Comments List

Game:
Pro Wrestling

WINNER IS YOU!

Apr 29, 2018, 10:44 PM

Game:
Strip Fighter 2 (JPN)

What's surprising is that this game did somehow get a sequel for Windows PCs.
Has more characters, including one that's blatantly a ripoff of Mai Shiranui and another who's obviously Hitomi from Dead or Alive in a generic magical girl outfit.

Apr 29, 2018, 10:13 PM

HM2000

Sheet:
Thomas Andrews' Notebook (CD1)

Holy french girls in a cab, that's alotta notes

Apr 29, 2018, 9:04 PM

Sheet:
Doc Robot (Mega Man X-Style)

@Shadowman

Because this is an old-ish sheet from back when edits were typically far less inconspicuous?

Doc Robot needs more love. That's where the first word in my screen name came from, after all (albeit indirectly...)

Apr 29, 2018, 7:08 PM

shadowman44

Sheet:
Doc Robot (Mega Man X-Style)

Why does he use Sigma's face?

Apr 29, 2018, 4:44 PM

Yawackhary

Sheet:
Shooting Star

@shadowman44: Nope. Pure sprites as I got them from the tile viewer. It ran on the same hardware as Final Lap R (it ran on the same engine as that game and a bit of a glorified hack with powerups) and were some of the last arcade hardware that was sprite focused before going to polygons. 1995 is pretty late for a 2D Namco game anyway.

Also it's silly that 4 of the cars including the Mach 5 were put together in one blob but Racer X and another car repeats its tiles 4 times.

Apr 29, 2018, 4:39 PM

Sheet:
Roger the Potted Ghost

@Supercookie07 Stack up a bunch of the horizontal lines from them, like the game does?

Apr 29, 2018, 4:38 PM

Sheet:
Toss Boys

I read this as "Toys Boss."

Apr 29, 2018, 4:05 PM

shadowman44

Sheet:
Shooting Star

Are you sure these aren't models?

Apr 29, 2018, 3:26 PM

Supercookie07

Sheet:
Roger the Potted Ghost

How do you use them then?

Apr 29, 2018, 3:20 PM

GuyWhoSleeps

Sheet:
Toss Boys

whats that paper image
is it concept art

Apr 29, 2018, 2:24 PM

Sheet:
Sonic

@theawesomeguy: I know, I'm not Russian, you see. I really don't care about Googling a Russian letter just for a comment.

Apr 29, 2018, 1:58 PM

IAmuoY

Game:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Pink Edition (Hack)

I'm gonna try and rip the title screen sprites. Wish me luck!

Apr 29, 2018, 12:19 PM

Sheet:
Sonic

@Kyoshi4000. It's called that because it breaks 16-bit limitations. Though I think 32x would've been a better name for it. :P

Apr 29, 2018, 12:17 PM

Sheet:
Knuckles the Echidna

Missing horizontal poll sprites were added, which have a unique starting frame.

Apr 29, 2018, 11:41 AM

Sheet:
Miscellaneous

@Dolphman In the PC (and maybe SNES) version of Mario's Time Machine I didn't play, one of the things Bowser stole was a pre-release copy of the game itself, apparently trying to keep Mario from stopping him or something. It doesn't work, and Mario ends up returning it, and having to deliver the (extensive) bug report to another member of the company, who then provides an equally-extensive bug fix for Mario to give back to the first guy. I think, though I may have some details wrong, as I only ever played the NES version...

Basically, they were meta and knew they were cruddy at programming Mario games.

Apr 29, 2018, 11:17 AM

Sanic Hogeheg

Sheet:
Angel Island

I might do a South island, map too...

Apr 29, 2018, 10:26 AM

HardSonicStorm

Sheet:
Knuckles the Echidna

So... what's new on this sheet ?

Apr 29, 2018, 10:23 AM

Kyooshi4000

Sheet:
Sonic

I don’t like that the Modern pallete says ‘broken’. Is it because they think Modern Sonic is broken? Other than that, this sheet is cool.

Apr 29, 2018, 10:16 AM

Bluejay45678

Game:
Kirby Super Star Ultra

Where is the warp star?

Apr 29, 2018, 9:57 AM

ZiggyTheZombieHedgie

Sheet:
Beam Sonic

This is literally just Sonic recolored and with Kirby Super Star's Beam copy ability hat. Nothing special here.

Apr 29, 2018, 9:47 AM

Ton

Game:
Shining Force 1: The Legacy of Great Intention

I need to update this with Jogurt’s Japanese portrait.

Apr 29, 2018, 6:47 AM

Snessy the Duck

Sheet:
Font

@beanluv Pretty sure someone already has

Apr 29, 2018, 5:35 AM

RedSonicStudios

Sheet:
Yoshi's House

new one? not sure.

Apr 29, 2018, 4:28 AM

MisterMike

Sheet:
Palutena (8-Bit)

@Deathbringer Oh god dammit, NOW I see it.

Apr 29, 2018, 2:03 AM

Sheet:
Miscellaneous

"The Software Toolworks"? What kind of game publisher name is that? *Facepalms*

Apr 28, 2018, 10:16 PM

Game:
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!

It's also a very ugly Sonic with a weird muzzle.

Apr 28, 2018, 10:15 PM

Sheet:
Options/Level Select Menu Background

@beanluv Nope, Miles in US version. At least, it's been that way in every compilation that uses the US-based "GENESIS" in the title....

Apr 28, 2018, 8:34 PM

The Great Papyrus (Nyeh)

Sheet:
Heavy Magician

I can imagine that, near the start of Encore Mode, Sonic and co. find a pile of the Hard-Boiled Heavies, deactivated.
Suddenly, the Heavy Magician powers on, floats out of the pile, tips her hat 180 degrees, the Phantom Ruby floats out, she revives the rest of the Heavies with it, and scoops the Ruby back up while putting her hat back on.

Apr 28, 2018, 7:31 PM

Game:
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!

Jazz Jackrabbit is more of a parody of the trend than playing it straight like the others.
The comic in the manual even has a cameo of Sonic, demanding for his lawyer. XD

Apr 28, 2018, 6:28 PM

ZetTheLegendaryHero

Update:
Is It Finally Spring? Or Is It Summer? Who Knows!

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Favorite Categories this Update: Arcade and Neo Geo / NGCD

Honorable Mentions: Game Boy Advance, SNES, Game Boy / GBC, NES, Saturn, DS / DSi, 3DS, Genesis / 32X / SCD, Master System, PC / Computer, and Mobile.

Special Mentions: Custom / Edited and Nintendo Switch

Other: CD-i

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Well, my favorite sections on the site is the Arcade and Neo Geo sections. So, of course, I am going to love any updates featuring those sections.

Featured on my top 10 consoles/computers/handhelds list are the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NES, SNES, and Genesis; so I'm going to also love update featuring those sections. I like the DS line for being the successor line to the Game Boy line, so that updates in those sections are always a plus. The Master System was the precursor to the Genesis (in both a business sense and a technological sense), so again that's a plus to any update. The PC / Computer and Mobile sections are so varied that the style, limits, and age of the hardware they are meant to represent span basically the entire spectrum. However, I can usually find a plus in these for any update they are featured in.

The Custom / Edited section, I find a plus due to the fact that some actual art work had to be made (from either scratch or by modifying existing work). As for the Nintendo Switch, while I can't make any generalizations, this update was a plus.

Finally, the CD-i... Well the CD-i was made because people wanted all-in-one multimedia devices, Philips, did exactly that with the CD-i. The CD-i was a game console, a CD player, a device that could play videos and view pictures on CDs, a reference machine, and an edutainment machine. People asked for that kind of thing at the time, but as it turns out, they weren't willing to spend money on it. The CD-i had some good games, but sadly it is mostly remembered as a console with bad games that featured Nintendo characters, and weird reference material. The story of how Philips got the license to the Nintendo characters is...

Nintendo originally went to Sony to make a CD addon for the SNES, but that deal fell through (the prototypes for the SNES CD would evolve into the Sony Playstation). Nintendo then went to Sony's rival, Philips to produce the SNES CD, Nintendo gave Philips a license to the characters from its 2 biggest franchises: Mario and Zelda. This lead to Philips licensing out the Nintendo characters for its CD-i console. I believe that Nintendo also had to approve of these games in some way too. But either way, this lead Nintendo licensed games on the CD-i.

The meme worthy three games: Hotel Mario, Link: The Faces of Evil, and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon. These titles seemed to be just money grabs banking on the Nintendo characters. One more Zelda title was produced for the CD-i, Zelda's Adventure. This game was far more ambitious, featuring digitized graphics, live action cutscenes, and a far more traditional style of gameplay for a Zelda game. However, due to the game being average, and the cutscenes being of badly acted, but not meme worthy this game would be forgotten. Those faults are mostly due the fact that the game had a far lower budget than the other Nintendo CD-i games. Also, time restraints and the skill of the team might have factored in. Two more Mario games were in development for the CD-i: Super Mario Wacky Worlds and Mario Takes America. Super Mario Wacky Worlds would have been a sequel to Super Mario World and would have played and looked much like a traditional Mario game, but sadly the game only made it to the Alpha stage of development, which actually has been found and has had the prototype game turned into a CD image file. Mario Takes America would have been a Edutainment game mixing live action footage and animation, but due to technical limitations on the CD-i, it ran into problems, and lost its license. No prototypes, screen shots, footage, or assets of this game exists online.

Now, knowing all that...

I still love an update with CD-i content.

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My rating for this week's Update: 10/10

Apr 28, 2018, 6:19 PM

Sheet:
Options/Level Select Menu Background

The US version of this background is missing. Miles is replaced with Tails, from what I know.

Apr 28, 2018, 5:34 PM

Sheet:
Moogle

That icon looks oddly like the MPA Monty Mole icon...
https://www.mariowiki.com/images/c/c8/MPA_Monty_Mole_Icon.png

Apr 28, 2018, 5:34 PM

Game:
Awesome Possum Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt!

Just seeing the title screen alone was bad enough. When he says he's Awesome, I immediately don't think that. Sure, that's his name, but it's like they named him that just to specifically allow him to say that. Definitely giving off that "trying to be cool in the 90s but not actually cool realistically" feel. I didn't even play the game, I only saw it in a Sonic the Hedgehog rip offs video featuring Dolphman's holy grail (AKA Jazz Jackrabbit) and a few others.

Apr 28, 2018, 5:31 PM

Sheet:
Harlequin

EEUU LEEUUUUZZZZ!!!

Apr 28, 2018, 5:31 PM

Sheet:
Elves

Elf needs food badly.

Apr 28, 2018, 5:29 PM

Sheet:
Font

Somebody needs to make a .TTF out of the Mr. Saturn font.

Apr 28, 2018, 5:17 PM

Sheet:
Yoshi Egg

Some people actually think this is a 3D model when it clearly isn't.
(Also, are the squishy frames separate sprites or just the first one being squished by some effect?)

Apr 28, 2018, 5:16 PM

Sheet:
Start Screen

Finally, somebody that knows that the beta star sprite isn't from SMRPG!

Apr 28, 2018, 5:03 PM

Update:
Is It Finally Spring? Or Is It Summer? Who Knows!

Where I am, it's already a hot, wasp-filled nightmare. So basically Summer.

Apr 28, 2018, 5:01 PM