RGZ Assimilation

[Ton]

Basically, Goemar gave us the go-ahead to host the sheets on the Retro Game Zone and we're super excited, because his rips are awesome. The messy part comes when we have to decide which sheets overlap with our own and which need to be chopped up to mitigate repeats. I'll need your help here. Here's the progress so far:

Arcade

Altered Beast
Astayanax - Needs to be cut into sheets; Playable Character, Enemies, Etc.
Black Tiger
Cadash
Caveman Ninja - Pretty sure the full title here is Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja. It looks like we already have the same rips, but we need to confirm.
Darkstalkers
Diet Go Go
Galaga
Galaxian
Galaxy Fight
Ghosts n Goblins
Ghouls n Ghosts - I think the green grub enemy is the only thing missing.
Joe & Mac Returns
Joust
Marvel Land
Marvel vs Capcom
Metal Slug 1-5 - Redirects to another site, so I'll have to check on that later.
R-Type
R-Type 2
Rastan
Spin Master - Looks like we have this sheet. Can someone confirm?
Splatterhouse
SVC Chaos: SNK vs Capcom
Toki - Can someone compare the main character sheets?

NES

1942
1943 - At a glance, RGZ's sheet looks way more complete.
4-Nin Uchi Mahjong
Adventure Island - Can someone please compare?
Adventure Island 2
Adventure Island 3
Adventure Island 4
Adventures of Bayou Billy - Is that dude's name really Billy West? Also, we're missing the gator.
Adventures of Lolo
Adventures of Lolo 2
After Burner 2
Air Fortress
Alfred Chicken - I think we have older versions of the sheets up.
Antarctic Adventure
Asmik Kun Land
Astro Boy
Astayanax
Athena
Attack Animal Gakuen
B-Wings
Back to the Future
Back to the Future 2 & 3
Balloon Fight - Can someone compare please?
Banana Prince
Barbie
Bart vs The World
Baseball
Bases Loaded
Battle City
Batman: Return of the Joker
Big Challenge Dog Fight Spirit
Binary Land - We're missing the palettes on the RGZ sheet.
Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa
Bird Week
Blaster Master
The Blue Marlin
Bomberman
Bomberman 2 - Missing explosions.
Bonk's Adventure
Break Thru
Bubble Bobble Part 2
Bucky O'Hare (How do we have nothing for this game yet?)
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Blowout - Missing the balloon and enemies
Burger Time
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest
Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Missing a few things
Choujin Sentai Jetman
Circus Charlie
City Connection - Missing cop car, etc
Clu Clu Land
Contra
Deadly Towers
Dig Dug
Digger T Rock: Legend of the Lost City
Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi / Doki Doki Amusement Park
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Donkey Kong Jr Math
Donkey Kong 3
Door Door
Dragon Ball: Shen Long no Nazo
Duck / Duck Maze - Need everything but the player
Duck Hunt  (Though that section could use more organizing)
Earthbound Beginnings / Earthbound Zero / Mother
Excite Bike
Exerion
F1 Race
Felix the Cat
Final Fantasy 3
Flappy
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy
Formation Z
Front Line
Galaga
Galaxian
Ganbare Goemon - Need NPCs
Ganbare Goemon 2 - Need Enemies
Garfield - aka A Week of Garfield
Gauntlet - Need Enemies (And food, badly)
Gimmick
Goonies 
Gradius
Gyrodine
Heavy Barrel
Hebereke
Hello Kitty World - Broken link on RGZ
Hokuto no Ken - missing palettes
Hot Dance 2000
Ice Climber
Ikari Warriors 2
Impossible Mission 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu - Missing bosses
Joe & Mac
Journey to Silius - Missing Tank
Joust
Jurassic Park
Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Karnov
Kart Fighter
Kid Icarus
Kid Klown
Kirby's Adventure
Kung Fu
Layla - Need enemies
Legend of Kage
The Legend of Zelda
Little Nemo: The Dream Master - Misc sprites missing
Little Samson - May be missing some things. Needs to be double checked.
Lode Runner - Missing items
MUSCLE
Mach Rider - Missing everything that's not the playable character
Mappy
Mario Bros  - Section could be cleaned up though
Megaman
Megaman 2 - May be some boss frames missing on TSR
Megaman 3 - Boss and Misc Stuff missing from TSR?
Megaman 4 - Cutscene, Large Enemies, Wily, Ending missing from TSR
Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge
Metal Storm
Metroid
Mike Tyson's Punch Out / Punch Out - Maybe better than current sheets. Can someone check?
Monster in my Pocket
Moon Crystal - Bosses
Ninja Crusaders
Ninja Gaiden - A quick glance says RGZ has much more complete sheets.
Ninja Gaiden 2
Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja JaJaMaru-kun
Ninja Kun: Ma-jono Boken
Pac Man
Panic Restaurant
Pinball
Pooyan
Popeye
Probotector
Rally Bike
R.C. Pro-Am
Road Fighter
Saiyuuki World 2
Shadow of the Ninja
Shatterhand
Sky Destroyer
Snow Bros
SonSon - RGZ may be more complete.
Space Invaders
Spelunker
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
Star Force
Starship Hector
Star Soldier
Superman
Super Mario Bros
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Enemies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters
Tetris (TenGen)
Toki
Tokyuu Shirei: Solbrain
Stinger / Twinbee
Wacky Races
Wagyan Land
Wai Wai World
Wario's Woods
Where's Waldo - Misc Stuff
Wizards and Warriors (Seriously? How is this not on the site?)
Wrecking Crew
Yie Ar Kung Fu
Yoshi
Yoshi's Cookie
Young Indiana Jones
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic
Yume Penguin Monogatari
Zelda 2

SNES
7th Saga
Adventures of Batman and Robin
Aladdin - Just missing a couple cutscene things.
Animaniacs
Barbie: Vacation Adventure - Pretty sure the bulk of RGZ's rips are recolors.
Bass Master Classic
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Brutal: Paws of Fury
BS Kaizou Tyoujin Shubibinman Zero
BS Kirby no Omotya Bako Baseball
Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Bust-a-Move
Captain America and the Avengers
The Chessmaster
Chrono Trigger
Congo's Caper - This looks pretty close.
Contra 3
Cool Spot
Cutthroat Island
Daibykusyo Jinsei Gekiyou
Daze Before Christmas
Demon's Crest
Dig and Spike Beach Volleyball
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Do-Re-Mi Fantasy
Dragon Ball Z Hyper Dimension
Dragon Ball Z Super Butouden 2
[s]Dragon Ball Z Super Butouden 3
[/s]Earthbound
Family Dog
Final Fantasy 6
Final Fight 3
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - Map Sprites
F-Zero
BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2
Ganbare Goemon 2
[s]Ganbare Goemon 3
[/s]
Goof Troop
Hamelin no Violin - I really can't make heads or tails of this section.
Harley's Humongous Adventure
Home Improvement
Hook
Illusion of Gaia
Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures - Looks like the same sprites arranged differently, especially the whip. Double check?
The Itchy and Scratchy Game
Izzy's Quest for Olympic Rings
Ken Griffey Jr's Baseball
King of Monsters 2
Kirby's Avalanche
Kirby's Dream Course - This TSR section is kind of a mess
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Kirby's Super Star
Knights of the Round
The Lion King
Lord of the Rings
Magical Pop'n
Mario and Wario
Mario Paint - Maybe? A lot going on here.
Megaman 7 - I think we have all of the RGZ stuff.
Megaman X 1-3 - A better person than me will have to check. I don't know these games very well.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
NHL 98
Nosferatu
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen
Pac-in-Time - Mostly missing enemy sprites
Paper Boy 2
Pilotwings
Plok
Prehistorik Man
Q*Bert 3
Ranma 1/2 II
Romancing SaGa 3
R-Type 3
Samurai Shodown
Secret of Mana - Randi is missing a lot of sprites on TSR.
Sim City
Sky Blazer
Smart Ball
Sparkster
StarGate
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Super Adventure Island
Super Adventure Island 2 - missing a couple objects on TSR
Super Back to the Future 2
Super Battleship
Super Bonk
Super Double Dragon
Super Ghouls n Ghosts
Super Mario all Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Super Puyo Puyo 2
Super Probotector
Super R-Type
Super Wagyan Land
Super Wagyan Land 2
Sutte Hakkun
TMNT4: Turtles in Time
TMNT: Tournament Fighters
Terrangima
Tetris and Dr. Mario
Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose
Treasure Hunter G
Umihara Kawase
Uniracers
U.N. Squadron - Not 100% sure. A lot to look at.
X-Zone
X-Kalibur 2097

[Goemar]

Retro Gaming Zone... ah man... Retro Game Zone...


Anyway, sorry to sound like a huge butt here, but (ha) - as Locke_gb7 (or just Locke - I forget what he went/goes by) is a very stubborn dude (don't get me wrong I love him, but well, he's very set in his ways), when I asked him about this when RGZ first 'ended' he didn't want his sprites on tSR. So well, I'm afraid to say but anything credited to him on RGZ - you'll have to ask him about.

You may notice that is well, sadly, a lot of cool and awesome stuff (he was crazy fast).



On a less doom and gloom note, I'm quite happy for sheets of mine to be 'merged' with existing ones (as long as the other submitter is Okay with that).

Things like Little Samson need some work. How the current sheets are don't really make sense to me and some of mine are easier to use (having all the bosses constructed etc) - however, thanks to the NES, being a NES - they don't seem to share the same palette. So, well if it's all good with Tom Guycott - I'd like to make the 'perfect' version of the sheets (using his palette). With most of the credit going to him and me just being credited for 'tweaks'

[Ton]

Retro Gaming Zone... ah man... Retro Game Zone...


Anyway, sorry to sound like a huge butt here, but (ha) - as Locke_gb7 (or just Locke - I forget what he went/goes by) is a very stubborn dude (don't get me wrong I love him, but well, he's very set in his ways), when I asked him about this when RGZ first 'ended' he didn't want his sprites on tSR. So well, I'm afraid to say but anything credited to him on RGZ - you'll have to ask him about.

You may noticed that, is well, sadly, a lot of cool and awesome stuff (he was crazy fast).

Oh bummer. Is there any way we can contact him?

[Goemar]

His site's facebook page - his actual site seems to be down. No idea if it's gone, temp down or what...

[Ton]

Well, I've contacted him. Hopefully he replies and we can work something out. I really don't want to have to remove his sheets, because they're great and fill in a lot of gaps we have here.

[Goemar]

I have received a 'no' ...

[Petie]

I have as well. It seemed like a misunderstanding at first but it seems he's insistent on not having his rips re-hosted (despite the fact that I'm already technically hosting them).

[Goemar]

Yeah...

Can't say I didn't expect it. Is a great shame though.

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(Big thanks again for the whole hosting thing btw)

[Petie]

(Big thanks again for the whole hosting thing btw)

No problem! I've always been one to value history, especially in smaller niches like this, and wouldn't want to stand by to see so much hard work just vanish if it could be avoided.

I'm really not entirely sure of the motivation behind refusing to allow his rips to move across given that they're not coming from his site (and therefore wouldn't be pulling traffic from him) nor is his site even active (the last archived copy of it is from April 2015 so it's been gone almost two years) but it is what it is. We'll stick with your rips for now and see where it goes form there.

[Ton]

Do we know why he's against it? I'd think the exposure would be a positive thing.

[Dazz]

I think it isn't worth pestering him over. He's made a decision and whatever his reasons may be we'll respect them. He seems like a cool guy from what Goemar's told me before.

[Goemar]

So... a lot of Locke's stuff seems to be on the site... :/