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Map Gab / RE: Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis)

« on: June 01, 2006, 11:42:05 am »

Sorry Grizzly, I just realized I didn't exactly answer your question. No, it's not an area that spins around like the Dark Tower in Battletoads or other such effects. It just scrolls in three successive directions with the Tower and the little platforms in the background merely suggesting such an effect.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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Map Gab / RE: Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis)

« on: June 01, 2006, 11:39:53 am »

In Italy, the weirdest (and funniest to map) parts are:



1) Stage 3-5: The tall blue tower. This part automatically scrolls up as the whole thing sways from left to right with Medusa heads attacking from both sides.



To map it, I took screenshots when the tower was fully upright to get the right tiles. Then I took several screenshots to get the general position of  all the platforms and candles. Finally, I assembled the tower's background and added in the platforms and candles, aligning them all to the 8 x 8 pixels grid (since most screenshots showed the tower while leaning to one side or another, all the platforms/candles were slightly off by a few pixels).



2) Stage 3-7: The floating platforms in the purple sky. Another area with automatic scrolling that was difficult to map. At first, the map scrolls diagonally upward to the left, with the Tower of Pisa slowly comnig into view in the background until you've reached the end of the platforms. Then it starts to scroll upward as two different sets of platforms start floating down at different speeds, until you reach the last series of platforms and the whole thing starts scrolling diagonally to the right. This time, the Tower of Pisa stays into view and another series of platforms is seen behind the Tower, giving the impression that you're actually climbing around the tower this time.



To map this, I basically counted the number of platforms on both diagonal series, and noted that the Tower in the background scrolled down at the same speed as those platforms (this told me how much height there was between the two).



After this, I started mapping the platforms that were coming down in the vertical part, separating them in two sets depending on their speeds.



I chose to show the Tower only in the vertical part since it's where it would be the most visible, and I added the little platforms in the background because I thought it looked good. I also made the Tower fully upright since in the game it's tilted by a few pixels but it doesn't really look good enough to keep the effect.



As for both sets of falling platforms, they were much taller than the vertical part (since they came down faster than scrolling) so I just pasted one over the other in the same order as the game and centered the resulting section vertically over the vertical area. That meant that many platforms were cut off at the top and bottom, but that's how it looked best in my opinion.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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Map Gab / Castlevania: Bloodlines (Genesis)

« on: May 31, 2006, 11:29:53 pm »

I already posted some previews on the previous board, but since I finally finished Stage 3 after taking a break from Metroid Fusion for a few days, I'm reposting it for the benefit of whoever cares about this game.



Stage 1 - Romania:

http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=castlevaniabloodlinesstage1rom.png



Stage 2 - Greece:

http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=castlevaniabloodlinesstage2gre.png



Stage 3 - Italy (NEW):

http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=castlevaniabloodlinesstage3ita.png



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 31, 2006, 11:12:37 pm »

My choices to date:



Mega Man: Cut Man - He just looks like a crazy psychopath who loves to cut things/people >



Mega Man 2: Metal Man - Because his weapon is my favourite in the whole NES series



Mega Man 3: Gemini Man - None of the Robot Masters in this game really excited me, so I went with the one I thought looked cooler. Plus, he's got a cocky grin and can clone himself for added confusion/fire power



Mega Man 4: Pharaoh Man - I also liked Skull Man, but I just thought Pharaoh Man had more majesty.



Mega Man 5: Napalm Man - It was a close call between him and Charge Man, because of my childhood love of trains, especially steam engines. But in the end, Napalm Man looked less silly and more like a walking arsenal so he got my vote.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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Message Board Help / RE: Quotes?

« on: May 31, 2006, 11:03:16 pm »

I can read people's quote without any problem. Revned, you might want to PM JonLeung or Inty about this.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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Message Board Help / RE: Quotes?

« on: May 31, 2006, 09:04:52 pm »

Revned, I think you might be confusing Quote with Signature. In fact, I have no idea what the text you put in Quote even means. Maybe it's what is displayed when someone quotes you? Some boards seem to have personalized text for each poster.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: X-Men anyone?

« on: May 31, 2006, 09:01:33 pm »

Dan Said:

In case you haven't seen it, here's the crazy-funny movie based on the Juggernaut's famous line.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3934651591022114445

8o That.. wasn't funny at all, at least not to me. I don't know how you call this kind of language (pimp-talk, jive-talk, ebonics?) but it can be fun/cool (Pulp Fiction did it well for example) but this didn't do anything for me. I *am* eager to hear it in the real movie however.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: I didn't even realize the forums' shops were operational.

« on: May 31, 2006, 08:06:10 pm »

I don't know how long it would have taken to earn the Link and Image abilities the normal way, but I guess one month would be about right. But if you ask me, that's one month where posting would be a chore more than anything.



I mean, those are the most basic of abilities to have on the net, since basically browsing the web is, at its most basic, reading text with pictures and being able to click on links to get elsewhere. I'm sorry if I sound bitter, but I really didn't have much interest to post in a crippled manner compared to all the other boards I'm a member of. The inability to edit posts is still something that I miss, because often I would have something to add after making a post, but since I don't want to have too many posts of mine one after the other, I'll just say to myself "oh, to hell with it".



I think that the reward system should be about things that are cool but not necessary. For example, being able to have a larger avatar, to change the color of our text, to use additional smilies beside the basic ones, etc. Those are fun and would enable board members to personalize their posts.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 31, 2006, 04:49:39 pm »

Some pictures of vehicles used in the movie have been leaked to the net! On the following two links, you can find pictures of 'Brawl' the Decepticon police car with cool decals and insigna, a huge tank which looks slightly futuristic (probably the 'Devastator' from the script), and what will most likely be the banged-up run-down Bumblebee and his shiny new body!



http://www.tfw2005.com/pictures-from-the-transformers-movie-set.htm

http://www.pagenstecher.de/showtopic.php?threadid=136456&pagenum=1#2550049



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 31, 2006, 02:48:19 pm »

If Quick Man hadn't destroyed me so often and so effortlessly when I was playing as a kid, he might have gotten my vote. Metal Man is the coolest after him but got my vote on account of having the best and most useful weapon ever. Boomerangs don't do shit to anything except Gutsdozer. Sorry Quick, next time don't be such an ass



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 31, 2006, 01:10:07 pm »

Well, in the game I'm pretty sure he threw the blade on his head and it would always come back even after hitting you, so it's a real blade instead of some pseudo virtual blade that Mega Man generates with his Arm Cannon which disappears the moment it touches an enemy.



As for my vote, well I was practically not online at all during the first few days mind you. And besides, who cares about the poll really. I'm just goofing off with my favourite cutter .



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 31, 2006, 11:49:57 am »

Nah, he'd go for subtlety. He'd invite his fellow Robot Masters for a party or something and while all five of them were standing around a table, he'd throw one of his Rolling Cutter through the ktichen door and decapitate them all in one swoop. He's a bastard that way, but a winning bastard still.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 31, 2006, 10:17:27 am »

No ! I wanted Cut Man (whose real name is Cutty McBlade, no really!) to win! You're all a bunch of bastards you know, not giving him is one big chance to shine.



Screw you guys, I'm going home!



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Mega Man Robot Masters Tournament!

« on: May 30, 2006, 10:16:44 pm »

Speaking of edit JonLeung, any way for you to edit the first poll and add in my Cut Man vote? Just in case



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / RE: X-Men anyone?

« on: May 29, 2006, 01:01:38 pm »

I was already spoiled several months back when an early script was leaked on SomethingAwful I think. At the time I was desperatly hoping the worst part wouldn't happen or that it was bogus. Unfortunately the major negative points are still there, which is why I probably won't like it as much as the first two.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me