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Map Requests / Re: Sega Genesis Mini 2 - full map set

« Last post by JonLeung on February 09, 2024, 09:37:09 am »

I whipped up that list quite quickly, so it's quite possible I made some errors and I didn't have time to look into some details.

-Like how/if the Genesis and Sega CD versions of the two Ecco The Dolphin games are different.
-Or how the bonus games are enhanced, and if the Space Harrier II maps we have count, or if the enhanced version needs its own maps.
-It looks like Rainbow Islands Extra is a Japanese Mega Drive game.  Haven't checked to see which other games, if any, are not originally North American releases.
-Not sure if the green "O"s (to mark completed map sets) are all correct.  Also have some blue "?"s for some that I am not sure if they are actually complete.

If any Genesis fans see any errors to be corrected or things to be tweaked in the listing, definitely feel free to let me know.

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Map Requests / Sega Genesis Mini 2 - full map set

« Last post by JonLeung on February 09, 2024, 09:30:02 am »

G.E.R. mapped about 1/3 of the Genesis Mini, and has since requested a topic for the games on the Genesis Mini 2.  If a request topic is what is necessary to keep up the momentum, then here this is!  This time around, besides the Genesis games, included are some Sega CD games, and various bonus games (unreleased or enhanced).

SEGA GENESIS
X After Burner II
X Alien Soldier
X Atomic Runner
O Bonanza Bros.
X Clay Fighter
O Crusader Of Centy
O Desert Strike: Return To The Gulf
O Earthworm Jim 2
X Elemental Master
O Fatal Fury 2
X Gain Ground
O Golden Axe II
O Granada
X Hellfire
X Herzog Zwei
X Lightening Force: Quest For The Darkstar
X Midnight Resistance
X The Ooze
? OutRun
? OutRunners
O Phantasy Star II
X Populous
X Rainbow Islands Extra (J)
X Ranger-X
O The Revenge Of Shinobi
O Ristar
X Rolling Thunder 2
O Shadow Dancer
O Shining Force II
? Shining In The Darkness
O Sonic 3D Blast
X Splatterhouse 2
O Streets Of Rage 3
X Super Hang-On
X Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
X ToeJam & Earl In Panic On Funkotron
X Truxton
O Vectorman 2
X Viewpoint
X Virtua Racing
O Warsong

SEGA CD
X Ecco The Dolphin (Sega CD)
X Ecco: The Tides Of Time (Sega CD)
X Final Fight CD
X Mansion Of Hidden Souls
X Night Striker
X Night Trap
X The Ninja Warriors
X Robo Aleste
X Sewer Shark
X Shining Force CD
X Silpheed
O Sonic The Hedgehog CD


BONUS
X Devi & Pii
X Star Mobile
X Fantasy Zone
X Space Harrier
? Space Harrier II
X Spatter
X Super Locomotive
X Vs. Puyo Puyo Sun

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Map Requests / Re: JonLeung's Requests

« Last post by JonLeung on February 08, 2024, 08:49:46 pm »

John Brain, Genesis fan for life, has contributed maps for Daze Before Christmas (Au)!

I originally requested the Super NES one, but the Genesis one is apparently pretty much identical.  But only released in Australia for some reason... (where Christmas is in the summertime.  Hmmm.)

There really aren't many Christmas games, especially on consoles, so this is a nice one to have mapped.  Thanks again for supporting that Genesis page, John Brain!

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VGMaps Social Board / Re: YouTube channel! (JonLeung1)

« Last post by JonLeung on February 07, 2024, 09:11:42 am »

I surprised my brother with over 50 gifts related to Mega Man 2!  There are some expensive and obscure items here - bet you haven't heard of all of these!  Even I didn't know about some of these things until I had to research this stuff, so I was buying stuff from the summer all the way to Christmas (and even after).  I don't think many other NES games have had close to this many rereleases!

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VGMaps Social Board / Re: YouTube channel! (JonLeung1)

« Last post by JonLeung on February 07, 2024, 09:08:05 am »

I finished watching the Japan vlog series today. I liked them very much. Very great musical selection, so much content flowing together by the great editing and it was just so much fun to watch them. Thank you for creating this series.
I think day 10 was easily my highlight just by how the longer like-one-take interaction scenes made me feel as if I was there with you in these spots.

Thank you for the compliments, Grizzly!  Sometimes when I'm staring at video timelines while editing and having to rewatch the footage over and over, I forget how interesting it might be to someone else who's seeing it fresh, or I'm overthinking and recalling all the other ways that I could have edited it.  I'd like to think I'm steadily improving, but I can never really know how people will like the editing, or the content in general.  Thank you for commenting on the musical selection, I provided the names of all tracks I used because I hope people will notice that most of the songs I chose for the situation based on the name of the track besides how it fits, musically.

Day 10 is also my favourite because I got to hang out with someone cool!  It was nice to be able to surprise my brother with Shizuka Anderson's appearance.  I'm glad she and Ellie were cool about being on camera, and afterwards they said they really enjoyed that video!  Glad to have their approval.  I like the recap at the end; I tried to make the credits interesting.

I'm glad people enjoy this series.  I hope they get more views.  The only real downside is that they put me almost half a year behind on the videos I have planned to do, but thankfully, in a way, 2023 was a quiet year for things that I want to review.  Still a bit behind, though...  On that note...

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Maps In Progress / Re: FlyingArmor's Map Projects Present and Future

« Last post by FlyingArmor on February 05, 2024, 01:06:38 pm »

Now that I'm finally done with Lufia: The Legend Returns, I've gone back to slowly working on Dragon Quest VI. I've been concentrating on mapping all the locations in the Dream World and I've got around 50 maps so far.

One thing I'm probably gonna add to these maps is a mini-map which indicates what world you're in as well where in that world the location resides. Since there are many locations which look identical in both the Dream World and the Real World, this'll be a good way of easily differentiating them.

The one frustrating thing about mapping this game though is having to capture all the graphics via vSNES through save states since the usual approach of taking tons of screen shots has the problem of discolouring portions of those screen shots, and that doesn't manifest in the save state data. What's worse is that this only happens in some locations and not others, so I've simply resigned myself to using vSNES for everything. While these discrepancies are not readily visible at a glance, they sure do bug me, haha! This sort of problem only seems to exist in games that were made in the latter part of the SNES era (I remember having to deal with this when mapping Lennus II).

This explains why it's been a year and a half since I first announced that I would take on this game and I have nothing to show for it. But it won't stay that way for much longer.

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Map Gab / Bugs Bunny In Crazy Castle 4 (Game Boy/GBC)

« Last post by Bro.D.Max on February 04, 2024, 04:55:30 am »

Hi! Will Mallia made maps only for 9 stages. The game has 13 stages.
Longplay YouTube video: https://youtu.be/iYPNRUfqeyA

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Maps Of The Month / 2024/02: Spyro: Year Of The Dragon (PSX) - G.E.R.

« Last post by JonLeung on January 31, 2024, 09:40:24 pm »

Spyro: Year Of The Dragon

For this month's "Maps Of The Month" featurette, I wish to draw your attention to G.E.R.'s Spyro: Year Of The Dragon (PSX) maps.

In the "Year Of The Dragon", which comes around once every dozen years, new dragon eggs appear in the Dragon Realms.  The evil Sorceress sends the Rhynocs to invade the land of the dragons and steal the eggs, planning to obtain immortality.  So Spyro ventures across the Forgotten Realms to recover them, with the aid of his old and new friends.

Spyro: Year Of The Dragon was originally released in the year 2000, which was, indeed, the Year Of The Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac, and as it has a twelve-year cycle, 24 years later, it is now the Year Of The Dragon again (if you are reading this between Feb. 10, 2024, to Jan. 28, 2025).  Though any time should be a good time to recognize G.E.R.'s hard work, as G.E.R.'s name can be found across many generations of consoles and, besides Spyro: Year Of The Dragon, G.E.R. has also mapped the other games in the original Spyro trilogy back when it was a PlayStation-exclusive series.

If you need help scouring the Forgotten Realms, G.E.R.'s 75 maps of the various areas of Sunrise Spring, Midday Gardens, Evening Lake, and Midnight Mountain can certainly be of value to you on Spyro's third adventure.

So to recognize the effort put into mapping this PlayStation classic, G.E.R.'s Spyro: Year Of The Dragon (PSX) maps will be known as VGMaps.com's Maps Of The Month for February 2024.

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Maps In Progress / Re: FlyingArmor's Map Projects Present and Future

« Last post by FlyingArmor on January 24, 2024, 11:05:36 am »

Gosh, it's nearly been a year since I updated this thread... O_O

Anyhow, the map set for Lufia: The Legend Returns is now complete.

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Map Requests / Re: SNES Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon: Another Story Maps

« Last post by heapbasmati on January 23, 2024, 07:59:53 pm »

The game has already been mapped here: https://fantasyanime.com/sailor-moon-rpg/maps

That's awesome!