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pinky the ghost pixel art mosaic made from 3.5-inch floppy disks [pac-man]
technabob.com - 3/25/2009
pinky the ghost pixel art mosaic made from 3.5-inch floppy disks [pac-man]
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Got 256 old 3.5-inch floppy disks lying around the house? I can’t think of a better use for a bunch of floppies but to make a giant 16×16 pixel art Pinky ghost mosaic out of them. Can you? [via GamOvr ]

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Pixellated Mosaic Made From 256 Floppy Disks
The UberReview — If you are a real fan of Pac Man, then this is most definitely a worthy project. Two-hundred and fify-six 3.5″ floppy disks were used to create this mosaic of Pinky the ghost. [Pixels via GamOvr, Technabob] Related posts R2D2 Boombox, Now That’s Art (2) Mechanical Aural Communication Device, Looks Like it Works but Doesn’t (0) Mark Dalzell’s Fabulous Steampunk Guitar (1) Mario Kart Stationery Sculpture (1) Lichtenberg Figures, ...

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