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Offline JonasReisner

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The Pirates of Dark Water(Genesis)
« on: March 15, 2026, 01:21:27 am »
Greetings!
For many years, I've been hoping someone would make a map for The Pirates of Dark Water on Genesis, and now I have decided to complete it myself.
I have only just learned the basic ripping techniques and begun to experiment with it, so progress may be very slow(just finished the first jungle level). And I still trying to find a more efficient way to complete this.

Progress:

JUNGLE-1 80% need remake
JUNGLE-2 80% need remake
PORT-1 100%
PORT-2 50%
PORT-3 50%
KONK BOSS 100%
CITADEL-1 100%
CITADEL-2 100%
CITADEL-3 100%
CITADEL-4 100%
CITADEL-5 50%
CITADEL-6 100%
CITADEL-7 not started
CITADEL-8 100%
CITADEL-9 not started
CITADEL-10 not started
CITADEL-11 not started
CITADEL-12 100%

MAELSTROM-LOWER-3-100%

others not started
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Offline Cyartog959

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Re: The Pirates of Dark Water(Genesis)
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2026, 02:17:45 am »
Greetings!
For many years, I've been hoping someone would make a map for The Pirates of Dark Water on Genesis, and now I have decided to complete it myself.
I have only just learned the basic ripping techniques and begun to experiment with it, so progress may be very slow(just finished the first jungle level). And I still trying to find a more efficient way to complete this.

Good for you to map that game based on that mostly forgotten original Hanna-Barbera TV show! I briefly had thoughts on who would do it, but, now, I already know. Take your time to finish. I have confidence in you.

Just to say, as a small heads-up, I feel quite disappointed after reading that David Kirschner's TV series didn't get its proper conclusion that should've ended with Ren finally obtaining all Thirteen Tresures of Rule, extinguish Mer's long-time oceanic threat, the Dark Water, defeating and ending the Dark Dweller and the evil pirate lord, Bloth, in the formerly thought of final battle, and saving the world once and for all.

I mean, for the fans, they never got to see the actual conclusion because of budget cost underestimations(the half-hours were costly priced at $500,000 then, and the cel frames' amount for them was 12,000 each were twice as much as a Saturday morning show at the time), quality decline and channel moving that struck a nasty blow to its run, and left with only eight of the Thirteen Treasures collected.

If anything, I still hope one of these days, the show will finally get the conclusion it should have had all those years ago. It may take a miracle, even.

Offline JonasReisner

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Re: The Pirates of Dark Water(Genesis)
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2026, 12:38:46 am »
Some drafts. JUNGLE-1 needs to be remade because I messed up with Photoshop's Magic Wand at beginning. JUNGLE-2 and PORT-2 are much bigger and are not complete yet.

Offline JonasReisner

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Re: The Pirates of Dark Water(Genesis)
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2026, 03:26:14 am »

Good for you to map that game based on that mostly forgotten original Hanna-Barbera TV show! I briefly had thoughts on who would do it, but, now, I already know. Take your time to finish. I have confidence in you.

Just to say, as a small heads-up, I feel quite disappointed after reading that David Kirschner's TV series didn't get its proper conclusion that should've ended with Ren finally obtaining all Thirteen Tresures of Rule, extinguish Mer's long-time oceanic threat, the Dark Water, defeating and ending the Dark Dweller and the evil pirate lord, Bloth, in the formerly thought of final battle, and saving the world once and for all.

I mean, for the fans, they never got to see the actual conclusion because of budget cost underestimations(the half-hours were costly priced at $500,000 then, and the cel frames' amount for them was 12,000 each were twice as much as a Saturday morning show at the time), quality decline and channel moving that struck a nasty blow to its run, and left with only eight of the Thirteen Treasures collected.

If anything, I still hope one of these days, the show will finally get the conclusion it should have had all those years ago. It may take a miracle, even.

Actually I knew little about this game in my childhood;  I didn’t speak English (still not so good now) back then, so I couldn’t understand what the game was about. It wasn’t until 2013 that I finally clear the game on Gens emulator and learned that it was based on an animated TV series.