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Published: 2012-05-16 00:03:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 25079; Favourites: 666; Downloads: 579
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*Update (Oct. 1, 2014)* Β I've improved several aspects of this render.________________________________________________________________
3D voxel modeled recreation of the first dungeon boss battle with Aquamentus, from the 8-bit Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda. I hope to find time to make other boss fight scenes from this NES game - Dodongo, Gleeok, Manhandla, Digdogger, and Gohma. To be honest, replaying Earthbound for the first time in ages has been responsible for taking up all my recent free time.
This render is quite different from my previous attempts at Zelda 3D dungeon scenes. I might still tweak a few things with this, but I think I like this approach better. I'm working on another version of this render, where the lights located on the walls give off illumination. Feedback regarding which version you prefer will be greatly appreciated, so I know which one to move into my scraps section. Thank you to all viewers, commenters, and watchers!
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Someone should make this into a real game and sell it.
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3D Dot Game Heroes on PS3 is kind of like this
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Latest update looks good. Working off rather fuzzy memory I think the main thing that has changed is the lighting from the lights and maybe a few colour tones.
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Another brilliant Retro-Made-3D. Β Someone at Nintendo ought to get you a deal doing a calendar, a historical picturebook, or even mousepads. Β ....Do people even use mousepads any more?
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This is my favorite one that you have done so far!
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This 3D image you've done of Link fighting Aquamentus in the game's first dungeon looks very nice and impressive for sure!
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Really love this, I however think making the grout between the tiles a block lower would have been a good choice to help give depth to the world a little better
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Groovy! Even the sword beam was voxelized(though I suppose it could be transparent because it's a beam, but... not very important. Pretty awesome! 
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This is awesome. I was 3 years old when I played this even though I was born in 1999 almost ten years after its release it will always be my favorite game of all time. If they made a version of legend of zelda like this I would buy it definitely.
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this so Awesome Β i would give it 10 out of 10 for great skillsΒ
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Is't sword beam was...Β beam? You know,Β it should be more shiny, light, little bit of orange is't? Still, very good work, I like voxel Link ^_^
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it is a beam
if you look at link's sprite sheet, the sword beam can look like that
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I create voxel characters similar to these if your ever interested i can make your character for you
heres an example of my work
pixelpiece.deviantart.com/art/...
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I love you for this picture it's amazing!
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Nice X3 Almost reminds me of 3D Dot Game Heroes XD Epic work you did on this
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Looks like the real deal!
(On an unrelated note, have you played 3D Dot Game Heroes?)
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wow playing zelda like this would be amazing
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If the edges were just a bit smoother I would so by this game.
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This brought back happy memories for me!
Good job man
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Your work is good, as a rule. But this - THIS - is a crowner.
You know you've made something good when I look at it and say "I would like to play this game." The fully-rounded, detailed, proportioned Aquamentus - it just takes me back. Somehow, though, I always imagined him as floating in the air, but now I think back on it, there's no reason to think that (except that you could run through his legs without taking damage).
Another nice touch are the nodes on the walls on either side of the doors. A minor detail I never noticed back then, but now I see how they add to the room. The attention to detail in those days was amazing.
You know what's missing? Only one thing - a 3-D Wall Master creeping around outside Aquamentus' room.
That dash of eerie pale blue would offset the scene nicely.
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I love the new approach to 3d were entering!
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Woo! EarthBound! Delay instantaneously forgiven!
I like this angle on things. However, when you do illumination, you need to remember to also add it to the fireballs and sword-beam - they glow too!
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Wow! This amazing 3D rendering of the first boss of the original Zelda brings it to a whole new layer of depth.
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Nice, this is one of your best Zelda NES 3D renderings. 
My only critique is the blocks closest together look connected, or was that intentional?
I also like how you rendered the dungeon walls, floors, and stuff. I also like the notches sticking out of the sides of the doorways.
I must add, "EarthBound" was a great game to.
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Now this is a videogame worth playing, except can you turn what you made into a complete videogame.
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This is so well done! Your other renders are really good, but this one is definitely my favorite so far.
... in other words, I love this new style, and would love to see more works done this way. :3
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This is actually very cool, kind of like the game 3D Heroes.
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