INSANE HD Texture Packs For 8-Bit NES Games!

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
  • A look at several Mesen HD packs for the NES. basically, these are Graphical upgrades and HD Texture Packs for several 8-Bit Nintendo NES Games.
    00:00 - Upgrading NES Games
    01:34 - Shatterhand (NES)
    03:19 - Bomber Man (NES)
    04:26 - Donkey Kong (NES)
    05:36 - Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
    06:59 - Castlevania (NES)
    08:10 - Castlevania (Yes, again)
    10:41 - Pac-Man (NES)
    11:47 - Metroid (NES)
    14:29 - Kung Fu (NES)
    15:39 - Nuts & Milk (NES)
    16:54 - Mega Man (NES)
    18:31 - Roll-chan (NES)
    18:52 - Super Mario Bros (NES)
    19:40 - Super Mario (again)
    20:28 - Contra (NES)
    22:10 - Ice Climber (NES)
    23:51 - Ninja Gaiden (NES)
    25:16 - Ninja Gaiden 2 (NES)
    26:20 - Twinbee (NES)
    27:49 - Legend of Zelda (NES)
    30:01 - Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link (NES)
    32:26 - Little Nemo (NES)
    32:51 - Battle City (NES)
    33:51 - Sega Master System
    #retrogaming #nes #nintendo
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  • @st1ka
    @st1ka  Год назад +128

    Please Consider Subscribing: ruclips.net/user/st1ka
    Or supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/St1ka
    Battle City (imkrut): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=30639
    Bomberman Remastered (imkrut): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=30619.0
    Castlevania 1 HD / SD / VK (kya): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=28754
    Castlevania 30th Anniversary Edition (kya): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=24125.msg355609#msg355609
    Contra: www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=33075.0
    Donkey Kong (mkwong98): www.mediafire.com/file/5xgz6dr0tyiqm6g/Donkey_Kong_%28JU%29_HD_Pack.zip/file
    Donkey Kong Jr. Remastered (imkrut): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=30538.0
    Duck Hunt Remastered (GBAGuy007, Aclectico): drive.google.com/file/d/1j4b0kousFpvSnvywld1_gHT-fUayfoXT/view?usp=sharing
    Ice Climber Remastered (imkrut): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=30581.0
    Kung Fu (mkwong98): forums.nesdev.org/download/file.php?id=12070
    Little Nemo Graphic Pack (Demo) (imkrut): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=28358
    Megaman: Super (AxlRocks): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=25426.msg348677#msg348677
    Metroid HD (Aclectico, kya): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=26811.0
    Ninja Gaiden 1 HD Beta 1.0 (RichterSnipes): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=26164.0
    Ninja Gaiden 2 HD Graphics Pack (RichterSnipes): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=26164.0
    Nuts and Milk (evgeny): forums.nesdev.org/download/file.php?id=12071
    Pac-Man (Ed Peppe): github.com/PepCodes/HDNes-Graphics-Pac
    Paper Mario Bros (mkwong98): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31920
    Shatterhand HD Pack (mugi): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TnyFHBrjssibSDw4aptEWawBW2iLBgkg?usp=share_link
    Super Mario Bros (mkwong98): forums.nesdev.org/download/file.php?id=12073
    Super Mario Bros HD (lyonhrt): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L8JmkTgGKf7nZ-VFjjL3Zu4VXvEASGv1?usp=share_link
    Twin Bee Remastered (Demo (imkrut): drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L8JmkTgGKf7nZ-VFjjL3Zu4VXvEASGv1?usp=share_link
    Zelda: Remastered (Aclectico, kya): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31559.0
    Zelda II Remastered (Demo) (Aclectico, kya): www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=33860.0

    • @tiagopereirasantossilva556
      @tiagopereirasantossilva556 Год назад

      Desculpa não pode ver video mais cedo.
      AI ou simples substituição das textura quando são chamada pelo emulador ??

    • @tiagopereirasantossilva556
      @tiagopereirasantossilva556 Год назад

      5:21 looks like Donkey Kong if ti was on Philips CD-I.

    • @TeddyBelcher4kultrawide
      @TeddyBelcher4kultrawide Год назад +1

      Best video of the day April 12,2023🏆

    • @The_Blue_Otaku
      @The_Blue_Otaku Год назад

      **Me watchs the first 2 minutes of the video** (My brain: "Ferb I know what we're gonna do today")

    • @godofwar6376
      @godofwar6376 Год назад

      Speaking of castlevania, why do you sound like Dracula?

  • @EmeralBookwise
    @EmeralBookwise Год назад +1703

    Personally speaking, I think NES upgrades look best when they retain the original pixel resolution and just add more color depth. Even just doubling from 4 colors per sprite to 8 can make a huge difference without losing the simplistic charm.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +132

      understandable

    • @tamerkoh
      @tamerkoh Год назад +103

      I think higher res upgrades can work, it just depends on how you handle it. Like the PSP remakes of FF1, FF2 and FF4 are generally heralded as the best versions of their respective games, for instance. It just needs to be well done pixel art, rather than looking like someone ran the sprites through a filter.

    • @EmeralBookwise
      @EmeralBookwise Год назад +25

      ​@@tamerkoh: Well, yes, and I would absolutely agree that the PSP FF's are absolutely gorgeous... shame Square never ported them.
      Sprite work of that quality, however, tends to be beyond the scope and scale of what most armature fan mods like these are capable of delivering with consistency.

    • @tamerkoh
      @tamerkoh Год назад +21

      @@EmeralBookwise Yeah they're still my favourite versions to play even with the Pixel Remasters, which I find rather ugly, lol. Mostly because they have the same issues going on as some of the graphics packs here: Style clash. They've got low-res 16-bit style sprites (with low-contrast shading, so everything looks flat), higher res 32-bit style spell effects and HD fonts, and it just looks a mess. There's also way too much screen space in the battles where both players and enemies alike look too small relative to the space given. Especially bosses that would otherwise fill the screen on the GBA or PSP versions, but are just tiny in the middle of a bunch of space on the PRs, lol.
      Honestly, I'd love to see FF PSP style remakes of all these old 2D pixel art games. Just comparing how much Cornelia from FF1 was brought to life from NES to PSP, or FF2's Bafsk, just really makes me wanna see other game worlds brought to life similarly with that kind of pixel art quality.

    • @TheLastLineLive
      @TheLastLineLive Год назад +6

      @@tamerkoh I totally wish that SE would have ported these and did 3, 5, and 6 like this for the pixel remasters instead of what we got. That definitely would have been the best imo.

  • @barry-allenthe-flash8396
    @barry-allenthe-flash8396 Год назад +41

    Man, this is a fascinating scene I'm only learning about now for the first time! It is really weird to see these in action though; so many are bringing the visuals up to 16-bit (or _Master System_ - Sega FOREVER!) standards, but the bleeps and bloops are pure 8-bit NES stuff and it just feels like a mismatch, lol. Fun as heck though, and there's no denying the passion that's gone into these things. This was a real fun video topic, St1ka!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +5

      right?! it's so co ool!

  • @gnbman
    @gnbman Год назад +18

    What this project needs is artists who can draw the sprites as if they were part of a hand-drawn animated series, keeping the simplicity and (on a basic level) the style but adding more life.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      oooh yes please!

  • @WorldofFood
    @WorldofFood Год назад +112

    I like how you overlayed the footage of both game versions. Makes it really easy to compare the quality. I need HD Zelda 2!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +11

      Yeah, I had to be sneaky to get the gameplay on both windows to match too.

    • @haileeraestout5567
      @haileeraestout5567 28 дней назад

      @@st1ka The Sprite Is From Cadance Of Hyrule

  • @jakecross6212
    @jakecross6212 Год назад +359

    The link in the Zelda pack is from Cadence of Hyrule an official crossover between Crypt of the Necrodancer and The Legend of Zelda and it's amazing

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +32

      aaah thank you!

    • @theninjamaster67
      @theninjamaster67 Год назад +8

      Now that you mention it it totally is I was kinda thinking it was a modified version of the 4 Swords sprite at first.

    • @DarkMageNuggetStudio
      @DarkMageNuggetStudio Год назад +7

      I thought so. It had that idle bounce that made me recognize it.

    • @jakecross6212
      @jakecross6212 Год назад

      @@st1ka yw glad I could help great video btw

    • @AmeVIRUS_
      @AmeVIRUS_ Год назад +2

      yeah a lot of its assets were borrowed from or inspired by CoH. that aquamentus was definitely from bs zelda tho

  • @willmistretta
    @willmistretta Год назад +128

    You can only avoid most enemies or stun them with candy as Nemo. The trick is that some enemies can be tamed by feeding them the candy and they'll then give Nemo various other attacks and movement abilities.

    • @ooommm4024
      @ooommm4024 Год назад +11

      it was surprising in Little Nemo: The Dream Master that you could not get a permanent attack item (the magic wand) until the final level. I never could quite figure out how to best use it as a kid & learning how to use it much earlier would have improved gameplay.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +9

      aah thank you!

    • @galloe8933
      @galloe8933 Год назад +10

      My favorite part of Nemo was feeding the animals knock out pills, climbing into their mouths and using them like Chibi flesh mechs.
      Not about the HD, I loved how bizarre the game was, that is all.

    • @LC-id6wx
      @LC-id6wx Год назад

      I love the movie, but the game is terrible. So frustrating.

    • @TheInflicted
      @TheInflicted 5 месяцев назад

      There's a completely different arcade game CAPCOM made at the same time.

  • @MiketheratguyMultimedia
    @MiketheratguyMultimedia Год назад

    Very cool of you to go through all the work of showing these packs in detail as well as providing links to where we can get all of them. Thank you.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      Thank you! I try ^^

  • @cloroc
    @cloroc 5 месяцев назад +5

    Thanks for the video Dr. Nick!

  • @magitek_riding_imperial_witch
    @magitek_riding_imperial_witch Год назад +8

    😱🤯This is soooo cool! Thanks for covering yet another awesome way to mod and play classic games. I had no idea any of this was possible or even existed!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      I do my best ^^

  • @skins4thewin
    @skins4thewin Год назад +200

    The animations in Ice Climber look amazing! I fully agree, that is a perfect example of what we SHOULD be doing with these graphic overlays!

  • @lightlytoastedrye
    @lightlytoastedrye Год назад +14

    Man that Zelda II is incredibly impressive so far. Out of all the projects that's the one that wows me the most.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      right?! :D

  • @Asterra2
    @Asterra2 Год назад

    Your impressions of what the updates look like-their hypothetical platforms, for example-are amazingly spot-on.

  • @HE360
    @HE360 Год назад +17

    Not only is this a great videos that shows our favorite games from the NES with new textures. But, I love the music in this video too. It just brings me back to that time. I call the music in this video: REAL music!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      haha thank you, but this is not the video. It's just a trailer for the full video. The full video will launch in 3 hours. :)

  • @LusRetroSource
    @LusRetroSource Год назад +8

    I had no idea these texture packs existed! Thanks for the video.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      Yeah I just discovered these myself and I HAD to talk about them :D

  • @Daniel__Nobre
    @Daniel__Nobre Год назад +8

    Great video and reviews! Obrigado pela partilha :D And this is just a masterclass on why art direction and consistency is so necessary in games indeed ;D

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      Muito obrigado! :D

  • @ProjectDevilEye
    @ProjectDevilEye Год назад

    That Castlevania HD remake had me hooked, I had to try that immediately and I was not disappointed at all, great video showcasing all these!

  • @information_paradox
    @information_paradox Год назад +69

    The aesthetic of some of these have a TG16 vibe to them.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +6

      Yep, I agree! Hope you'll enjoy the full video when it's out today ^^

    • @bitwize
      @bitwize Год назад +2

      Yes... the Bomberman pack made it look like the TG16 version of that game (which was a slight improvement over the NES original).

    • @espfusion
      @espfusion Год назад +8

      Makes sense. TG16 was very much like an NES on steroids.

    • @skins4thewin
      @skins4thewin Год назад +4

      Kinda makes sense, considering the TG-16 actually used an upgraded version of the NES CPU as it's main CPU.

  • @skins4thewin
    @skins4thewin Год назад +164

    That is a real shame that the SMS hasn't seen any love in this regard. It absolutely deserves it! Can you imagine a Phantasy Star graphical overlay?? How amazing could that be!

    • @DoktorRockszo
      @DoktorRockszo Год назад +24

      If your want to see the original Phantasy Star with improved graphics, hunt down a copy of the PS2 remake: Phantasy Star Generation 1. There's even a full English patch for it.

    • @skins4thewin
      @skins4thewin Год назад +5

      @DoktorRockszo Oh ya, I've seen that one but haven't tried it yet. Would love to try it one day!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +23

      oh I'd love to see a 16-bit version of Phantasy Star 1

    • @RolandoMarreroPR
      @RolandoMarreroPR Год назад

      Closest thing would be Shining in the Darkness. Also the SMS Power FM hack make PS almost 16bit!

    • @skins4thewin
      @skins4thewin Год назад +4

      @RolandoMarreroPR The SMS power hack doesn't change the graphics in any way tho... Not sure how you figure that.

  • @imkrut
    @imkrut Год назад

    Always glad to see the packs pop up on videos, glad you liked em

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      oh yeah these were amazing

  • @francoalmiron5107
    @francoalmiron5107 Год назад

    Amazing, i love the idea of NES games having HD texture packs, thank you for showing us this.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      glad I could help ^^

  • @skins4thewin
    @skins4thewin Год назад +10

    Wow, this is SUPER cool!! Makes the NES games almost look like SNES games!
    I hope this grows legs & becomes a bigger thing in the future cus this is VERY freaking cool indeed! Would love to see something like this even available for things like the MISTer & more advanced FPGA based Flash carts & such in the future!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      yeah I'd love the scene for these overlays become bigger

    • @JamesTDG
      @JamesTDG Год назад

      Or more notably, RetroArch and RetroPie, as it would be cool to see these mods run on custom consoles

    • @skins4thewin
      @skins4thewin Год назад

      @@JamesTDG Meh, that doesn't interest me. They already have this solution for Emulation anyway. I'm not really that into Emulation. I greatly prefer to play using original hardware or an FPGA based solution.

    • @tartatovsky
      @tartatovsky Год назад

      @@skins4thewin doubtful

  • @TheTenthArt
    @TheTenthArt Год назад +16

    Little Nemo is a masterpiece! You don't throw candies to beat the enemies, but to tame some especial characters. When tamed, you "vest" them, and than you have the power to navigate the environment. This game is very special, play it to the end, you'll not regret.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +4

      ah thank you!

    • @eukaryote-prime
      @eukaryote-prime Месяц назад

      I second this. I unique gem I owned back in the day and probably traded with a bunch of other games for a lesser new one! Wish I still had it. I wonder how that remaster is coming….

  • @danielcobia7818
    @danielcobia7818 Год назад +2

    I have to say, this idea of improving the visuals basically on top of the original game is exactly what I've been itching for since the SNES released. (My parents got us a Nintendo back in 1988)
    I may not agree with what some of these modders have done, but without them trying we wouldn't get the other beautiful examples.
    Thank you for giving these projects some attention.

  • @ygordreyer
    @ygordreyer Год назад +1

    What a great video! I really love this projects, and a compilation of these is really useful!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      Glad I could help! ^^

  • @PatrickGilland
    @PatrickGilland Год назад +40

    I am fairly certain that the first Castlevania pack shown here is supposed to replace the music with custom OGG tracks, like the second one does. In fact, when I download the one posted in your pinned post, it does have the music. These typically have a patch that mutes the original music so the custom ones don't overlap. You can delete the "akuogg" IPS patch in the texture pack's folder and you can get the original music back.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +17

      Yeah, it seems I installed the patch wrong. Whoops!

    • @markula_4040
      @markula_4040 11 месяцев назад

      You can also go in the folder and easily figure out how to replace the music. I did it with music from the Castlevania Arcade game from 2009 which has remixed tracks from every stage and boss fight practically.

    • @cainthulaz1
      @cainthulaz1 7 месяцев назад

      I think the music goes away also if you let the game into demonstration scenes before starting the game. It's a weird feature. 😅

  • @vanimapermai
    @vanimapermai Год назад +4

    Thanks for explaining texture packs to us over and over because before that we had no idea what texture packs were

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +3

      Considering how many people in the comments still asked what they were, I'd say I didn't explain it enough

  • @RodrigoMacielCosta
    @RodrigoMacielCosta Год назад +1

    Holey crepe! Graphic overlay is genius! And additional things can be programmed in? Wow! Thanks for showing it for us.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      glad I could help! :D

  • @TheCastleOfDiavolul
    @TheCastleOfDiavolul Год назад

    Love your videos. This is just what I need for my lunch break.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      Haha glad you liked it ^^

  • @RegalPixelKing
    @RegalPixelKing Год назад +6

    These graphical updates, and the couple Super Nintendo games that got widescreen updates, like Super Mario World are some of the most interesting updates that I have seen from emulators.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      oh damn, that's cool as heck

    • @Shinmsl
      @Shinmsl Год назад

      ​@@st1ka there's a subject for a new video 😎

  • @TomAznable
    @TomAznable Год назад +39

    Hard disagree on the look of that Zelda 1 texture pack, if for no other reason than that the pixel resolution on different elements aren't uniform. That's a huge pet peeve of mine with pixel art - at very best it comes off as graphically inconsistent and inauthentic. That Zelda 2 one on the other hand, looks incredibly promising.

    • @albertwayne2323
      @albertwayne2323 Год назад +11

      Agree. The Zelda HD texture pack is inconsistent; it uses ALttP assets, mixed with Cadence of Hyrule assets, mixed with BS Zelda from Satellaview assets; mixing art styles that just weren't designed to be in the same game. In reality, it is a mess.

    • @cabbusses
      @cabbusses Год назад +5

      The Zelda 1 pack seems to have a mismash of elements from BS Zelda, some fangame material from the early 2000s with awkward pillow shading, and LttP.
      If it stuck closer to one consistent style the whole way, it'd look a lot better. And BS Zelda would probably be the easiest fit since all the art assets for that would be accounted for.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      that's fair. ^_^

  • @dellagustin
    @dellagustin Год назад

    Amazing! Thanks for the content, I had no idea this was a thing!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      Glad I could help ^^

  • @RetroGamesCouple
    @RetroGamesCouple Год назад

    Wow, some of these are really amazing!!

  • @HuigbertsGamed
    @HuigbertsGamed Год назад +9

    That Zelda 2 remaster looks amazing, even considering all the glitches. Can't wait until it's finished

  • @YodaSan2
    @YodaSan2 Год назад +12

    The beautiful Zelda textures come from the Broadcast Satellite (BS) Super Famicom games where you would download a game to your SFC and play it in 4 parts across 4 weeks in real time like they were live streamed. Its nice to see these graphics on a NES rom because it takes some digging to find good dumps of BS titles. Highly recommend

  • @retromaru
    @retromaru Год назад

    wow this really blew my mind! it looks completely like a different game after enabling the hd texture packs. I need to try this!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      right? It's so cool!

  • @azalin1
    @azalin1 Год назад

    Just discovered the channel. Thanks for the deep cuts.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      haha whoops

  • @childofthesun32
    @childofthesun32 Год назад +16

    It's crazy what Nostalgia Goggles do. The upgrades are what I remember it looking like back in the late 80s/early 90s!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      haha, understandable

    • @danielcobia7818
      @danielcobia7818 Год назад

      #relatable

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie Год назад +1

      Some Morrowind mods do that also. They don't make it look super high def, to the point it'd ruin the style, and make your eyes bleed. Just slight upgrades, where it looks like the Morrowind you remembered it as.

    • @hglbrg
      @hglbrg Год назад

      Ah good, I'm not the only one. I was like "I don't see it. How are the graphics 'upgraded'? this is how the games looked in my memories."

  • @cordellriemer5177
    @cordellriemer5177 Год назад +8

    The graphics upgrade to Ice Climber looks so damn beautiful

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      right?!

  • @Decrypter1990
    @Decrypter1990 Год назад

    This project is absolutely amazing!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      Oh completely agreed! :D

  • @SpiralPegasus
    @SpiralPegasus Год назад

    Didn't know this was a thing - thank you!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      Glad I could help! :D

  • @freeedom22
    @freeedom22 Год назад +6

    Fantástico trabalho como sempre Stika. Obrigado sir.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      Muito obrigado! ^^

  • @jimmyj4m
    @jimmyj4m 5 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks Dr Nick!

  • @the80skidgaming
    @the80skidgaming Год назад

    Zelda and castlevania look amazing. Thanks for sharing that content.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      glad you liked it! :D

  • @Verbalaesthet
    @Verbalaesthet Год назад

    That is simply amazing! I love it. I wish more pixel artists would remaster classic games like that.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      right?! It's so cool!

  • @thulsadoom1987
    @thulsadoom1987 Год назад +9

    I would really love to see remasters like this for gameboy games!

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 11 месяцев назад +2

      This is definitely the most exciting idea. Because yeah many gameboy games are absolutely fantastic and are just let down a bit by the graphical limitations. And there was a gameboy game that literally did this, where if you played it on a SNES super game boy, it turned it into a SNES game with preprogrammed colours and content that you can never access with just a regular gameboy. Space Invaders. The code for the SNES is just sitting there on the cartridge.
      I'd love to see something like Donkey Kong 94 get this treatment, as that's the best donkey Kong game by a long long way, it's got like 100 levels instead of just 4. So yeah to see it with SNES graphics would be fantastic.

    • @JASpiring
      @JASpiring 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@duffman18 Someone remade Super Mario Land as a SNES game. It has the graphics style of New Super Mario Bros for DS and is called New Super Mario Land.

  • @DreamMixGames
    @DreamMixGames Год назад +3

    I've been looking for a video like this! I would love to see a video for some of the MSU patches & different graphical packs for some SNES games as well. Subbed!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      thank you! :D

  • @verstrahlt1907
    @verstrahlt1907 Год назад

    very good video, with
    nice demonstration
    and explanation.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      thank you! ^^

  • @DOSStorm
    @DOSStorm Год назад

    This is so cool man!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      right? :D

  • @SweetCrumblingDoll
    @SweetCrumblingDoll Год назад +6

    I really hope the Zelda II one gets completed. It looks gorgeous!

  • @AmeVIRUS_
    @AmeVIRUS_ Год назад +4

    a lot of the popular games here already have official remakes (with hacks that make their physics more authentic), but replaying ice climbers and zelda ii in 16-bit sounds fucking amazing. both are slept on af.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      Oh yeah, i loved ice climbers!

  • @cappantwan2978
    @cappantwan2978 Год назад

    I had no idea you could do this on Mesen. Thanks for the info, dude

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      anytime! :D

  • @laserpants8077
    @laserpants8077 Год назад

    Some of these look fantastic!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      right?! :D

  • @paulnewhouse5126
    @paulnewhouse5126 Год назад +10

    The Link sprite from the Zelda 1 pack is from Cadence of hyrule on the switch.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      aaah thank you! ^^

  • @spoonybard13
    @spoonybard13 Год назад +6

    Man, I haven’t thought about the NES HD packs for quite some time. I forgot how cool some of them were!
    I actually had the idea to try and make one for Sweet Home, of the color enhancement type more than complete visual overhaul, with maybe a few additional animation frames for certain enemies, but these days I’m already bogged down with more projects than I can reasonably keep track of.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      oooh please make it! I'd love to check out an improved version of Sweet Home

    • @spoonybard13
      @spoonybard13 Год назад +1

      @@st1ka Maaaaaaaybe someday, but no promises

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @@spoonybard13 No pressure from me :)

  • @user-bt3of1ye3d
    @user-bt3of1ye3d 6 месяцев назад

    I been on a retro binge.I love going back playing them on HD

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  6 месяцев назад

      it's such a cool way of playing these classics

  • @corwinberry5925
    @corwinberry5925 Год назад

    Oh man doing this sounds fun thanks man. I had no idea we could do this. Time to go mario kart excite bike.

  • @joeboo8626
    @joeboo8626 Год назад +4

    Regarding Ice Climber... in the U.S., clubbing seals is frowned upon.
    Metroid is a game I've always wanted to get into and my only gripe is the lack of a map. Looking forward to trying this new version. Thanks for posting this video!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +5

      Oh I get the issue with ice climber, but I do admit that the famicom just makes it seem more silly, but I understand why it was removed from the western version

    • @Heike--
      @Heike-- Год назад

      In fact, most Americans find the entire thing hilarious. If you're in the humorless politics part of America, though, then sure: get angry about a cartoon video game. You people are highly conformist, you regard it as your calling to police the minds of others. Fun fact: insisting that aboriginal peoples stop clubbing seals is oppressive and it's a form of colonization.

  • @EstebanMora2
    @EstebanMora2 Год назад +3

    The Megaman one is sick, my favourite of the list

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      it's SO cool

  • @dronurtosun
    @dronurtosun 2 месяца назад

    Nice video!

  • @drakewarnock1239
    @drakewarnock1239 Год назад

    Damn. Doing this kind of stuff with overlays is absolutely amazing

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      right? :D

  • @JH-pe3ro
    @JH-pe3ro Год назад +4

    The Battle City update uses sprites from Tank Force, an official sequel for arcade. Also a very good game.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +3

      Wait... THERE'S A SEQUEL?!

  • @matthewpollock9685
    @matthewpollock9685 Год назад +4

    Man, that Metroid upgrade is sexy as hell!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      right? :D

  • @FarmerSlideJoeBob
    @FarmerSlideJoeBob Год назад

    Wow a pretty cool and sweet list. Very well done 4K Raytracing Wizard😃

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      haha thank you! ^^

  • @cDayz
    @cDayz Год назад

    Great video.

  • @marx4538
    @marx4538 Год назад +9

    There was actually a Japanese-only port of the first Mega Man to the early mobile phones that also had a playable Roll, but with new stage select music and the ability to slide and use the charge buster from later games. As far as I know, it was not dumped and might never be, like the impressive port of X2 to mobile that let you fight Fake Zero and the ports of X3-X4 and MM9.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +5

      whoa! really? That's amazing!

    • @rickydo6572
      @rickydo6572 Год назад +3

      Lost media right here then.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @rickydo6572 yeah I've been trying to search for it but can't seem to find it

    • @marx4538
      @marx4538 Год назад

      @@st1ka There's an upload of a playthrough with Roll on RUclips, and I remember finding videos of X2 and X3 ports as well, but I think the games themselves are legitimately all lost.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      @@marx4538 oooh can you link me to that video? I'd love to see it.

  • @skins4thewin
    @skins4thewin Год назад +4

    Zelda 2 REALLY looks great! I truly hope it gets finished!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      same here :D

  • @RetroRaeTv
    @RetroRaeTv Год назад

    Hey man this looks awesome! 😊

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      it does! :D

  • @dotfoxtom5942
    @dotfoxtom5942 2 месяца назад

    Fascinating, I like this. I especially wanna see the zelda 2 texture pack finished.

  • @phubans
    @phubans Год назад +5

    brb, doing HD remakes of Crystalis, The Guardian Legend, and Faxanadu with this.

    • @euphoriaentertainmentcompa2605
      @euphoriaentertainmentcompa2605 Год назад

      These games are legendary. Crystalis for the win!

    • @analogmoz
      @analogmoz Год назад +1

      You have God-tier taste in games. I would love to play your HD texture packs for these hand-picked, exceptional games.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      yes please! :D

  • @skins4thewin
    @skins4thewin Год назад +6

    Would LOVE to see one made for the Dragon Quest games!
    I mean we already have SNES assets from the SNES remakes, so that would be a FANTASTIC overlay to have! SPECIALLY if enemy battle animations could be added!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      oh yeah, a Dragon quest HD graphics pack would be tight!

    • @chall6761
      @chall6761 Год назад

      Looks like you found yourself a little project, Skins.

    • @skins4thewin
      @skins4thewin Год назад

      @@chall6761 Lol ya right.

    • @chall6761
      @chall6761 Год назад

      @@skins4thewin You've got all the assets.

    • @skins4thewin
      @skins4thewin Год назад

      @@chall6761 if ya say so 🙂

  • @UpYourArsenalTV
    @UpYourArsenalTV Год назад +2

    que trabalho incrivel que aqui foi feito. vejo aqui muitos comentarios sobre o purismo da cena, mas isto sao alternativas, e alternativas são sempre bem vindas. especialmente para aqueles classicos que ja conhecemos de cor e salteado, e é incrivel e de louvar ver a dedicação da comunidade em preservar, melhorar, re-fazer, etc, titulos com décadas em cima, sobretudo quando até as produtoras dos mesmos são negligentes. grande video as always

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      Sim exatamente. É daquelas coisas que só usa quem quer. Alguns jogos ficaram claramente piores, mas outros estão muito melhores.

  • @guilhermeagostinho2435
    @guilhermeagostinho2435 11 месяцев назад

    Man... this is the first time that I see one of your videos and i get it right of the bat you're from Portugal (the same country I am) btw kudos for the excelent quality of your channel!!!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  11 месяцев назад +1

      Haha obrigado

  • @zacharyessey5904
    @zacharyessey5904 Год назад +4

    This is amazing! I need to try this out! Zelda II looks like it is going to be top tier visually when it is hopefully finished. I know that there was a PS2 Remake for it, but I would love to see a 16 bit - 32 bit version of the original Phantasy Star if someone were to do the HD texture overlay for the SEGA Master System. Btw, if you liked the Wily Wars, there is a fanmade sequel to it fittingly called Mega Man: The Sequel Wars which iirc is still a WIP.

    • @Hyrule452
      @Hyrule452 Год назад +1

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      hope you'll enjoy it! :D

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @@Hyrule452 Oh dude you're the one who worked on the Zelda 2 mod? Excellent work my friend!

    • @zacharyessey5904
      @zacharyessey5904 Год назад

      @@Hyrule452 You have done a fantastic job and I hope that you get to finish it someday. I would love to help if you need it in the sound department.

  • @JamesDatWork
    @JamesDatWork Год назад +13

    The metroid one is really neat, but honestly after playing Zero Mission, I'm not sure I can ever play it again. ZM is just so perfect.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +3

      haha understandable

    • @Zeithri
      @Zeithri Год назад

      Original is better than Zero Mission.
      No contest honestly.

    • @JamesDatWork
      @JamesDatWork Год назад +4

      @@Zeithri I couldn't disagree more, but everyone has a right to their opinion.

    • @BainesMkII
      @BainesMkII Год назад +2

      @@JamesDatWork NES Metroid certainly has shortcomings, but Zero Mission is too much of a GBA game and comes off too much as a Super Metroid wannabe rather than the original Metroid. You've got a giant Samus fighting giant enemies in tiny areas that had to be redesigned to fit them, with Super Metroid stuff bolted onto the whole.

    • @JamesDatWork
      @JamesDatWork Год назад +3

      @@BainesMkII that's an opinion ... I actually think Zero Mission is a better game than Super Metroid. SM still has that 'stiff' Metroid feel and personally I found the scanning and swinging mechanics annoying.

  • @pizza-pi
    @pizza-pi Месяц назад

    Just found this. I both appreciate these and at the same time would never want to "replace" the originals.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Месяц назад +1

      understnadable :D

  • @polocatfan
    @polocatfan Год назад +1

    this is a really cool idea I'm surprised hasn't been done sooner.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      right? :D

  • @om3g4888
    @om3g4888 Год назад +4

    Hopefully they keep working on that Zelda 2 remaster. It's definitely glitchy and needs a lot of work but there's a lot of potential there.

  • @ITISWHATIS
    @ITISWHATIS Год назад +3

    Cool vid. THE CONTENT! Idk if I would refer to these as improvements though personally. I find it akin to colorizing a black and white film. Cool to see, but not enough to make them the defacto versions. The originals are pure. Products of their time made with the technology available. How they look, play, and sound defines the platforms they were designed for. Nonetheless, It's sweet to see these games with different coats of paint/artstyles though. I'd be interested to see some of these take manual art as the direct inspiration. Kinda like the Mario 64 HD pack that used the render art.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      understandable ^^

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar Год назад

      God I hate purist elists like you. You just suck the fun from absolutely anything with this pedantic bullshit whining.

  • @islandplace7235
    @islandplace7235 Год назад

    This looks incredible

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      agreed! :D

  • @mullerarcade
    @mullerarcade Год назад

    Very nice! Liked! ✌🏾😃

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      thank you! glad you enjoyed it! ^^

    • @mullerarcade
      @mullerarcade Год назад

      @@st1ka Thanks for another video, keep going!

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      I try! ^^

  • @PedroFerreira-sx2gd
    @PedroFerreira-sx2gd Год назад +15

    I have seen some. Calling a improvement is highly debatable. While technicaly they are much Better than the Originals, some of them have a worst art Direction, wich make them loose the charm, minimal design and on worst case scenarios is less prátical to spot the game elements from the background. Still some of them are indeed a improvment

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +6

      It varies from game to game. Some look better, others don't. In the video I call out the ones that look worse imo

    • @ShytPump
      @ShytPump 8 месяцев назад

      I think your spelling and grammar need a remaster more than these games

    • @PedroFerreira-sx2gd
      @PedroFerreira-sx2gd 8 месяцев назад

      @@ShytPump English is not my native language.

  • @cybergothika6906
    @cybergothika6906 4 месяца назад +8

    The nerve to rework Castlevania and remove Simon's music.

  • @Slightly_Sadistic
    @Slightly_Sadistic Год назад

    I was saying this was possible in internet discussions when the first emulators were around in the late '90s. I was met with lots of "yeah but how's" and I never brought it up again. I am glad I'm seeing this type of thing finally happening.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      You sir, are a visionary!

  • @alby13
    @alby13 Месяц назад

    this is fantastic

  • @johnran6015
    @johnran6015 Год назад +5

    Ugh, its sickening that the superior versions of the Mega Mans (no slow down or disappearing sprites) are trapped on the Mega Man Anniversary Collection on Playstation 2.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      Not to mention Mega Man Anniversary Collection never launched in Europe

    • @AxlRocks0TheOriginal
      @AxlRocks0TheOriginal Год назад +1

      I felt exactly the same regarding Legacy Collection. They did actually update it later on though and add a "Turbo" mode which is supposed to remove slowdowns, not sure about sprite flicker reduction though. I have to hand it to Digital Eclipse for doing that, since Capcom themselves didn't bother with such a feature for any of their other in-house developed collections, such as for X1-3, afaik.

  • @kennylauderdale_en
    @kennylauderdale_en Год назад +3

    I'm honestly surprised Nintendo has never done this officially. They'd rather sell you a Super Mario All-Stars rom for some reason. Why even bother getting the physics right when you can overlay new graphics on top of the original game? Too much work I guess.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      I'm guessing Nintendo never even considered this possibility. With that said, I'd love to see Sega and Nintendo do this. It'd be amazing :P

  • @Ttw1976
    @Ttw1976 Год назад

    Donkey Kong jr. Was so much fun I loved it.

  • @steelcurtain187
    @steelcurtain187 Год назад

    Some of these are amazing

  • @popixel
    @popixel Год назад +5

    I sure hope you have some links to these. I hate when people put these up Sean mom but don’t show people where they can get a hat from.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +7

      Oh crap! I was supposed to paste the links! Thank you for reminding me. I'm currently at my day job so I can't do them, but I'll do them tonight.

    • @popixel
      @popixel Год назад

      @@st1ka no problem. Just glad you have them. It’s so hard finding the good HD packs.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @@MatthewDaviesParker Check the pinned comment :)

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @@MatthewDaviesParker Yeah that's weird. It seems youtube is now randomly unpinning the pinned comment. Try it now :)

  • @777Eliyahu
    @777Eliyahu Год назад

    Usually not a fan of this type of thing, mostly with 3D games where the hi res textures makes the low polygon count more apparent.
    These, on the other hand, look amazing!

  • @Nandru85
    @Nandru85 Год назад

    I really like the cintrast between the detailed background and the og sprites. Would love to play it like that

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      oh that would be cool as heck

  • @jyllianrainbow7371
    @jyllianrainbow7371 Год назад +3

    Everyone still compares graphics to Flash games as a bad thing. Meanwhile, I have more nostalgia for Flash game graphics than 8-bit graphics.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      It depends on the flash games. Some looked great, others seemed to have little concern for aesthetics.

  • @johnsimon8457
    @johnsimon8457 Год назад +3

    I’ve always felt that the NES was held back by its lousy color palette and four color limitations per sprite, sprite scanline limitation. Late 80’s gameplay vastly exceeds what the hardware is capable of presenting.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      yeah, I love the way NES games play and I do LOVE the way many late-nes games look. But early NES games tend to look pretty ugly

    • @johnsimon8457
      @johnsimon8457 Год назад +1

      @@st1ka Megaman's face is a separate sprite on top of his head just to work around that colors per sprite limitation. It's a small thing. But it's still a hack that people had to invent. It also contributes to sprite flicker because of the sprites per scanline limitation.
      When I think of "Stereotypically ugly early NES games" I think Takeshi's Challenge - no clouds in the sky to break up solid blocks of blue color, no sprite multiplexing like megaman so the sprite design is pretty simple. You can see the 8x8 sprite size everywhere because everything looks like it was placed on that grid.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @@johnsimon8457 Oh I tottally get what you mean, though admittedly, as someone who really enjoyed Mega Man: The Wily Wars, I kinda dig playing the NES version with Mega Drive-like graphics, but without akward controls of the sega version ^^

  • @WyvernLP
    @WyvernLP 2 месяца назад

    Modders are so damn awesome, always giving new life to old games.

  • @retrocrypt
    @retrocrypt Год назад

    Amazing. I want to see this for Castlevania, Metroid etc

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      Oh this video already shows packs for Metroid and Castlevania ^^

    • @retrocrypt
      @retrocrypt Год назад

      @@st1ka I got so excited I thought it was just a video for the Adventures of Link only then I watched the rest of the video 😅😅😅. Love your work, awesome video, sir.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      @@retrocrypt haha thank you

  • @cujoedaman
    @cujoedaman Год назад +5

    In before NES purists come out and cry that we're ruining THEIR games.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +2

      Ah, I'm expecting a few comments like that yeah :P

  • @mediaglitch
    @mediaglitch Год назад +1

    Am I the only one how kind of liked what they did with Donkey Kong? Great Video

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад

      a few users liked it too. And hey, don't worry, in the end, my takes on each graphics pack are just my personal opinions ^_^

  • @DownForwardPunchRepeat
    @DownForwardPunchRepeat Год назад

    Very cool video. I would love to see a follow up down the road on this.

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  Год назад +1

      As more of these come I'd definitely do it

  • @bluescat581
    @bluescat581 6 месяцев назад

    These NES texture packs look _AMAZING!_

    • @st1ka
      @st1ka  6 месяцев назад

      right?! :D