Sprites ahoy!

March 30, 2008 12:09 PM

Like sprites? The People's Sprites has the most extensive repository of old game pixel art I've ever seen.
Some good examples from:
Battletoads, Excitebike, Final Fantasy GBA, Mega Man, Metal Slug, Mortal Kombat, Punch-Out, River City Ransom, Shinobi, Samurai Shodown, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario World, and my favorite, Super Metroid.
Hundreds more at the site, plus original and public domain ones.
posted by BlackLeotardFront (16 comments total)

Wow. This is amazing! Great for webcomics and the like :)
posted by saxamo at 12:13 PM on March 30, 2008

Trogdor!
posted by MythMaker at 12:25 PM on March 30, 2008

This is great!
posted by LeeJay at 12:29 PM on March 30, 2008

Gotta love the Alien Queen from Duke Nukem 3D.
posted by brain_drain at 12:33 PM on March 30, 2008

This would be way cooler if not for the fact that it's probably going to inspire someone to start another shitty sprite comic.
posted by Pope Guilty at 12:40 PM on March 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

brain drain, I was just coming here to comment on the same thing. You didn't, per chance, spend a bit of time after high school working on an Aliens Duke Nukem TC too, did you?
posted by Brainy at 12:41 PM on March 30, 2008

Like sprites?

Yes, I do.
posted by neuron at 12:47 PM on March 30, 2008 [2 favorites]

I'll see your People's Sprites and raise you two:

SpriteDatabase.net, updated weekly, and the MegaMan-specific but almost pathologically complete Sprites Inc.
posted by wanderingmind at 1:28 PM on March 30, 2008

The Super Metroid layout left out the sprites involved in Samus' Crystal Flash and beam shield moves. Yes, I am a total geek, thanks for asking.
posted by sotonohito at 1:55 PM on March 30, 2008

I do too.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 2:24 PM on March 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

Aw, that's the happiest little car I've ever seen!
posted by LeeJay at 2:47 PM on March 30, 2008

<Sigurd> a sprite is anything not static
<SRElysian> a sprite is a variable object
<SRElysian> be it 2d or 3d
<TorMuck> a sprite is a fucking soda
<TorMuck> you god damn geekass bastards

Via.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 2:59 PM on March 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

Hah, just came in to post that, Foci. :)

This is a cool site, but I'm at a loss for what to do with it. Ideas? (Besides shitty sprite comic?)
posted by danb at 3:27 PM on March 30, 2008

Oh, I don't know what to DO with it. That's not really something I thought about.

Thanks for those links, wanderingmind. Sprite Database is possibly even better. Everyone go there too.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 4:50 PM on March 30, 2008

This is great. But I'm still hoping to find a sprites/graphics and sound extractor for Linux for Commodore 64 binaries.
posted by wobh at 8:27 PM on March 30, 2008

BlackLeotardFront: Oh, I didn't mean that I don't enjoy it for what it is. Just looking for a project. :)
posted by danb at 9:32 PM on April 3, 2008