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

                                            Mega Man 3

                                            8 Robot masters and 17 Bosses !! They would not fit all...
                                            Would just bosses be ok ?

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