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Maps In Progress / Super Metroid cool map

« on: August 20, 2025, 06:11:40 am »

Hello ! 
I share here a map I made for Super Metroid (Snes).

Thanks to MFreak, it is possible to play with a far more interactive map, with items only marked when you have not taken them yet. Very useful for backtracking. There is also map decoration on it.

Here is the map I made :
https://mega.nz/file/q1QxFLKA#Yxciarn-fZWjsEBFAib9oIM9kz0-Z1IkwHPLODwq-SE

Here is the patch of MFreak :
https://metroidconstruction.com/resource.php?id=528

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Map Gab / Re: Equinox SNES maps

« on: April 15, 2024, 10:01:51 am »

Thank n000b51.
I am glad you like it.

I only see the message today.

Like you, my favorites are Afralona but also Ice Palace and Tori. 

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Map Gab / Re: Alisia Dragoon maps and secrets

« on: August 28, 2023, 06:34:56 am »

Interestingly, you both use powerful tools.

Everything is perfect for bonuses and secret rooms.

Just one more thing. The entrance to level 3 needs to be moved.


And for 7a, you could add horizontal travel towards the castle if you like

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Map Gab / Re: Alisia Dragoon maps and secrets

« on: August 26, 2023, 01:39:52 pm »

Thank you very much ! 
I added a section : rank list with another nice picture. ^^

and another bonus...

Alisia and her four companions
(top to bottom and left to right) : Boomerang Lizard, Thunder Raven, Ball O' Fire and Dragon Frye

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Map Gab / Re: Alisia Dragoon maps and secrets

« on: August 25, 2023, 06:38:26 pm »

Hello G.E.R.,
thank you for your kind message.

Thanks to you, I was able to discover one or two secrets I did not know in the game ! 

I would happily give you the complementary pieces of map I made (framed in yellow), but I'm not on my favorite computer and I've used different tools (is this why I'm getting a color that's a little different from that of your maps?).
Thank you for your confidence with psd files but I will not have the tools to use them correctly right now.
Everything I've posted here has been done with paint. ^^

All bonuses have been precisely placed, and I've added pointers to hidden areas.
I hope it will help you to update the maps as you wish.
I'm glad I could give you this info.

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Map Gab / Alisia Dragoon maps and secrets

« on: August 23, 2023, 04:30:09 pm »

Hello ! 
I had the good surprise to discover maps for Alisia Dragoon.
Thank very much for that, G.E.R.

I think it could be very interesting to add all the secret areas and bonuses.
For example, there are lot of them in the first temple. For now, the area remains blank on the map.

Thank you again for publishing theses maps ! 


[edit]
I decided to make mini-maps for all the game using G.E.R.'s maps! :-)
(except for the yellow boxes, which are additions of my own to indicate missing secret passages)

It is very simple :

• light pink circle is a bonus already on the maps
• yellow circle is a bonus that could be added on the maps

You have to walk right next to the hidden bonuses for them to appear.

Stage 1 Temple




Stage 2 Swamp


Stage 3 Zeppelin


Stage 4 Mountain


Stage 5 Caves



Stage 6 Spaceship



Stage 7 Palace


Rank List
It is displayed at the end of the game.  The columns show what you've used most often (Alisia Thunder = left column or companion power = right column).

source : https://wepon.at-ninja.jp/alisia.html


While playing to check the secrets, the game gave me the rank « Thunder Unicorn » Thunder Pawa ! That was nice !


[Edit]
While I was doing the tests, I used two codes of invicibility for Alisia (the first one) and her companions (the second one), if anyone is interested :
0013FA:4E75 and 0010CA:6002
 

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Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: Special tool to make easy maps for MW Asha in Monster World

« on: May 28, 2023, 12:22:20 pm »

Thank you LoveMusician ! 

It seems however ScHlAuChi and George S were on their way to finish the maps a few months after this post. ^^

We can see their wonderfull work here from this week ! ^^
https://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/Genesis/index.htm#MonsterWorldIV

Edit : ScHlAuCh makes the maps for Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection ! ^^

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Gaming / Re: Super info on Old School Action RPG

« on: February 03, 2023, 04:53:33 pm »

Hi everyone ! 

Here is new video for Terranigma with english subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQMmYovdBc

You will find :

101 official artworks from 3 sources :

• Tenchi Souzou Game Book (ISBN#: 4-87025-904-4)
• Tenchi Souzou Guide Book (ISBN#: 4-87025-850-1)
• Kamui Fujiwara official Artwork

68 cultural, artistic, geographic and historical references :

• cave of Lascaux
• Brigantine type sailing ship
• first plane built by the Wright brothers
• Greek temple of ancient Europe
• Buddha statue
• railroad between Lhasa and Chengdu
• tumi symbol
• Chicamocha Canyon
• great pyramid of Giza
• thunderbird
• Grand Canyon of Colorado
• Uluru monolith
• Amazon basin
• Guyana Plateau
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Congo Basin
• Dja Wildlife Reserve
• Fish River Canyon
• Indus River
• Himalayas
• Lhasa
• Lob Nor desert
• Yamaguchi Terunari painting
• Sven Hedin
• Gobi desert
• nomads of Mongolia
• Taklamakan desert
• Loire region
• castle of Chambord
• historical differences on the king
• Robin Hood
• Tovdal
• Åmli
• Keynes
• Matis
• Niépce
• Renaissance and age of enlightenment
• Lisbon
• Christopher Columbus
• Isabella of Castile
• Nicolas Appert
• stained glass windows of cathedrals
• Alcazar castle of Segovia
• painting of the coronation of Queen Isabella
• historical discrepancy on the queen
• Gypsies and painting
• New York
• Bell
• Edison
• Chicago and the Great Fire
• Wilbur Wright
• Mic Burgers
• Colorado
• Rio de Janeiro
• Corcovado and Christ statue
• Saint Helena Island
• great lakes and legends
• Nánjīng
• treaty of Nánjīng
• Tokyo
• Robert Gill Jr.
• ayahuasca
• incas
• sarin gas
• Sahrawi people
• Ayers Rock
• Suncoast

I hope you will have fun discovering it ! ^^

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Mapping Tips/Guides / Special tool to make easy maps for MW Asha in Monster World

« on: January 30, 2023, 02:15:03 pm »

Hello everyone ! 

Today, I discovered an interesting feature to make maps in 4 Wonder Boy games in a compilation named Wonder Boy Anniversary Digital Edition for Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 4:

• Wonder Boy
• Wonder Boy in Monster Land
• Wonder Boy in Monster World
• Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World

An official video shows how it works and you can zoom on the maps that are perfect snapshots of the game:

screen from the video here : https://youtu.be/ibg_auQc1yg?t=57

It is a very fast way to make maps for Asha in Monster World since there is nothing for this game today. 

We still have to be sure the feature is available for this game because the video shows it only for Wonder boy in Monster World...
If someone can confirm the map feature is available for Asha in Monster World, it would be great ! 

Maybe we can already run it on a Wii emulator after purchasing the game... Anyway, sooner or later, it may be a great way to make maps for this game ! 

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VGMaps Social Board / Re: So... how is everybody doing? *slight trigger warning*

« on: February 03, 2022, 01:12:39 pm »

Hello to all of you, 
I just saw the subject.

I see that everyone had specific moments for work or health with more or less ease. I am happy to see that difficult moments are behind for some of you.

I am leaving an intense and wonderful experience on vgmaps. I was delighted to make maps. It was even a number ONE priority to make a lot of them and quickly. All the games that were important to me and with a missing status on vgmaps, I made them, it was possible to reach that dream, it's wonderful! 

2022 is starting very well. I am experiencing a superb physical rejuvenation and very old emotional and nostalgic attachments have disappeared from my life with lightness a short time ago.

On the vgmaps side, the map on Darkmere put forward by Jon as " map of the month ", gave me the desire to discover in depth the Amiga world and it was an excellent moment !

I wish you all the best in your lives. May you be filled with grace in each present moment.

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Gaming / Re: Super info on Old School Action RPG

« on: April 03, 2021, 06:46:58 am »

Hello Jon!
Thank you for the video. 

Pocky & Rocky 2 on Snes has an even closer scene to the movie, for the resemblance of the dragon's body.


Our Japanese and Chinese friends use them a lot, it's in their culture.
Some dragons are evil while others are extremely benevolent or wise...

I like this movie clip close to the Mana atmosphere.
It's a nice find and I thank you very much for sharing it. 

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Gaming / Re: Super info on Old School Action RPG

« on: April 02, 2021, 09:05:21 am »

Hello everyone!
Here is a great video that will please all Secret of Mana fans!
You will discover the origins of the series and the magical spirits, with the presentation of all the games and much more!

Seiken Densetsu Series 
in a video made with my friend Satanos and english subtitles (just activate them):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YtlOjAwjuw

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Mapping Tips/Guides / tips for taking good screenshots

« on: March 05, 2021, 07:08:19 am »

Hello everyone! 

Here is a very interesting guide done by the tcrf team to take screenshots. It gives advice on all known consoles and emulators.

• choice of emulator
• traps to avoid (such as bad colors, resolution, formats)
• useful tips

https://tcrf.net/Help:Contents/Taking_Screenshots

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Map Gab / Shantae maps on Game Boy Color

« on: February 25, 2021, 02:34:24 pm »

Hello everyone! ^^
This week, ***ALL*** maps of Shantae are now online!

I would like to thank all the people who have supported me with these maps and especially those who have produced wonderful tools and resources to do so:

• screenshotautostitcher07 by Maxim
  https://www.smspower.org/maxim/Software/ScreenshotAutostitcher
• cheat codes by GameHacking website
  https://www.gamehacking.com
• Visualboy Advance (all Game Boy) Snex9x (Snes) and Gens kmod (Genesis) for their capacity to unable/disable layers.

I would also like to thank Shantae Fandom who:

• gave me the idea to make cartoon bubble to explain how to get secret items.
• made me discover a great overworld map that I used to display all the names of the levels

Discover the overworld map here:
https://shantae.fandom.com/wiki/Overworld_(Shantae)

And here is one of the maps.


click here for all the maps:
https://vgmaps.com/Atlas/GB-GBC/index.htm#Shantae

Shantae is the last of a small list that was particularly close to my heart.
It was great to relive a different experience on a whole set of old games I made on cartridge so long ago, this time discovering all the secrets, tricks and complete views thanks to the product maps.

Enjoy! Have fun! ^^ 

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Maps In Progress / Re: What color palette do you prefer in Shantae Game Boy Color ? (picture in topic)

« on: February 24, 2021, 06:29:39 am »

I didn't understand that these remarks were about a debug mode placement inaccuracy.

In this mode, there is also a lot of graphic garbage that the developers did not take the time to remove because it is invisible to the players.

If the wrong room location is respected, all graphic garbage should also be kept. The background is not black everywhere. It's an assembly of nonsense tiles everywhere.

In fact, it would never have occurred to me to make a misalignment, because it's the opposite of developer intent and gaming experience. We could even say that if players were to experience the game in debug mode, they would consider it broken and not finished.

I didn't take into account the debug mode at all.
At least I understand what you mean now! ^^
It had nothing to do with whether to attack or not. It's irrelevant in my mind, I can see that it's absent from the question, as a matter of course.

What made me tired was trying to compare with Symphony of the Night while I don't know the details for this game.
Not understanding what is said to me tired me a little, but with these clarifications, everything is clear. ^^ 

Edit:
It is possible that I open a new topic on the forum to present the arrival of the maps, which can give additional visibility from the search engines.