Thread 11995008

Make/post/request those beautiful retro 3x3s

Is there a better one for GX?

>>11995008 (OP)
>beautiful retro 3x3s
Is this brainrot

>>11995008 (OP)
I will never understand people who think 6th gen games need CRT (simulation).

>>11995083
Interesting

>>11995053
>Is this brainrot
Your post? Yes
Screenshot collages? No, kinda normal on a vidya board

>>11995008 (OP)
they're usually referred to as cinegrids. there's one Anon here that posts them but he never puts cinegrid in the flename, so they're hard to find in the archive
I've got a load saved, will upload them all to mega, just gimme a while to organize them all into consoles and shit

>>11995008 (OP)
Never liked how GX looked. It's has this soulless flat generic look.

>>11995149
Janny you call GC games "flat" for like 5 years now, can you finally grow up and stop shitposting in every thread?

>>11995158
Dunno who you are referring too. Genuinely. I just never liked how GX looks. X had a better style.

>>11995163
>Dunno who you are referring too
You. It's so oddly specific and retarded that pretending it's multiple people just makes you look more pathetic. You need to use a different word, there is nothing particularly "flat" about this >>11995008 (OP) compared with picrel

>>11995174
>picrel

>>11995141
3x3 is the best format for games
>see all pics at once, can blend together nicely
>don't have to scroll and don't have the entire game spoiled

>>11995141
organized as best I could, 177 files total. if some games have multiple cinegrids I put them into their own folder in their console category
left some loose general ones outside the folders, that way they don't get lost amongst all the games

here: https://mega.nz/folder/HdklhBBD#StDKBgQ8j4-Ng9-9faNHMA

>>11995289
agreed. I think they look best with the game's title / main menu screen in the middle
best way to make them is to get raw resolution images (hardcoregaming101, mobygames, giantbomb, gematsu, google images, or just your own screens)
I use befunky.com/create/collage/ as a quick way to test compositions and placement of the images (you can change the aspect ratio of the grid by dragging the edges), after that I'll usually put the raw screens into photoshop and try to get it under the 4MB limit, if it's not a pixel art game at least
for pixel games I usually use Aseprite so I can increase the resolution by 200-300% (don't do halves like 150% since it'll fuck the pixel art up) and have it be actually viewable on modern displays, although I guess you can do the same in photoshop with nearest neighbor upscaling

>>11995312
>ps1 folder has every 4/10 game there is
>n64 folder doesn't even have picrel
we can do better

Someone please explain the point of these images, because I really don't get it.

>>11995348
it's a visual medium. not hard to get

>>11995348
it's for admirers of aesthetics, mainly
it can he helpful in arguments too, if someone says a certain game looks like shit, or if you want to praise the visuals of a certain game, or make a point about how games of that period looked specifically, all sorts
also a good opening image to use for threads since it's a good eye-catcher
besides all that, it's just nice to have these aesthetically pleasing images of your favorite games

>>11995351
I mean, what's their purpose?

>>11995008 (OP)
>request
Shenmue anyone?

>>11995324
>I think they look best with the game's title / main menu screen in the middle
If it's a pretty screenshot in itself like in this case but a generic logo image is a waste
>>11995348
What's the point of taking screenshots?

>>11995356
Classics deserve veneration.

>>11995348
poojeet sees people referring to 3x3s on other boards but doesn't understand what it means

>>11995453
You are the only one confused by it

>>11995478
it would help to have some level of literacy so you can read its response

>>11995481
>a grid of 9 screenshots
Looks like it guessed it just right and unlike you it didn't even have an example picture. Do you think the concept of 9 units 3 across by 3 down is somehow exclusive to album covers or something?

I like making fun of you but it's really not normal you feel the need to derail and police every thread like Randall from Recess on your already slow board. Everyone knows about you

>>11995312
MGS2 got done dirty.

>>11995356
Shilling a game to your friends.

>>11995081
yakuza definitely wasn't meant for hd

>>11995008 (OP)
f zero x is better

If you want to aesthetics max on Dolphin you can dump all HUD textures and make them transparent in Photoshop and use free cam.

someone do this

>>11995008 (OP)
what course in the center? very ventur aero or whatever its called, beautiful

>>11995763
True but both are great
>>11995823
I think it's AX content you could get with a cable in Japan. Using Dolphin you just have to tick a box in Properties

can a sega fan label these thx

>>11995969
Ranger X / Ristar / Shinobi 3
Comix Zone / Contra Hard Corps / M.U.S.H.A
Phantasy Star 4 (or 3?) / Streets of Rage 3 / Shining Force 2
Rocket Knight Adventures / Mega Turrican / Beyond Oasis
Castlevania Bloodlines / Sonic 3 / Alien Soldier

They're all some of the most well known Megadrive games

>>11996209
>Phantasy Star 4 (or 3?)
4

>>11996221
>jpg

one job

>>11995356
4chan is an image board

>>11996241
dont care

>>11996253
What in the hell? Might have to check this out

>>11995148
Rightly considered kusoge in Japan.

>>11995351
What's the medium?

>>11995008 (OP)
psx showcase collage grid

>>11996575
That's PSX Quake 2

>>11995174
That's me, you're unhinged and overly defensive over Nintendo because you're a fanboy. Stop declaring publicly I live rent free in that head of yours, boy.

>>11995008 (OP)
Posting how I make these. I use ImageMagick which is command line, but I'll also post my janky .bat script so you don't have to open CMD and cd to the imagemagick directory. Imagemagick is just nice to have in general. I assume most people prefer some dedicated tool or website though.

The command itself is: magick montage -geometry +0+0 -tile 3x "drive:\location\to\images\*.filetype" "drive:\location\for\result.filetype"
geometry +0+0 is the borders between images, -tile 3x is the amount of images in a row.

The simple .bat script just echoes off, mounts the ImageMagick install directory, asks for the amount per line and executes the command with that amount and loops back. You'll have to change directory paths.
https://textbin.net/azfaagv9pn

>>11996574
What is bottom row, second from right?

>>11996650
Delta Force Urban Warfare

>>11996653
Interesting, graphics looked really good for a PS1 FPS. Thanks.

>>11996605
I'm literally the biggest idort there is so you butting heads with me just shows how much of an annoying mentally ill fanboy you are. Objectively there are many great games on Nintendo systems but you made it your life mission to seethe about them while probably in your 30s, 40s or 50s already

This here is the best example, literally the most harmless thread ever but there is a Nintendo game in the OP so you simply couldn't resist posting your "flat" retardation. Nintendo raped your brain

>>11995026
just made a new, slightly higher quality jpg from the original bc file size has been upped since then

here's 11MB uncompressed .png if you want
https://litter.catbox.moe/3kyf9ouhbeu244z6.png

>>11996236
>253 KB
nah, this ain't it chief

>>11996594
>look, a black hole
>>11996609
>look, a sewer
Good example of using too many tiles but it depends on whether you just want to go for cheerleader effect
>>11996253
Good example of warranting 4x4 because the whole game is just visual skits

>>11996695
>derails his own thread to seethe about a post from over a year ago
Contain your autism. When I post you'll know it dork.

>>11996786
You can take "aspect corrected native res" screenshots with Duckstation, very useful for games with oddball inner resolutions

>>11996791
You should do this, old games are meant to be 4:3 unless they're 3:4.

>>11995958
fair

>>11996253
This game looks like absolute kino

>>11996831
>gba doom 2

>>11996831
>>11996837
Yeah that's not GBA Doom II, I made one for it though alongside every FPS on GBA that isn't MoH UG

>>11996837
Nobody is perfect.

>>11996773
>When I post you'll know it
You're right about that. Now keep bumping my thread

I remembe playing this on mame in late 2000s or early 2010s.

>>11996942
I played the MD port

2007 summer, I played the three main GTA in a row.

>>11996986
these ones kinda bug me since it's obviously just the first level, not the best representation of the entire game
it's like if >>11995324 was just Crateria

N64 version, before janny puts it in his PS1 folder

>>11996729
>litter
faggot

>>11995348
it would make sense for something like pokemon snap

>>11996223
Bottom left and mid looks great

>>11998147
it's literally just metal slug with significantly worse pixel art

>>11996986
>3x3
>4 of them are the same backdrop
low iqs shouldn't be allowed to make those

"collage grids retro vidya (xx).jpg" guy please nuke your grid folder and start over and stop posting here holy shit, you have zero sense of what makes these interesting at all

>>11998263
Yeah most of these are pretty random, not even making me want to play the game.

>>11995081
it doesnt need CRT shaders for the scanlines and blending.
but it needs CRT for its motion clarity because many games were 30 FPS and even 60 FPS looks like dogshit on sample and hold displays when the image is in motion

>>11996223
This doesn't look like a real game.

>>12000336
made this one yesterday. compared to the ones with a shitload of images and no real variation I still think this is the best format >>11995324
I assume most people have already played Planescape, but still

>>12000975
you convinced me, this game is ugly

>>12000375
what you mean? it's just temu metal slug

>>12000975
Literal soul.

>>11995081
It depends on the game. Ico is in such a low resolution as an artistic choice.

>>11996335
It's a terrible game. It has good music though.

Thanks for everyone posting.

Any Kings Field?

>>12004218
yeah I made a few

>>11995359
For you

>>12004218
>Thanks for everyone posting.
You are welcome.

>>11995081
6th gen games are absolutely better looking on CRTs and I’ll die on that hill