Most obscure icon idea?

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ThePixelatedGenocide
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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby ThePixelatedGenocide » April 14th, 2021, 3:32 am

For the bad arcade ports icon, why not the 2600 Pac-Man on a blue background?

It's instantly recognizable, and it belongs to the most famous bad arcade port of all time.

Edit: It probably should only be used for arcade ports so awful that they're worth playing at least once, just to see how bad things can be.

Like a bad game Hall of Fame award.

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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby VideoGameCritic » April 14th, 2021, 3:48 pm

It's not particularly funny, but a "simulation" icon might be useful for games like F-16 Fighting Falcon or Gunship.

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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby LoganRuckman » April 14th, 2021, 11:10 pm

May contain punk rock, for stuff like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Forza Horizon 3, Crazy Taxi, Guitar Hero, GTA, etc.
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zetax
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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby zetax » April 15th, 2021, 2:00 pm

Some different icon size possibilities.

32x32, 40x40, 48x48, and 60x60. Probably should have made a 64x64...oops.

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Note: these were all created in their "native resolution". A smaller icon that is stretched, or a larger one that is compressed could look kind of crappy. If anything, it's probably better to smoosh a larger icon down than blow a smaller one up. Pixelation can look pretty bad.

Dave, if you do upsize the current icons and any of them look bad, I'll remake them.

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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby Breaker » April 15th, 2021, 3:19 pm

This is the exact opposite of obscure, but you could jump on the "Video Game Soda Machine Project" bandwagon:
http://vgsmproject.com/

Over 2,000 documented so far...

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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby VideoGameCritic » April 15th, 2021, 4:33 pm

Thanks Mark/ZetaX. I'm going to do a little experimentation and report back!

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pacman000
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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby pacman000 » April 15th, 2021, 5:14 pm

I kinda like big, blocky pixels. They remind me of 8-bit games.

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Re: Most obscure icon idea?

Postby matmico399 » April 16th, 2021, 11:38 am

War games with an M16 as the icon?


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