Indie developer Narayana Walters decided the titular fowl from Untitled Goose Game wasn’t menacing enough and so decided to recast the anti-hero in the lo-fi hell of a PlayStation 1 game.
Untitled Goose Game is an animal circus full of clever little details and brilliant moments of spontaneous slapstick, but at bottom it’s about a bird being an asshole and not giving a fuck. Walters’ short demake is perfect because it uses the muddy-looking textures and wobbly pacing of the PS1 to strip everything else out and turn the bad-ass goosery up to 11.
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Walters said it took about 20 hours to make. What really makes it pop is the call back at the end to this 1999 Dino Crisis commercial.