I think it'd be just epic if we recreated a map from a retro game on the Vizzed Minecraft Server. Of course, most maps would be time consuming to put together so we'd need at least 4 users to work on it together.


Here are some of my ideas of maps we could recreate:

Pokemon Blue/Red
It'd be 1:1 scale unlike anything out there. This would probably draw the most attention since everyone is into Pokemon and most people (old and young) are most familiar with Pokemon Red/Blue. Also, it'd be pretty awesome to be able to navigate the world using the Interactive Map that I've added lately. As for the inside the buildings, if the outside was a 1:1 scale, the insides would be way smaller then what they appear in the game but I have a solution for that (more on that some other time).

Super Mario Kart (SNES) - Tracks
It wouldn't be all that time consuming to recreate some of the levels from Super Mario Kart, plus there's plenty of maps out there that could be used as resources. A recreation of a track from the game would probably only be 128x128 blocks which is pretty small compared to other potential projects and since most of it would be flat, this would probably be the easiest project (depending on how many tracks we did anyway).

Paperboy
Most users these days probably aren't familiar with Paperboy but the reason I think this would be so awesome is for 2 reasons: 1, you could easily recreate all of the houses, roads, sidewalks, etc within minecraft and 2, if you viewed it using the Interactive Map, you'd see an isometric perspective which is exactly how the game looks which to me would be just awesome.

Legend of Zelda (NES) - World Map
I haven't seen any finished worlds out there that are 1:1 of the original Legend of Zelda game. Minecraft has a similar resemblance to LoZ so it'd look pretty cool. Also, if we used a texture pack based on the game, it'd look even cooler.

Super Mario World (SNES) - World Map
A replication of the World Map from Super Mario World would be very cool. This is one map which the most users would probably be familiar with.

Goldeneye 007 (N64) - Multiplayer Levels
Recreating one of the multiplayer levels from Goldeneye would be pretty sweet, especially the Facility level. It'd also be great as a battle arena.

Halo - Matchmaking Map
Although not retro, it'd be cool to see a level from the game recreated and used as a battle arena. The benefit is that a lot of people are familiar with the matchmaking maps, especially the older ones such as Beaver Creek. The only problem is, some of these have already been recreated and if they're good recreations, I'd hate to do a recreation that has already been done.


If anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to offer them. It'd be best to work on games that most users are familiar with. Also, it'd have to be a game with a similar perspective as Legend of Zelda and Pokemon or an FPS game, a 2D side-scrolling game just wouldn't translate very well to Minecraft (unless it had a world map like Super Mario World). I should also point out that whoever helped work on the project would be given Creative powers just while they're working on it (and it'd probably be given its own world).

I would really like everyone's feedback because I would really like to tackle this project this summer (maybe a few projects) and then put together a video for YouTube showing off our creation which could definitely draw in some traffic to our Minecraft Server and Vizzed.

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I've always had a soft spot for Castlevania and Mega Man games, so one of those would be awesome. I'm not sure if I can help though, with everything that I'm doing right now. It would be sweet if I could help making something that grand on the server, though, so count me in.

Sounds like a good idea David. I would like to see a Halo Matchmaking map. If I can help, then count me in too.  Just out of curiosity, what software do you use to record videos?

Davideo7 : Wow this sounds really fun but sadly my weeks are getting pretty filled up but I would try to help you as much as possible to make these maps possible. I would like to see the old Gen of Pokemon recreated cause I grew up with games like that and I would like some of the others to enjoy that as well. 

the red/blue map sounds like fun. so im down for that.

You had me at Pokemon Red/Blue. If i can get on this summer, which i probably will, then im in.

That sounds like a good plan. However, I'll be away for 2 weeks in August (the first two weeks actually). That doesn't mean I can't help you for this project. I'm available before and after this period of time obviously. So yeah, I think I can help. Oh and, if we could make the island from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, that would be just cool

I'd help with either the Mario kart map and/or the halo map.

Darkpower508 : I don't think those would translate very well to Minecraft unless it was in the form of pixel art.


MaijjikalMotart : I currently use XSplit but Camtasia is one of the best however my trial expired so I need to come up with the money to get the full version.


Pokefreak219 : If we did Pokemon Red/Blue, I'd probably want 4-8 users working on it and here's what I figure:
1 user, probably me, to organize the project and construct the outline of the world
1-2 users to work on the towns
1-2 users to work on all the territories outside of the towns
1-3 users to work on the insides of everything

I actually find a full size map that we could use:
http://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/GB-GBC/Pokemon-GSC-Kanto.png

Also, since there's a lot of missing gaps in the world, we'd have to make up a few things in order to fill those.

Out of all the projects I listed, it would definitely be the biggest. I figure the map would be 1120 by 1080 blocks which is 1209600 blocks and that doesn't include any vertical structures such as mountains and houses. Users who help out with the project as I said would be given creative mode and possibly even access to "world edit" which would greatly decrease the amount of time it would take to pull this off but either way, still a big project.

EDIT: Actually we could do 560 by 540 blocks which would be 302,400 blocks or even 280 by 270 blocks which would be 75,600 blocks. Those dimensions would be more to scale based on the size of the minecraft character.


Laian : That has already been done although I'm not sure how good it is.


mrfe : The Mario Kart tracks would be the easiest project so we could always do 1 of those first as a test to see how motivated users would be to help out.

Yeah, I think that could be a good plan. If people show that they're motivated to get it done with quality, then we could move into a bigger project without worry.

Davideo7 : Yea i would decrease the time with word edit for this in particular since there are town/cities with similar buildings. Like for example, saffron city has multiple buildings that look alike and also have the same buildings in other city/towns such as in the city next to it, Celadon. That is if we're going with pokemon red/blue instead of Firered/Leafgreen.

I would be more interested in the area of building the towns and outside of the towns (routes) but i feel like i wouldn't be much use inside of the buildings.

Pokefreak219 : Actually we could do 560 by 540 blocks which would be 302,400 blocks or even 280 by 270 blocks which would be 75,600 blocks. Those dimensions would be more to scale based on the size of the minecraft character.

Here's an outline I put together which could be used as a reference:


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Davideo7 :
I know how hard it is to remake a world map from a videogame in Minecraft. It could be something really cool if we manage to make such a massive project and a great experience as well. As I said in my last post, besides these first two weeks of August when I'll be away, I'd like to help. Now, which map? That's a good question.

I'm not sure if it's possible but it would be awesome to see locations from the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro games.

A pokenon map would be fun  . If u had god powers u could have different people work on different towns and then move the sections together...

Davideo7 : That is one thing i was afraid of that how exactly everything would scale up to compare to minecarft, something being way bigger than planned or way smaller than planned. even though how much i would like for it to be done as soon as possible, again i'm not sure how stuff would size up once we actually start building. could you make it that 560 by 540, build the first town/route (Pallet and Route 1) then see how it sizes up to figure out what we'll actually need, then decrease/increase by however we need as we go?

Davideo7 : I think this is a cool idea and yeah i'm definitely going to try to help if it's based on a pokemon game (actually pretty much any other game either if I can be much help that is). Would this include trying to recreate the NPC's?

Pokefreak219 : We could do pallet town as a test to see how things look. One of the recreations of Kanto that I had saw was just too big, nothing looked to scale because of it and it took too long to navigate. I want everything to be to scale and to scale based on the character, that way it resembles the game as much as possible.

LocksmithArmy : Yeah I'd give god powers.

Zlinqx : We could see about doing the NPCs. There's actually a plugin called 'Citizens' which allow you to add NPCs with messages, make them walk specific paths, give them multiple messages, give them custom skins, etc. It can be found here: http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/citizens/

Here's a video demonstration of it:


It'd be sooo cool if we could add all of the characters from the game to the map with them saying exactly what the say from the game. Of course that would just add extra to this project to add NCPs, make them say what they say in the game and to make them resemble themself from the game but we can try our best.

This idea just keeps getting cooler and cooler

Davideo7 : I 100% agree with Red and Blue. Maybe for big buildings, we can do warps and actually build the insides somewhere else. Also the new map plugin would greatly help to show how well the map looks.