Who needs Left 4 Dead 2 when you can play the original game on the NES? Forget HD resolutions and graphics—you can have it all at 256 x 240 resolution with 16 colors and a 4 channel audio.
Taking the concept of modding a Valve game to a completely new, 8-bit extreme, indie game designer Eric Ruth is re-making the original Left 4 Dead into an NES title as part of his series of games dubbed ‘The PixelForce NES de-makes’.
Left 4 Dead is being reborn in that classic top-down style that we all know and love from an age when gaming was still in its infancy. All four characters from the original game will be playable, all five of the special infected are present, and all four campaigns will be re-imagined from the NES perspective.
Eric stated on his YouTube page that Left 4 Dead is the flagship NES de-make title, which can only lead us to speculate what games are next to recieve the 8-bit treatment. Splinter Cell? Beyond Good and Evil? Deus Ex (BRB reinstalling…)? After seeing Left 4 Dead, and earlier in the year the NES ROM release of D-Pad Hero, no game could be outside the realm of possibility.
Currently, the game is slated for release on January 4th, 2010. It will be free to download and play, and offers single player and two-player modes.
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