9 Awesome 8-Bit Video Game Posters
Nate Duvall/Gallery 1988: Melrose |
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Gallery 1988: Melrose in Santa Monica, California played host to “Multiplayer x2,” featuring the pixelated posters of more than 30 artists riffing on Golden Age video games. It was a follow-up to 2011’s “Multiplayer” show at Gallery 1988: Venice. The show ran from February 10 through March 3. 2012.
Below, some of our favorite prints from the show, courtesy of the folks over at Gallery 1988.
Ibraheem Youssef/Gallery 1988 |
Back when two buttons was all you needed.
Alan Hynes/Gallery 1988 |
You are never, ever going to make it.
James Flames/Gallery 1988 |
It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this.
DKNG Studios/Gallery 1988 |
The eternal battles.
Jason Liwag/Gallery 1988 |
Learning our letters in a whole new way.
Todd Slater/Gallery 1988 |
Donkey Kong kaleidoscoping out in every direction.
Ryan Brinkerhoff/Gallery 1988 |
A shout-out to the underappreciated Link’s Awakening.
Rhys Cooper/Gallery 1988 |
Billy and Jimmy Lee: two of the baddest dudes to ever sport bouffants.
This piece originally appeared in Public Spectacle, an LA Weekly blog. While we look for a new editor for Topless Robot, we’ll occasionally be publishing stories from Voice Media Group sites.