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Title:	NES demake: Half Life
Pixel Artist:	Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General :: 19709 points)
Posted:	4/15/2009 3:07:40 AM
Statistics:	18 comments :: 7 favorites :: 0 avatars
Originally, ~ToFB-The-Baconator request was to make him an avatar of a "Retro Gordon Freeman". and i did, i certainly did a sprite of Gordon freeman that meets the NES technical specifications quite well, and managed to be readable. At that momment, i just got carried away... Tile after tile, pixel by pixel, ended making a whole Mockup of a NES version of *Half Life*. If did well, should be quite close to what a NES version of it would be, in both aesthetical and technical departments. I am uploading the Tileset if anyone wants to check it. Why would I do this? because two years ago I faced myself in a challenge trying to understand the NES limitations and failing miserably. And now, it was so easy that it surprises me that I couldn't do it in the past. some sort of trauma? who knows... ^{And yes its for all of you, HF fags out there. its an awesome game indeed.}

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Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 9/22/2009 2:52:15 AM

so they would stand more agaisnt the background

ruhtrA (Level 4 Murderer) at 9/21/2009 1:43:17 AM

OMG this looks awesomeness!
Btw why are the headcrabs green :O

Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 6/17/2009 7:27:36 PM

you would be surprised on how easy it is to work under the NES restrictions, actually. it may look confusing with all the specific technical details and such, but once you get the color work right, you can lay the rest on the programmer's shoulders.

Levi (Level 1 Rookie) at 6/14/2009 8:20:54 PM

oh yes, I know, I was just making a related comment. I remember checking out limitations of the NES, and was like, ok that's kind of confusing, then I got to SNES, and actually physically died.

I actually looked up your gallery to find your awesome avatar, but couldn't. I don't even know if it was the same as it is now. This is awesome too ^_^

Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 6/13/2009 9:40:43 PM

its meant to be a NES demake :V

Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 6/13/2009 9:39:55 PM

the Crowbar equipped displays 999 ammo to represent it being unlimited. the rest of the weapons show their respective ammo limitations.

in theory, of course.

Levi (Level 1 Rookie) at 6/12/2009 9:47:35 PM

The SNES limitations are absolutely dizzying :/ Anyway this is cool. I wish there was a demake compo. I love demakes.

FlamesTheGuy (Level 1 Private) at 6/12/2009 12:37:36 PM

999 ammo.

Cheatcodes?

CommanderD97 (Level 1 Intern) at 5/8/2009 11:54:45 AM

cool...I love half life on orange box. *take that zombies!*

Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 4/15/2009 6:00:24 PM

My main concern when making this was the amoun of tiles i used to create the scenario. minus the sprites and the hud, i counted 35 diferent tiles for the enviroment. since i don't really know how many should be optimal or max allowed or recomended to use.

Ails (Level 5 Killer Klown) at 4/15/2009 10:19:07 AM

I think that a HL game would have more textures and a more dark style... but im not sure this is possible with the NES restrictions

Balamoot (Level 9 Necrophiliac) at 4/15/2009 8:52:09 AM

I can even imagine 8-bit sound and music in this game. Nice work. )

Metaru (Level 8 Brigadier General) at 4/15/2009 8:31:11 AM

those crates needs to die. and there's plenty crowbar to complete the task.

Mis-BUG (Level 5 Killer Klown) at 4/15/2009 8:05:50 AM

ahah... great!

Flarfy (Level 5 Detective) at 4/15/2009 8:05:39 AM

Nice. I love demakes.

MFlanaga (Level 3 Chief) at 4/15/2009 7:01:31 AM

I'm an HF fag AND a NES fag so this is double the fun for me!

Shadow-gamer (Level 5 Captain) at 4/15/2009 5:10:44 AM

999 ammo??? How many unneeded crates did Gordon smash this time?

tripnfelt (Level 4 Shichikyu) at 4/15/2009 4:22:44 AM

your preview would make a good idea for a collab/challenge.

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