{"id":449069,"date":"2010-03-19T15:27:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/article\/q110-manhattan-all-the-five-burroughs-nes\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:27:34","slug":"manhattan-all-the-five-burroughs-for-your-nes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/449069","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan: All the Five Burroughs for Your NES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.gearlive.com\/blogimages\/8_bit_nyc.png\" alt=\"Manhattan All Five Burroughs NES\" class=\"border\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px 5px;\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>Have you ever wondered what Manhattan would look like from the perspective of a Nintendo RPG in the mid-80&#8217;s?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Then you&#8217;re either a commie or were born too late to get my clever Breakfast Club John Bender impressions; either way, you&#8217;re a neo-maxi-zoom-dweeby.&nbsp; For all of you who answered &#8216;yes&#8217; to my previous query or at least started reminiscing about that time that you beat Mike Tyson, then this little time waster is for you.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/vector.io\/\" title=\"Brett Camper\">Brett Camper<\/a>, an MIT alum and a true friend to the geek in all of us if there ever was one, has created an 8-bit map of NYC&#8217;s 5 Burroughs at <a href=\"http:\/\/8bitnyc.com\/\" title=\"8bitnyc.com\">8bitnyc.com<\/a>.&nbsp; So dig out your Dr. Mario shirt, press up-down-up-down-left-right-left-right-b-a-select-start and go get functionally lost in what Mapquest would&#8217;ve looked like over a 1kbps dial-up modem circa 1985.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/8bitnyc.com\" rel=\"tag\">8bitnyc.com<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/brett+camper\" rel=\"tag\">brett camper<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/bronx\" rel=\"tag\">bronx<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/brooklyn\" rel=\"tag\">brooklyn<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/games\" rel=\"tag\">games<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/gaming\" rel=\"tag\">gaming<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/graphics\" rel=\"tag\">graphics<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/harlem\" rel=\"tag\">harlem<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/manhattan\" rel=\"tag\">manhattan<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/map\" rel=\"tag\">map<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/mod\" rel=\"tag\">mod<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/pixel\" rel=\"tag\">pixel<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/queens\" rel=\"tag\">queens<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/staten+island\" rel=\"tag\">staten island<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/vector.io\" rel=\"tag\">vector.io<\/a>,<br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gearlive.com\/news\/tag\/video+games\" rel=\"tag\">video games<\/a>,\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#FFCC66; 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