16k Lander - flash game in under 16kb

Some time ago guys at 8bitrocket.com announced the contest for Atari inspired, web-based game that'll fit under 16 kilobytes. We (BlackMoon Design team) took the challenge and have created a game called "16k Lander". As the name suggest - it's a cover of the Atari famous arcade title called "Lunar Lander".
We're very happy to tell you that "16k Lander" actually won the competition and claimed the Grand Prize!
Yup - we rock!

You can play the game here.

Pixel art Halo 3

Eric Ruth is creating yet another pixel-art re-make of the top modern game. This time it's Halo 3. The game is coming out any time now. (make sure to check Eric's website)

Attack of the Mutant Sheeps

The BlackMoon Design team has launched new iPhone game today – “Attack of the Mutant Sheeps”. The game is quite simple, yet it’s fun and challenging. There's some crude humor into the game – you must protect your hot-dog from being eaten by a bunch of mutated (and possibly aggressive) sheeps.

The game is available on AppStore

Mission in Snowdriftland

Here's a advent calendar that you might like.
Mission in Snowdriftland is a game with some very nice pixel-art graphics. There are 24 levels - each one unlocked every day.
When you finish the level there are some indie game related goodies to download.

Check it at http://www.mission-in-snowdriftland.com/

Classic video game characters in a race

Totally awesome animation!

Arcade Aid

Can you name all 56 classic titles hidden on the huge (and totally awesome) pixel-art illustration? Go to http://www.arcadeaid.com/challengingstage/ and check for yourself!

Fun like in the old days

There are some pretty good flash games, that try to follow (graphically and with similar playability) the good old games from 80's and 90's. Check 8bitflashgames.com for yourself - there are some really nice gems over there.

Pix'n Love Rush

Here's a great game with huge retro feel for iPhone - Pix'n Love Rush. It's totally cool!

Some really cool stuff from the past

Check Ray B.'s gallery with some art he made for games for C64 back in the 80's.
It's pretty amazing what can be done with only 16 ugly colors and resulotion of 160x200.

If todays video games came out in the 90's

Great post at buzzfeed.com with some very nice pixel-art, showing how todays video games would look if there were done 20 years ago. A must see!

Fix Pix

If you like the sweet isometic pixel-art graphics by eBoy you would love Fix Pix game for iPhone (using eBoy's art for puzzles).
You can learn more about the game (and play it's Flash version) on http://www.delicioustoys.de/fixpix/

Funkybot 3000

Check the pretty cool "rhythm" game with some nice old-school pixel-art graphics - Funkybot3000 by Eddie Lee.

The Incident

There's a really sweet game soon-to-be-released by Matt Comi and Neven Mrgan. Check it out at http://bigbucketsoftware.com/theincident/

Flixel

Flixel is a library of classes for Action Script 3 which makes pixel-art based game development much easier. If you're not a Flash game developer this might not excite you much, but collection of 40 great pixel-art games which uses the flixel engine will surely excite everybody. Go ahead and check them out at flixel site flixel.org/games/

Super Mario Crossover

Ever wanted to play Mario with other famous 8-bit characters from NES games? Here's exactly something for you - a game where you can play one of 6 NES characters in Mario world. Enjoy!

Infectonator World Dominator

If you're into zombies, world domination and pixel art - here's a great game for you - Infectonator World Dominator.

Almost like a time machine

If you would like to go back in time to 80's and play some computer games from that era - here's a great site for you: http://zxspectrum.net/. It's a fully working ZXSpectrum emulator - and it works straight in your browser. Enjoy!

Escape from the Planet of Robot Monsters

The BlackMoon Design team (myself included) published a facebook based flash game called "Escape from the Planet of Robot Monsters". It's a nicely looking pixel art shooter. You can check the game here.

Droplet

Here's a nice flash game with a very 8-bit feel, made by Photon Storm.
Apart from being pixel-art style - it has a really nice gameplay. You can check the game here.

Some beautiful old art from vintage video games

Some time ago there has been a great post on webdesignerdepot.com, talking about video game design over the decades.
To me the begining part was the most interesting - games in the early 90's got a very nice pixel-art gamearts.
Check the list for yourself at webdesignerdepot.com.