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

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          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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              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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                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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                  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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                    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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                          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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                            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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                                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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                                  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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                                    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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                                        meleu @UDb23
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                                        @UDb23 awesome!

                                        Just realized that, since you're using original boxart, making a cool image with the original Mega Man boxart can be challenging. :-)

                                        megaman

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                                        • UDb23U
                                          UDb23 @meleu
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                                          @meleu
                                          I found these; USA and European as original box art.
                                          Not having any specific NES knowledge I can't say what was the actual original.

                                          1_1494537557252_mm3 usa box.jpg

                                          0_1494537557251_mm3 eu.jpg

                                          They could be used as launching image and or Scraping image.
                                          What was your idea ?

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                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @UDb23
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                                            @UDb23

                                            The original box art looks like a child's contest submission. Although, the shading on the upper lip must have taken them hours.

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