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Insane handmade Mega Man wallpapers dose your desktop with retro photo

While there was some mixed feedback over the recent announcement of Mega Man 9, the majority of gamers were pretty excited to see the title, not to mention the retro look. We may still have a while to wait until we actually get our grubby little paws on the actual game, however, so what's to do in the meantime? Replay every Mega Man ever made, perhaps?

Well, here's a tip for a good start: head over to GamesRadar and check out their insane Mega Man Week, which exclusively features the handmade wallpaper you see above. This is the work of Joshua Hines, a determined fan who hand-ripped most of the sprites to create the retro-gasm that you see above. Uh, Joshua ... you're my new hero.

The full-size wallpapers are available for download at the GamesRadar site (and yes, there is more than one!), so head over there and get to saving. Retro goodies are good, but free retro goodies are ten times better.

[Thanks, Joe]


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The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 07/03/2008 11:13
I can top that.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 07/03/2008 11:14
Wow, that's a load of sprites! Load of slowdown if it were in the real game I'd bet too
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 07/03/2008 11:15
Nice. I needed a change mine..this will definitely do.
Merry Ho's Avatar
Merry Ho at 07/03/2008 11:16
@The-Excel

Nobody cares
The Bez's Avatar
The Bez at 07/03/2008 11:21
"head over to Gamespress"

It's actually GamesRadar. Sorry for the nitpicking I don't know why I am complaining.
Aside from that they are awesome wallpapers for extremely hard games.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 07/03/2008 11:23
actually, megaman with stone man's power looks as though he's gonna sneeze
gotdurnrite's Avatar
gotdurnrite at 07/03/2008 11:29
There. Made this my wallpaper. Now I will just sit here and stare at it until Mega Man 9 comes out.
PaperBowser0's Avatar
PaperBowser0 at 07/03/2008 11:33
Wow, those are pretty much amazing....I wish I had those kind of skillz....or any kind of skills now that I think about it. :(
keener's Avatar
keener at 07/03/2008 11:39
just fyi, the vast majority of these (aside from the custom ones) are just scans from the R20 book. the megaman anniversary book that has art from all the MM games and MMX games.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-lt-49-en-70-2m7x.html

great book btw.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 07/03/2008 11:40
OMG, these are awesome! :)
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 07/03/2008 11:47
Holy crap, these are amazing!
BattyAdroit's Avatar
BattyAdroit at 07/03/2008 12:16
very nice.
mix's Avatar
mix at 07/03/2008 12:42
Those are very sweet!
Yashoki's Avatar
Yashoki at 07/03/2008 12:58
Am I the only one that thinks these are ok? It looks like someone just took the sprites and stuck them somewhere =/
bbrigg1's Avatar
bbrigg1 at 07/03/2008 13:38
kick ass.
this made me laugh.
bbrigg1's Avatar
bbrigg1 at 07/03/2008 13:39
it looks like he expected something cool, until he saw what came out of his gun. (Even though it's the only thing that can finish Wily off)
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 07/03/2008 13:47
RUN MEGA MAN!
kataztrophy's Avatar
kataztrophy at 07/03/2008 15:24
The folks at GamesRadar have to be the ultimate Mega Man fans(not really).
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 07/03/2008 17:28
As my good friends William S. Preston and Theodore Logan are so fond of saying: EXCELLENT!
Puppy Licks's Avatar
Puppy Licks at 07/03/2008 19:13
Hahaha they need a megaman game with a scene like this in it :D
braulio09's Avatar
braulio09 at 07/03/2008 20:03
wait, what? You can't handmake something electronical. Oxymoron?
smurfee mcgee's Avatar
smurfee mcgee at 07/03/2008 21:07
why isn't this link working? wait a minute...WTF??
certain Megaman 9-related things around the internet are disappearing...
am I too drunk? or is this actually the case?
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