As you have no doubt noticed, I don’t only love the gaming aspect of playing video games. The music is just as important to me, as is the cover art and, really, the artwork associated with games in general. It’s with that in mind that I had my mind pretty much blown by this new video from artist Filipe Costa. Since 2012, he’s apparently been creating YouTube videos that take games you know and love and flip them on their heads. For example, he’s turned Tomb Raider into a first-person shooter while also working in the realm of 2D art. That’s where this post comes in.
Costa has shared a video in which he takes animations (think gifs) from classic video games—they range from from Super Mario Kart to the Legend of Zelda to Godzilla—and he places them in real-world settings. To be blunt, it’s incredible to witness and I really hope that he does more of these in the near future. Also, now I’m thinking that I need to see everything else he has done, because a first-person Tomb Raider sounds pretty rad.
You can watch the video below. [via]
Featured games
- 00:04 – Advance Wars 2
- 00:08 – Metal Slug
- 00:12 – Lamborghini – American Challenge
- 00:15 – Godzilla – Kajuu Dai Kessen
- 00:20 – Donkey Kong
- 00:25 – Street Fighter II Turbo
- 00:28 – Mortal Kombat 2
- 00:29 – Killer Instinct
- 00:31 – The King of Fighters (96)
- 00:33 – Dragon Ball Z – Hyper Dimension
- 00:38 – Super Mario World
- 00:41 – Donkey Kong Country
- 00:43 – Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- 00:48 – Super Star Wars 3: Return of the Jedi
- 00:52 – Indiana Jones – Greatest Adventures
- 00:55 – Legend of Zelda
- 00:57 – Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
- 00:59 – Pokémon Black/White
- 01:02 – Excite Bike
- 01:05 – Super Mario Kart
