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Death Generator is an easy generator for changing the text displayed on old game screens.

You should know this because there aren't enough Death Generator memes on Lemmy ;)

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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is why you need a luigi

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm disappointed they don't have Mike Jones taking bananas out of his ears:

Ending scene from the NES game "Star Tropics". A picture of the protagonist pulling bananas out of his ears.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

idkw but this just made me think of bananaman and now i'm smiling

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now I'm thinking about SuperTed.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm thinking of arrested development

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Protagonist of the NES game "Star Tropics" (and its equally-underrated sequel "Star Tropics: Zoda's Revenge".) The picture above is displayed at the end of the credits after beating the (first) game.

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[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago
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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

That screen didn't have any text, so it doesn't qualify.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] elvith@feddit.org 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also I absolutely love the random insights/rants/ramblings the creator has on her Mastodon profile while reversing retro tech/retro games.

https://digipres.club/@foone

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

I was unaware of this. Foone is great.

[–] bigb@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Had this copypasta stuck in my head for no reason just now, and I check my inbox to see this.

Did not realize lemmy.world federated with my head.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hell yeah. I saw this yesterday when you first posted about it, immediately sent it to all my friends, and then I've been busy afterward.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

The SOTN one made me wonder what Richter said.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You wouldn't happen to be a Civvie11 enjoyer, would you?

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't imagine what might have given it away.

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

True Gs use Photoshop to make memes. (Pirated of course, cause fuck Adobe.)

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I use Krita

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago

The effort that goes into adding a game to the Death Generator makes it 100% worth using, even if you can use PS.

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[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just had way too much fun with this.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Truly you are doing the work of mighty Cthulhu.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] truxnell@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is bookmarked now

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I must admit it's not exactly OC, but the original version I saw was AI generated. So I made this quickly and commented it in response, only to realize nobody knew what Death Generator was.

I simply reused it for an easy image example :P

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

You're doing the lord's work.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i like draft 2 better but it's big, hence behind spoilers

spoiler

And it's made by the always awesome Foone Turing.

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

My goodness, I'm loving that link just for the game list. Impressive.

Talk about memory lane endorphins.

[–] bigb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Mario is going to have to get his brother on the case.

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Op, this is the most delightful post I've seen here in a while. Thank you for sharing this.

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