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[–]fanboy_killer 242 points243 points ago

Ah, I was preparing myself to take the day off and just see how this developed.

I'd buy it.

[–]xbesthairdudex 121 points122 points ago

same here. i got really sad when it started to repeat

[–]boagz 53 points54 points ago

I thought the game just wasn't pushed right in.

[–]medblodnasir 34 points35 points ago

Just blow on the cartridge a bit, it'll work fine

[–]nerocycle 18 points19 points ago

Haven't you seen the warnings? DON'T BLOW IN THE CARTRIDGE!

[–]vertigo1083 13 points14 points ago

Shit. I used to take them into the garage and blow them out with the air compressor.

[–]ocdscale 8 points9 points ago

I used to take them into a back alley to blow them.

[–]DeboothOxyodious 7 points8 points ago

It's the moisture in your mouth that causes mold. Haven't seen ANY mold in my games. MYTH BUSTED.

[–]Skrubby 2 points3 points ago

I learned the hard way the reason for NOT blowing on electronics... I used an air compressor to blow out an old computer and it no longer worked. Upon asking someone who is way more knowledgeable than I, they informed me that the compressed air can blast dust into the circuitry, damaging it. It makes sense if you think about it. Mouth blowing would be SAFER than air compression in that way.

[–]DeboothOxyodious 1 point2 points ago

That does make sense.......Use a vacuum and suck it out?

[–]TehFence 0 points1 point ago

Just don't break anything and watch out for jumpers.

[–]kenjihno 5 points6 points ago

what the fuck, man

[–]ghettajetta 10 points11 points ago

Likewise. I had a bowl of soup, a glass of water, I was ready for 200hrs of 8 bit magic.

[–]dfaktz 9 points10 points ago

Gaming on rations?

[–]reddKidney 2 points3 points ago

considering your love of elder scroll games im surprised you were not more excited about the prospect of repetition.

[–]DarthWeezie 2 points3 points ago

This would actually be a really good game.

[–]shangfrancisco 2 points3 points ago

I'd buy it too

[–]hd111 470 points471 points ago

At first wondering if this was going to go for 300 hours

[–]Farisr9k 192 points193 points ago

I was genuinely hoping it would.

[–]Physics101 72 points73 points ago

I'd rather not download a 5 gig .gif.

[–]gentlemandinosaur 32 points33 points ago

But, 5 gigs of porn is okay.

[–]TesticleToe 35 points36 points ago

Who says a 5 gig Skyrim gif isn't porn?

I'd fap.

[–]Scarlet- 18 points19 points ago

Ooh.. Them furry Khajiits..

[–]drwtsn32 19 points20 points ago

It gets too laggy after 5 minutes. Must wait for the 1.4 patch.

[–]iamonlykidding 13 points14 points ago

Only if you view it on PS3. I enjoyed that .gif from my PC.

[–]RubSomeFunkOnIt 17 points18 points ago

You PC .gifers on your high horses.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

Then every time you wanted to replay it, you'd have to start at the beginning.

[–]vvim 8 points9 points ago

I also liked how the small size of the GIF added to the Gamboy experience

[–]tutae 5 points6 points ago*

Opened the comments to see how long it goes for. Clicked back to the gif and I had missed the bloody ending.

[–]voidtype 121 points122 points ago*

[–]Shadax 13 points14 points ago

Might wanna flip the second bracket there

[–]IsMaithLiom 2 points3 points ago

Solid advice

[–]Lusst 6 points7 points ago

Is it wrong I want this as my ringtone?

[–]gamerpenguin 1 point2 points ago

OMG I AGREE SO MUCH THAT I AM USING CAPS LOCK SHIFT.

[–]redheaded_robot 0 points1 point ago

If you go to the youtube page, there's a link for the MP3 :)

[–]realarabswag 9 points10 points ago

That was arguably better than the gif

[–]Digonator 7 points8 points ago

Well Done! I like it

[–]picard_for_president 3 points4 points ago

modded my skyrim to play this music on the title screen.

[–]neo7 2 points3 points ago

finally a gifsound links that works..

(usually the embed youtube videos aren't available in my country)

[–]rdeluca 2 points3 points ago

[–]Pufflekun 0 points1 point ago

I wish my Gameboy had a subwoofer.

[–]protossOPlql 65 points66 points ago

B to accept? what is this, a japanese game?

[–]asianwaste 2 points3 points ago

From what I've seen actually, most of the games that still use the right side for confirm and left side to cancel are all from the Japanese. Everyone else have been using the other way around since the PS2 days.

Edit: Looking at the Xbox controller, A is on the left and B is on the right (As opposed to the Nintendo mapping of

 + -- B A  )

[–]maddzy 6 points7 points ago

I have a Japanese PSP. In the XMB menu O is the select button but in English language games X is the select button. Confuses me every time.

[–]BobisOnlyBob 6 points7 points ago

That's because O = yes and X = no in oriental cultures. You can see that in some games like Metal Gear (which refuse to change it for localisation) or Point Blank (where it's used when shooting targets to confirm the correct hit).

[–]asianwaste 2 points3 points ago

omg, I knew this, but didn't see that in the PSX controller.

[–]keiyakins 2 points3 points ago

Wait, it's not like that here? I played too many japanese games as a kid...

[–]scubadivingzoo 1 point2 points ago

or Kingdom Hearts

[–]Zoklar 0 points1 point ago

They changed it I thought? O for jump x for select. My favourite example is in ffvii, I changed them to make sense for me, but apparently they don't care in chocobo breeding, so hitting x would both select and cancel. Same with O.

[–]SRU45 1 point2 points ago

I imagine picking locks with d-pad would mimic the steps of DDR more so than merely rotating the LS

[–]RubSomeFunkOnIt 2 points3 points ago

You didn't have to rotate it in the console version, you just had to push left or right and the pick would move along the arc. It could be done just as well with a d-pad.

[–]mistertheinternet 0 points1 point ago

NO. I HATE THAT MINIGAME. YOU MADE ME CRINGE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.

[–]GloriousHam 19 points20 points ago

Any time I see one of these I always think about how much smoother they look than anything that would have been on Gameboy.

[–]junkit33 4 points5 points ago

Those graphics are way too good for Gameboy.

[–]notsureiftrollorsrs 6 points7 points ago

This one looks authentic IMO. But usually they do look like something someone who has never used a gameboy would make.

[–]jim2point0 41 points42 points ago

It just kinda ended abruptly. I demand a better ending. DLC?

[–]flying_planes 8 points9 points ago

You gotta pay for that first.

[–]WolfInTheField 6 points7 points ago

Or pre-order.

[–]Eternity42Immensity 8 points9 points ago

Dragon attacks getting you down?

Defeat them all with the power of the Elder Scroll. Get it exclusively, when you pre-order from GAMESTOP.

     Power to the payer

[–]WolfInTheField 8 points9 points ago

Too true to be fun to read :(

[–]jewboselecta 48 points49 points ago

That is actually pretty fucking cool

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

actually

Were you expecting something else?

[–]imdsm 13 points14 points ago

I think he was! The cheek of it

[–]TheSimpleArtist 2 points3 points ago

Hell, I'd play it.

[–]Dekoe 15 points16 points ago

Stormcloack

[–]aveilleux 10 points11 points ago

Stormcloaca?

[–]byproxxy 3 points4 points ago

It's the only way to sex a dovahkiin.

[–]helloskitty 7 points8 points ago

Helglen

[–]rowd149 7 points8 points ago

The sad thing is that even a passable facsimile wouldn't have been possible on the GB. Pokemon, as I understand it, pushed the system to its limits; one of the reasons the first games had so many glitches is because they had to implement so many programming tricks to get everything to fit on the cart.

[–]mindbleach 8 points9 points ago

Pokemon isn't comparable. They spent all their cartridge space on portraits and metadata for 151 monster types. Skyrim would be more like Zelda, especially in terms of gameplay.

Link's Awakening was half the size of Pokemon. Do you really think a map twice the size of Koholint (including its dungeons!) wouldn't be worthy of the Elder Scrolls name?

[–]nomis789 5 points6 points ago

for the number of hours that game gave me, i forgive it every single on of those glitches, i was dissapointed how short black and white were :(

[–]StiffRiffs 5 points6 points ago

"helglen" UGH

[–]thesoulofwit 7 points8 points ago

Helgen*

[–]screensplitter 11 points12 points ago

What was your name again?

That's right, you're a PRISONER!

Oh I would most certainly play this.

[–]theXarf 7 points8 points ago

My name is Prisoner McPrisoner, of the clan McPrisoner.

[–]Opblaaskaas 4 points5 points ago

Reminded me of this.

[–]Joesus056 2 points3 points ago

MUSTARD PIE! (top youtube comment made me lol hard)

Ha but seriously that was a funny video thanks for sharing. The duckhunt part made me laugh.

[–]Noelark 4 points5 points ago

I was hoping to see some combat footage.

[–]Infin1ty 3 points4 points ago

The entire time I had Pokemon music playing in my head

[–]PonderingPanda 1 point2 points ago

No comments on the actual sprites shown being from dragon warrior?

[–]isdevilis 1 point2 points ago

huh, I'm surprised the r/gaming circlejerk didn't have this at the top. I guess this is the first legitimately unpopular game haha

[–]keiyakins 3 points4 points ago

Wow that's broken, it doesn't handle not-changing colors at all.

[–]TwoHands 2 points3 points ago

I laughed when it crashed back to the start screen... only to remember it was a gif.

[–]PurpleTurtleGames 2 points3 points ago

thats some serious stuff there! Take my money

[–]FROGGY_DING_DING 2 points3 points ago

I'd buy the shit out of this game.

[–]tyfa3 6 points7 points ago

This shall be its menu theme.

[–]DoodleDew 2 points3 points ago

I went back to the gif and had this play for the beginning

[–]Paladia 15 points16 points ago*

[–]the_fnords 8 points9 points ago

If 20 years ago, it would look more like this.

That game holds up damn well for being 2 decades old.

[–]scubadivingzoo 7 points8 points ago

I love how the options are "job, bye, corner, starve"

[–]mindbleach 1 point2 points ago

Ultima games have the weirdest perspective. 2D Elder Scrolls games would be more like Zelda with taller sprites, since they're action-oriented.

[–]the_fnords 1 point2 points ago

Ultima VII was real-time combat. Very clunky real-time combat, but real-time nonetheless. So yes, it fits TES fine :-)

But I also should have realized that TES is 2 years shy of being 20 years old, so a 20 year old Skyrim would look like this.

[–]keiyakins 1 point2 points ago

Very clunky? Fits TES perfectly.

[–]Krona23 8 points9 points ago

http://www.betastrike.net/images/screenshots/beta52-p90.jpg Counter-strike was released 13 years ago......

[–]friendlybus 20 points21 points ago

Nowhere near chunky enough for 15years ago :)

[–]grimslo 23 points24 points ago

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Daggerfall_promo_screenshot.jpg

How's this? Daggerfall was 15 years before Skyrim.

[–]RubSomeFunkOnIt 9 points10 points ago

My laptop cannot handle Daggerfall.

[–]friendlybus 2 points3 points ago

It's obvious to me that house is made out of a giant rectangular prism. The houses/circular architecture is made out of a more detailed poly.

[–]triggerfish1 3 points4 points ago

but still approximated with triangles ;)

[–]reddKidney 2 points3 points ago

i see they are still using the same engine.

[–]Paladia 4 points5 points ago*

Well, Daggerfall was released 16 years ago and isn't too chunky. If you check the bow you'll see that it actually has an even higher resolution than the Skyrim picture.

[–]helloskitty 4 points5 points ago

That bow is a 2D sprite though.

[–]expiredtofu 3 points4 points ago

You can actually get mods to do that. I'm pretty sure the screenshot comes from this one (video of it in action). There's even this one that makes texture 8bit (video)

[–]Paladia 2 points3 points ago

The second mod doesn't make the textures 8-bit though, it is a retexturing project. So they manually remake every single texture in the game into a more cartoonish mario-style. Though since the resolution doesn't change, it looks very different depending on your distance from the object.

[–]expiredtofu 2 points3 points ago

That's what I meant; I guess I just worded it wrong. xD Should've said "that replaces textures with custom 8-bit ones"

[–]DroolingIguana 0 points1 point ago

This is what Skyrim would have looked like if it was released 15 years ago.

[–]timth3troll 4 points5 points ago

Case in point of a concept someone made out of being bored, that would be amazing.

[–]youcannotpass 3 points4 points ago

I would buy the shit out of this.

[–]Uhhuh_yeah 4 points5 points ago

Whoever did that didn't even get the colorcount right. When the bethesda Logo is shown you already have 6 colors. Plus the antialiased font doesnt work at all when divided into tiles. 90% of this was done without tiles/sprites in mind and is therefore quite unrealistic. But yeah, the idea is nice.

[–]coldrice[S] 5 points6 points ago

Yeah Terrible! I hate the lack of authenticity!

[–]Warbieful 1 point2 points ago

I had the music of Victory road from Pokemon blue in my head the entire time this played.

[–]Mrfcukyuo 1 point2 points ago

clever, I'd play it

[–]DoodleDew 1 point2 points ago

By the Nine!

[–]Gaaz 1 point2 points ago

Now if only I had a time machine..

[–]TerryArchi 1 point2 points ago

I'll clap my hands and hope that the video games' god make this happen.

clap hands

[–]LordSlayne 1 point2 points ago

So, what if the internal battery runs dry..?

[–]SlimSt 1 point2 points ago

But Gameboy doesn't have "Save" or "Load" option :(

[–]wildbob 0 points1 point ago

Cartridges that had a battery in them to power the memory, like Link's Awakening and Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, could save games.

[–]RustyEight 1 point2 points ago

This is so incredibly done. I'd play it.

[–]skrangle 1 point2 points ago

But, but... where's the rest?? :(

[–]TheBoyWhoDid 1 point2 points ago

Take my money.

[–]ArchbishopSuprise 1 point2 points ago

This somehow devolved into a political debate in /r/skyrim.

[–]Ninjasantaclause 2 points3 points ago

Imperials vs stormcloaks?

[–]ArchbishopSuprise 1 point2 points ago

No, but now that we're on that topic, DEATH TO THE STORMCLOACKS.

[–]Ninjasantaclause 2 points3 points ago

LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE!!

[–]Capatown 1 point2 points ago

At least it has some decent graphics on the Gameboy

[–]TheVibratingPants 1 point2 points ago

I'd probably borrow it and wait for the Gameboy Color version. That thing has AMAZING graphics.

[–]Dirrwen 1 point2 points ago

Then it might actually be good.

[–]tahrox 1 point2 points ago

[–]Merinovich 1 point2 points ago

Genius!
-"What if...?" ..
-" Yeah I'll double the Karma!"

OP is a smart man! haha

[–]coldrice[S] 0 points1 point ago

Actually I thought it wouldn't get much attention in so I cross posted and well...

[–]Jeet_Kune_Do 1 point2 points ago

BETHESDA MUST REMAKE POKEMON!!! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[–]ffca 1 point2 points ago

Well the load times are way better.

[–]Disgruntled__Goat 1 point2 points ago

This already happened! It was called Gargoyle's Quest.

[–]FSFatScooter 0 points1 point ago

I dunno, the gameplay isn't really that similar ...

[–]furtiveraccoon 1 point2 points ago

What if skyrim were on the gameboy

sorry, it's just a thing that bugs me ;)

And rats, I was looking forward to seeing a gameboy decapitation for the first time in my life

[–]sleepyafrican 1 point2 points ago

This should be a full video

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

The gameboy was such a good platform for games like this.

[–]420_matt 1 point2 points ago

They should rerelease the gameboy with up to date titles, I know all of reddit gaming would buy... It would be worth it.

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[–]mindbleach 1 point2 points ago

Crossposting isn't reposting. Deal with it.

[–]hackysack 1 point2 points ago

I'm having nostalgia for something that has never been released or played.

[–]GanasbinTagap[!] 1 point2 points ago

I demand more!

[–]Indy_Pendant 1 point2 points ago

I much prefer the UI in this version...

[–]Staleina 1 point2 points ago

If they ever made it, I'd buy it. Then I could Fus Roh Dah anywhere I want, whenever I want.

[–]Antiago_pt1 1 point2 points ago

U made my day dude 1000 upvotes!!

[–]sevit 1 point2 points ago

damn, i was just hoping the entire gif would play out lol

[–]izoku 1 point2 points ago

R+L = Fus-Ro-Dah

[–]ALifeLikeRobot 1 point2 points ago

I want to see the two dimensional goat get shouted off of the two dimensional cliff!!!

[–]youngceb 1 point2 points ago

Is there an explanation of why my head was playing bit music with this GIF?

[–]12288 1 point2 points ago

That was the longest F'n gif...

[–]FSFatScooter 1 point2 points ago

Who wants to get together and make a demo of this using HTML and JavaScript? lol I'm game. Hit me up with a PM and we'll talk.

[–]AtomicDog1471 1 point2 points ago

Youtube mirror? I hate gifs

[–]TakemUp 1 point2 points ago

First world problem

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[–]Spongedude 1 point2 points ago

Please make this a thing!!!

[–]jampayne 1 point2 points ago

Skyrim on the 3DS would be awesome

[–]flappy_cat 1 point2 points ago

[–]Anthony_Hopkins 10 points11 points ago

Perfect! Thanks!

[–]WolfInTheField 2 points3 points ago

Oh man, that looks amazing.

[–]scubadivingzoo 1 point2 points ago

Hey, thanks man! Didn't want to look it up myself

[–]spazmunt 1 point2 points ago

Yes, i am the lazy. I owe you!

[–]alphonso28 1 point2 points ago

It's been a long time since I've seen this. Great post.

[–]A1ka1inE 0 points1 point ago

This is truly awesome. Have all the kudos!

[–]Nabbicus 0 points1 point ago

I'd play it!

[–]mikephreak 0 points1 point ago

I want this more than I have wanted for a long time. I want it so much I'm wanting to want it. I'm wanting to want to want it...

[–]ngcazz 0 points1 point ago

stormcloack: i chuckled.

[–]dsmfreak 0 points1 point ago

Haha

[–]AliasSigma 0 points1 point ago

Only with skyrim can somebody get the same post up on the front page in two different subreddits at the same time. Great variety to wake up to.

[–]JJsmoothie 0 points1 point ago

Professor Oak pose........ r/pokemon would be proud.

[–]OMGitsDSypl 0 points1 point ago

OhmygodYESSSSSSSSS

[–]DannyBiker 0 points1 point ago

TLTW

[–]Mechanikal 0 points1 point ago

I would watch every bit of that just for the nostalgia.

[–]subjunctivedamnit 0 points1 point ago

Sigh.

[–]michaelcoffey 0 points1 point ago

@coldrice: karma whore much?

[–]Alternative_Thinking 0 points1 point ago

No one seen this Skyrim on a calculator

[–]Normalcy_Bias 0 points1 point ago

stop fucking teasing me like that.

[–]stone500 0 points1 point ago

Why the hell is this a gif?

[–]brett84c 0 points1 point ago

for some reason I heard 'Bethesda' in the same voice as 'SEGA'

[–]th3st0rmtr00p3r 0 points1 point ago

The problem is, I want this to be so real...

[–]Herocompany 0 points1 point ago

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

[–]Jorgemeister 0 points1 point ago

I fukken clicked continue when the gif was at the main screen and I was so fucking excited.

FUS RO DAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

[–]hala_madrid 0 points1 point ago

this is really cool.

[–]The_Vizier 0 points1 point ago

[–]blaze413 0 points1 point ago

Wtf? :)

[–]ADashOfRainbow 0 points1 point ago

I actually really hate Skyrim as a game. But that gif is fantastic

[–]saladtossing 0 points1 point ago*

Gifted with the powers of the dragonborn ?

I AM THE DRAGONBORN MOTHERFUCKER - goddamm

As an aside, i heard the "Bethesda" logo like i heard Sega "Bethessssddaaaa"

[–]btitcomb 0 points1 point ago

well you've sold me..

[–]pelaiplila 0 points1 point ago

'and usurp his throne'...

[–]FROGGY_DING_DING 0 points1 point ago

I only memorize that line because of the way Tullius says throne.

[–]Shnazzyone 0 points1 point ago

Rom link please (he said with hope in his eyes)

[–]RapedbyJesus 0 points1 point ago

Whenever Bethesda came up I immediately sung it like the Sega opening theme.

[–]mrfoozy 0 points1 point ago

Am I the only one who would play this all day on a pokemon level of addiction?

[–]Blizz122 0 points1 point ago

have some music for that gif http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIYOlEJ6lRo

[–]Manco-Joe 0 points1 point ago

I hope I'm not the only one who thought they were playing..

[–]letimewizard 0 points1 point ago

I had the pokemon introduction theme when he asked who you were

[–]OrphanCyndaquil 0 points1 point ago

I would totally get that!