Alien Breed II title pixel by pixel logo removal

dex · 07 December 2013, 15:54

From another project of mine and probably the most pointless thing I have ever done but here is the title screen of Alien Breed II (CD32 version) without the logo text

This was done pixel by pixel with a lot attention to detail to make it look as authentic as possible. And just for you!

I just hope the image without text was not already stored somewhere in the game data anyway...

gifgit · 09 December 2013, 06:24

Good work dex , you did a fantastic job , I can`t remember if this image was stored without text , I`m pretty sure the older Alien Breed games had the screens and titles separate in the data , but as this is cd based then saving disk or memory space wasn`t an issue.

dex · 11 December 2013, 01:51

You're welcome!

I know it's probably of no use to anyone besides me but anyway, I just knew there was someone here who would appreciate it

Lonewolf10 · 13 December 2013, 22:28

Great work Dex

mrbob2 · 13 December 2013, 23:36

Amazing! Its a beautiful picture and must have taken you a while. Much appreciated thanks

dex · 14 December 2013, 00:52

Thank you!

I am doing a lot of probably completely useless things like this for old games. Here for example http://www.elitepigs.de/telespielforschung/archives/85 I wrote a tutorial on how to replace the CGI graphics of the game "Gunship 2000" in the CD32 version and to edit in a different title screen without rendered helicopters in the background to provide a more consistant design

The rest of the game almost exclusively consists of pixel art/vector graphics and I always found the computer generated images very "immersion breaking". An interesting side effect is that with this the new (also semi-rendered it seems) loading screen on the CD32 that appears and distracts all the time while switching between menus is completely gone and replaced by a true ingame "loading" message with real fading in/out (the CD32 loading picture was just "popping" in quite intrusively)

It's written as a tutorial on how (and probably even why) I do such things (in German at the moment) because I cannot just provide an edited cd image of the game

Again, I am a hopeless perfectionist in things like that and it's probably completely of no worth to anyone with a different taste, it is more of a scientific experiment to me anyway

Conundrum · 31 January 2014, 14:40

This would look gorgeous as a wallpaper. Anyone more skilled willing to upscale these?

arti · 01 February 2014, 12:10

I tried:

arti · 07 February 2014, 16:46

More smooth:

link

arti · 08 February 2014, 18:56

No comments? It's so bad?

Retro-Nerd · 08 February 2014, 19:27

It's not suitable enough to upcale in HD proportions. Maybe good enough for 1024x768 wallpaper.

arti · 08 February 2014, 19:41

I agree, first three aren't looking good in HD but fourth picture result is not so terrible, don't you think.

Retro-Nerd · 08 February 2014, 19:48

Not my taste. This looks like the fake HD/pixel melting filter in emulators. I prefer the clean pixel look with a bit blur for upscaled images.

arti · 17 August 2015, 01:12

http://waifu2x.udp.jp/ - pretty good resizer for this kind of images

link

Doc · 17 August 2015, 09:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by arti

I tried:

Like them. How did you make the third one?

arti · 18 August 2015, 11:06

I used one of WinUae filters with mask scaled 4x times.

arti · 01 May 2020, 03:23

Behold

gifgit · 06 May 2020, 15:23

@arti

Fucking fantastic work, absolutely incredible

07 December 2013, 15:54	#1
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Alien Breed II titlescreen pixel by pixel logotext removal From another project of mine and probably the most pointless thing I have ever done but here is the title screen of Alien Breed II (CD32 version) without the logo text This was done pixel by pixel with a lot attention to detail to make it look as authentic as possible. And just for you! I just hope the image without text was not already stored somewhere in the game data anyway... Attached Thumbnails Last edited by dex; 07 December 2013 at 17:17.

14 December 2013, 00:52	#6
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	Thank you! I am doing a lot of probably completely useless things like this for old games. Here for example http://www.elitepigs.de/telespielforschung/archives/85 I wrote a tutorial on how to replace the CGI graphics of the game "Gunship 2000" in the CD32 version and to edit in a different title screen without rendered helicopters in the background to provide a more consistant design The rest of the game almost exclusively consists of pixel art/vector graphics and I always found the computer generated images very "immersion breaking". An interesting side effect is that with this the new (also semi-rendered it seems) loading screen on the CD32 that appears and distracts all the time while switching between menus is completely gone and replaced by a true ingame "loading" message with real fading in/out (the CD32 loading picture was just "popping" in quite intrusively) It's written as a tutorial on how (and probably even why) I do such things (in German at the moment) because I cannot just provide an edited cd image of the game Again, I am a hopeless perfectionist in things like that and it's probably completely of no worth to anyone with a different taste, it is more of a scientific experiment to me anyway Last edited by dex; 14 December 2013 at 00:59.

01 February 2014, 12:10	#8
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	I tried: Attached Thumbnails

07 February 2014, 16:46	#9
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	More smooth: link Last edited by arti; 07 February 2014 at 16:57.

08 February 2014, 19:27	#11
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	It's not suitable enough to upcale in HD proportions. Maybe good enough for 1024x768 wallpaper. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 08 February 2014 at 19:34.

09 December 2013, 06:24	#2
gifgit Retarded and dribbling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Immingham Age: 50 Posts: 443	Good work dex , you did a fantastic job , I can`t remember if this image was stored without text , I`m pretty sure the older Alien Breed games had the screens and titles separate in the data , but as this is cd based then saving disk or memory space wasn`t an issue.

11 December 2013, 01:51	#3
dex Eat Electric Death Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 327	You're welcome! I know it's probably of no use to anyone besides me but anyway, I just knew there was someone here who would appreciate it

13 December 2013, 22:28	#4
Lonewolf10 AMOS Extensions Developer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: near Cambridge, UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,924	Great work Dex

13 December 2013, 23:36	#5
mrbob2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: sheffield Posts: 332	Amazing! Its a beautiful picture and must have taken you a while. Much appreciated thanks

31 January 2014, 14:40	#7
Conundrum Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: dunno Posts: 70	This would look gorgeous as a wallpaper. Anyone more skilled willing to upscale these?

08 February 2014, 18:56	#10
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	No comments? It's so bad?

08 February 2014, 19:41	#12
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	I agree, first three aren't looking good in HD but fourth picture result is not so terrible, don't you think.

08 February 2014, 19:48	#13
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,436	Not my taste. This looks like the fake HD/pixel melting filter in emulators. I prefer the clean pixel look with a bit blur for upscaled images.

17 August 2015, 01:12	#14
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	http://waifu2x.udp.jp/ - pretty good resizer for this kind of images link

18 August 2015, 11:06	#16
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	I used one of WinUae filters with mask scaled 4x times.

01 May 2020, 03:23	#17
arti Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 662	Behold

06 May 2020, 15:23	#18
gifgit Retarded and dribbling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Immingham Age: 50 Posts: 443	@arti Fucking fantastic work, absolutely incredible

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