WickedElement 🍻

~ (3rd Strike, ST, & NeoGeo Enthusiast) ~
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[WickedElement 🍻 @WickedElement]

@super_fossil @MoonJellyKevin Essentially it's an issue where if you have a 6 button kick harness connected, it sometimes will clash with the jamma buttons 4 & 5. In xvssf you can try zangiefs infinite (jLP > kick lariat) or in vsav Liliths luminous illusion or hsien ko's tenrai ha move.

[WickedElement 🍻 @WickedElement]

@Nielsapin @MoonJellyKevin @silentscope88 That was the original plan for @MoonJellyKevin but, luckily his supergun has the dip switches to turn those off. So, it was unnecessary in the end. 🙂

[WickedElement 🍻 @WickedElement]

@MoonJellyKevin Hell yeah! Im glad that worked for you. 😊

[あきまんPLAMAX「GODZ ORDER」神翼騎士団 @akiman7]

昨日はザンギエフ誕生日だったらしい

[akio @akio_1963]

『METAL SLUG』の開発中、魔法使いと呼ばれていた天才プログラ���ー、ANDY君が作ったドット絵エディター『キャメル』。
それは、まさにドッターたちにとって、夢のようなツールでした。

その名前は、当時ANDY君が好きだったタバコ『Camel』から取ったもの。
ツールのアイコンには、タバコのパッケージに描かれているヒトコブラクダ『オールドジョー』を、ANDY君自らドット絵で描き起こしたものを使っていました。

アイレムで使っていたドット絵エディター『さだやんペイント』には、『海底大���争』でSUSUMU君が表現していた水中背景の揺らめきのような、ラスタースクロール表現を簡単に作れる機能があったんです。

その機能は『キャメル』にも引き継がれており、『METAL SLUG』でも、砂漠の遠景を陽炎のように揺らす表現などに使っていました。

その機能を使い、さらに一歩踏み込んだ表現として作られたのが、UFOが放つトラクタービーム等のエフェクトです。

トラクタービームの絵は、ビームの形と重なる背景の絵をそのまま使い、その絵のカラーパレットを、発光して見える数種類のカラーに入れ替えながら、さらにラスタースクロールをかけることで、ビームを通して見た背景が揺らいで見えるように表現しているんです。

このエフェクトを作ったのは、ドッターのTOMO君なんですが、UFOと背景の座標を完璧に一致させないと、なんちゃって半透明に見えなくなってしまうので、TOMO君は敵配置担当のmeeher君に、こう念を押しました。

「ビームエフェクトを1から作り直しになってしまうから、UFOと背景の座標は絶対に変更するなよ！」

すると、meeher君は、

「わかった、絶対に変えない」

と言っていたんですが、数日後UFOの位置を変えてしまいます。
meeher君は、TOMO君が、とんでもない手間を掛けてあのエフェクトを作っていたことを理解していなかったようで、めちゃくちゃ怒られていました。

あの頃のTOMO君はスケジュール度外視で、納得がいくまで時間を使ってしまうドッターだったので、通常の担当作業に組み込むのは難しかったんです。

そこで、後輩たちの絵の手直しや、クオリティアップに繋がる作業を、やりたいようにやらせていました。

手が遅くても良い仕事をするクリエイターには充分な時間を与え、作品全体のクオリティアップに努めてもらう。
そういう贅沢な人員配置も、メタスラの拘りの一つかもしれません。

あの半透明に見えるエフェクトは、そうやって時間を気にせず動ける存在と、『キャメル』があったからこそ生まれた表現なんでしょうね。

#METALSLUG #PixelArt #retrogaming

[Oushiza @azKyonkyonC]

DARK SOULS × Darkstalkers🐐

[ArcadeCandyCo @arcadecandyco]

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[WickedElement 🍻 @WickedElement]

@MoonJellyKevin Like ppl have said, Button 4 is the usual culprit. 👆

[ArtShareHQ @ArtStationHQ_]

🎨 Character design / Darkstalkers

— Tatsuro Iwamoto

[WickedElement 🍻 @WickedElement]

@3sk805 When I saw the preview before the video played, I already knew it was Tenren/Tenrun. Lol

[こーだい @koudai3rd]

27年の節目に48手あるとされ���
蟷螂裏回りバリューセットの一部置いときます

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

I think it was around the third or fourth year after the show that used to be called CES became known as E3.

Back then, someone from the event staff asked me something like, “Some American celebrities are here ! do you want to meet them?” But I was just a hardcore game developer and self-built PC nerd who had absolutely no understanding of the value of meeting celebrities. So instead of paying attention to famous people visiting our booth, I only remember running straight to the Half-Life booth and the pre-release Baldur’s Gate booth.
(Actually… I still wonder what celebrities were even there.)

At that E3, NVIDIA’s RIVA TNT graphics card was an absolutely massive topic of discussion ..at least among people like me ,,and I remember standing there staring at the demo endlessly.
I think my body temperature was probably three degrees higher than normal at the time.

And younger people today may not know this, but back then there was a video card called the Voodoo2 that every PC gamer in the world knew about. I was completely obsessed with the idea of buying a second Voodoo2 card at a Fry’s Electronics store in the US.
I needed that second card. The meaning was a bit different from what people today think of as SLI, though.
but at the time almost every PC gamer belonged to the “Church of Voodoo.”
Eventually I converted to NVIDIA later on, though.

Honestly, my head was so full of “I need to get to Fry’s” that I barely even remember the reaction to our own game titles. In those days, unlike now, our schedules weren’t packed from morning to night with interviews.

Every year back then, I’d run around to other companies’ booths, play demos, stare closely at the technology, and then head to Fry’s the next day. I remember once going there to buy a Santa Cruz sound card, and seeing an employee casually put what appeared to be a returned product right back onto the shelf. I was genuinely shocked by how different that was from Japanese retail culture.

Also, in the 1990s, arcades still barely survived in the United States, and there was still a real arcade versus culture there, so I used to go watch it. This was something I did from the very beginning. What always surprised me was that, unlike Japan, players in American arcades often played sitting directly side-by-side on linked cabinets. I would always think, “These guys are sitting this close to each other… how are they not constantly getting into fights?”

In Japan, the players usually sit facing each other with two arcade cabinets physically separating them, so if someone gets angry, the most they can really do is throw an ashtray or kick the cabinet to indirectly express their frustration.

I also used to visit stores and tournament organizers who were running major events, bringing posters, small printed character CG posters, and Japanese prize goods, telling them, “Please use these as tournament prizes.” It was a very grassroots kind of support activity.

And speaking of memories from those days …I remember seeing Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco and the company president at the time, bringing Japanese instant udon with him on business trips to Los Angeles. After seeing that, I started copying him and did the same thing for years.

I guess those are the kinds of memories I have from that era.
AH!! I just realized something ….apparently even at this age, I’m still the same hopeless game nerd at heart.
The moment someone asks me even a small question, I immediately start rambling on forever about tiny details nobody even asked for.

[ARCADESHOCK @SOUTHBAY MEGA MIXER APRIL 25TH @ArcadeShock]

The very last Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike CPS3 kit that shipped out from Capcom’s Coin-Op Division in 2003.

A little history behind this piece. In 2003, the same year we opened ARCADESHOCK, we purchased the remaining inventory from Capcom Coin-Op’s arcade division — roughly 650 total CPS2, CPS3, Naomi and JAMMA kits. We then offered them online directly to the public.

At that time, complete CPS2 kits were selling for around $120 - $150. Sounds unbelievable today, but back then these were simply “used arcade games” to most people.

A handful of collectors immediately understood the opportunity and purchased every title they could while inventory lasted. Looking back now, those purchases would become some of the most valuable and historically important arcade releases in the hobby.

This particular 3rd Strike kit represents the end of an era — one of the final CPS3 kits to ever leave Capcom’s arcade distribution channel.

[ArcadeCandyCo @arcadecandyco]

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[jego choi. @sisyphusz_]

Ok...

That was sick

Elena mains, I've found new ways to do the funny thing
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#3rdstrike #Streetfighter #Elena #parry

[NEOGEO OFFICIAL @NEOGEO_EN]

It’s been one year since the launch of the official NEOGEO account 🎉

A huge thank you to all the fans for your continued support! ✨

To celebrate 1st anniversary, we’re running a special giveaway campaign!

We’d love for you to join—don’t miss out!

#NEOGEO #SNK

[Super Arcade !!! @SuperDojo]

There's so much about @daigothebeast and @JWonggg that the community doesn't know. I have a bunch of cool info to share about EVO that year that only a few people know. And yes, I'm qualified to speak on it cause I was there and actually qualified top 8 that year 😉 any interest?

[Treasure Co., Ltd. @TreasureCoLtd]

2026年に周年を迎えるタイトルの新展開ブランド
“SEGA UNIVERSE” 始動！

今後の展開を、お楽しみに！

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[James “jchensor” Chen @jchensor]

Seeing George Ngo’s name in the article getting fourth place at that event brings back memories. He was one of the guys I met at UCLA who didn’t speak to me until I started beating him. Hahaha. We then became friends and he drove me to places to show people how strong I was.

In Alpha 2 I could beat Rolentos with Zangief, which was largely considered impossible. He drove me to an arcade to play against Martin Vega, another veteran top player in the SoCal days (another name that could be seen on the ranking board behind Tomo in that famous interview from GamePro). At the time, Martin Vega was considered one of the best Rolentos in SoCal.

We played and I can’t remember exactly any scores, but I think it was pretty 50/50. Which at the time was unheard of for Zangief against Rolento. I was definitely surprising a lot of people at that time.

And when I finally entered my first Alpha 2 tournament at SHGL, I ended up getting Third Place, losing only to my UCLA Arcade-mate that I drove there (Richard Koven was his name I *think*?), who got 2nd, and Alex Valle who won the tournament.

On the way I beat a lot of top players, including Jeff Schaeffer, and I remember though he had the same bravado he’s always had, he looked nervous to fight me as I was taking down name after name in that event. Even caught him with Gief’s Level 3 anti-air Super, which at the time was considered useless (and, honestly, still IS kind of useless).

I know it’s hard to imagine that I used to be extremely strong at fighting games these days, and I don’t blame anyone for not believing I used to be any good. There really is very little evidence of my skills from back in the day before streaming and direct feed recording and such. Hahaha. But man, I used to THROW DOWN with the best. 👊

[Super Arcade !!! @SuperDojo]

Just so the people know... SoCal was ALWAYS tops in the Golden Era. And here's some proof. Look at who entered the "Intermediate," aka the kiddie bracket 🤣 and who got tops in the "Elite" bracket. Here's a 1st hand story for you non-believers. Love you NorCal 😘