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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
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            @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
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              @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
                    last edited by

                    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
                              last edited by

                              @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
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                                @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
                                      last edited by

                                      @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
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                                        @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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                                        • UDb23U
                                          UDb23
                                          last edited by

                                          Glad you like it !

                                          Even if I knew the name, I never played Mega Man series games before discovering Retropie. With all the knowledge I now have about Bosses & weaknesses, I got to try these games !!

                                          Will start looking at the other titles soon; hoping they don't have so many Bosses ;-)

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

                                            How could I leave you without ?

                                            If you let me choose the next, I'd say Mega Man 3. :-)

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