Pixelboy Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I was in the mood to work on some 8-bit graphics yesterday, and I did something I've been meaning to do for a long time: I worked on scaling down Mega Man sprites to ColecoVision standards, by making all animation frames fit in 16x16 squares, with no more than two colors per frame. I'm pretty happy with the results, so I decided to share them with you guys. I'm not looking to make an actual Mega Man game on ColecoVision, at least not this year, this is just a sprite scaling test. Can anyone guess what the Robot Masters are from the weapons menu in my mockup screenshot? 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Looks pretty dang good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chart45 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I was in the mood to work on some 8-bit graphics yesterday, and I did something I've been meaning to do for a long time: I worked on scaling down Mega Man sprites to ColecoVision standards, by making all animation frames fit in 16x16 squares, with no more than two colors per frame. I'm pretty happy with the results, so I decided to share them with you guys. I'm not looking to make an actual Mega Man game on ColecoVision, at least not this year, this is just a sprite scaling test. Can anyone guess what the Robot Masters are from the weapons menu in my mockup screenshot? really nice we gonna have bomber man and mega man on the cv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Great job Luc. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmup Lover Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That looks really good. Would be nice to see this with the regular CV 1-4 difficulty so I could play it on 1 and actually get get somewhere in a Mega Man game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I am guessing the robot masters are from the Mega Man Pc games. They are Volt Man, Bit Man, Shark Man, Sonic Man, Torch Man, and Dyna Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 I am guessing the robot masters are from the Mega Man Pc games. They are Volt Man, Bit Man, Shark Man, Sonic Man, Torch Man, and Dyna Man. Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 You did really nice job making Megaman sprite. I really love this mock-up! Very nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Ha ha I love it.. I really dig to see characters redone in that classic Coleco, Atari or intellivision look...great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 That looks really good! I'd love to see something come of this. The only other comment I have is that the face area looks like he has a deformed eye. I see what you were going for with the helmet, but I can't get away from seeing it as a deformation. I put together a few alternate takes on it and it's definitely difficult to get it looking just right. No matter what, a lot of compromise has to be made. My favorite is starred: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 It's not really a deformation but more of a side view of the face. I do like the one you picked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Very nice:), the only little problem i can see (i look at it very quickly so may be i 'm wrong) but i think where you placed the ladder prevent the game to have smooth horizontal scrolling. Except if you plan to use sprites for the ladder , but you would have of problem then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Very nice:), the only little problem i can see (i look at it very quickly so may be i 'm wrong) but i think where you placed the ladder prevent the game to have smooth horizontal scrolling. Except if you plan to use sprites for the ladder , but you would have of problem then. I didn't think about scrolling when I made that screenshot. I just wanted to insert the sprites in an actual game screen just to see what it looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcks73 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Looks fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I don't like your new business model Pixelboy of teasing us like this and not producing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMos3 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I didn't think about scrolling when I made that screenshot. I just wanted to insert the sprites in an actual game screen just to see what it looks like. I just assumed you were thinking of multi-screen style instead of scrolling... like in that animated gif you posted a while back of the ninja running from screen to screen. That looked absolutely awesome, btw. Reminded me of a dream game design I had when I was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 I don't like your new business model Pixelboy of teasing us like this and not producing. LOL! I'm busy enough as it is, believe me. I just assumed you were thinking of multi-screen style instead of scrolling... like in that animated gif you posted a while back of the ninja running from screen to screen. That looked absolutely awesome, btw. Reminded me of a dream game design I had when I was younger. That ninja demo was not mine. I think it was done by bfg.gamepassion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 LOL! I'm busy enough as it is, believe me. ;)That ninja demo was not mine. I think it was done by bfg.gamepassion... Ah, probably Wrath of the Shurikens An idea I have in mind since awhile Programming was done by kiwi Great graphics Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Yeah, the ninja demo game was mine. And I do want to make a Megaman-like game for the Colecovision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dracon Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really cool! How about not using black outlines, for a light background compatibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Really cool! How about not using black outlines, for a light background compatibility? I suspect that's because it would use another sprite, and Colecovision has the maximum of 4 sprites in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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