Here's something interesting - these guys made a 3D version of the original NES Legend of Zelda, complete with pixel-style renders. If you've played this particular game at all, you might be impressed with how accurately they've laid everything out. Officially, and unfortunately, Nintendo asked that it be taken down, which is a shame, because this would have been something if completed. But a demo version of it has been archived (for the time being), so check it out if you have the chance.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160405001433/http://zelda30tribute.com/
Brief legend:
Z = B button
X = A button
Arrows or A/S/D/W keys = directional pad
Start button is clicked manually on the screen (as far as I know)
Wow, that had to have been a lot of work. It's an impressive 3D remake.
Sometimes I get majorly nostalgic for videogames from my childhood. Some of the most important ones for my imagination -- Crusader: No Remorse, Warcraft 2, etc. . .
I've had to forego the playing of all computer games, really, because I have trouble with video game addiction and it brings a lot of depression and anxiety into my life when I play them, due to lack of being able to moderate. But I still think a lot of the best storytelling and world building is happening today via video games. In fact, it is the imaginative immersion level of certain games and how they allow me to enter into imaginative world and character building that becomes so addictive to me, I think. It is escapist in a big way.