I Dream In Retro

The high quality flash version can be seen on my DeviantArt or Newgrounds page. It's a large file so it might take longer to load..
http://darktwist.deviantart.com/art/I...
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view...

This is my first big flash animation. It's based heavily on a dream I had that was caused by a long day of playing NES, SNES, and Genesis. A lot of the animation is true to the dream with a few changes to keep it interesting.

In the dream I was moving through different levels from many games. In each level the music was wrong and my sprite (while fitting the bit style) didn't quite work with the game. During the dream I was abusing a cheat ability to use different weapons from pretty much any game (of the same bit type) I wanted at any time. The game itself behaved as it should, with my actions being the only aberration. So basically a retro video game mashup.

I wanted it to look as "real" as possible, as if it was actually happening in the games. Everything looks, animates, behaves and moves as close to the real thing as I could manage. Because of this it might not be as exciting and action packed as the flood of DBZ style sprite animations out there.

Thanks go out to my friends and HUGE thanks to my girlfriend for putting up with me during the creation of this soul crusher. I love you.

Dedicated to anyone who has ever loved video games.

• Category

  Gaming

[ShinigamiSparda]

Anyone know the song that plays during the balloon fight part?

[OrinCreed]

Stage select music from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers on NES

[BubbleRev]

What version of Pac-Man are those sprites from?

[OrinCreed]

Genesis Ms Pac-Man.

[Brodie8Bit]

This is one of the best flash videos I've seen. This really deserves way more views than it has. Good luck with your future videos!

Also -- Can you tell me where the music from the water level comes from?

[OrinCreed]

The music if From Sonic the Hedgehog. Labyrinth zone

[SuperJustinChannel]

I was able to get just about every reference.

[GrandmasterDevo]

Purest of pure awesomeness! :D

[206Nish]

With batman playing the background...YES!!!

[206Nish]

Bionic arm saves him from falling through blown up bridge....YES!!!!