Google Maps 8-bit, for the NES
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Heh, that's awesome.
Hahaha, love it. 
I tried this, thought it was fantastic, and made me miss video games of old, from Atari, to Nintendo, to even the Sega Genesis.
People at Google have way too much time on their hands.
Still... I approve.
Agreed. If this wasn't so damned amusing, I'd wonder what the hell Google was paying their employees for. But this is just so fun!
Same. Can't play the video... but the idea is pretty funnyPeople at Google have way too much time on their hands.
Still... I approve.
Agreed. If this wasn't so damned amusing, I'd wonder what the hell Google was paying their employees for. But this is just so fun!
. Love their other one too... the whole self-driving car for Nascar. Priceless .
People at Google have way too much time on their hands.
Still... I approve.
Agreed. If this wasn't so damned amusing, I'd wonder what the hell Google was paying their employees for. But this is just so fun!
IIRC, re: the bit I've bolded, Google - and some other companies (mainly tech-oriented ones) - allocate a certain percentage of their employees' hours for them to pursue their own pet projects rather than company projects. I think it's something like 10%, but am not sure.
The idea is that it's basically highly subsidised seed R&D work for Google, done by existing employees (so they keep the IP rights to anything developed). Of course, it also means a lot of the projects are fun/frivolous like this video, but they only need a few to be profitable for it to be worthwhile.
EDIT - just looked it up: it's actually 20%, not 10%, at Google. Most other firms that do this, it's 10%.
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