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

Nobody cares
The Bez's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:21
The Bez
"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 - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:23
Mista Smegheneghan
actually, megaman with stone man's power looks as though he's gonna sneeze
gotdurnrite's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:29
gotdurnrite
There. Made this my wallpaper. Now I will just sit here and stare at it until Mega Man 9 comes out.
PaperBowser0's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:33
PaperBowser0
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 - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:39
keener
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 - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:40
Chad Concelmo
OMG, these are awesome! :)
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 11:47
king3vbo
Holy crap, these are amazing!
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 12:16
BattyAdroit
very nice.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 12:42
mix
Those are very sweet!
Yashoki's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 12:58
Yashoki
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 - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 13:38
bbrigg1
kick ass.
this made me laugh.
bbrigg1's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 13:39
bbrigg1
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 - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 13:47
brainderailment
RUN MEGA MAN!
kataztrophy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 15:24
kataztrophy
The folks at GamesRadar have to be the ultimate Mega Man fans(not really).
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 17:28
MechaMonkey
As my good friends William S. Preston and Theodore Logan are so fond of saying: EXCELLENT!
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 19:13
Puppy Licks
Hahaha they need a megaman game with a scene like this in it :D
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 20:03
braulio09
wait, what? You can't handmake something electronical. Oxymoron?
smurfee mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2008 21:07
smurfee mcgee
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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