Every vacation would be better with a view of Super Mario racing through castle ruins while you sip on a pina colada.
Victor Benitez’s online art gallery, Real Bits, features original photographs of classic video game characters such as Mario and Ecco the Dolphin vacationing on the island of Majorca, his home.
“Super Mario games were some of my favorites during my childhood,” he told the Daily Dot, explaining the origin of the project. “I wanted to create something as similar as possible to each video game. Something that makes you remember those moments playing that game.
“Some photos reproduce specific moments. Other are simply logical in terms of that game’s universe or a result from my imagination.”
The series is similar to Ryan Snieder’s “Hunting Space Invaders” series: the world of humans and video games joined together in perfect harmony using shadows and blending techniques in Photoshop.
Here’s a look at some of our favorite mashups to date.
Super Mario World: Castle Demolition
The Secret of Monkey Island
Final Fantasy VI: Forest Dungeon
Mario Kart: Castle Circuit
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Ecco the Dolphin: Surface
