Video: Left 4 Dead 8-Bit In Development By Indie Dev; Left 4 Dead 2 8-Bit Boycott Forthcoming
As you can see above, some experiences only really pop with 16 colors and four-channel sound. Solo dev Eric Ruth of PixelForce is working on an 8-bit "demake" of the original Left 4 Dead, promising all four campaigns, all five special infected, and two-player cooperative action à la Smash TV. So far only the Boomer seems to be included, but hopefully the rest of the cast will work their way into our hearts and brains before long.
Ruth's project hopes to see a release as early as next January, which would make it an excellent option for those of us with PCs not buff enough to run the just-released Left 4 Dead 2. It's unlikely that Valve will protest the use of their property, since they seemed quite fond of the 2D-Portal indie project and countless fan allusions to classic Team Fortress 2 characters. And who knows? Maybe they'll have the 2D version of L4D available as a pre-order bonus for Left 4 Dead 3 about a year from now.
No word yet on whether the Australian release of Left 4 Dead 8-Bit will feature heavy censorship of red pixels to make it MA-15 safe.
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Posted to Video Games, Videos on 17 November 2009
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