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The 21st day of September? I did. Anyway, I felt the need to give an update about what’s up. Long story short, I had some dental surgery last week and I’ll have more next week. Due to some of the medicine I’m taking, I still feel a bit out of it, but still got a decent amount of work done. So I’m not sure exactly how much I’ll have ready next week, but if I can’t finish the Showcase before the end of the month, I’ll probably have a small update with some of the less-surprising new sprites and then save the others for when the video hits.

I’ve got almost 2 minutes of the video locked, with a few parts and renders not added yet, so keep your fingers crossed. I just finished another scratch-made sprite that replaces a really old edit.

Here’s what the logo screen looks like now:

I’m sorry for forgetting to post this last week, but the ScrollBoss YouTube channel hit a milestone recently: 1,000 subscribers! For a channel that goes so long between videos, it feels really good. I posted a Thank You video last Friday that shows some clips for things I’m working on right now.

None of these things have an ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) yet, unless mentioned:
– Nutroll: will be back for this year’s Illvember. You’ll find out what he’s been up to and more Illmosis characters will get sprites here and there.
– Media Center: Had to do a lot of work to set up more monitors compared to the 1989 version, this will get more use in the near future.
– 80’s arcade: There will be an updated version of this background including the new suspiciously familiar carpet pattern (shoutout to all the programs out there) and redone Space Invaders cabinet. No ETA for this yet.
– Golden Axe: progress is a bit farther out, but that Tyris Flare sprite in the Mega Drive cover art shot is one of the new and/or updated sprites you’ll get when that hits here.
– Green Lantern: That Sprite Showcase is at maybe 30-40% assembled in Vegas right now, including shots, sprites, animations, and another background not shown yet. Pushing for late September, but it may be early October. Expect that new Green Lantern Corps. Custom sprite sub-gallery from the last update to get bigger.
– 3D Toy Aisles: Even though I showed you the Jada Toys Street Fighter and Mega Man section, I still have some surprises finished, and you’ll see a lot more in December.

Also: added the Muscle Busting site to the links section, a site you’ll want to check out if you like Kinnikuman (or M.U.S.C.L.E.), the Super Mario Bros. Super-Show, or pro-wrestling. If you like all three, you’ll REALLY want to check it out! They were linking to me already, so you know they’re nice.

Gotta get back to work on the Green Lantern Showcase, but I’ll have a small update later this September!

GFX Generators: all new custom sprites have been added to the main generator, along with two new backgrounds. One is beta 2 of the Green Lantern Central Power Battery. “What happened to beta 1?” You’ve seen teases of it over the years, and I think part of it is in a Superhero Sprite Showcase video in a “3 comic cover” style display.

Time for me to thank anyone who has subscribed to the ScrollBoss YouTube channel, which just hit 1,000 subscribers this week! I’m going to make a Thank You video and will try to have it ready by next week.

Voice actor Peter Cullen brought life to a lot of characters, but many of us know him as the original Optimus Prime. Those of us who grew up watching Transformers heard something in the character that we probably didn’t understand at the time, but it was more than a great voice. The writers created a leader who truly cared about those he fought beside and those he’d sworn to protect, and Cullen found a way to make that feel more real than you’d expect in a cartoon based on a toyline. That happened because it came from a very real source.

No, the post title isn’t an arthouse movie you missed, that’s what’s in the update. Couldn’t let the 8th month’s 9th day go by without at least a little 1989 flavor, so Abigail from Final Fight gets a Street Fighter Alpha 3 Vs. portrait!

It’s been added to the custom SFA3 portrait gallery and the SFA 3 GFX Generator, where you can make your own Vs screen with the real portraits from that game and a lot of other Final Fight and other cameo characters. Meanwhile in the main image generator, I’ve finally added the 1989 lobby background that appeared in some videos, but with a brand-new poster: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

This was a last minute addition, but it gave me an excuse to look at some posters of the late, great Drew Struzan. This was apparently the earlier poster, but I thought it’d give a clearer look at Indy. I promised Dire51 (the OPCFG and West Mansion) I’d make a poster for Indy when I had the chance, so here it is!

Around 11 PM, August 6th: “Okay, I’ve finished the video and posted it on YouTube, Bluesky, and IG. I’m tired, but I feel like I’m forgetting something. BUT WHAT?”

About 4 hours later, right before I’m about to go to bed: “Aw, maaan…”

Sorry, people, here’s my little pixel art video in honor of Metroid’s 40th anniversary:

I re-rendered that first clip with armored and unarmored Samus and noticed the original .ANME (for Anime Studio, before the name switched back to Moho) was dated November 12, 2016. Time flies, and (thankfully) I still like those sprites I made back then. New things: the sprite display of who I’ve sprited in the cast so far and that very early W.I.P. logo sequence.

Happy 40th Anniversary to Metroid, a game that let me scratch that exploration itch that Superman for the Atari 2600 started and the Legend of Zelda made even stronger.

There may be a teeny-tiny 1989-themed update on the 9th if (glares at penciled artwork) I can get something here finished.

Also, a heads-up: after decades of use, even paying to keep it going once Lycos changed its terms years ago, my primeop@mailcity.com and primeop@lycos.com addresses no longer work as Lycos recently shut down that section. I had that address even longer than my sites! So I’ll have to do something I should’ve done years ago and fix the contact info in all my ancient downloads.