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This is a remastered screenshot from the video game Faxanadu a game made for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. It is about a battle between Elves and Dwarves caused by an evil being that came to the land via a meteor. The entire game takes place inside a gigantic tree. This image depicts the root system of the tree which is dying from lack of water.
There are about 6 people in the entire world that remember this game. But it was one of my favorites. The game has a lot of room for enhancement, but the style overall I always thought was excellent in the original. The music was also one of the best for the NES. (If you're reading this and are musically inclined, please make remixes of this game!)
This scene is modified from the original game and displayed in widescreen instead of 4x3.
This image took a very long time to create (close to 50 hours).
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It is my favourite game from NES and the music is awesome, by the way, Β it helped me to learn english by my own when I was a kid, spending hours with a dictionary, notebook and pen, writting phases and mantras and carrying those stuff even to the farm from my father, translating phrases to the candlelight in midnight coz some electrical storm put down the powersource, and in the next wet morning climb to the mango tree playing with my figures of He-Man but in the role of Faxanadu characters. I have no brothers, no sisters, so that was me, the farm, tree and the game. With the console in the city house and without the console in the farm. Today I found yor image searching for a map, cause my kids asking about Faxanadu start playing some NES games and them loves. And proudly I note that them have a goood criteria. They love your image too.
If i found some time i will try to make some modern mixes from this music with some melodic power metal.Β
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Oh boy does this take me back! Faxanadu was maybe the 3rd or 4th RPG I ever played, and 15 years later it's still with me (yes I still have the cartridge). I'm thrilled there are still people who enjoy it, and even create awesome art! Thanks for sharing this blast from the past. :3
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I am re-creating this game. I would like to insert a Photoshoped version of this into the background of the appropriate location on the map. Is that okay?
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This game was one of my all-time favourites when I was younger! This is a wonderful piece of art
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So this is nothing more than a re-tooled screen shot? What would it take to upgrade the graphics and essentially remaster the game? I am seriously thinking about it. Could I use this image as a reference? How currently owns the rights to this game?
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InsteadΒ nintendo virtual console. should bring classic games in this way !! we play Wii u not NES .. we love classic games but we need to see them in a good graphics. Β I hope Nintendo invite u to their company loooool I trust u to bring the past.
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This was, and still is, one of my favourite games!
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omg ended up here nostalgic over this game talking with a buddy. i'm one of those 6 people too. i feel like im part of a cult now lol. anyway this is breathtaking and a nod to one of my favorite things about childhood. peace bro.Β
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Thanks for taking the time to create this artwork.Β It really brought me back some 25 years.Β I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of fans out there that would love to see a remake andΒ would even be interested in helping fund it. What an incredible game Faxanadu was. It was dark, compelling, and challenging --- and the music was awesome. Basically, it pretty much had all the elements that are missing from its many modern equivalents.
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here is another one of the 6 people that remember it, great game. LOVE the pic
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If only Nintendo would make this! I remember playing the hell out of this when I was 7.
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This makes me wish someone loved it enough to remake it... :<
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Ive just beaten this game. Nice fan art! The real graphics were 'a little' more pixelated
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www.youtube.com/playlist?list=β¦
for the music...
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There are far more than six that have fond memories of this game. Β And your doctored hd remake wet my appetite. Β Every year I catch myself looking for some hd remake I can play. Β No fair, but superb work.
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Faxanadu is one of those over looked games that is by far one of the best for the nes! I really wish they would do a remake for it using these graphics!Β
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I loved Faxanadu. Β This not helping that old school game buzz in the back of my brain.
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a fantastic game. just beat it recently for the first time so it's great even without nostalgia
this game needs a sequel or remakeΒ
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i love this - i remember this game, duh!
Don't have negative thoughts - Remember your mantra!!!
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Aaaww man, i thought it was a revamped game. @_@
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I love the Youtube video. I've watched it maybe twenty times, and I want to add that Faxanadu is maybe my favourite NES game.
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I have my NES with this game in my living room, and I've named my mail adress after this game.
Thanks for this job, this is just... amazing, not other words.
(Sorry for bad english, Frenchy' comment ^^")
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I remember it, it's the only NES game I owned (though I don't remember how i got it) that I couldn't finish and i would really like it, but there was no way i could get past the mist area.
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I remember the game. I played it quite a bit when I was a kid, but never was very good at it. Just finished watching a playthrough of it on YouTube. Your pic is amazing. Almost makes me wish they did a remastered version of it.
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When I got ahold of a working NES this is one of the first games my mom turned on.
I may have to give it a try... beautifully remastered!
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Hey man! Just tought you should know that I've remixed this games music
The temple/dungeon theme: [link]
Land of the Dwarves theme: [link]
Overworld theme: [link]
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Good work. I like every little bit of addition to this great adventure.
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Thanks. Yeah it needs more lovet from gamers π
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Faxanadu or Famicom Xanadu is just a poor inspiration of the original Xanadu. If you loved Faxanadu, do yourself a favor and play the real original thing, especially on PC-98.
And believe me, there are more than 6 people, especially here in Japan, remembering this game
Also, you have been a little bit too generous with the EXP points, just an FYI, being Lord, the best ranking, requires 45000 points...
Except that, amazing work, of course.
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This take me back to being a kid and watching my brother play through it, and finally playing it myself when I was in my teens. Thanks so much for this!
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This was one of my favorite games for the NES. Challenging game, great music, one of the best games I've ever played. It is awesome that you captured it in this awesome art.
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Make a tutorial on how to do this.
Or at least some tips
Please.
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Also, I noticed the potion in the original screenshot has some sort of green square, but doesn't seem to appear in this one.
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That's badass. One of my favorite nes games, and one of the most underrated. I'd love to see a remake with updated graphics.
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Great job--immediately recognizable! Was an incredibly tough game to me, though; I owned it, but my 6/7 year-old self just couldn't get the hang of it. Brings back memories nonetheless, and you're right--the music was awesome!
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dam i must know how you do this highlightings and shadings ...
well is it "that easy" like it seems in the vid?
or it's hard to you to?
and do you use graphic tablet?
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Can I ask you which part was the hardest to make? I assume the tree on the left must've taken a long time!
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Hard to say exactly. The baby dragon creature took some time to get right. Both the tree and the castle were a pretty big challenge since there was so much detailed highlighting that just took forever. Surprisingly though, the bricks in the background took a very long time. I didn't really think through just how long it would take by not using a recursive texture. So I had to highlight and shade every brick individually. In my video, I edit out about 50% of this process.
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