Downton Abbey goes 16-bit in SNES parody

It’s been years since the Super Nintendo was first given life, and it’s still one heck of a console. Its action games are fantastic, its role-playing games are sublime. But some Super Nintendo game developers also had a thing for licensed (and mediocre) titles with digitized character sprites and portraits. Maybe that’s why this parody trailer for a 16-bit Downtown Abbey game feels so nostalgic.

The trailer was put together by chiptune composer Bill Kiley. It demonstrates the game’s “tastefully exciting one-player action!” as it rolls through Downtown Abbey‘s straight-backed British cast. Can you fluff ten pillows in twenty seconds? Can you point out the bullion spoon hiding in a nest of silverware? No pressure, but if you fail the rest of the household might regard you as a boor—and that would be just dreadful.

Source: Games.com

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.