New Sprite Sheet

More sprites for the Megaman PC remake. Jesse wanted some fortress bosses … at first I was against this, but then I remembered the Wily Rescue Force. For those who don’t know, the Robot Masters from the Dreamwave comic, led by Cap N’s Doc Robot, are a team of villains from the Epilogues. They rescue Wily any time he’s in trouble (like when his bases blow up or when he’s in prison). So if there’s a need for fortress bosses … why not the Wily Rescue Force? Lavaman was thrown in because there needed to be another boss.

If I had to add one more bot to that I’d pick Toothpasteman in a heartbeat.

PC sprites, Megaman Mysteries

You know those ugly Megaman PC sprites I have? Well, the PC3 sprites have been completely re-ripped. Frenkel, of S&F Productions, has made a sprite viewer in DOS and I used that to create extensive sprite sheets containing …. every single sprite in the game. Including many unused sprites.

Which brings me to Megaman Mysteries. Not only are notes on the PC games expanded, but also some tidbits on debug modes for MM5 and 6. GoldS has found some interesting things about the SNES games, especially X1. MM9 has some things that people already know about. And Star Force has more “lost” BN5 textures. Even MM1 has a new sprite discovered … an unused door!?

Articles, Gauntlet’s Guides

I’ve been doing some thinking and I’ve decided the image galleries really need accompanying
articles to go with them. At least the official images do and most of the sprite galleries. To this end I have created an article on the Megaman PC Games. It details my experience with the PC games as well as some words on the robot masters.

Next up is a … Gauntlet’s Guides article? It’s been a while since I did me one of those. This one is on Green Lantern: In Blackest Night. Basically it goes into all the “special” rings and is sort of meant as a look-back that contrasts what’s being done today with what’s been done in the past.

The PC sprites have been updated. I actually missed a few sprites of Wily. Apparently when you die at WIly himself sprites of him jumping and groveling appear on the computer screen. Since I always cheat at that game I have never seen these sprites until now.

Speaking of sprite galleries, the index page has been merged with the overall Image Gallery using the same hack that I developed for the Specialty Galleries. It’s just pointless to leave them so separate. Speaking of which, I’ve never announced it, but the Megaman Team Christmas Cards are up. They’re from a small project made by Snakeman and Spark Chan in December. Be sure to check it all out!

Oh, and the articles on Rockman Strategy and Rockman Gold Empire have received some small updates too. RM Strategy has it’s intro video up … doubtless you’ve seen it before since Rockman Perfect Memories posted it long before I have. I just felt it was time for me to post it as well. More exciting, however, is that I have posted the game’s full script online! Unfortunately … it’s in Traditional Chinese. Yeah. I’ve also revised a few details in the introduction (the game’s not quite so rare anymore) and added in some notes on the ending that I got from reading the script. Rockman Gold Empire’s update is a never-before-seen intro video.

There’s an update!?

Considering the overall lack of activity, I’ve decided to push up this week’s update by a few days. I’ve added some small things here and there.

Firstly, the Asian PC games has a could new images to go with it, namely in Rockman 123’s entry.

I’ve added one entry to all of the sections in the …. pirate games article!? Yeah, I never planned on updating that again, but I found some things that just HAD to be added, even if it was just one per section.

The Cell phone games article features the latest games along with one older game I neglected to put on there. As always, a BUNCH of screens have been put on the screens section of that article (separated out due to sheer number of screens).

The miscellaneous sprites section has some guest entries along with a sheet of E-tank sprites that I compiled. Having all of them on one sheet occasionally comes in handy.

Miscellaneous pictures also features some fan art submitted over the last few months. Sorry it took me so long to get these up!

My Gallery features art of the Wily Rescue Force (meaning the Deamwave robot masters and Cap N Doc Wily).

And finally, Raijin’s gallery features alot of nice art, including character designs for the ‘Maniac’s Transmetal 2 armor!

I don’t know when new ‘Maniacs Moments will be up. Hard’s life must be getting in the way of those little comics. So, I’ve put up an appropriate message.

That’s all for now. I gotta say …. it’s nice to work on the site again.

Galleries Galore

Yes, NOT an epilogue update!

This time it’s the galleries that get some lovin’. Galleries of all sort. My sprite gallery sees some fan-submitted stuff as well as a variety of customs made by me. My art gallery has also been updated.

Raijin’s gallery, Nightmare’s gallery, the Nintendo Power Scans, and the Miscellaneous art gallery have all been updated with new art. Gift Sprites have been updated with new submissions. Finally, last but not least, Quickman has donated some Battle and Chase manga scans which are now in the Manga Scans gallery (which, at some point, I may organise better).

Stuff here and there.

I’ve been REALLY busy with my comic and REALLY got into watching an anime called Bleach. But I still got time to update a bit with some user submission stuff!

Okay, so …. first up: miscellaneous images have been uploaded. Woo hoo. I love getting images so keep sendin’ ’em.

Real Life Wilys sees an update. Wow. That’s a section I never – EVER expect an update from.

The Pirate Sprite Sheets sees a tiny update. Zan Sidera submitted some sprites of the tree guy and the red hero guy from Rockman DX3, so those sprites have been added in. Originally for Sprites INC too, but I whined about it a whole bunch (it’s been a bad year or so) and Ace, being the gentleman that he is, let me have the game for my own coverage (since I have already covered it). So Zan let me put these up as they were originally for S. INC. So, thanks guys.

And this week’s winner of the ‘Maniacs Moments contest – Kayorei! Take a bow! Remember: Each week there’ll be a new winner so keep on submitting! It could be YOU!

New article, Gauntlet Sprites, Wallpapers

Wow, I haven’t had an update like this in AGES!

First off the next winner of the ‘Maniacs Moments contest is Kaos! Congrats. PR references for teh win.

Next up is an all new article.Rocman X VS Thunder Blast Man. Not only have I compared both games, but I actually *won* Rocman X and have gone into extreme detail on the ending.

The Gauntlet Sprites page has been updated with an all-new sprite picture featuring every single Megaman character (that has an official sprite) to date! It was *very* tough and annoying to make, but now I can update it easily should I choose to do so.

The Wallpapers section also has a big update. That’s one section I don’t update too often. This time from tiny project I recently finished up.

Gauntlet Sprite Gallery

A sequel to Megaman’s Zodiac has been made …. Megaman’s Chinese Zodiac! Check it out in My Sprite Gallery!

Sadly, real life has caught up to me and updates may take a bit more time to make from now on. Also, Hard hasn’t given me any new ‘Maniacs Moments yet so …. get used to that one up there! It might be a while.

Image Gallery, Sprite Gallery

The Gauntlet Gallery sees an update with three new sketches added to the mix! Not Megaman stuff, but Cheetara of Thundercats fame!

The Gauntlet Sprite Gallery features some old sprites that are used ALOT …. but are nonetheless were not in the gallery until now.

Megaman Mysteries sees an organizational upgrade. Also, the Guestbook sees an upgrade using inline frames to make the book integrated with the rest of the site!

Small Images

With the Manga profiles section completed there’s just several small image updates this round.

The Sprite Gallery sees some Gift Sprites as well as some sprites that used to be in my sprite gallery, but were moved because they belong more in Gift Sprites.

The Gauntlet sprite section has several sprites made by me that were used in the Epilogues. Hey, they gotta be features, right? Also seen is a sprite picture featuring the robots of the zodiac and a sprite of me created by Egoraptor.

And, finally, one new image for the “gift art” part of the “Others Art Gallery” by Quickman featuring yours truly! And she actually got the hair right!