Disappointed in the lack of cybernetics I saw on Cyber Monday, I’ve decided to try and make up for that by celebrating cyber-related characters and games for the entire week. Check back with this post for updates every day!

Tuesday:

Cyborg, in classic flavor, is now in the DC Comics gallery and GFX Generators (where he has extra palettes)!

Wednesday:

A new sprite of Kamaitachi from Ninja Warriors Again (from the beautifully developed SNES/SFAM game by Natsume) has been added to the Taito gallery and GFX Generators (where the Mego WGS style in the GroupShot generator finally has a Taito character bubble set)! Kunoichi (my old version of her need to be redone) and Ninja won’t show up in this theme, but they’re on my to-sprite list.

Thursday:

Welcome your new cyborg gang overlord, Martha from Technos’ beat ’em up, Combatribes. She’s been added to the Technos gallery and GFX Generators along with two versions of the Combatribes logo has been added to the mini-logo page.

Friday:

Partly pixels, partly real, a new sprite of Steelheart, from the SilverHawks cartoon and toyline, has been added to the Toys and Cartoons gallery and the GFX Generators! The SilverHawks logo has been added to the Toys and Cartoons mini-logo gallery.

Reminder: the prints in the shop are on sale until this Sunday, November 6th. 8×10 and 8×11 prints are $4.50 each while the 11 x 17 prints $8.50 each. There’s a wider variety of prints on the Illmosis site print page, so check that out, too!

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Tags: Combatribes, Cyber Week, dc comics, mini-logos, Natsume, Ninja Warriors, SilverHawks, Taito, Technos, Teen Titans
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First, let’s wrap up November’s business.

I planned to make a bunch of sprites based on my own characters to celebrate the main Illmosis site’s anniversary month, but a lot of things got in the way. The biggest is that I wanted to redesign many of the characters I was going to sprite. Two of those characters made it through, though: Exponent and Hostyle. Along with a new sprite of Nutroll, they kick off the long overdue Illmosis character section in the Illmosis gallery. You’ll also see a lot of sprites that were only on the Illmosis site until now. The out-of-scale Endless Duck sprite from 2011 was finally added to the ScrollBoss section, too.

I’ve also made a new SFA3 portrait for Karnov to replace the old E.Honda-edited version to rep Karnovember a bit more.

Finally, the prints in the shop are on sale until this Sunday, November 6th. 8×10 and 8×11 prints are $4.50 each while the 11 x 17 prints $8.50 each. Anyone looking for a wider variety of prints should check the Illmosis site print page, because it goes beyond the video game theme of this site.

Cyber Week will continue with… actual cyborgs? Word! BUT WHO? Even more mysteriously, which characters will segue into another round of themed updates later this month? No one really cares, but stay tuned anyway!

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Friends, it’s that time of year when we give thanks to someone who has brought so much joy into our lives and made us the people we are today. This man has given so much, but always asked for much more in return. So let’s celebrate gaming’s favorite fire-breathing, Tyrannosaurus Rex-beating strongman and master of cameos, Karnov! Be sure to check out the Karnovember on Tumblr to see more Karnov appreciation!

I’ve improved the “Karnov: Bad Dudes stance” I made last year and added outfits from Fighter’s History and his cameo in Street Hoops. These sprites have been added to the Data East gallery and GFX Generators. A Karnov’s Revenge-style Karnov logo and the Fighter’s History mini-logos have been added to the Data East mini-logo page.

edit: I don’t know why I kept referring to Street Hoop as Street Hoops, but I’ll clear that up in the other parts of the site once I get the chance.

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Halloween is here and there’s a bonus surprise in the Halloween DangerTerrorHorrorThon wrap-up! Let’s see all the new things that appeared this week…

Custom Sprites:
– Capcom: Zombie (Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts versions)
– Castlevania: Simon Belmont (new CV1 NES stance from last year’s Trevor sprite & improved taunt), Grant Danasty, Carmilla (Rondo of Blood)
– – Konami: Silent Hill Nurse
– Namco: Biggy Man (Splatterhouse)
– Nintendo: Medusa (classic, big)
– Wayforward: Rottytops
– Games (other): Julie and Zeke (Zombies Ate My Neighbors), the Pumpkin boss from Monster Party.
– DC Comics: Solomon Grundy (uploaded on a Monday)
– Movies: Tarman (Return of the Living Dead), Chucky, Michael Myers/The Shape, Ghostface (Scream), Leatherface
– NES-like 32×16 and 32×3: Altered Beast werewolf

Mini-logos:
– Capcom: Ghosts ‘n Goblins
– Konami: Silent Hill (movie)
– LucasArts: Zombies Ate My Neighbors
– Movies: Chucky, Leatherface, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (thanks to Christopher B. for the Atari 2600 idea)

All fighting size custom sprites and mini-logos have been added to the GFX Generators so you can use them to make your own spooky fake screenshots and pixel graphics!

Don’t forget that I still have that Horror legend vs. screen print in the ScrollBoss Shop for $6 + S&H!

BTW: The Chucky sprite and his portrait in that print come from the same linework, but at different sizes.

I was a bit cryptic in Friday’s update on whether the theme was over. Well, I had one more sprite to make. Ladies, gentlemen and screwheads, meet Ash Williams.

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Be sure to check out VGJunk’s Halloween Spooktacular reviews, including today’s review of Capcom’s Vampire Savior! You’ll find a lot of far more obscure games lurking in his Halloween tag, so roll through it to find new picks for your own Halloween game list.

JustinGameDesign made a fun group of 8-bit sprites for the spooky season, with characters from a wide array of sources. He even put them into a nice deviantART gallery so you can see them all in the same spot!

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NOW I’m done with the Halloween updates. Happy Halloween!

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Tags: Altered Beast, Castlevania, Child's Play, DangerTerrorHorrorThon, dc comics, Halloween (movie), Kid Icarus, Monster Party, Return of the Living Dead, Shantae, Silent Hill, Splatterhouse, Streets of Rage, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Evil Dead, Zombies Ate My Neighbors
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The DangerTerrorHorrorThon ends with something created by devious minds long ago to end as many lives as possible. That’s right, I’m talking about Boss Rush Mode. Let the slaughter begin!

Custom Sprites:
– Castlevania: Carmilla (Rondo of Blood)
– Namco: Biggy Man
– Nintendo: Medusa (classic, big)
– Sega: Zamza (Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle)
– Games (other): the Pumpkin boss from Monster Party. Please don’t pick on him.

Mini-logos:
– Konami: Silent Hill (movie)
– LucasArts: Zombies Ate My Neighbors

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– Movies: Chucky, Leatherface, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre

As usual, all new items have been added to the GFX Generators so you can use them to make your own fake screenshots. Also, Leatherface was updated with an Atari 2600 palette, thanks to a suggestion from Christopher B. Thanks!

Well, that’s all for this Halloween’s DangerTerrorHorrorThon!

… or is it?

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Tags: Castlevania, DangerTerrorHorrorThon, Kid Icarus, Monster Party, Splatterhouse, Streets of Rage
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Four horror movie legends stalk this update along with a game enemy who crossed over to the silver screen. Roll film.

Custom Sprites:
– Movies: Chucky, Michael Myers/The Shape, Ghostface (Scream), Leatherface
– Konami: Silent Hill Nurse

The new sprites have been added to the GFX Generators and the new characters have mini-logos (they’ll be added to the mini-logo gallery tomorrow).

One more update drops tomorrow!

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Tags: Child's Play, DangerTerrorHorrorThon, Halloween, Scream, Silent Hill, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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We’ve been having a lot of fun with the DangerTerrorHorrorThon (see updates 1 and 2), but I’m a bit worn out right now. That means it’s time for a break… a werewolf break.

Custom Sprites: a Castlevania II version of Simon Belmont, and the Castlevania gallery finally gets a graphic tag.

Sprites: new sprites and animated .gifs were added to the Altered Beast gallery.

One special thing I’ve been saving for this update event is a couple of commission sprites I made earlier this year for a special event. Rob “Dire” Strangman (creator of the OPCFG and the West Mansion sites) and Karry Blank asked me to make these sprites for some of their wedding cards and gave me permission to post the sprites:

Look at the smiles on those faces! I was proud that a couple would want me to make sprites for their wedding, and I still smile like a goof when seeing these. Congratulations again, you two!

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So I made my first pixel print earlier this year, the Horror vs. Horror (I still don’t have a good name for that yet) title screen, which can be ordered here for $6 + S&H, nudge nudge, wink wink.

It used a mix of sprites I made for earlier horror-themed site updates along with some new stuff. I’m not sure how this happened, but Dread Central and Bloody Disgusting reported on it and it led to some sales! That was one of the few good things to happen during a pretty bad time (short version: I was kinda broke and injured), so everyone involved still has my thanks for making things better!

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Did you enjoy your Werewolf Break? If you managed to read this far, you deserve a werewolf.

That lil’ Altered Beast is in the NES-like 32×16 and 32×32 sprite gallery.

Here are a few clips from the final installments of this week’s DangerTerrorHorrorThon…

Stay tuned.

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Tags: Altered Beast, Castlevania, Splatterhouse
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The DangerTerrorHorrorThon continues with a crew of heroes, but will they be enough to hold off the threats on the way?

Custom Sprites:
– Castlevania: Simon Belmont (new CV1 NES stance from last year’s Trevor sprite & improved taunt), Grant Danasty
– Sega: Weretiger (Altered Beast)
– Games (Other): Julie and Zeke (Zombies Ate My Neighbors)

All new items have been added to the GFX Generators.

Tomorrow’s update will be smaller, almost like a break. But what kind of break? Tune in tomorrow to find out!

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Tags: Altered Beast, Castlevania, DangerTerrorHorrorThon, Zombies Ate My Neighbors
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The return of the most turd-curdling time of the year also means that it’s time for another DangerTerrorHorrorThon!

This Halloween’s DangerTerrorHorrorThon kicks off with an invasion of the living dead! Zombies are really played out right now now, so I’m dipping back into the past for inspiration, including one of the only universally-loved fast-moving zombies.

That’s right, we party on Monday.

Custom Sprites:
– Capcom: Zombie (Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts versions)
– Sega: Grave Master (Altered Beast)
– Wayforward: Rottytops
– DC Comics: Solomon Grundy (uploaded on a Monday)
– Movies: Tarman (Return of the Living Dead)

Mini-logos:
– Capcom: Ghosts ‘n Goblins

All new items have been added to the GFX Generators, where the G’nG Zombies and Grave Master (in the Altered Beast enemies char slot) have alternate palettes.

The marathon continues tomorrow!

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Tags: Altered Beasts, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
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The marathon begins October 26th, 2015.

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