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Title: Edit: Artwork advice needed for new name
Post by: menace on June 01, 2004, 10:12:30 am: I've been tasked with coming up with a name that will appeal to an 8 yr. old girl (who loves animals) and her parents. So it has to have something to do with arcades, animals and not be too juvenile--but not too adult either--I was thinking something along the lines of Maddy's Arcade, Arcade-Maddness etc. Anyways, what animals are in video games that I could include with the artwork? there's the obvious monkey in donkey kong and Mouse in mappy--can anyone think of other more obscure characters?

I was also thinking of doing like a mad scientist theme with animals as mad scientists but I have no artistic ability whatsoever to come up with that artwork. Any help/suggestions are appreciated.
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: Minwah on June 01, 2004, 12:00:27 pm: Pengo seems like a character young kids would like ?
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: DaveMMR on June 01, 2004, 02:33:26 pm: The Kangaroo from Kangaroo
The Frog from Frogger

-that's all I can think of right now
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: dirt on June 01, 2004, 08:08:32 pm: three words "donkey frickin kong"

dirt
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: DaveMMR on June 01, 2004, 11:07:42 pm: Quote from: dirt on June 01, 2004, 08:08:32 pm
three words "donkey frickin kong"

dirt

He already got that one.

There's also Bentley Bear from Crystal Castles (so adorable you could just vomit)....
That... er... thing from Q*Bert (not technically an animal but animal-esque)
The turtles from Mario Bros. (called Shellcreepers but then changed to Koopa Troopers in Super Mario Bros.)

- and once again that's all I can think of
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: menace on June 02, 2004, 06:44:06 am: I never knew about bentley bear--thanks--although I had better not get flamed by any of you guys for putting a character on the marquee that you won't be able to play the corresponding game on the machine!
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: Brax on June 02, 2004, 12:25:13 pm: Maddy's Monkey Machine

You could use Donkey Kong Images.
Title: Re:what arcade animals are there?
Post by: eu4ria on June 05, 2004, 06:34:35 pm: kiwi from new zealand story - same one ROM uses for his avatar :D
Title: Re:Edit: Artwork advice needed for new name
Post by: menace on June 19, 2004, 08:17:52 am: Well they've picked a name "Mad Match" and they would like cats and dogs in the theme somehow. So I'm thinking of using the same font as street fighter with a cat one side and a dog on the other side of the marquee in the classic street fighter poses. So knowing nothing of street fighter where do i find pics of the characters that I can photoshop to use cats and dog heads on? they need to be full body shots and not just the head shots.