# Google Maps on the NES **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 31, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397 "2012-03-31T17:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/21 "2012-04-01T16:47:29Z")
The street views are the same as normal, except heavily pixellated and reduced to 8-bit color depth. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/22 "2012-04-01T18:33:08Z")
[Here’s some graffiti in Bristol, UK](http://i.imgur.com/ZD0qW.png) that looks really neat in the 8-bit Street View style. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/23 "2012-04-01T18:41:53Z")
And here’s a view of an [apartment parking lot](http://imgur.com/6IZmy). ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/24 "2012-04-01T20:30:11Z")
Go to 0.0000, 0.0000 and zoom in. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/25 "2012-04-01T23:32:37Z")
[NES/JRPG geek hat on]FYI for the above, the “strange pink thing” and “Jawa” are Drakee (recolored; no actual one is pink) and Magician sprites from the original Dragon Quest/Warrior. What they mark, I don’t know. This game is also an explanation for why I find **ultrafilter’s** post above so damn funny.[/hat off] ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/26 "2012-04-01T23:49:11Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > [NES/JRPG geek hat on]FYI for the above, the “strange pink thing” and “Jawa” are Drakee (recolored; no actual one is pink) and Magician sprites from the original Dragon Quest/Warrior. What they mark, I don’t know. This game is also an explanation for why I find **ultrafilter’s** post above so damn funny.[/hat off] Is the blue knight in post #6 one of the original monsters? It’s been so long since I played that I just don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/27 "2012-04-02T00:07:11Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/28 "2012-04-02T03:00:22Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Yes. I remember those things being hella difficult, too. Where are the metal slimes? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/29 "2012-04-02T03:25:29Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > I remember those things being hella difficult, too. Where are the metal slimes? I don’t think there were metal slimes in the first game. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/30 "2012-04-02T03:38:06Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I don’t think there were metal slimes in the first game. There [were](http://dragonquest.wikia.com/wiki/Metal_slime). Personally, I’ve seen a half dozen of them. Only killed one, though. There was much rejoicing that day. The Pink Puffs from Final Fantasy 2, however… I thought that was a total lie. I spent HOURS looking for those little assholes. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/31 "2012-06-22T22:19:12Z")
A bump to ask: does anyone know if this is found/cached somewhere? Doesn’t work in Firefox or Chrome following links found in various places. I’m not surprised that they removed the “Quest” link, but you’d think they would keep the page active somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/32 "2012-06-23T18:43:19Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > A bump to ask: does anyone know if this is found/cached somewhere? Doesn’t work in Firefox or Chrome following links found in various places. I’m not surprised that they removed the “Quest” link, but you’d think they would keep the page active somewhere. It’s a shame they only had that for one day. It sounds really neat, ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397/33 "2012-06-23T19:56:37Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > It’s a shame they only had that for one day. It sounds really neat, It lasted a while after, too, but it’s down now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-on-the-nes/617397.md?page=1)