Japanese artist Gaku Miyao has revealed a design he created back in the day that appeared on a pair of officially-licensed slippers aimed at girls ... was Peach’s 8-bit sprite from Super ...

But the draw is, of course, playing a little 8-bit sprite Mike Wheeler outrun security guards and the Demogorgon. The show’s pulsing music also gets a chiptune makeover to fit the game.

[Jonathan Cauldwell] has come up with just such a tool that lets you do just that, for a variety of 8-bit platforms ... in a video tutorial series. Sprite and background editors are built ...

First we create a concept that is then turned into an 8 bit drawing. From the 8-bit sprite, the fully realized, final illustration is created. Squeezing a fully fleshed out illustration into a ...

First and foremost, they can assume that every pixel is important: early 8-bit sprites were all masterfully hand-crafted by artists, so it's safe to assume that every pixel is significant.