If you’ve been following Google in the last decade or so, you probably know there was a time when the search giant actually believed April Fool’s Day pranks were funny, so the company turned to all ...

Many years ago, Google created one of its famous April Fools jokes suggesting it would make an 8-bit version of Google Maps for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. [ciciplusplus] decided it ...

Almost a decade before the world finally realized how tedious April Fool’s Day pranks are, Google revealed a farcical 8-bit port of Google Maps for the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System. The prank ...

A hacker has ported all of Google Maps to a modded Nintendo Entertainment System. The final product is an 8-bit map of the world. The hacker used several other NES/map mods as a launching point.

LOS ANGELES — With the march of new features and enhancements, it’s funny to me that we’re also seeing a wave of retro-inspired software. I recently looked at iOS 86, a proposed retrofit of Apple’s ...

Nearly a decade ago, Google published a video for April Fool's Day that showed an 8-bit version of Google Maps made for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). That, of course, was a joke, but it ...

Way back in 2012, Google "released" an 8-bit version of Google Maps as one of the company's then-annual April Fool's Day jokes. There was a low-res 8-bit style of Google Maps to play with, but the ...