Retro-Style Katamari Rolls Into Some Old Games

[Scott Bullock]

Retro-Style Katamari Rolls Into Some Old Games

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YouTube user MajorNeese shows us what might have happened if The Prince was ordered to go pick up some games.

The King of All Cosmos is a peculiar fellow. You never know if he'll want a ball made of home appliances, stars, or in this case, pixel sprites from retro games.

And when I say retro, I mean retro. The Prince pushes his ever-growing ball of stuff through the likes of Pac-Man, Adventure, and Marble Madness all the while collecting bits of each world to feed the insatiable desire of the King of All Cosmos.

I don't think I've witnessed many things as strange and disconcerting as a pixelated Katamari defeating Dr. Wily, and I thought it was the strangest thing this video had to offer.

And I was right; at least I thought I was, until I decided it would be funny to hit the 1911 button and further retro-ify the video. Then the things started getting recursive and meta and I got even more confused.

Honestly, what I take away from this video is that the King of All Cosmos is even more terrifying in 8-bit.

Source: Boing Boing [http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/01/katamari-damacy-roll.html]

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[LavaLampBamboo]

The only thing that could make this more awesome would be an 8-bit Katamari Damacy theme song.

Cool to see Cannon Fodder again =D

 

[Erana]

Speaking of putting Katamari into places it wasn't meant to be in, Thri-Kreen shared this with me the other day:

Spoiler: Copy this text into your address bar

javascript:var i,s,ss=['http://kathack.com/js/kh.js','http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'];for(i=0;i!=ss.length;i++){s=document.createElement('script');s.src=ss;document.body.appendChild(s);}void(0);

I just katamari'd the video about katamari-ing non-katamari games while trying to retro-ify it. So very meta.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Really would of been better if the theme song was included.

Besides that its a very great video.

 

[adamson1000]

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javascript:var i,s,ss=['http://kathack.com/js/kh.js','http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'];for(i=0;i!=ss.length;i++){s=document.createElement('script');s.src=ss;document.body.appendChild(s);}void(0);

that is amazing!

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Speaking of putting Katamari into places it wasn't meant to be in, Thri-Kreen shared this with me the other day:

Spoiler: Copy this text into your address bar

javascript:var i,s,ss=['http://kathack.com/js/kh.js','http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'];for(i=0;i!=ss.length;i++){s=document.createElement('script');s.src=ss;document.body.appendChild(s);}void(0);

I just katamari'd the video about katamari-ing non-katamari games while trying to retro-ify it. So very meta.

Hehehe. Your post just got rolled up. And now I have the music stuck in my head again...

Naaa na na na na na naa na na Katamari Damacy!

 

[icyneesan]

The one thing that disappointed me in this video is that there was a lack of KoC's crotch.

How can you have a Katamari video and not have his crotch shown! Injustice!!

 

[AetherWolf]

That was beautiful.
We are moved to tears...

 

[coldfrog]

Picking some obscure games in there: Mutant Camels from Outer Space? I dig it. I am highly amused.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Speaking of putting Katamari into places it wasn't meant to be in, Thri-Kreen shared this with me the other day:

Spoiler: Copy this text into your address bar

javascript:var i,s,ss=['http://kathack.com/js/kh.js','http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'];for(i=0;i!=ss.length;i++){s=document.createElement('script');s.src=ss;document.body.appendChild(s);}void(0);

I just katamari'd the video about katamari-ing non-katamari games while trying to retro-ify it. So very meta.

Is something suppose to happen? It just says its loading, taking an awful long time to load

 

[TKoTD]

Speaking of putting Katamari into places it wasn't meant to be in, Thri-Kreen shared this with me the other day:

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javascript:var i,s,ss=['http://kathack.com/js/kh.js','http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js'];for(i=0;i!=ss.length;i++){s=document.createElement('script');s.src=ss;document.body.appendChild(s);}void(0);

I just katamari'd the video about katamari-ing non-katamari games while trying to retro-ify it. So very meta.

Thanks sire, you made my day.

 

[Saelune]

I like the idea that the hole in Pitfall leads to Space Invaders...

 

[Verlander]

Some quality games there, impressed to see Discworld

 

[ADDLibrarian]

Squeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Katamari Love!
Do want!
Yes!

 

[FalloutJack]

I could identify alot of those games (including D-Generation). I feel old...

Buuuut that was fairly awesome, so kudos.