I know enig's your source on this, but I'd like to independently verify this for myself. One of the things I noticed about the SNES version, having played it extensively, is that several of the rooms in the mansion get shuffled around each time you play, and that there are at least two DIFFERENT item placement layouts that are possibly random, or possibly determined by which death scene you see first.

Looking good! I believe your the first one to actually attempt hacking Mega Man X... I wasn't aware that the editor was capable of making such changes... last I read, it was still very incomplete. Nice work, hope to see it finished.

Very nice indeed! Loving that font.

Klonoa, you're not the only one attempting it, but it's nice to see someone who is. Let's see the pros do it first before a novice like me gets started.

...Actually though, I do have a Megaman X sprite hack in mind, but right now I'm trying Megaman Xtreme first cause it might be easier for me. This hack I like to call "MegaBenny: The Poor-Man's Pocket Edition For Those Who Can't Afford the Far Superior SNES Games." ...Or PMPEFTWCAFSSG. ...Seriously though, Megaman Xtreme is no where NEAR as good as the SNES games. I know it's a lower bit platform, but still it feels like they shoe-horned it onto the gameboy color instead of making a legit one. I feel like I'm playing the Genesis Pirated version of Megaman X 3.

...But I feel it's a better place to start due to the 8-bit sprites. First, I made sprites for the first four bosses: Frigid Rabia, Strength Torun, Wind Labolas, and Burst Kirin. (Note: These are all going to be based off of non-existent creatures.) ...I didn't have a 16-bit reference of Burst Kirin made up yet, though, so I decided to make one based on what I might make it look like if I ever made a hack of Megaman X 2.



Then I decided to make some fake mugshots for the bosses.

To the left.

Then I decided to make a mock-up using the main character I'm going to be using: MegaBenny, or MegaMiraj if you prefer.



And then, finally, I got busy. I spent about an hour fiddling with a tile editor and eventually I inserted my first full sprite into a hack.



Compare it to the mock-up above. Edit: I notice the horn and ear are higher in the mock-up, but that was my fault. I went over the height limit of the sprite before noticing, then I fixed it in the hack.

...Okay, it's not that impressive, but I just started hacking and now I'm getting into it. I figured sprite hacking would be a good place to start.

It kind of depends on context - in this case, the general atmosphere/feel of the game it's The End of.

Yeah, it looks bad.

It’s not anything to do with size; it’s about a failed conversion to aliased text. Consistent stroke properties such as stroke width are an important part of text aesthetics. They are applied very inconsistently here.

Pennywise: does the "THE END" have to be in a specific size? Because I could probably get you a good one.