Evil Dead Role-Playing Game: Too Cool to Be Real

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One of the best movie series ever made is the Evil Dead trilogy. Many of us Deadities still have fond memories of the scares we experienced as kids while watching these ultracheesy horrorfests (though we may never forgive director Sam Raimi for not making a fourth movie where Ash walks around killing zombies in a postapocalyptic world). 

One incredible pixel-artist has gone a step further, showing us what it could have been like to have an equally kick-ass 8-bit role-playing game on our then-new Nintendo Entertainment Systems [via Tiny Cartridge]:


Of course, this game concept is far too cool to be real. Anything's got to be better than the schlock we've been subjected to on the Xbox and PlayStation. Check out Gary "Army of Trolls" Lucken's website for an animated version of this mockup we all wish was real.