Rock, according to different video games

Here's a magnificent grid showing how a humble rock would be displayed by an enormous variety of video games' rendering engines, executed with affection and wit (Fipi Lele pointed out that the Zork version would be, "There is a rock here."). The rock is the perfect, Sluggo/Zippy-esque subject for this kind of comparison, absolutely bang-on.

All I know about this image is that Kotaku apparently published it in April, 2006. Oh, and that it rocks. So to speak. Link (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

[#1 posted by holtt , July 15, 2008 11:07 PM]

I'm waiting for the coffee table book of crates from games...

[#2 posted by Anonymous , July 15, 2008 11:34 PM]

Um, they got nethack COMPLETELY wrong. It would either be just

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or
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....0....
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depending on the version

[#3 posted by A New Challenger , July 16, 2008 12:47 AM]

Asteroids might have been my favorite.

[#4 posted by Silva , July 16, 2008 3:34 AM]

Some of those might even be slightly older: I remember seeing one with less images slightly after both HL2 and Doom 3 were out.
Doom 3 being my favourite.

@1: That would be a great idea. "From Sokoban to Half-Life 2: The Big Book Of Videogame Crates"

[#5 posted by avraamov , July 16, 2008 4:55 AM]

the 'normal rock' looks unhappy.

[#6 posted by doggo , July 16, 2008 5:35 AM]

I don't play videogames much, but this is awesome. I love the Battlezone one. (He says with much nostalgia, missing his genuine used-from-the-arcade Battlezone game.)

[#7 posted by bobbytables , July 16, 2008 6:53 AM]

Out of this World was one of my favorite games for a long time. Glad to see it represented. The rock needed a black slimy inch worm on it though.

[#8 posted by bardfinn , July 16, 2008 7:12 AM]

The Shadow of the Colossus rock is incredibly accurate.

[#9 posted by holtt , July 16, 2008 8:19 AM]

Heh - yea Zork one is definitely wrong. One character per "thing"!

[#10 posted by holtt , July 16, 2008 8:20 AM]

AAAH! NETHACK one :(

[#11 posted by Chevan , July 16, 2008 10:52 AM]

That's the funniest thing I've seen this week. I cracked up at Duke Nukem 3D, DoA4, and Asteroids.

[#12 posted by chromal , July 16, 2008 12:52 PM]

Where's the TF2 rendering? :(

[#13 posted by Anonymous , July 16, 2008 4:29 PM]

For those of you who don't recognize JSRF (Jet Set Radio Future), go find a copy of Jet Set Radio or Jet Set Radio Future or even Jet Grind Radio (from Japan) and play it. It will make your soul happy, be sure to crank the tunes though.