Mega Man NES series with Famicom art (preview)

[marioxb]

I love the Japanese art, and I hate how all the US MM games have different logos, so I decided to remedy that. I plan on ordering a copy of the 25th Anniversary art book in order to scan and use textless versions of these for the front art (well not Rockboard):



Here's what I have so far. For MM3-5, I used the US backs, with new logos. For MM2 and 6, I used the same screenshots and UPC, so they match up with the rest. The text is the same, just retyped on a new background (I had to get rid of MM2's Captain Commando). For MM1, I only used the UPC. The text is the Wii VC description, had to get rid of Monsteropolis. I didn't want to use emulator screenshots, as I see no problem with the originals. So I need to find new screenshots for part 1, as the original only had one. Is anything inaccurate in the back text I have here now?













Comments/ suggestions? Any suggestions for what to put for the missing bullet points and captions?

[Beastman1975]

Look foraward to seeing finished project

[Taketheword]

Those look great. One suggestion, if you are going to use original screenshots, try to perk them up a bit (if they're not already) (saturation, contrast, smoothness).

[marioxb]

Thanks guys! Eh, maybe I will replace the screenshots, since these are "remastered" covers anyway.

[tylerbgood]

Thanks guys! Eh, maybe I will replace the screenshots, since these are "remastered" covers anyway.

ShoothimNow did an amazing job recreating the screenshots for Ocarina of Time for Taketheword's beautiful cover here: http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=22127.msg200347#msg200347
Perhaps he can be convinced to do the same with these Mega Man games. That is, if you weren't already planning on doing it yourself.

These look amazing by the way, a dude on deviantart did something similar here: http://vladictivo.deviantart.com/art/Mega-Man-Collection-213233605 but didn't share full-resolution versions. These are gonna look beautiful when finished!

[marioxb]

Yeah, that deviantart guy was actually my inspiration
 I messaged him (and also made a request thread) and he said his hard drive crashed and he no longer had the covers.

It might be a few months before I can get the fronts, as we are in the process of moving, everything's packed up, plus I need to order that art book. Sometimes, if you want something done, you just need to do it yourself.

But yeah, Shoothimnow, if you can hear me, lol, go ahead and recreate the screens for these please, and pick some nice ones for MM1. I was gonna try to get shots that were similar, but it would be me trying to play the game with the keyboard and trying to somehow take a shot at the same time. I'm 100% sure shn would do better.

Again, thanks for the encouragement and praises!

[tylerbgood]

The PAL version of the first Mega Man game had a set of 3 screenshots on the back that would definitely be appropriate to use. You can see them on the cover Dante Ali uploaded to the site here: http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=7897

[marioxb]

The PAL version of the first Mega Man game had a set of 3 screenshots on the back that would definitely be appropriate to use. You can see them on the cover Dante Ali uploaded to the site here: http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=7897

Oh thanks. Forgot about PAL. That will work, I guess Shoothimnow can make my screenshots with that as a base.

[Symptoms0fMercy]

megaman.wikia.com has decent copies of most of the art. If nothing else, you could use them for mockups in the mean time.

https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/6/69/RMCoverPromo.jpg
https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/6/65/Mm4jp.png
https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/9/91/RM5Promo.jpg
https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/1/11/RM6CoverPromo.jpg

[ShoothimNow]

http://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/154f606fe992154d51e53bc60cbae690-1200-80.jpg


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/fps_anth/img756--screenshot.jpg~original


https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/45/36/c4/4536c4ffa351ade3fb51b9d15a558876.jpg


https://i.warosu.org/data/vr/img/0017/38/1404500530500.jpg


http://www.journaldugamer.com/files/2011/07/Mega-Man-5-Charge-Man-Piano.jpg


http://www.luvjapan.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mm6.jpg

[ShoothimNow]

The PAL version of the first Mega Man game had a set of 3 screenshots on the back that would definitely be appropriate to use. You can see them on the cover Dante Ali uploaded to the site here: http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=7897

Oh thanks. Forgot about PAL. That will work, I guess Shoothimnow can make my screenshots with that as a base.

Before I even started posting that I would do screenshots, I already did some of the Turtles and Megaman games.  Mega man 2 (woodmans stage) is a beta screenshot... boo...

https://s15.postimg.org/m90s7m1zv/Project_Screenshot_-_NES_-_Collection.jpg

[tylerbgood]

Those look great Shoot, you truly are a screenshot master! Do you take screenshots of the game running on an emulator then separate the sprites and make a composite using the pieces? I'd like to learn this skill to improve my covers. Has anyone posted a guide on the process? Are the sprites cut out by hand? Sorry for so many questions, I'm just impressed and want to try this myself!

[RecOne]

Man... this project makes me want to have physical copies of the NES Mega Man Games! I really like the uniformed style!

[Victini Games]

Here is my attempt at the mega man 1 screenshots feel free to use em if you want =P


http://www.mediafire.com/view/dg5yepjbk5cym9j/screen_3.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/t5e8oltyee4wb60/screen_2.png
http://www.mediafire.com/view/icomel6l09hqdcd/screen_1.png

[marioxb]

Here is my attempt at the mega man 1 screenshots feel free to use em if you want =P

That's awesome man, thanks a lot! I will use them!

Before I even started posting that I would do screenshots, I already did some of the Turtles and Megaman games.  Mega man 2 (woodmans stage) is a beta screenshot... boo...

Thanks! Now we have Mega Man 1 and 2. Would you mind doing 3-6, either one of you guys? You don't have to worry about rounding them off, as my template does that already. Thanks in advance!

Maybe I will do labels as well to make everything all nice and cozy. Glad everyone likes what they see so far!