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      backstander
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      Donkey Kong Classics overlay for lr-fceumm:

      0_1492574714943_DonkeyKongClassicsOvl1s.png

      I made this using artwork by rongs1234 named "Donkey Kong Classic":
      http://rongs1234.deviantart.com/art/Donkey-Kong-Classic-433963609

      I also made a split box art cover:
      0_1492574947565_DonkeyKongClassicsOvl2s.png

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      • UDb23U
        UDb23 @meleu
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        @meleu said in New NES overlays:

        I was thinking in the boss name, main weakness and optional weakness

        0_1492724989173_megaman6_udb-ovl.png

        This is a first draft for Mega man 6; Robot bosses (8) fit the screen and are available in good resolution. The other bosses are just very small images and I don't see a possibility to make those also fit with their texts.

        Note:Bosses Names and order are correct; Weapon, Pri Weak and Sec Weak just dummy text so far (just to check spacing).

        What do you think ?

        Even if overlay would be Scale Integer, gaining some extra space at the cost of gaming area, would not be enough to make all bosses fit...

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        • meleuM
          meleu @UDb23
          last edited by meleu

          @UDb23 OMG! It's getting really cool! Some remarks:

          • there's no need for that "Wpn" field (the weapon MegaMan gets after defeat the boss).
          • The weaknesses can stay in in the same line, example for Plant Man: "Wk: Blizzard Attack / Flame Blase". If this text becomes very long, you can use the weapon boss name, example for Plant Man: "Wk: Blizzard / Flame"
          • the weakness of the Mr. X and Dr. Willy castle bosses is an important info. Maybe with just one line for weakness you can put them in the overlay.
          • If those castle bosses images aren't usable, I can hunt better ones and let you know you can use those I've put in the next post.

          Thanks again!

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          • meleuM
            meleu @UDb23
            last edited by meleu

            @UDb23 better images for other bosses:

            Mr. X's Castle

            'Rounder 2

            rounder2

            Power Piston

            powerpiston

            Metonger Z

            metongerz

            X Crusher

            xcrusher

            Dr. Wily’s Castle

            Mechazaurus

            mechazaurus

            Tank-CS2

            tankcs2

            Wily Machine No. 6

            wilymachinen6

            Wily Capsule

            Didn't find a dedicated image for Wily Capsule, but maybe you can cut a decent one from one of these:

            • https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zGVnI49ZU7k/maxresdefault.jpg (the capsule at right side)
            • http://www.vizzed.com/videogames/screenshots/0/1/89323/Mega Man Legacy Collection _Database.mp4_20151003_140416.9601443901958-full.jpg
            • https://68.media.tumblr.com/0a0fabc1976238dd49127b8b5e06c501/tumblr_ohvzbaIBXw1uk26iio1_500.png (fan art)
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            • UDb23U
              UDb23 @meleu
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              @meleu said in New NES overlays:

              Some remarks

              Understood. Will create an updated draft accordingly.
              Nice new images !

              Have to do some tests to find out what's the smallest readable font size.
              It also depends on monitor/TV size of course. What are you using ?

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              • meleuM
                meleu @UDb23
                last edited by

                @UDb23 said in New NES overlays:

                It also depends on monitor/TV size of course. What are you using ?

                The smallest TV I use for console games is 32". :-)

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                • UDb23U
                  UDb23 @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu Ok, then we can further squeeze that text ;-)

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                  • space cadetS
                    space cadet
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                    Maybe a Tombs and Treasures overlay?

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                      backstander @space cadet
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                      @space-cadet
                      I've actually never played Tombs and Treasures but I put together a split box art overlay/bezel:
                      0_1492802710064_tombs_and_treasure_nes_ovl_s.png

                      I didn't have time to test it but let me know if it works!

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                      • space cadetS
                        space cadet
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                        Thanks man! Yeah it's a point and click game. One of my favorites!

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                        • UDb23U
                          UDb23 @meleu
                          last edited by

                          @meleu said in New NES overlays:

                          the weakness of the Mr. X and Dr. Willy castle bosses is an important info. Maybe with just one line for weakness you can put them in the overlay.

                          Updated Draft: graphics resized & repositioned; all bosses now included.
                          Please let me know if layout is ok and if text still readable.

                          0_1493329891110_mm6.png

                          If so I'll finalize the overlay by creating transparent background (replacing white) for Bosses
                          and optimizing text and images alignment and spacing.

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                          • meleuM
                            meleu @UDb23
                            last edited by

                            @UDb23 will test on my 32" screen and give you a feedback. Thanks!

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                            • meleuM
                              meleu @UDb23
                              last edited by

                              @UDb23 OK man! Tested here and looks really fine! As you said you will optimize the text, I think it'll look even better!
                              Huge thanks dude!
                              (by the way: regarding the resolution stuff, I use FCEUmm and QuickNES. Unfortunately Nestopia doesn't work with retroachievements.)

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                              • UDb23U
                                UDb23 @meleu
                                last edited by UDb23

                                @meleu My NES overlays so far are created for lr-FCEUmm resolution and so is the Mega Man 6 one. Should therefore fit your needs. The "overscan"setting issue does not impact actual overlay resolution as far as I know.

                                Going to optimize text and make Boss images transparent this evening ;-)

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                                • UDb23U
                                  UDb23
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                                  @meleu said in New NES overlays:

                                  I think it'll look even better!

                                  Mega Man 6 complete Art Pack available now in the Ovl Repo!

                                  Overlay:

                                  0_1493411756111_megaman6_udb-ovl.png

                                  Launching image (w carbon background):

                                  0_1493411848351_Mega Man 6 (USA)-launching.jpg

                                  ES Detailed View image ("scrape image"):

                                  0_1493411859656_Mega Man 6 (USA)-image.png

                                  Have fun!!

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                                  • UDb23U
                                    UDb23
                                    last edited by

                                    @meleu Was able to slightly increase font size; from 10 to 11.
                                    Images and text realigned for better readability.
                                    All Bosses with transparent background now.
                                    ;-)

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                                      backstander @UDb23
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                                      @UDb23 Wow! This is awesome!

                                      This might make @meleu sad but I never got into Mega Man on the NES. I remember renting one of the games but I just didn't like it. Now I have a reason to give them another chance!

                                      A good friend of my back from my college days wrote a program in BASIC that can generate passwords for just about every Mega Man game from NES, GB and SNES. Here's the site but the download link doesn't work anymore:
                                      http://megadog.dogsoft.net/index.html?page=17

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                                      • meleuM
                                        meleu @UDb23
                                        last edited by meleu

                                        @UDb23
                                        thanks

                                        Do you plan making for the others?

                                        please

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @UDb23
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                                          @UDb23
                                          Here's a screenshot:

                                          0_1493422745268_megaman6overlay-screenshot.png

                                          And the launching art is so beautiful that I almost cried when I saw it! Huuuuuge thank you!!

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                                          • UDb23U
                                            UDb23 @meleu
                                            last edited by

                                            @meleu said in New NES overlays:

                                            Do you plan making for the others?

                                            LOL
                                            How could I leave you without ?

                                            Even more if you ask like 0_1493440837215_Schermata 2017-04-29 alle 06.39.29.png

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