Gaming Steve

November 15, 2005

Video Game Maps Galore

smw-th.gifThe Internet is just an amazing place. Say you wanted to find a web site which does nothing but store and catalog maps from hundreds of video games throughout time? No problem! I managed to find not one but two web sites completely dedicated to just this one esoteric hobby.

First up we have VGMaps.com. Definitely not the prettiest site around, and the navigation is a bit confusing, but if you stick to the map directory you will find a treasure trove of map goodness! Nearly every console and computer system is represented on this site, you'll even find a few arcade games in there as well. Unfortunately, the quality of the maps are a bit spotty at times, but there are so many listed that you'll probably find something of interest.

Over at Ian Albert's Video Games Maps you'll find quality over quantity. Ian doesn't have a huge selection of game maps, but what he does have are painstakingly crafted works of art. Just a word of warning, many of these maps are quite large usually weighing in at a couple of megs each. But nothing compares to his Ultima 7 map, which is an insane 24,576×24,576 pixels in size and a 84 MB download. Now that's a map!

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Oh. My. God.

Steve... you are amazing.

Posted by PatMan33 at November 15, 2005 03:03 PM

Wow.. a complete Ultima IV map... so that is what it looked like. I spent weeks playing that game with hand-made graph-paper maps covering the floor, the desk, etc...

-Lego

Posted by LegodragonXP at November 16, 2005 10:01 AM

Why is steve amazing? he did not do the maps all he did was give you the links

Posted by Brian at November 16, 2005 11:37 AM

This reminds me of when I was first playing Mario Brothers on my NES and I would pause on every screen so my mom could map out the level's on graph paper... Even with those maps I didn't beat that game until 2001 ... using the gbc version

Posted by Jon at November 16, 2005 01:28 PM

"Why is steve amazing? he did not do the maps all he did was give you the links"

Why do people have to point out somethign negative about EVERYTHING!

I was thanking him for the link.


eesh!

Posted by PatMan33 at November 16, 2005 03:05 PM