8-bit Krueger help

[WingWangWao]

I am working on an 8-bit style horror comic relating to the classic slashers, such as Freddy, Jason, Michael Myers, etc., and I want to use Freddy Krueger's NES sprites. Problem is, there is always too much black in the backgrounds where Freddy is encountered, to the point where I can't tell which black parts belong to Freddy, and which ones belong to the background. Can someone please help me out?

You don't necessarily have to rip them, I would just like some tips on how to effectively rip Freddy's sprites without using a tile editor; I'm not the best at those...

[KingPepe]

One possible way is to hack the palette with a hex editor, screenshot when the sprites you need are on the screen, take the sprites from there and then recolor them when you put them on the sheet.

http://www.zophar.net/fileuploads/2/10690nxpfq/AoRH.htm
This can help.

[WingWangWao]

Thanks pal. By the way, is that supposed to be an 8-bit Dan as your pic?

[KingPepe]

No, that's Cliff from the Street Fighter IV NES pirate. XP

[WingWangWao]

Ah, I see. The ponytail threw me off

[GrooveMan.exe]

Request Completed.