# Games that apear to be hand drawn **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209 "2005-03-18T21:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/1 "2005-03-18T21:27:53Z")
On the below link is a Space Invaders clone that looks like it was drawn on a sheet of paper. I can also vaguely recall a first person shooter game that looked hand drawn. I can also seem to recall an “article” in the April issue of EGM, Electronic Gaming Monthly, which "claimed there would be a First person shooter based on the “Take on Me” video from Aha. Remember, the April issue. Anyone else recall similar styles of game artwork? [http://robmanuel.blogspot.com/2005/02/notepad-invaders.html](http://robmanuel.blogspot.com/2005/02/notepad-invaders.html) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/2 "2005-03-18T22:06:21Z")
The FPS you describe must have been in development for quite a long time. I recall reading a blurb and seeing screenshots in an issue of PC Gamer…and I haven’t looked at PCG in over two years. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/3 "2005-03-18T22:07:59Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > and I haven’t looked at PCG in over two years. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![eagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@eagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eagle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/4 "2005-03-18T22:20:45Z")
**@Scott_plaid** , What do you think of [XIII](http://www.xiii-thegame.com/uk/screenshots.php) ? That’s a FPS that looks like comic book. cu ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/5 "2005-03-18T22:22:28Z")
Meh…8 bucks an issue for info I can get for free on the web. I do miss it, though – some good writing, and generally solid info. Too bad they seal 'em in those damnable plastic bags, or I’d just thumb through them at the newsstand. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/6 "2005-03-18T22:24:45Z")
> [@eagle](#): > > **@Scott_plaid** , > > What do you think of [XIII](http://www.xiii-thegame.com/uk/screenshots.php) > cu Oh, nice. It’s too new to be in the ten dollar bin, though. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/7 "2005-03-18T22:31:04Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > I can also vaguely recall a first person shooter game that looked hand drawn. [Pencil Whipped](http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january02/igfpencil/)…[here’s a demo](http://downloads.ugo.com/download.php/id/3868/folder/demos/filename/pw2_48.exe). ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/8 "2005-03-18T22:36:23Z")
:eek: scary! ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/9 "2005-03-18T22:53:23Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > Oh, nice. It’s too new to be in the ten dollar bin, though. Too bad. You’d be surprised. It didn’t sell too well. There’s also a lighting mod for Half-Life 2 that will make an approximation of cel shading. It looks really nice at times. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/10 "2005-03-18T23:27:01Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > [Pencil Whipped](http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january02/igfpencil/)…[here’s a demo](http://downloads.ugo.com/download.php/id/3868/folder/demos/filename/pw2_48.exe). Yep…that’s the one I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/11 "2005-03-18T23:47:20Z")
I just played the demo of Pencil Whipped. Wow…just awful. It’s like someone took Half-Life Cheap Deaths 101 and then went hog-wild with it. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/12 "2005-03-18T23:52:33Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > On the below link is a Space Invaders clone that looks like it was drawn on a sheet of paper. Great. Now whenever I play _Space Invaders_, I’m gonna imagine myself hearing a bunch of guys operatically singing the words “Kill the fuckin’…” over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-apear-to-be-hand-drawn/295209/13 "2005-03-19T00:03:12Z")
I’ve never played it, but I heard _Stretch Panic_’s 3-D level select was done in the _Take On Me_ style. _Earthbound_ features a lot of hand-drawn style artwork. Well, except for the trippy patterns during fights and whatnot. If you want a _good_ FPS in a hand-drawn style, try [nprQuake](http://www.cs.wisc.edu/graphics/Gallery/NPRQuake/sketchyNPR.html). Finally, quite a few games include a hidden “Pen and ink” mode; including _Cel Damage_ and the execrable N64 _South Park_.