Sunday, April 1, 2012

DTN News - APRIL FOOLS DAY 2012: Google's NES Prank Leads April 1st Jokes

DTN News - APRIL FOOLS DAY 2012: Google's NES Prank Leads April 1st Jokes


(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 1, 2012: Google led April Fools' jokes with its introduction of a new version of Google Maps which supports the ‘long neglected’ 
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). 


The new NES version of Google Maps boasts 'beautiful low-res graphics, simple and intuitive controls, and a timeless soundtrack' (Picture: Google/YouTube)


And Tatsuo Nomura, a Google software engineer, is hopeful Nintendo fans will forgive the company for not catering to their retro tastes sooner.


He wrote in a Google Maps blog: 'In our pursuit of new digital frontiers, we realised that we may have left behind a large number of users who couldn't access Google Maps on their classic hardware. Surprisingly, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was unsupported, despite its tremendous popularity with over 60 million units sold worldwide


http://defense-technologynews.blogspot.ca/2012/04/dtn-news-april-fools-day-2012-googles.html

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