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

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                  • meleuM
                    meleu @UDb23
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                    @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
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                      @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
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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
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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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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @UDb23
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                                          @UDb23

                                          8 Robot masters and 17 Bosses !! They would not fit all...

                                          Oh yeah, you're right. In Mega Man 3 we have to defeat the "spirit" of the Mega Man 2 bosses in other robots (or maybe the software in another hardware)... Well, OK. Only the robot masters would be nice too. :-) Thanks man!

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                                          • UDb23U
                                            UDb23
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                                            @meleu : Mega Man 3 ready !

                                            0_1494536008048_megaman3_udb-ovl.png

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