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Twin Moon: Thats fantastic! Those tools are exactly what I needed. I have all the games I wanted to look at Thanks a lot!

Please guys, like I said:

I don't intend to use a single pixel of anybody else's work, but I do want to sit down and really analyze what a good adventure game background is

I am an artist first and foremost; I don't intend to rip any graphics. But if do make a game I want to make it of professional/commercial-level quality, and I think the best way to do that is by figuring out what worked for those great old games. But thats ok; I'll start taking some screenies myself I only need to design two or three rooms for my first project, anyways.

Hi, as I'm sure you can tell, I'm new here. I'm starting work on an a small two or three room basic game in preparation for really starting to make stuff. I'm not going to go on about how great it'll be (though it will ) til I can put my money where my mouth is, so to speak.

I want to start on the room graphics, and I was wondering: is there such a thing as a gallery of sierra/lucasarts game backgrounds? I mean I could pick a few and just go to town taking screenshots, but if someone has done this already, it'd save me a ton of time. Heck, I wouldnt mind shots of the sprites, either. I don't intend to use a single pixel of anybody else's work, but I do want to sit down and really analyze what a good adventure game background is; what tricks they used to make stuff look impressive; what amount and types of detail they put in in good 'ol VGA resolution. I mean I played through all the big Sierra games a dacade or two ago (KQ 1-7, SQ 1-6, QFG 1-5), plus Fate of Atlantis (missed a lot of the Lucasarts games unfortunately; did get my hands on The Dig and will be playing it soon).

So has anyone done this or should I just shutup and get to it? And on the other hand, would it be worth it to keep those screenies and start such a gallery if there isn't one already? Would there be interest in that?