In this article, we’ll show you how Atari 2600 games would look like if they were in 3D. If you remember some of the games shown in this video, you’re about to retire, but you may also have seen them in any video, movie, or article about old video games.
Those pixels like fists at low resolution and a limited number of colors required you to let your imagination run wild because visually they weren’t much. Now Mauri Helme has recreated them in 3D and the result is quite nice.
Among the games that get a new life are Pitfall, River Raid, Frostbite, Keystone Kapers, and the legendary E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, best known for being the world’s worst video game.
E.T. the alien was a pain in the ass because among other things E.T. spent the whole time falling into holes: every time you did something wrong, into the hole. A character came and touched you, into the hole. You chose the wrong button, into the hole. And you had to get out of there slowly with the joystick, a real bore, or wait for Elliot to come and help you. That was a real pain in the ass.
