“8-Bit Bikini” by Glen Brogan (click for a larger image). Anyone who has any familiarity with Metroid will recognize this scene as the ending screen players receive after completing the game within a certain time limit.

My favorite detail in this artwork has nothing to do with the heroine or her swimsuit; it’s the floating 3D text above her, which I feel is the essential feature that conveys the piece’s idea of an illustrated Samus dropped into an 8-bit game. The suggestion that her suit’s shoulder spheres are designed to shelter her hair is kind of funny, too.

By the way, here’s the ending text and screen from the NES game, which you can click to see a bigger version:

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See also: “The Last Metroid Is In Captivity” by Patrick Prine

[Via Glen Brogan]

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