Mechs Meet 2012


It’s that time of summer again. A few of the Mechs made it out to the Toronto area for FanExpo, a trip to Canada’s Wonderland, and the usual bouts of gaming and nonsense. Check out the log and the gallery.

Extra Spicy Epilogue

We have the first epilogue from our new Hardman coming atcha! Actually this was written months and months ago … and we had a whole thing planned before we were going to post it, but it never materialized and … hm. Well! Here it is anyway, at long last! Out FOXed! Yes, Ben couldn’t help but bring his furry alter ego along to the Mech’s universe! Don’t know who he is? Check out Year of the Fox and I Think I’m Turning Kitsune.

Also, earlier this month Protodude reported on new hurt sprites for the RM 25th anniversary soundtrack. But these were actually made for the 20th anniversary (or at least first seen over here then, these were probably made for the Pocketstation for the RM re-releases for the PSX) and, since they’re now difficult to find, I’ll post up what images I have of them. I was originally going to try recreating the sprites, but …. just never did. There were taken right off Capcom’s product page. Well, except for one view of a jacket. I called the bracelet picture “higher quality”, but I suppose it may not be so much. I think it might give a better idea of where the pixels go for some of the RMs present there than a photo, but … *shruggs*. Maybe it’ll help, maybe it won’t.

The Emperor’s New Clothes

With the new epilogue out we get to see Crorq’s first-ever new look in the series. And here’s the character art by our own Snakeman! Crorq underwent some revisions during his design. At one point he might have sported the blue look, from the first PC game. However, since we used the yellow version for so long (and since the blue one was made into a seperate character) he was made into this sleek yellow version …. with a disgusting interior; very much like Crorq’s own character.

Make Way for Series 8

Series 8

It’s been a long, LONG time coming, but Series 8 is finally here! Ben FINALLY finds his rightful place in the fictitious universe of the Mechanical Maniacs. And so does an all new Magnetman.

Mesmerman by Raijin

It’s been pretty quiet here lately. There’s more activity behind the scenes, which makes this place look rather lonely. So let’s fix that in a way only Mesmerman can! Courtesy of Snakeman.