LogicalEgo Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) Trust me I suffer from the same issues. I ran all your original logos through photoshop and reduced them down to 500x212 to get more performance out of CrtiicalZone and to match the new res's you are posting. Idk if you are aware but I am sure you are that your original post were 1000 width and the new ones are 500. So it would be next to impossible to see the error. Edited January 5, 2017 by keltoigael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 That's actually not my doing... that's the forums randomly deciding to change the resolution sometimes. I try to check them and correct if necessary (removing the image and re-uploading) after posting, but sometimes I forget. If you download them from the downloads section they're all 1300 x 550. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I finished fixing all the logos around 2:00 AM last night and updated the download, so that's taken care of. It occurred to me last night that for the platforms that have text variations for NA and PAL regions (like Genesis/Mega Drive and TG16/PCE) I should make entirely new logos for them - that way people who actually have both in their library can choose one version for one region and another version for the other region. So with that in mind, here's another logo for Genesis and Mega Drive.Genesis - Normal: Mega Drive - Normal: Genesis - Scanlines: Mega Drive - Scanlines: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Contra Hard Corps is my personal favorite in the Contra series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 I'm slightly more partial to Contra 3 myself, but that's probably more due to nostalgia than anything else. Hard Corps is a great game and in some ways it is better than 3; but nobody I knew had Hard Corps when I was a kid, whereas I owned and played the ever-living-hell out of Contra 3 as a kid. I still play through that one a couple times a year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I was lucky to have both, I wasn't spoiled but my neighbor gave me his sega genesis when he got a SNES and I already had one. Contra 3 I think is the better game. Looks and sounds are amazing but as I got older Hard Corps is my favorite because it is a difficult game and is much faster game play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Don't let the fact that Road Avenger is an FMV game fool you - it's freaking awesome. The novelty of FMV made these kinds of games a dime a dozen during the Sega CD era, but while many are just cheap cash-ins, Road Avenger is a complete blast - literally and figuratively. It also has a totally badass cover. Sega CD - Normal: Mega CD - Normal: Sega CD - Scanlines: Mega CD - Scanlines: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciskohansen Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Sega model 3, CPS III, Taito Type X......... great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_Flynn Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Any chance to get one for Pinball and Daphne? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 I've added them to my to-do list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 Here's a new one for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine. It's Rastan's sortof bigger brother: Cadash. TurboGrafx-16 - Normal: PC Engine - Normal: TurboGrafx-16 - Scanlines: PC Engine - Scanlines: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 The download has been updated to version 1.2 which includes everything so far, including all of the below. That's where I'd actually recommend getting them since the forums often randomly decide to just reduce the size of the images posted on the boards to a width of 500 pixels, even at "full size". They're all my normal size of 1300x550 in the download version. Firstly, I wanted to do an updated version of the new Sega/Mega CD logo because I think the text was a bit too hard to read before. The previous one is still available in the "Alternate Versions" download.Normal: Mega CD: Then I finished up the last of my new separate region logos with a bang. I went completely overboard with this but, screw it, we're doin' it live. Exile: Wicked Phenomenon has a really interesting albeit slightly nightmare-inducing cover that I've always found fascinating. It has some nice art on the manual too though. So...why not do both? And several variants of both? And then scanline versions of all of those. All of which add up to a total of 24 images. Eh, sure why not.TurboGrafx-CD Normal: PC Engine-CD Normal: TurboGrafx-CD (No Color Overlay) Normal:PC Engine-CD (No Color Overlay) Normal:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) Normal:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) Normal:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) (Color Overlay) Normal:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) (Color Overlay) Normal:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) Normal:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) Normal:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) (Color Overlay) Normal:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) (Color Overlay) Normal:TurboGrafx-CD Scanlines:PC Engine-CD Scanlines:TurboGrafx-CD (No Color Overlay) Scanlines:PC Engine-CD (No Color Overlay) Scanlines:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) Scanlines:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) Scanlines:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) (Color Overlay) Scanlines:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 1) (Color Overlay) Scanlines:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) Scanlines:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) Scanlines:TurboGrafx-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) (Color Overlay) Scanlines:PC Engine-CD (Alt Image) (Style 2) (Color Overlay) Scanlines:Aaaaaaaand I need a nap now... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You out did yourself friend. These are amazing. Your color contrast choices are really good. I love the purple. I will be updating your wheels on my system later today. The only wheels missing now are the GBC and Neo Pocket. I spent all weekend editing 9k+ games down to 3388. I feel like that is a good number and I still want to trim down some of my niche psp games. Now I can start working on more theme stuff again. Great work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Here's a new one for the Atari 5200. As a C64 kid we didn't have Joust (it was released on nearly every Atari console but not the C64; my guess is due to some kind of deal between Atari and Williams Electronics) but we did have Jouste (see it's got an "e" so it's totally different) which was a carbon copy (ripoff) and I played a ton of that as a kid. Normal: Scanlines: Normal - Version 2: Scanlines - Version 2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I just noticed a problem with the digit spacing in "5200". I'm going to fix that... EDIT: All fixed. Nobody saw that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 The Joust fan boy in me just shrilled like a Japanese school girl. I have tried to replicate your text and fail every time. I still consider myself but a novice with PS. How are you able to make the text look clear but retain a solid outline? Great work @Zombeaver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 It's varies from logo to logo but generally speaking it's a combination of several gradient stroke layers, inner glow, outer glow, and drop shadow. Here's what the one for the Atari 5200 text looked like, for example: Stroke 1: Stroke 2:Stroke 3:Inner Glow:Color Overlay:Gradient Overlay:Outer Glow: Drop Shadow 1: Drop Shadow 2: The text color itself is just white and the layer is set to multiply: This lets me use the background image itself to form the inner portion of the letters. I then duplicate the background and mask it for just the text portion and then apply a blur so that it turns this: Into this: There are other elements like noise, glow, and gradient mapping but these are the main points. Getting the text right is probably the most time consuming part of making these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I think it's time for some @Zombeaver youtube photoshop tutorial's. That's insane but brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I've considered doing that at some point haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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