Friday Fun: Retro Nintendo Wallpapers

I received so many emails about the Super Mario Bros wallpaper on my screen in the Outlook Desktop article that I figured I’d share the wealth with everybody.

I got the wallpaper from a great site named Desktop Gaming, where people take screenshots of old games from various systems and then spice them up a bit, mostly by adding gradients to make them look good on today’s large screens.

Here’s a few of my favorites…

Duck Hunt – Laugh It Up

Super Mario Bros 2 – Dual Monitor Size

Super Mario Bros 3 (personal favorite)

Definitely worth a look, there’s a ton of screenshots on the list in all different sizes.

Desktop Gaming – Great Retro Wallpapers

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. This article was written on 11/1/07 and tagged with: Customization, Geek Fun, The Geek Blog

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Comments (7)

1. November 2, 2007 2:53 pm
   Gustav Dahl

   Great link, thanks!

2. November 3, 2007 7:21 am
   mom

   I thought this was really great!

3. July 8, 2008 6:29 pm
   Leonard Lee

   Hi,

   I love these wallpapers.

   However, the website is not available anymore.

   The domain desktopgaming.com has expired. Please contact your domain name registration service provider for further assistance. If you need help identifying your service provider, visit http://domainhelp.tucows.com.

   Anyone can send it to me? sheeeng (at) gmail dot com

   Thanks in advance.

4. July 8, 2008 6:31 pm
   The Geek

   I’m not sure what happened to this domain… I’ve tried to get in touch with the person who owns it, but I can’t seem to figure out who that is.

5. July 9, 2008 6:14 pm
   Joe Vautour

   Love the mario wallpapers! I had to crop though to make it look just right on my monitors. I use Display Fusion as I am running dual 19″ widescreen monitors. I also wanted the characters to be larger so I got rid of a good chunk of the sky.

6. July 23, 2008 10:26 am
   Squirrelking

   Thanks for the link, great wallpaper!

7. March 24, 2009 2:18 am
   ISAAC

   WHAT ARE YOU USEING THE WALLPAPER FOR,BESIDE BACK-DROP’S…CAN U DOWNLOAD DISPLAY FUSION WITH