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See how this image was made here...

youtu.be/Ya1KqQSkXAA

For this project I decided to start with the 8-bit Nintendo game Contra and up the resolution to 9600x5400 pixels.

The Nintendo game Contra was one of the more popular NES games about some guys who looked like Rambo trying to defeat some aliens on an island. Or at least that is what I think it was about.

I tried to match the style of the game as close as possible, but took some creative liberties where I thought it really needed it.

I figured the Level 6 boss, who I think is a robot, would be the coolest looking boss. The last boss is a giant heart and that seems too easy. The other bosses are not really characters.

The project took 25 hours to complete over the course of 6 days.

The original image is 9600x5400 pixels and stored in 3 PSD files.
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~jlsgraphics 3 days ago
Holy crap, totally amazing! I would love to see Bubble Bobble or Donkey Kong Country (which is already pretty awesome, graphically speaking :) Great work!
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:iconstako:
~stako 6 days ago  Hobbyist Photographer
Awesome! I wish there was a real remake that looked like this!
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Mood: Euphoric ~mallo15 Apr 29, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
Woah... Very cool! I still don't know what the purple thing is... very well!
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:iconaxelarts:
~AxelArts Apr 27, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Whoaah... this is AWESOMEE!!!
But the Backgroud should be in Underground.
Because Level 6 is Energy Zone. Which that level are in underground.
You can check it in Gryzor, a Japanese version of Contra.
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~SuperSonicRaver Apr 11, 2013
This is amazing! It's both realistic but looks so much like the game still that it freaks my brain out a little! Good work.
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:iconniseki:
Mood: Wow! ~Niseki Apr 11, 2013
awesome work! and i am agree with guy who say that you should do the alien wall boss from waterfall stage
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:iconlillito-san:
~Lillito-san Apr 1, 2013  Professional Photographer
Excellent...!!! (y)
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Mood: Wow! ~BANESBOX Mar 28, 2013
Elemental, this is so impressive, I used it as my custom Contra arcade control panel artwork.

Love it.
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~TanksterInnovations Mar 27, 2013  Hobbyist
WOW!!! you are on my top artists List from now on!!
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~art-hoarder Mar 26, 2013  New member
Up up down down left right left right b a select start. Funnest game ever. Nice work
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