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#1 AJack

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 10:45 AM

Being the obsessive compulsive type I am, I figured I ought to have a coordinated look for my Caanoo game shortcuts. Thusly:

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For the record, I realise that my attempt to 'brand' the games with the 'Optimized for Caanoo' bars is probably wasted on everyone save myself, but there you go :)

#2 derdritte

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 11:26 AM

Thanks for this!

Can we request other icons and bars?

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 11:30 AM

Wow! Great stuff!

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 11:34 AM

like that and had a similar attempt...would you mind telling me wich fonts u used? or (if u made it with ps) just upload the .psd? so i probably could complete my game list?
Edit: pls just post the source, i'll find a programm to use it with :)

Edited by Thorax, 25 October 2010 - 12:09 PM.


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Posted 25 October 2010 - 11:51 AM

Those are seriously good !!!

Could you create on for SMS_SDL ? :x the Game Gear / Master System emulator from sega which i'm porting and where a beta version is availible from in the "beta section" of this (sub)forum...

I already made an icon and "banner" image, but they kinda suck hehe :)

Thanks Again for your contribution(s) they look really good !

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 01:00 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Before I do anything else, I need to acknowledge 'deleket' (http://deleket.deviantart.com/), the guy who created many of the controller illustrations I've used in my bars. He does great work!

Thanks for this!

Can we request other icons and bars?


Sure :) Post away and I'll see what I can do.

Wow! Great stuff!


Thanks mate :)

like that and had a similar attempt...would you mind telling me wich fonts u used? or (if u made it with ps) just upload the .psd? so i probably could complete my game list?
Edit: pls just post the source, i'll find a programm to use it with :)


Ok, well the smaller font is called '04b08' and the big one is "AddLGBitmap09'. I do all my work in Adobe Fireworks rather than Photoshop, so I'll give you the base rather than a FW file:

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Text shadows are all 30% opacity, outlines are all 1px thick black. Have fun!

Those are seriously good !!!

Could you create on for SMS_SDL ? :x the Game Gear / Master System emulator from sega which i'm porting and where a beta version is availible from in the "beta section" of this (sub)forum...

I already made an icon and "banner" image, but they kinda suck hehe :)

Thanks Again for your contribution(s) they look really good !


Cheers mate. I'll see what I can do about a Master System/Game Gear bar for you. Annoyingly, quality images or illustrations of these older consoles are hard to come by, so it could be a little while.

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 03:31 PM


like that and had a similar attempt...would you mind telling me wich fonts u used? or (if u made it with ps) just upload the .psd? so i probably could complete my game list?
Edit: pls just post the source, i'll find a programm to use it with :)


Ok, well the smaller font is called '04b08' and the big one is "AddLGBitmap09'. I do all my work in Adobe Fireworks rather than Photoshop, so I'll give you the base rather than a FW file:

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Text shadows are all 30% opacity, outlines are all 1px thick black. Have fun!


alright...very nice...do u mind if i post some of my game-menus here with your design?
plus: i already found out addlgbitmap09 :) but the 04b08 was hard to find :)
thanks again!

Edit: by the way: you/we could change the "optimized for cannoo" to "released by : joyrider" for example...


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Edit4: I seriously love it :) (Although i'm not a perfectionist like Ajack, as i do use low quality pictures of the consoles)
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Edited by Thorax, 25 October 2010 - 06:01 PM.


#8 joyrider

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 09:25 PM

Hey Thorax theyre just as good as the orignal ones :) although there is a small fault in the SMS_SDL one :) it's actually a Game Gear / Master System Emualtor (not just game gear :) )

if you don't want to change it or create one for both systems (sms + gg) in single shot, i'll use the SMS_SDL "banner" you already did, when i do the final version, hadn't had much time lately and it's rather late to start with something now :)

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 09:32 PM

Wow these look the business man - why not pop them into an archive - great work AJack and Thorax :D

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 09:59 PM

These bars and icons all look fantastic! Thanks, and keep up the excellent work!

#11 AJack

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Posted 25 October 2010 - 10:35 PM

Thanks for the nice words all, and Thorax, yours look excellent!

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Posted 26 October 2010 - 10:20 AM

Hey Thorax theyre just as good as the orignal ones :) although there is a small fault in the SMS_SDL one :) it's actually a Game Gear / Master System Emualtor (not just game gear :) )

if you don't want to change it or create one for both systems (sms + gg) in single shot, i'll use the SMS_SDL "banner" you already did, when i do the final version, hadn't had much time lately and it's rather late to start with something now :)


i smuggled a little mastersystem-controller into the pic ;) same location, though... :)

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Posted 26 October 2010 - 10:36 AM

These are great how long until we can get a hold of them?

#14 AJack

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Posted 26 October 2010 - 10:42 AM

These are great how long until we can get a hold of them?


You can go ahead and save them to your harddrive any time you like! The files are already PNGs, so all you'll need to do is rename them to the correct file-names and drop them into your game folders.

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Posted 26 October 2010 - 05:53 PM

i made some more (zombie city, zombie sorbet, snowbros2, outzone, hellfire, aim, trap75, ken's labyrinth, snake on dope, firewhip)
however there are only title-bars available for those games as i've been too lazy to make icons right now :)
i decided to move them to a dropbox-gallery:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/8904639/1/caanoo?h=257d00

@ Ajack: i put your original ones in there, too. i hope u don't mind!

Edited by Thorax, 26 October 2010 - 05:57 PM.




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