What am I seeing here?
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Original PlayStation memory card icons are really small — only 16 pixels square! That’s awfully tiny for today’s screens so I’ve created 2 versions of each icon: one at 32 pixels that is closer to the original size and a much larger one at 256 pixels
FUN FACTS
Making video games is hard, so it’s no surprise that the memory card icon may not have always received the most attention. I’ve spotted a handful of icons that appear to be corrupt or “jumbled up” with bands of colors that look out of place.
It’s unclear as to how this happens. It could be as simple as a mistaken click on an export job or it could come down to a bug in whatever tool the developers used to make the icon file. In many cases I’ve saved the game multiple times or used a different dump of it but so far they always come out the same.
I am not an accomplished pixel artist but I’ve tried my hand at recreating what I think is the intended image in some of these instances. In these cases I’ve included the original icon alongside my personal edited version. Let me know what you think!
