989 vs Batman (Film) Warner Bros. 1989 // Mad Max (NES) Mindscape 1990 vs Mad Max 2 (Film) Warner Bros. 1981 // Predator (NES) Activision 1989 vs Predator (Film) 20th Century Fox 1987 // Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure (NES) LJN 1991 vs Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Theatrical Poster) Orion Pictures 1989 // The Terminator (NES) Bethesda 1992 vs The Terminator (Theatrical Poster) Orion 1984 // Star Trek: The Next Generation (NES) Absolute 1993 vs Star Trek – The Next Generation (TV Series Promotional Photo)

~ by Fionnlagh on February 10, 2014.

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Tags: 8-Bit Philosophy, Anime Gifs PART I, BITS vs PICS -- A Comparison of NES Video Games with their Movie Counterparts, http://brotherbrain.tumblr.com/, NYC artist John McGregor aka Brother Brain, Real People Who Inspired Video Game Characters