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rtg593

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Google Maps QUEST mode!
« on: March 31, 2012, 08:12:03 pm »
Anyone played around with quest mode on Google Maps lately? Today is the first I've seen it, pretty sure it's new. Changes the map to an old style Zelda-like RPG.

Pretty sweet, despite being a little useless, lol.

EDIT: Gotta love the street level icon, tho:p LOOKS LIKE A DWARF!!!! :-D
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2012, 08:15:41 pm »
Hehehe, thats fun!
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2012, 08:17:31 pm »
I will admit, it's pretty funny. Some of the stuff you can see in Street View looks convincing shading-wise. Whatever filter they're running over it is good.
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2012, 08:58:20 pm »
The Street View filter really looks like it. Kudos to the people who programmed it.

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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2012, 09:16:46 pm »
Wow wow wow wow wow, wait, street veiw filter? Street view looks normal to me, images of my city... I was just commenting on the dwarf icon guy...

What street view filter?

Oh, and this:

http://www.youtube.com/googlemaps

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« Last Edit: March 31, 2012, 09:19:09 pm by rtg593 »
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2012, 09:18:28 pm »
You do not see Street View in 8-bit? Odd.

By the way, I think it is the protagonist from Dragon Warrior, not a dwarf.
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« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2012, 09:22:51 pm »
Nice!
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2012, 09:24:06 pm »
Dragon Warrior, correct. But still :p

And ya, street view is standard for me :-(

EDIT: Can anyone give me the locations they're looking at? Maybe it's just where I'm looking. I've tried the Giza Plateau, Ney York City, and St Louis City. All standard street view...
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2012, 09:32:54 pm »
I see the city I live in in glorious 8-bit (Not really... It's 8-bit styled, but not really 8-bit. Too many colors for that).

Try Google's headquarters, or Area 51, or the Sinian Plateau, or the Gaza Strip.
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« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2012, 09:40:58 pm »
Quote from: Skyrunner on March 31, 2012, 09:32:54 pm
I see the city I live in in glorious 8-bit (Not really... It's 8-bit styled, but not really 8-bit. Too many colors for that).

Try Google's headquarters, or Area 51, or the Sinian Plateau, or the Gaza Strip.

Searching Google's Headquarters takes me to Area 51;-)

EDIT: Love the giant android at the real Google Headquarters, but sadly, it's still normal streeview... Sigh...

EDIT2: Oh, and the streets outside GHQ are lined with people waving to the camera van... Odd.

EDIT3: Guess they're all Google employees, judging by the fact that none of their faces are blurred... Oh, and they're holding "Google Entertainment" signs.
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2012, 10:26:36 pm »
Man, this is just so precious. I wonder if the insane person over at Google that thought this up is a DF fan of some sort.
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2012, 10:30:49 pm »
Yeah, it does look more like Dragon Warrior than anything, but there's some Zelda 2 and Civilization in there.

I wish zooming in close enough to see minor highways showed more city detail.  Like, at least buildings instead of grass.

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« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2012, 11:06:39 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg&list=FLnIQPPwWpO_EFEqLny6TFTw&feature=plcp

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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2012, 11:26:03 pm »
HA! Square Enix is in on this?!
Sweet.
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Re: Google Maps QUEST mode!
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2012, 12:10:00 am »
Quote from: RabblerouserGT on March 31, 2012, 11:26:03 pm
HA! Square Enix is in on this?!
Sweet.

I didn't even notice, but it makes sense.  It looks just like Dragon Quest (Enix) and Final Fantasy 1.  I'm betting it was somebody at Google, and they then licensed the likeness.  Nobody who still works at SquareEnix would recognize NES sprites if they were bitten by a cartridge.
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