EmOneGarand Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Hey everybody, made this a couple months ago and thought I'd share it. I know the game doesn't really need it but what the hell, it was fun to make 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Cool overlay dude, thanks. Oh, Well, I don't have the game to that then. Oh well, I've got it for when I get it LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viMaster Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Oh nice, I think there should have been more overlays made anyway. I'll see if I can get this and print it out on something nice that will work well in the controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hey everybody, made this a couple months ago and thought I'd share it. I know the game doesn't really need it but what the hell, it was fun to make Cool! Do you have any more? I bet we'd all like to see them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viMaster Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hey everybody, made this a couple months ago and thought I'd share it. I know the game doesn't really need it but what the hell, it was fun to make Cool! Do you have any more? I bet we'd all like to see them... whoah, we posted at the exact same time....... eeeeeery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Hey everybody, made this a couple months ago and thought I'd share it. I know the game doesn't really need it but what the hell, it was fun to make Cool! Do you have any more? I bet we'd all like to see them... I've only made overlays for games I have that don't have an official one and use the keypad, I just got Towers II so I may have to see about making one for that, now that I think of it.. Dragon uses the keypad for a few things I should look into making one for that one as well. Edited February 18, 2007 by EmOneGarand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) I bought some overlays some years back from some website that a guy made for a bunch of games. They are actually pretty nice and I still have them. They are Atari Karts Towers II Skyhammer 2 Worms 2 Missle Command 3Ds (one for virtual and one for normal mode I think) Air Cars Theme Park Tempest 2000 Zero 5 2 Syndicates Iron Soldier 2 World Tour Racing A Black Jaguar 64 Bit I guess dust protector label. If I can ever get a scanner hooked up in here I will post some images if anyone is interested in seeing them. I don't know if the guy ever started selling them again. No, they are not for sale Edited February 18, 2007 by The Helper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 I bought some overlays some years back from some website that a guy made for a bunch of games. They are actually pretty nice and I still have them. They are Atari Karts Towers II Skyhammer 2 Worms 2 Missle Command 3Ds (one for virtual and one for normal mode I think) Air Cars Theme Park Tempest 2000 Zero 5 2 Syndicates Iron Soldier 2 World Tour Racing A Black Jaguar 64 Bit I guess dust protector label. If I can ever get a scanner hooked up in here I will post some images if anyone is interested in seeing them. I don't know if the guy ever started selling them again. No, they are not for sale This place? http://www.1632-sales.zenwebhosting.com/ac...e_Overlays.html Shows all the obscure ones you mentioned.. too bad it's a european seller.. I don't like the exchange rates particularly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 just did a Towers II overlay, I took artistic license with this one, making it look like a piece of parchment with inked writing and drawings.. kinda like a map I guess. I could do a legacy style one as well I guess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Nice job on the overlays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Hey! Thanks for the overlays man! Nice job on both of 'em. I like the old look of the parchment paper for Towers II as well as the palm trees on Cannon Fodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I don't think that was the place. I got mine from an individual. My overlays are way different then those offered there. It could be the same people and maybe they have changed them since then. My star overlay was Battlesphere but I decided that when I sold the game that I should give the overlay with it since I wanted to give it the possibility of use. I bought some overlays some years back from some website that a guy made for a bunch of games. They are actually pretty nice and I still have them. They are Atari Karts Towers II Skyhammer 2 Worms 2 Missle Command 3Ds (one for virtual and one for normal mode I think) Air Cars Theme Park Tempest 2000 Zero 5 2 Syndicates Iron Soldier 2 World Tour Racing A Black Jaguar 64 Bit I guess dust protector label. If I can ever get a scanner hooked up in here I will post some images if anyone is interested in seeing them. I don't know if the guy ever started selling them again. No, they are not for sale This place? http://www.1632-sales.zenwebhosting.com/ac...e_Overlays.html Shows all the obscure ones you mentioned.. too bad it's a european seller.. I don't like the exchange rates particularly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 just did a Towers II overlay, I took artistic license with this one, making it look like a piece of parchment with inked writing and drawings.. kinda like a map I guess. I could do a legacy style one as well I guess. Really nice. What are you all using for printing this stuff out? Card stock? Any advice would be appreciated. I'm thinking about printing a few... especially the two above as long as its okay by the maker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I print overlays out on a colour laserjet with regular paper, then place strips of wide clear cellophane tape over both sides to 'laminate' them. I then take an Exacto-type scalpel and cut them out. These work fairly well if you print them in the correct size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 Just finished another one, this ones for Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Wow - that's really great looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 Wow - that's really great looking. Yeah, if only I had the means to print these out and not have them be flimsy pieces of paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viMaster Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Wow - that's really great looking. Yeah, if only I had the means to print these out and not have them be flimsy pieces of paper I know 16/32 carries some overlays created by another guy, but I can't remember his name. Maybe it would be cool to get in contact with him and we could get them made along with the other ones he has done... maybe you could even get a small profit from them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Made an overlay for Space War 2000, posted it in a Space War 2000 manual topic but thought I'd post it here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 That's great... Although maybe instead of plain black for the background, some kind of stars speckled on black would give it a 'spacey' look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 quick edit for those who like a little more flare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Nice job! Although your Space War 2000 overlays call the game "Space Wars 2000"... For those of you who want better quality homemade overlays, I heard of a good way to make them a while back. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet, but it seems like it would work: Get yourself some inkjet transparencies to print them on... use a paint program to flip the image though so that it's visible through the shiny side of the transparency. Then spray the back of the transparency with white spray paint. This should result in something that closely resembles the original overlays, depending of course on the quality of the original image you used. I haven't thought of a good way to actually get the "bumps" on the buttons though... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Moss Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Wow - that's really great looking. Yeah, if only I had the means to print these out and not have them be flimsy pieces of paper I know 16/32 carries some overlays created by another guy, but I can't remember his name. Maybe it would be cool to get in contact with him and we could get them made along with the other ones he has done... maybe you could even get a small profit from them? That would be me. Print them on photopaper, its thicker than regular paper and more flexable than card then do something to protect the surface from ware and tear. Whatever method you decide to use watch out for it effecting the colour/colour bleeding after a while. Get yourself some inkjet transparencies to print them on... use a paint program to flip the image though so that it's visible through the shiny side of the transparency. Then spray the back of the transparency with white spray paint. This should result in something that closely resembles the original overlays, depending of course on the quality of the original image you used. I haven't thought of a good way to actually get the "bumps" on the buttons though... I don't think transparancies will be thick enough and as for spraying them you would need to use a white background which I don't think will look as good and there may be a problem with the paint either melting the transparency or flaking as the overlay is flexed getting it in and out of the controller. As for creating the bumps compressing the overlay between a positive and negative blocks may do it but you have to machine the blocks and allow for the change in shape/size when printing. I think the originals were probably moulded to shape first then printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguar_fan Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Cool Nice overlays. Thanks for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 More overlays!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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