My NES Title screen remakes

[Macbee]

Hello,
I'd like to share a small project I'm working on. I'm recreating old NES title screens for... well... the NES.
It's just a hobby but I enjoy a lot to do it.

These ROMs aren't interactive and have no sound. They're static screens and I'm only trying to make bigger, more detailed NES graphics for classic games.
If you enjoy this please visit my blog. It's new but I'm adding more stuff everyday: http://mcbremakes.blogspot.com/
You can download all ROMs I've created. I'd love to see photos of my works on your powerpaks.

Hope you like it .
So far I've recreated title screens for just a few games. See some "before and after" screens:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Og36-Xm0qtQ/T1Ou6EhBWwI/AAAAAAAAAA4/o4lysypTmOA/s1600/005.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RNtfyKhmnQc/T1Ou9STaxJI/AAAAAAAAABA/TU4Hr6IaIPY/s1600/006.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--w0LCBvgxj4/T1E82rrAqrI/AAAAAAAAAAY/42bfB-jq_og/s1600/001.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gnwr3LcLIhI/T1E8_OS7v3I/AAAAAAAAAAg/u9vuDQGIU1I/s1600/002.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CLhEklm8lW4/T1KyWrizqHI/AAAAAAAAAAo/oefijDmNP2A/s1600/003.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zfBqSmf2xwI/T1KybjMypyI/AAAAAAAAAAw/BuGmSSBYYtw/s1600/004.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mmkUS1ntIAM/T1TY_MUx6vI/AAAAAAAAABI/SuDNEfBeX0Y/s1600/007.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cLCuPTp-H7M/T1TZDpwcN5I/AAAAAAAAABQ/s7lG67Njz14/s1600/008.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81SZgoaJdrk/T1ZS3_viiMI/AAAAAAAAADQ/a-DXQdppZzQ/s1600/009.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k7jhig49YwU/T1ZS4R4TTzI/AAAAAAAAADY/cv-MfkxUCuI/s1600/010.jpg

Thanks!
Macbee

[markusman64ds]

Nice job! You did better than the original designers!

[Colorado Rockies]

Impressive. Keep it up.

[Gunstar Hero]

Great idea, your results look awesome!

[buzz_n64]

I'm impressed. Good work, I like all of them, except for maybe the cross-eyed Mega-Man at the end. lol

[Pr3tty F1y]

Cool work, my man.

I don't want to crap in you thread, but I enjoyed doing something similar several years back. Looking at it now, the the pixel scaling is a bit ugly on the lettering, but I'm still pretty happy.

http://i.imgur.com/jNsig.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/DhfKD.png

http://i.imgur.com/y7vu2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/d0OCO.png

I found it to be a good way to learn more about Photoshop and layers and various image manipulation techniques.

I highly encourage others to give it a go. There's nothing like working on something for a game that you really enjoy. :)

[Macbee]

Nice job! You did better than the original designers!

Thanks! =D
I feel very happy for this and all other compliments.



I'm impressed. Good work, I like all of them, except for maybe the cross-eyed Mega-Man at the end. lol

LOL
Megaman used to have a different design when he was created. In Rockman 1 and 2 he was fatter and sort of cross-eyed.
My title screen is based on original 1987 artwork by Capcom - just to create an illusion of authenticity.

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g225/Gosuke/rockman.jpg



Cool work, my man.

I don't want to crap in you thread, but I enjoyed doing something similar several years back. Looking at it now, the the pixel scaling is a bit ugly on the lettering, but I'm still pretty happy.
I found it to be a good way to learn more about Photoshop and layers and various image manipulation techniques.
I highly encourage others to give it a go. There's nothing like working on something for a game that you really enjoy. :)

It's amazing! I loved it :)
You should try to adapt your modifications to actual Roms!!

[Oobgarm]

The heavy image compression in your preview images ruins it for me.

It's a neat idea, though.

[chrisbid]

nice work

how much memory are the final results taking up? would these title screens have been feasible memory-wise in the late 80s?

[Macbee]

nice work

how much memory are the final results taking up? would these title screens have been feasible memory-wise in the late 80s?

These title screens are big (for title screens alone) - something like the size of the entire Super Mario Bros. 1.

!!RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!!
After 4 months there's finally an update: A title screen remake of "The Simpsons - Bart vs. The Space Mutants".
Hope you like it =D

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xOYxubiTZ5U/T_8knIFkVBI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Ka2RgCdEZ3I/s1600/013.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wIqTxEscT_U/T_8kqsago9I/AAAAAAAAAEM/hopwBeS7FJw/s1600/014.jpg

I don't have a Powerpak but many of my previous remakes run fine on it - so I guess this one will run on Powerpak too.
Thanks for reading my posts! :)
http://mcbremakes.blogspot.com.br/

[Macbee]

My blog was updated once again with many remakes and demakes. Look some of them:

Bad Dudes: http://www.mediafire.com/?xz5a52yrk6r3eir
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LHb5tlhPzEU/UAdLCxJg0mI/AAAAAAAAAFA/2tz43YAKDvQ/s1600/019.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wRjA0NXpNd4/UAdLIwJ287I/AAAAAAAAAFI/QUiLhLAb7Qo/s1600/020.jpg


Predator: http://www.mediafire.com/?fvypk37pfcy9fp3
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V-yyvUKraNc/UBTNW-5MwFI/AAAAAAAAAFo/XJBAKuDW7lo/s1600/023.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9fPrGBrrMfA/UBTNeEzICEI/AAAAAAAAAFw/PVRN9dIUCv0/s1600/024.jpg


Superman: http://www.mediafire.com/?0b16e9pily22lbc
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jc20-DLMErs/UCFnMyzEE-I/AAAAAAAAAGE/ZJp50q866qA/s1600/025.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AmQLhg_7oEM/UCFnSjXk5MI/AAAAAAAAAGM/AzhU_Ly2_s4/s1600/026.jpg


Ninja Turtles: http://www.mediafire.com/?s9zprc46u51etz4
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w4u9OGEAjzY/UGnc9tHVJZI/AAAAAAAAALo/gqhRZiu4yDA/s1600/041.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dcFWmnS7TXM/UGndCj3m3nI/AAAAAAAAALw/nUucZuKq8VM/s1600/042.jpg

Thanks! =D

[Gameguy]

Do these new screens take up much more space than the original ones? I'm wondering if the game creators cut corners on the title screens to save space on the limited ROM chips of the time.

[Macbee]

Do these new screens take up much more space than the original ones? I'm wondering if the game creators cut corners on the title screens to save space on the limited ROM chips of the time.

Yes... My screens have almost the same size of the entire Super Mario Bros. game (the first one).

[Johnny Nintendo]

Those look awesome! You wouldn't happen to have one for Friday the 13th would you?

[Macbee]

Those look awesome! You wouldn't happen to have one for Friday the 13th would you?

Thank you! :)
I never did a "Friday the 13th" title screen - but it's an excellent suggestion. I'm sure that a remake of it will pop up sooner or later. :)

[Macbee]

New screens:
Revenge of Shinobi - http://www.mediafire.com/?ghsq2mhr2mqm728
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tf7ivYTNNDI/UI2gz5UngJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/jTYIcu1n9Gk/s1600/052.jpg

Donkey Kong Country - http://www.mediafire.com/?xsjbx8biqvdy8b4
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IhiPvI7nusA/UI10ye5hgrI/AAAAAAAAAO8/vbgNRmpt9Vo/s1600/051.jpg

Boxing (OneBus VT03 game) - http://www.mediafire.com/?bnana6qh2clcwta
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5yT7lX7en8/UIxRf7QsXLI/AAAAAAAAAOg/5Tp-I_pTXkc/s1600/049.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iFe6Z5O8CXI/UIxRktiuC6I/AAAAAAAAAOo/O9WavnsDv4U/s1600/050.jpg

[Oldskool]

Wow these screens are impressive. I had no idea the NES could even do graphics in that sort of detail, even if the picture is the size of a whole SMB1 cart. Someone should insert these screens into the original ROMS since rom size is not a concern anymore. Would be interesting. Makes you wonder what could be done on the NES throughout the rest of the games.

[tomaitheous]

Wow these screens are impressive. I had no idea the NES could even do graphics in that sort of detail, even if the picture is the size of a whole SMB1 cart. Someone should insert these screens into the original ROMS since rom size is not a concern anymore. Would be interesting. Makes you wonder what could be done on the NES throughout the rest of the games.

He's using 60hz flicker to get false color (the color in the shots only exists in 30hz temporal space). It's an old trick. IMO, the trick works better for NTSC (60hz) and with PAL (50hz) since the flicker is faster. But it's a valid trick as long as the difference between the two frames is small enough in relative areas of change (XOR dither pattern usually looks best). I do something similar on the PCE for horizontal blurring (and thus more colors/palette) and it looks great on the old CRT.

Technically, someone could make an external device that frame captures odd frames and blends them with even frames - by using the composite output of the NES (a pass through). I had thought about that for the PCE many years ago.

[GiguFusc]

Wow! Good work mate. Loving what you're doing.. :)

[Macbee]

Wow! Good work mate. Loving what you're doing.. :)

Thanks! :)
New stuff:

http://www.mediafire.com/?7crgled96ep6308
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HbxlfeC2tME/UJajH8vQrkI/AAAAAAAAAQA/PLzsuTzqNLc/s1600/054.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?cma0ag75aj3c6tm
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http://www.mediafire.com/?bind7exhopz5gxc
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VyQs0bDbUuk/UJrpYgAcY5I/AAAAAAAAAQw/llMNxbjwliA/s1600/057.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?gj9henbw0dje6yp
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HcMaqs4lqbc/UJxBmITXULI/AAAAAAAAARE/yLPgJv4zTBU/s1600/058.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?v75875drf6btcx0
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H71TNn1l1fw/UJxN-GR_kYI/AAAAAAAAARY/3YU2tC3bngo/s1600/059.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?fd92bxey1t1ulol
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WIEKGq5MdeE/UJ5tXImyqjI/AAAAAAAAARs/nigRpP926zQ/s1600/060.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?pvr1uvwrf67w23k
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G3X-K0ESTVs/UJ59QmWnCII/AAAAAAAAASA/Qy4LjFkqYxM/s1600/061.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/?v516c5522f932x3
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--rehOW-2CJ0/UKVafH8HKNI/AAAAAAAAASU/7e9SdwvM7d4/s1600/062.jpg

[Macbee]

New screens!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aev5dkwZ5gA/UKvJQtw3QBI/AAAAAAAAATM/yEbowqG2qKg/s1600/068.png

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