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Favourite Kirby Super Star power?
This poll is closed.
Beam 3 1.79%
Bomb 3 1.79%
Cook 1 0.60%
Copy 3 1.79%
Crash 1 0.60%
Cutter 5 2.98%
Fighter 5 2.98%
Fire 3 1.79%
Hammer 13 7.74%
Ice 3 1.79%
Jet 3 1.79%
Mike (sic) 14 8.33%
Mirror 11 6.55%
Ninja 5 2.98%
Paint 0 0%
Parasol 2 1.19%
Plasma 4 2.38%
Sleep 9 5.36%
Starship 5 2.98%
Stone 6 3.57%
Suplex 22 13.10%
Sword 20 11.90%
Wheel 6 3.57%
Wing 6 3.57%
Yo-Yo 15 8.93%
Total: 168 votes
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hatty
Feb 28, 2011

Pork Pro
I don’t think I’ll listen gamergate firefall guy about menu screens

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Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

The little window in the top right is ugly tbh

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
The diamond ring eclipse is so overdone.

Propaganda Hour
Aug 25, 2008



after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

Dabir posted:

Today I saw a cart of Decap Attack for Megadrive in the wild and figured I'd give it a try, mostly cause of residual good feeling from its strip in Sonic the Comic. It's alright, yknow? Its version of coyote time is very charming.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1122590087151091732/1146123060861206579/20230829_174324.mp4

Absolutely love Decap Attack starring Chuck D. Head. Game was hard as poo poo for 8-year-old me and the soundtrack kicked rear end. Fantastic game that deserves so much more recognition.

Warning LOUD https://youtu.be/vVZPfPqSWUc?si=mlOP5gbWvzvASBw-

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Khanstant posted:

You should have the freedom to sell stolen copies of things they can easily make more copies of

It's more like a set of guidelines anyway

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

hatty posted:

I don’t think I’ll listen gamergate firefall guy about menu screens

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

idk what firefall is but it should be called "firefail"

bone emulator
Nov 3, 2005

Wrrroavr


What's wrong with it, apart from being a bit plain?

Morpheus
Apr 18, 2008

My favourite little monsters

bone emulator posted:

What's wrong with it, apart from being a bit plain?

Nothing, that's the funny bit. This person has no idea what they're talking about.

I think the stuff this guy's worked on are games that typically have a bunch of extraneous poo poo on the screen advertising new content or micro-transactions or something.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.



There's something weird about the actual menu being all squished up on the far left hand side.

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


stev posted:

There's something weird about the actual menu being all squished up on the far left hand side.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

bone emulator posted:

What's wrong with it, apart from being a bit plain?

It was made by bethesda and thus bad

stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.




Gross, he's all stretched.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

Yeah there are only so many ways to lay out your menu once your resolution is high enough that you don't need the text to be enormous to be legible. Screens that are 90% text haven't been needed since non-HD consoles or 320p DOS PCs

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Post ur favourite main menu screens

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Jay Rust posted:

Post ur favourite main menu screens

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Jay Rust posted:

Post ur favourite main menu screens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sSQccJXPlo

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007
Into free

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


Jay Rust posted:

Post ur favourite main menu screens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_fjoI1xw9M

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


Jay Rust posted:

Post ur favourite main menu screens

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CI6ppRGxGsY&si=2FRJtPIn8Kp6Y1nc

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k

WORK WORK

ymgve
Jan 2, 2004


:dukedog:
Offensive Clock

Jay Rust posted:

Post ur favourite main menu screens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGxO7z4lHOc

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

i forgot about this completely but it looks fuckin' rad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PPPNbJ3UKc

can't wait to play it in like 5 years

CottonWolf
Jul 20, 2012

Good ideas generator


Their theft of Into Free from us is a crime I shall never forget or forgive.

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007
i added a mod to restore it i will never not be going into free

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


WotLK login aka Beat The Roar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjIb7ondqc

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Best themes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl0nXUgFjWY

Best race. Can YOU beat the buttrock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WeYkWUpccs

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



hatty posted:

I don’t think I’ll listen gamergate firefall guy about menu screens

Also lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRcKFgbIv-M

The physiognomy of start screens.

The start screen of a game can reveal a lot about how rushed the team was and how much pride they took in their work.

Firefall's start screen either shows hasty shipping deadlines by a passionate team overworked, or a team that didn't care.

Volte
Oct 4, 2004

woosh woosh

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Also lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRcKFgbIv-M

The physiognomy of start screens.

The start screen of a game can reveal a lot about how rushed the team was and how much pride they took in their work.

Firefall's start screen either shows hasty shipping deadlines by a passionate team overworked, or a team that didn't care.
I mean that does say Firefall Closed Beta 0.6

Assepoester
Jul 18, 2004
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Melman v2
Blades interfaces are seriously underrated and underused




Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011


Does wolverine represent “single player” or “main menu” as a whole?

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Yesterday my fave heroes 3 of might and magic guide site was down... and is still down.
And today my bookmarked baldur's gate 1 & 2 character guide is down too?? Someone explain to me what's going on??

bone emulator
Nov 3, 2005

Wrrroavr

Good menus ...

It's surprisingly difficult to find good videos of main menus on youtube, but I remember the Dungeon Siege menus being pretty wild with lots of spinning gear and animations.

Here it is in some Let's Play. I don't know who to the person playing is, so any horrible opinion they might have is not condoned by me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDanBFeaDEY&t=24s

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

Jay Rust posted:

Post ur favourite main menu screens

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME

RIDING HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vT4zp3jqpc

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Firefall's start screen either shows hasty shipping deadlines by a passionate team overworked, or a team that didn't care.

Thats literally just an MMO login screen though. There''d be a character select / main menu behind that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKOvdPp0kYA

Panzeh
Nov 27, 2006

"..The high ground"
I think there used to be more going on in menu screens when they mattered more and games had to rely on having a fancy menu to bring the art- compare Aces of the Pacific to IL-2 Sturmovik. Aces has a very rudimentary look in play but the menus had a ton of work and art put into them to make them work, and that was pretty common in sims of this era.

stev
Jan 22, 2013

Please be excited.



WoW died when you no longer had to use the login screen to log in.

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucAD_4u7Nzw

Dabir
Nov 10, 2012

stev posted:

WoW died when you no longer had to use the login screen to log in.

Runescape died when it moved away from this login screen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKmW9gNENJA

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DLC Inc
Jun 1, 2011


Starcraft still whips rear end. Wish I could play the og Warcraft 3 again now.

I love the Chrono Trigger intro screen. The Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2 opening menu screens are also really cool.

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