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 ...

The Guardians Faction comes to 8-Bit Armies in a new free update, which also includes a Map Editor. 8-Bit Armies came out on PC last month on the 22nd of April. The game has received mostly positive ...

New York, as seen through the eyes of a 1980’s teenager. 8-Bit City maps look like 80’s video game maps: blocky, pixelated, and uniformly colored. But that’s totally the point, says creator Brett ...

LOS ANGELES — With the march of new features and enhancements, it’s funny to me that we’re also seeing a wave of retro-inspired software. I recently looked at iOS 86, a proposed retrofit of Apple’s ...

If you’ve been following Google in the last decade or so, you probably know there was a time when the search giant actually believed April Fool’s Day pranks were funny, so the company turned to all ...

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.

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - Google has introduced Google Maps Quest, a retro 8-bit version of its mapping tool that is... totally awesome. In a characteristically whimsical video, available above, Google ...

Writer and illustrator Jesse Eisemann, of College Humor and Dorkly fame, meticulously recreated a playful 8-bit map of New York City. Consider this your reward for trying to follow Michael Arrington ...

Searching for Dragon Quest monsters and other hidden easter eggs on Google Maps’s 8-bit feature just got a lot easier. On Sunday, the search giant revealed more than a dozen April Fools Day jokes, one ...