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New screens for old games

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:17 am
by robcfg
Hello everyone!

Inspired by a thread on the CPCWiki, where people made new load screens for games that could have a better one, I've decided to the the same here, as I think it can be quite funny.

So I'll start with Buzzard Bait. The Tom Mix loading screen is very nicely done, but has nothing to do with the game.

Here you have the new screen I created for it. I hope you like it!
BuzzardBait_Robcfg.png
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You'll find attached the cracked version of the game with the new screen.

Cheers!

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:37 am
by pser1
Hello Roberto

this is a very nice screen image!
you are an artist, congratulations

I wish I could do something like that

cheers
pere

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:00 pm
by Bosco
Brilliant! :D

You've done a great job!

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:12 pm
by sorchard
That's awesome! :D

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:57 pm
by snarkhunter
Congratulations! This is definitely a great piece of artwork for one of my favourite Dragon games.
Yet I will be so nasty as to say there is no sign of riders, nor any clue about the pterodactyl, which is a pity since those were so important to the game...

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:10 pm
by rolfmichelsen
Agreed! Buzzard Bait is one of my all time favorite Dragon games. Both the single-player and multi-player modes work really well. Great artwork reflecting the original box design.

--- Rolf

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:17 am
by robcfg
Thank you for your kind words!

@Pere: It's not as difficult as you think. If you like to I can give you some tips.

I hope to see more new screens, awake the artists in you! :mrgreen:

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:04 pm
by pser1
@robcfg

just to begin ... what program do you use to edit/create these images?
Do you work in the Dragon world or in the PC?

Once this is clear to me, any advice you could give to get some painting skills will be really very much appreciated.

cheers
pere

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:38 pm
by drmarkb
This is lovely! Well done.
There are a fair few games that have poor loading screens (many of the the Microdeal ones spring to mind). Mind you there are a few games (not written by anyone here I hasten to add) where the loading screen was the best thing about them. :D

Re: New screens for old games

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:55 pm
by simon
Thats pretty darn awesome !

keep up the good work m8

/Simon :-)