8-bit WOW raid made real News

25 November, 2008

Gamer's University has made an April Fool real with the release of a simulated version of World of Warcraft's Molten Core raid for a primitive 8-bit console.

Blizzard teased console gamers with its spoof announcement on April 1st this year, showing video of what appeared to be an Atari 2600 version of the 40-player raid - reduced to two players with dots for characters.

Now Gamer's University has taken the trouble to make a playable version of the joke. It's not actually emulated Atari software, but a tiny Windows download which supports two players - "joystick (highly) recommended".

We tried it out and wiped on the first pack of Core Hounds. An authentic conversion, then.

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Benno

25/11/08 @ 11:52

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probably has better class balance than live!

Salaman

25/11/08 @ 11:53

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I'm lost for words.

Oh wait, there's always the classics.

FIRST! \0/

Edit: Second I mean. :-(

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Evolution

25/11/08 @ 12:01

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What a spectacular use of time.

RedSparrows

25/11/08 @ 12:10

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If you still wipe on a pack of core hounds then I fear you're about to step in front of a bus. In your own home.

Benno

25/11/08 @ 12:10

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Better than posting a comment about it?

danteire

25/11/08 @ 13:28

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So how long until Blizzard roles it into the next WoW expansion as a "main feature"?

coojam

25/11/08 @ 13:44

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What does wiping on core hounds mean? Sounds a bit gross if I'm honest.

Slamhound

25/11/08 @ 13:53

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Wipe, AKA Party Wipe (Pwipe) or Raid Wipe: A group screwup so bad that the entire party is killed, the end, run back to your corpses. Common occurrence on bosses, but usually happens on trash mobs (Such as the Core Hounds) if the group is ill-prepared/stupid.

Generally, you can also get partial wipes where some, if not most, of the group is killed but some are left standing. If, however, none of those still standing are capable of resurrecting dead party members, then it may also be considered a full wipe for the purposes of the term. And the survivors demonstrate great resilience and tenacity in the face of death, as well as extreme cowardice.

warlockuk

25/11/08 @ 13:58