Possible Pacman title screen poll

[DEBRO]

Hi there,

 

I need your help. I've got potentially 2 renditions of a title screen and I can't decide which one to use. If given the choice of A or B which one would you choose and why?

 

Thanks for looking.

[+Cafeman]

Option B. I don't like the excessively long black lines in the "PAC-MAN" in Option A.

[uosipa llamxew]

I voted "B". The logo is just as sufficient as "A" and is more centered.

[Room 34]

I had to read the other people's comments to even notice the differences. *Whew... too much parenting for one night...*

 

But after reading the comments and realizing what was different, I agree, B is better.

[Atariboy2600]

Hi there,

 

I need your help. I've got potentially 2 renditions of a title screen and I can't decide which one to use. If given the choice of A or B which one would you choose and why?

 

Thanks for looking.

1029829[/snapback]

 

The Fonz: AAAaaaa!

 

Nice title screen we need a final FULLY version of Pac-man for the 2600!

[+Nathan Strum]

B. The letters are more in proportion with each other. Although the lips on Pac-Man look a little strange in either version.

[NE146]

Call me a dude.. but I had a very hard time seeing any difference. It's just the letters right? Anyway.. I chose b.

[NovaXpress]

It does look as if Pac-Man has had collagen lip implants.

[Robert M]

If the ghosts in A were more centered under the logo (2 pixels to the right maybe) I would vote for A. Otherwise I vote for B.

[vdub_bobby]

I say take the Pac-Man from #B, put it in #A, and use the extra space to separate the "P" and "A" by another pixel (like in #B).

 

I.e., I really like the "M" and "N" in #A, but Pac-Man looks better in #B, and having the "P" and "A" crammed together in #A looks worse.

[supercat]

How about this 76-pixel version?

========--------========--------========--------========--------========--------
--------11111111--------11111111222222221111111122222222--------22222222--------
PPPPPPPP*.......B...........***.....*...........*.......1.......*.......1PPP
PPPPPPPP***.....B.........*******...**.........**.......1.......**......1PPP
PPPP....****...*BB.......*********..***.......***......*22......***.....22PP
PPPP.....***...*BB.......*********..****.....****......*22......****....22PP
PPPP.....***..*BBBB.....***********.*****...*****.....**122.....*****...122P
PPPP....****..*BBBB.....*********...******.******.....**122.....******..122P
PPPPPPPP***..***BBBB....*******.....*************....***2222....*******.2222
PPPPPPPP*....***BBBB....*****.......*************....***2222....********2222
PPPP........***..BBBB...*******.....*************...***..2222...*********222
PPPP........***..BBBB...*********...*************...***..2222...*********222
PPPP.......***BBBBBBBB..***********.*************..***22222222..******222222
PPPP.......***BBBBBBBB...*********..*************..***22222222..******222222
PPPP......*****BBBBBBBB..*********..*************.*****22222222.*******22222
PPPP......*****BBBBBBBB...*******...*************.*****22222222.*******22222
PPPP......*****BBBBBBBB.....***.....*************.*****22222222.*******22222

Note that P=playfield, 1=missile 1, 2=missile 2, and B=Ball. Players positioned as shown (second line) and do not move.VBLANK should be turned on just to the left of the P, and precisely at the right of the N. If you wish to make the "N" one pixel narrower, move everything four pixels to the right but add one cycle to when you turn off VBLANK; it will then switch after the third pixel of the last playfield bit.

[Zach]

I would assume that Dennis can center the text in A and vote accordingly. Then you're really just voting on the Pac-Man text.

 

Now thanks to supercat there is a third logo to consider.

[DEBRO]

It does look as if Pac-Man has had collagen lip implants.

I say take the Pac-Man from #B, put it in #A, and use the extra space to separate the "P" and "A" by another pixel (like in #B).

 

I.e., I really like the "M" and "N" in #A, but Pac-Man looks better in #B, and having the "P" and "A" crammed together in #A looks worse.

I could reduce the size of "M" in A a bit. Would that work for you?

How about this 76-pixel version?

I'll try to get a mock-up soon to see what it looks like on the TV.

I would assume that Dennis can center the text in A and vote accordingly. Then you're really just voting on the Pac-Man text.

Yeah, I didn't center them correctly for this post. I was trying to get a feel to which "Pacman" looked better. I added the ghost names to give a psuedo look to how the screen would be.

[moycon]

I like A.) Better.

[diggs130]

A - it is for me

[+Nathan Strum]

Here's a 52 pixel wide version I came up with:

 

 

The red drop shadow is also 52 pixels, but it's offset to the right one pixel.

[Zach]

That looks great, Nathan. It'll take some creativity to shift the shadow by 1 pixel. It's not as trivial as moving a 48 pixel sprite.

 

As long as we are considering alternatives to the first 2, the Pacman logo is a good candidate for 56 pixels using a method conceived by supercat. The restriction is that you can not have the following patterns in the leftmost and rightmost 4 pixels:

 

X-X-

-XX-

-X-X

-X--

--X-

 

Nor can you have the following in the leftmost and rightmost 5:

 

X---X

 

Of course, someone would have to code it.

Edited March 10, 2006 by Zach

[NovaXpress]

Is it too late to vote for a "Puck Man" option?

[Foxsolo2000]

I went for B for reasons known only to myself

[ZylonBane]

Here's a 52 pixel wide version I came up with:

Ooh, shiny. Let's run with that...

 

In the immortal words of Calculon-- I don't care for the font. Looks like it tries to emulate certain characteristics of the arcade font at the expense of legibility and consistency (mostly in the area of stroke width). I've cleaned that up a bit, and fixed the justification to match the arcade version.

 

Also, I never liked the Space-Invader look of the ghosts in the Atari 800 version of Pac-Man, so I hope Debro doesn't reproduce that. IMHO, all the visual character of the ghosts is in their big googly eyes.

Edited March 10, 2006 by ZylonBane

[vdub_bobby]

In the immortal words of Calculon-- I don't care for the font. Looks like it tries to emulate certain characteristics of the arcade font at the expense of legibility and consistency (mostly in the area of stroke width). I've cleaned that up a bit, and fixed the justification to match the arcade version.

You mean the font used for the ghost names, correct?

[Zach]

I went ahead and converted supercat's idea to graphics. The M is slightly modified.

[Nukey Shay]

Yikes! You are going for the title screen too? It's gonna rock, kids :yes:

 

Anyway, I vote B unless the shadowed C is a new candidate.

[atwwong]

I wish I hadn't voted so early on; the new ones look better (hides face because of choice "A")...

[+Nathan Strum]

I went ahead and converted supercat's idea to graphics. The M is slightly modified.

 

If you look at the original Pac-Man marquee though, the dot in the center of the "P" should be much smaller.