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#1
Gaming / Re: How can you spend an eveni...
Last post by Patrik - Today at 01:27:23 PMI get it—in weather like this, there's nothing better than curling up under a blanket with your laptop. Housebets Casino is a great place to start—I play slots there regularly myself, and they make it very easy to deposit cryptocurrency through various popular networks. Funds are credited instantly, there are no deposit fees, and absolutely any beginner can figure out the interface in a couple of minutes, so go ahead and give it a try!
#2
Gaming / How can you spend an evening i...
Last post by Monika - Today at 01:24:34 PMI'm sitting here in Manchester—it's damp and foggy outside, and there's nowhere to go this weekend. I decided to take a break from work and play something exciting, but everyone's into crypto these days, and I'm a complete novice when it comes to blockchain. Can you tell me if it's hard for a beginner to figure out how to fund an account with digital coins, and where's the best place to play so I don't have to worry about whether the payouts are fair?
#3
Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: What map-making feature wo...
Last post by ReyVGM - September 13, 2026, 02:31:38 PMQuote from: TerraEsperZ on August 31, 2026, 09:11:45 PMQuote from: ReyVGM on August 31, 2026, 07:36:14 AM6) I took a screenshot of SMW in the title screen using both BSNES, SNES9X and SuperSNES9X and the colors looked exactly the same. Do you have any pics that show otherwise?
Regarding screenshots, you'd have to compare the RGB values of the same pixels, preferably as close to dark and white as possible, as the differences wouldn't really be obvious visually.
Apparently, BSNES also does gamma correction by default, so that might also affect the video output.
Quote from: Guard Master on September 01, 2026, 08:02:18 PMQuote from: ReyVGM on August 31, 2026, 07:36:14 AM6) I took a screenshot of SMW in the title screen using both BSNES, SNES9X and SuperSNES9X and the colors looked exactly the same. Do you have any pics that show otherwise?
I just did the same and compared specific pixel colors. The result I got is that they are the exact same, as you said. Perhaps my memory is failing me or perhaps there are special cases where inaccuracy may occur. Nevertheless, it doesn't seem to be a concern overall.
Good news. SuperSNES9x does have the option to display "accurate SNES colors". I haven't tested it, but it's there in Video -> Color Correction.
#4
Map Requests / Re: JonLeung's Requests
Last post by JonLeung - September 04, 2026, 08:36:48 AMLast night, zagato blackfist got through THREE of my four NES requests, Bomberman, Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge, and Stanley: The Search For Dr. Livingston...!
Bomberman I requested because I think it was the remaining NES game whose protagonist is still a (somewhat) known character today, so it's just nice to get the history of legacy characters. Not that the remaining NES games all have nobodies... I'll have to check again, but I doubt there are many games (certainly in the North American library) with characters still currently having games so that younger games would recognize them. The first Bomberman game has random stages that look rather "samey", but I'm glad zagato still thought it was worth doing (aside from wanting all the NES games mapped anyway, that is).
Crash 'N The Boys is always enjoyable. I always like the River City/Kunio-Kun games. Almost every time that my brother and I play, the three events we play are the 400 Meter Hurdles, Hammer Throw, and Swimming. The Hammer Throw music often gets stuck in my head, randomly! As a short game, I was kinda surprised this wasn't mapped yet... now that's not an issue.
Stanley: The Search For Dr. Livingston I have more memories of reading about it in Nintendo Power and being impressed with how epic it looks, than actually playing the game. Still, I like to see games that present an actual adventure get mapped.
Thanks again and as always, zagato blackfist!
The current remaining NES game map request is for Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure, which again is like Stanley... though I had attempted to play it back in the day and didn't get far, so maps would be great for if I ever try again!
I wonder if I should add more NES games to my requests list... surely there must be something else I want to see nearly as much or even more than Bill & Ted. But I think we've only got a little more than 100 official North American games remaining, so it's not surprising if there's not much that I personally really want to see other than that every one mapped gets us closer to the goal of having every NES game here on VGMaps.com!
EDIT: Though I would like to see the North American NES library prioritized, I had to add the PAL exclusive, Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (also known as "Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II/2", as if the series isn't confusing enough already). After all, there are still new Bubble Bobble games, I think? So Bomberman wasn't the last character still recognizeable by younger gamers today from unmapped NES games if including European NES games...
Bomberman I requested because I think it was the remaining NES game whose protagonist is still a (somewhat) known character today, so it's just nice to get the history of legacy characters. Not that the remaining NES games all have nobodies... I'll have to check again, but I doubt there are many games (certainly in the North American library) with characters still currently having games so that younger games would recognize them. The first Bomberman game has random stages that look rather "samey", but I'm glad zagato still thought it was worth doing (aside from wanting all the NES games mapped anyway, that is).
Crash 'N The Boys is always enjoyable. I always like the River City/Kunio-Kun games. Almost every time that my brother and I play, the three events we play are the 400 Meter Hurdles, Hammer Throw, and Swimming. The Hammer Throw music often gets stuck in my head, randomly! As a short game, I was kinda surprised this wasn't mapped yet... now that's not an issue.
Stanley: The Search For Dr. Livingston I have more memories of reading about it in Nintendo Power and being impressed with how epic it looks, than actually playing the game. Still, I like to see games that present an actual adventure get mapped.
Thanks again and as always, zagato blackfist!
The current remaining NES game map request is for Bill & Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure, which again is like Stanley... though I had attempted to play it back in the day and didn't get far, so maps would be great for if I ever try again!
I wonder if I should add more NES games to my requests list... surely there must be something else I want to see nearly as much or even more than Bill & Ted. But I think we've only got a little more than 100 official North American games remaining, so it's not surprising if there's not much that I personally really want to see other than that every one mapped gets us closer to the goal of having every NES game here on VGMaps.com!
EDIT: Though I would like to see the North American NES library prioritized, I had to add the PAL exclusive, Parasol Stars: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (also known as "Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II/2", as if the series isn't confusing enough already). After all, there are still new Bubble Bobble games, I think? So Bomberman wasn't the last character still recognizeable by younger gamers today from unmapped NES games if including European NES games...
#5
Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: What map-making feature wo...
Last post by Guard Master - September 01, 2026, 08:02:18 PMQuote from: ReyVGM on August 31, 2026, 07:36:14 AM6) I took a screenshot of SMW in the title screen using both BSNES, SNES9X and SuperSNES9X and the colors looked exactly the same. Do you have any pics that show otherwise?
I just did the same and compared specific pixel colors. The result I got is that they are the exact same, as you said. Perhaps my memory is failing me or perhaps there are special cases where inaccuracy may occur. Nevertheless, it doesn't seem to be a concern overall.
#6
Maps Of The Month / Re: 2026/09: Quest 64 (N64) - ...
Last post by VGCartography - September 01, 2026, 07:38:55 AMHere's a secret. I never played Quest 64 before I made these maps. I just wanted to play with some N64 polygons. And if I didn't have some Gameshark cheats to skip the grind, I wouldn't have gotten through it 
Some interesting ideas but just not enough juice. Minimal combat system and no dungeon design to speak of. The outdoor areas are OK.
Some interesting ideas but just not enough juice. Minimal combat system and no dungeon design to speak of. The outdoor areas are OK.
#7
Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: What map-making feature wo...
Last post by TerraEsperZ - August 31, 2026, 09:11:45 PMQuote from: ReyVGM on August 31, 2026, 07:36:14 AM6) I took a screenshot of SMW in the title screen using both BSNES, SNES9X and SuperSNES9X and the colors looked exactly the same. Do you have any pics that show otherwise?
Regarding screenshots, you'd have to compare the RGB values of the same pixels, preferably as close to dark and white as possible, as the differences wouldn't really be obvious visually.
Apparently, BSNES also does gamma correction by default, so that might also affect the video output.
#8
Maps Of The Month / 2026/09: Quest 64 (N64) - VGCa...
Last post by JonLeung - August 31, 2026, 08:19:58 PM
For this month's "Maps Of The Month" featurette, I wish to draw your attention to VGCartography's Quest 64 (N64) maps.
The Nintendo 64's release in North America was 30 years ago from the end of this month! This would be a great time to honour the map set for Super Mario 64... but we did that already. The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time? Mario Kart 64? Super Smash Bros.? Paper Mario? Already recognized. What else is iconic on the Nintendo 64 that we could praise on this milestone anniversary?
Why, Quest 64, of course!
That's a bit of a joke, of course, but though derided for being short and simplistic, Quest 64 is also acknowledged as being one of very few RPGs on the Nintendo 64. Perhaps because of, and despite, its infamy, it has its fans, and not all for irony.
One such fan is VGCartography, who has mapped out all of the polygons of the island of Celtland. The apprentice Spirit Tamer, Brian, sets off to find his father, who disappeared while searching for Eletale's Book, a powerful tome of magic that has been stolen and misused. With these maps covering Kennishire all the way to Brannoch Castle, all marked with elemental gem locations and monster stats, you may be able to help Brian save Celtland!
So to recognize the effort put into mapping this infamous Nintendo 64 RPG, VGCartography's Quest 64 (N64) maps will be known as VGMaps.com's Maps Of The Month for September 2026.
#9
Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: What map-making feature wo...
Last post by ReyVGM - August 31, 2026, 07:36:14 AMQuote from: Cyartog959 on August 29, 2026, 09:57:58 PMOther than that, there are other emulators that may need familiar features added, such as MelonDS, VisualBoyAdvance, to make mapping games quite easier. Can't forget them.
I know I asked an open ended question, but SuperSNES9X is the only emulator in which I talk to the author directly and I can push for features to be added.
Quote from: Guard Master on August 29, 2026, 10:37:29 PM1. All layers have priority in SNES games. You can think of priorities as "layers" themselves. Even though order layer is technically BG1 then BG2, with priorities, the order is actually BG1 priority 1, BG2 priority 1, BG1 priority 0, BG2 priority 0. Thus, if the game very effectively used priorities for the background, simply putting BG1 over BG2 may not have an accurate result. This seems especially true in later developed games. In BSNES, you can turn priorities on and off in the emulation screen but not in any of the viewers.
https://nesdoug.com/2020/05/22/layers-priority/
https://snes.nesdev.org/wiki/Backgrounds#Priority
3. Managing image files isn't always ideal for all situations. When you want to do something at the moment, quickly, and only once, copying to clipboard is the approach. Using print screen is one approach, but why not implement a feature that captures just exactly what you want? Having a hotkey (especially one you can manually set) would be even more useful than right clicking. BizHawk effectively does this.
4. Rather than capturing the full view, you may just want a specific portion of tiles or sprites, especially to patch any mistakes or grabbing specific sprites. This saves the effort to have to take extra steps in the paint software. BSNES sprite viewer already allows multiple objects to be selected (but not copied/saved).
6. Palettes for SNES emulation should be more aligned with BSNES. The original SNES9x appears to be inaccurate.
1-4) I'll keep this in mind.
6) I took a screenshot of SMW in the title screen using both BSNES, SNES9X and SuperSNES9X and the colors looked exactly the same. Do you have any pics that show otherwise?
#10
Gaming / Trine, The Series, and Trine 6...
Last post by Cyartog959 - August 30, 2026, 10:31:13 AMAs a fond Trine series fan, I enjoyed the games from the first to the more recent Trine 5, and I was looking forward to Trine 6, the soon to be latest game in the series.
However, I came across recent news about that game. After its demo launched, and many players feeling... unsatisfied of its present state and specific mechanics that derived from what they enjoyed in many past games, it got delayed, by 6 months, after being close to its former release date, which was September 2026.
For those at VGMaps that don't know, Trine is a 2.5D series created and developed by Frozenbyte, stationed in Finland. It features three heroes, Amadeus the Wizard, who mainly does boxes, Zoya, a thief who prefers to be called an entrepreneur, and Pontius, an aspiring knight who longs to fight off evil by becoming one.
The first game, launched in 2009, had them as regular people with their own lives, but in a kingdom that was prosperous fell into darkness because its Old King died with no planned descendant to rule it, and more than just domestic life alone was destabilized, it was under siege by an evil undead horde that took advantage of the madness. At the midst of the mayhem, these people met at the particular spot beneath the abandoned Astral Academy's pile of treasure and laid physical contact of an ancient artifact that dragged them together into its grasp, leaving them unable to leave each other's company. There, they would be later tasked in saving the kingdom from that horde and restoring peace and order in it, and that would be the first of their adventures to come.
After the first Trine did well, Trine 2 was made and launched in 2011, and continued the 2.5D gameplay and placed the now established heroes on a new adventure in a different land, held under siege by a wicked witch and her jealousy of a particular sister... and goblins. Many goblins. It had a story expansion, The Goblin Menace, months later, and gave additional levels focusing on the goblins' attempts to take over the kingdom, with new powers that are retroactively applied to all past levels.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, released in 2015, would follow, but this game went full 3D and featured the backstory beneath the being called Trine and her sister, Rona, and their struggle against the vile sorcerer, Sarek the Deathless. However, an experiment with Steam's Early Access, and underestimating the costs of a 3D game left the story incomplete... and the series on a hiatus.
But, that ended with not only a spin-off set in the same universe, but Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince, released in 2019, and returned to its proper blueprint the previous two games set, and focuses on a particular student seen in said spin-off, Prince Selius himself, whose attempt to learn magic by himself created a crisis involving nightmares manifesting to life, and placing the heroes on a new quest to save him, which leads them to confront their own nightmares in the midst. It received its story DLC, "Melody of Mystery", centering on the Astral Academy's students under deep sleep by a particular music box, and under Selius' guidance, the heroes trek through the students' dreams to save them from the box's influence. Its on PC, but still not on consoles YET. I really hope it can be brought to consoles before anything else happens.
Later, Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy, launched in 2023, and it thrusts the heroes into an evil scheme of royal intrigue and treachery involving the use of mechanical constructs, not robots; completely different, and tarnishing the heroes' name through psychological manipulation and some essence exploitation. With their good images smeared, and allies in danger, its up to the heroes to stop the villains, Lady Sunny, a self-proclaimed royal mistress who seeks dominance, and Lord Goderic, the inventor of the Clockwork Knights, and her criminal accomplice, and come to the rescue... and keep their morale together.
That brings up to Trine 6: Together in Time, and it not only continues the blueprint, but adds in two new characters to add in the hero roster, and have more characters for multiplayer to play, rather than using color-swatched clones of the three heroes, who have fallen into the exact grip by messing with Trine's magic and properties the three heroes still feel, and they will have no choice but to cooperate, whether they like it or not, and save the kingdom from a villainous warlock.
Now, I don't like delays to games for numerous reasons, but in such a case as Trine 6's, I can understand why it is so; there's much revising work to be done to make sure its better than before. Now, its set to March 2027. Honestly, the delay will do that game good. I saw and like how it continues the blueprint, but I couldn't bear to play it in its present state.
So, while we wait, I'll ask you this; have any of you played Trine's games before? If so, what do you like about the series, the heroes, and their adventures?
However, I came across recent news about that game. After its demo launched, and many players feeling... unsatisfied of its present state and specific mechanics that derived from what they enjoyed in many past games, it got delayed, by 6 months, after being close to its former release date, which was September 2026.
For those at VGMaps that don't know, Trine is a 2.5D series created and developed by Frozenbyte, stationed in Finland. It features three heroes, Amadeus the Wizard, who mainly does boxes, Zoya, a thief who prefers to be called an entrepreneur, and Pontius, an aspiring knight who longs to fight off evil by becoming one.
The first game, launched in 2009, had them as regular people with their own lives, but in a kingdom that was prosperous fell into darkness because its Old King died with no planned descendant to rule it, and more than just domestic life alone was destabilized, it was under siege by an evil undead horde that took advantage of the madness. At the midst of the mayhem, these people met at the particular spot beneath the abandoned Astral Academy's pile of treasure and laid physical contact of an ancient artifact that dragged them together into its grasp, leaving them unable to leave each other's company. There, they would be later tasked in saving the kingdom from that horde and restoring peace and order in it, and that would be the first of their adventures to come.
After the first Trine did well, Trine 2 was made and launched in 2011, and continued the 2.5D gameplay and placed the now established heroes on a new adventure in a different land, held under siege by a wicked witch and her jealousy of a particular sister... and goblins. Many goblins. It had a story expansion, The Goblin Menace, months later, and gave additional levels focusing on the goblins' attempts to take over the kingdom, with new powers that are retroactively applied to all past levels.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, released in 2015, would follow, but this game went full 3D and featured the backstory beneath the being called Trine and her sister, Rona, and their struggle against the vile sorcerer, Sarek the Deathless. However, an experiment with Steam's Early Access, and underestimating the costs of a 3D game left the story incomplete... and the series on a hiatus.
But, that ended with not only a spin-off set in the same universe, but Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince, released in 2019, and returned to its proper blueprint the previous two games set, and focuses on a particular student seen in said spin-off, Prince Selius himself, whose attempt to learn magic by himself created a crisis involving nightmares manifesting to life, and placing the heroes on a new quest to save him, which leads them to confront their own nightmares in the midst. It received its story DLC, "Melody of Mystery", centering on the Astral Academy's students under deep sleep by a particular music box, and under Selius' guidance, the heroes trek through the students' dreams to save them from the box's influence. Its on PC, but still not on consoles YET. I really hope it can be brought to consoles before anything else happens.
Later, Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy, launched in 2023, and it thrusts the heroes into an evil scheme of royal intrigue and treachery involving the use of mechanical constructs, not robots; completely different, and tarnishing the heroes' name through psychological manipulation and some essence exploitation. With their good images smeared, and allies in danger, its up to the heroes to stop the villains, Lady Sunny, a self-proclaimed royal mistress who seeks dominance, and Lord Goderic, the inventor of the Clockwork Knights, and her criminal accomplice, and come to the rescue... and keep their morale together.
That brings up to Trine 6: Together in Time, and it not only continues the blueprint, but adds in two new characters to add in the hero roster, and have more characters for multiplayer to play, rather than using color-swatched clones of the three heroes, who have fallen into the exact grip by messing with Trine's magic and properties the three heroes still feel, and they will have no choice but to cooperate, whether they like it or not, and save the kingdom from a villainous warlock.
Now, I don't like delays to games for numerous reasons, but in such a case as Trine 6's, I can understand why it is so; there's much revising work to be done to make sure its better than before. Now, its set to March 2027. Honestly, the delay will do that game good. I saw and like how it continues the blueprint, but I couldn't bear to play it in its present state.
So, while we wait, I'll ask you this; have any of you played Trine's games before? If so, what do you like about the series, the heroes, and their adventures?