Look at the Super Mario World dolphin below ... because the researchers were only working with 8-bit pixel art, they could create a very specialized algorithm. First and foremost, they can ...

Named the 'SUPER MARIO X POKÉMON 8-BIT SCRAMBLE', pixel art for both franchises will be emblazoned over t-shirts, notepads and the like. That's nothing new you might be thinking, but take a ...

Or, in the case of one Brazilian design firm's favorite pastime: Rendering the heroes of your youth to look like 8-bit videogame characters. "Pixel art was heavily used during the '80s and '90s ...

These are already used in the vectorization of bitmaps, but as the new algorithm focuses solely on 8-bit pixel art, it can take the art form's particular quirks into account and produce results ...

At long last, we might be able to play Super Mario Bros. on a big screen without ... that depixelizes and upscales low-resolution 8-bit "pixel art" into lush vector graphics.