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Gaming / Re: "10 Games To Get To Know Me..."

« on: February 27, 2026, 10:32:24 pm »

In order to limit my selection to ten, I went for games that really "connected" with me in some ways despite not always being objectively all that good. Each one became a temporary obsession and I wish I could go back to experience them again for the 1st time:

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
Portal 2 (2011)
FEZ (2012)
Antichamber (2013)
NaissanceE (2014)
Undertale (2015)
INFRA (2016)
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (2016)
FAR: Lone Sails (2018)
Outer Wilds (2019)

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Maps In Progress / Re: Shovel Knight (PC)

« on: November 27, 2025, 04:41:26 pm »

Cool! Nice to see someone else pick this project up because Shovel Knight sure deserves it.

Are you using tools to capture the various background layers or are you suffering through it manually like I (stupidly) did?

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Map Requests / Re: JonLeung's Requests

« on: November 14, 2025, 11:19:34 am »

I've never played it but looking at the various maps, it reminds me a lot of Bucky O'Hare for the NES (also by Konami). Both are fundamentally platformers but with stages featuring varied gameplay.

Great job by Spenottone!

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Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: Scene Manipulation and Rendering Tools

« on: November 11, 2025, 08:22:51 pm »

OK so this is probably one of the most outrageous thread resurrection in the history of this board but I feel it's important to share it with... whoever might need to use Troy Lundin's amazing SMRT utility in 2025 (or later).

*wait for it*

Run it as administrator.

Otherwise it will be super slow and just completely hang after starting to blend.
The thing is, I probably figured this out the first time I tried it way back when but I either forgot or Windows has just changed too much over the last.. 12 YEARS!?

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Map Requests / Re: Iron Commando: Koutetsu no Senshi

« on: November 10, 2025, 05:00:49 pm »

Hi! I believe you can find game maps and sprites for Iron Commando on websites dedicated to retro gaming resources, like Spriters Resource or VGMaps. Those platforms often have assets for older games like this. If you don’t see them there, you might want to try reaching out to communities or forums focused on SNES games—someone might already have what you’re looking for! Good luck!

Fricking AI slop...

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Map Requests / Re: Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword Maps

« on: November 10, 2025, 05:00:07 pm »

Sure, that's a great idea! The Ocarina of Time maps are indeed fantastic, and it would be awesome to see similar detailed maps for Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword. While I’m not sure if anyone has worked on those specific maps yet, there are some fan communities and dedicated map creators who might have tackled similar projects. You could try checking forums like Zelda Universe or Reddit communities like r/zelda. Sometimes, even tools like custom map generators or fan-made projects emerge for these games. It might take a bit of searching, but there’s definitely potential for finding or even inspiring someone to create maps in that same meticulous style!

Fricking AI slop...

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Map Requests / Re: Super Back to the Future II

« on: November 10, 2025, 04:58:53 pm »

Seriously, we're getting AI posts now?!

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Gaming / Re: Spark the Electirc Jester... Played it?

« on: June 10, 2025, 10:36:30 pm »

All three games have been sitting in my Steam wishlist for over a year thanks to a video praising the series by Nitro Rad.
I just... don't have enough free time to watch/read/play everything in my *huge* backlog. So it'll probably be a few years before I buy them, and a few more before I actually *play* them.

*sigh* Someday...

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VGMaps Social Board / Re: Happy (belated) 23rd birthday to VGMaps.com!

« on: May 12, 2025, 07:06:06 pm »

A tiny bit late but still heartfelt happy birthday!

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Maps In Progress / Re: John Brain's Sega Genesis maps (25/25)

« on: February 28, 2025, 07:01:33 pm »

Personally, I enjoy them mostly from an aesthetic point of view, either by themselves or assembled together to give an idea of what a game world looks like as a whole.

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Maps Of The Month / Re: 2025/02: Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Super NES) - Jackster

« on: February 01, 2025, 12:25:58 pm »

I'm surprised it took this long for this game to be mapped out.

I was never a big fan of Kirby's Dream Land 3. Not because it's not good but it always felt too safe, too mellow to me and I don't think I can even explain why. It just *does*.
Mind you, I do love the graphical style and the music, especially the ending theme which always makes me sad near the end. There's a feeling of quiet finality to it, as if you're expected to go to sleep now that the story is over.

Anyway, great work by Jackster as usual  !

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VGMaps Social Board / Re: Is there a painless way to correctly tag a massive library of messy MP3s?

« on: January 03, 2025, 09:15:45 pm »

It's been twelve years since my last post in this thread and I've yet to finish tagging my collection which has become much larger since then.

I quickly ended up giving up on automated methods which usually added too much clutter in the tags. Instead, I've been using Mp3tag to manually do the job which isn't ideal but gave me the control and results I desired.

It took me some time but I ended up with a small list of tags I felt were necessary with a few rules to handle various situations. File naming stumped me for a while (illegal characters) as did music genre but I eventually worked through all that.

The problem is that once I start tagging my collection, I don't keep going until I'm finished and just stop halfway through. I think I've started the whole process three times already!

Thanks for suggesting AudioRanger evern though I doubt I'll give it a try. I just have too much music which isn't official in any way (YouTube rips, game rips, podcasts, etc.) nowadays.

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Mapping Tips/Guides / Re: DO NOT submit maps that you didn't create yourself!

« on: December 16, 2024, 07:40:40 pm »

Whoever they are, please extend the thanks of the community for allowing their works to still be shared, even if partially anonymously.

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Map Requests / Re: List of unmapped NES games

« on: December 15, 2024, 05:30:59 pm »

I've actually fully mapped Ufouria: The Saga in 2006 so you can remove that one from the list.

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Maps Of The Month / Re: 2024/10: Sweet Home (J) (NES) - zagato blackfist

« on: October 02, 2024, 08:36:08 pm »

Yep, that's the one.

I haven't seen it yet but maybe someone else has...?