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18 Megapixel Game World Maps
Via Joystiq, some beautiful maps of old school game worlds as displayed on a wall-mounted series of displays. From the article: "The HEyeWall is a modular large-scale screen consisting of several rear-projection units for creating enormous high-resolution displays. The total resolution shown here is about 6000x3000 pixels (18 Mpixels). Alexander stands next to the display in these photos to give you an idea of the scale."
When I think of game maps, I think of the printed ones that used to come in the box with most RPGs.
I've got the giant Blood Omen map from the official strategy guide and Vvardenfell from Morrowind framed on my walls (and the absolutely enormous Mordor map that my sister got me a few years ago, although that's not really game-related).
Waiting for me to pick up frames, I've got Might & Magic II (I seems to have been misplaced), the two Star Saga games, and a few others. I guess I like the idea of relics of a fictional world, as if part of them were made real.
Nice display, though. He should put Zebes (the Super Metroid version) up on it.
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
I'd be more impressed if it were made of gold covered pixie dust... But this is impressive enough for me.
Not that I don't appreciate the subject matter, but it's a little odd that they should pick images with far fewer than 18 megapixels of detail in them to show off an 18 megapixel projector :)