Windows XP Built in LittleBigPlanet 2

When the original LittleBigPlanet got released, it took no time at all for us to see the results of the amazing creativity of others. As a sandbox game, gamers are able to build some rather incredible things, and the only limit seems to be one’s imagination. We’ve seen pinball games, computers, a Mirror’s Edge clone, calculators, and much more. This latest creation, though… it might take the cake.

In LittleBigPlanet 2, a game not even shipped to stores, a group of gamers designed a homage to the OS that refuses to die, Windows XP. The “LBP Edition” won’t run Crysis, but what it can do is deliver a modest OS experience. The OS is replete with start menu, a functional clock, media player, and even a couple of games. Plus, if you delete the System32 folder, you get a BSOD!

This kind of ingenuity both blows me away and shows the potential of a game like LittleBigPlanet. If someone can create a faux OS like this before the game is even officially released, then that’s quite something. I have no idea how all of this is done, but I’m sure it wasn’t something completed in a single night. It’s sure cool to look at, though, and once you get your hands on a copy of the game, you can download it and give it a spin.

If this is what we’re seeing before the game’s launch, I can’t wait to see what the months ahead will bring us!

This Windows XP homage, built in the LittleBigPlanet 2 beta, won’t run a copy of Excel or PowerPoint, but it does do a reasonably good impersonation of the operating system’s desktop, start menu, built-in timewaster games and, naturally, a blue screen of death.