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  1. 09-09-2009, 03:22 PM #1
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    Post Bahamut Star System (Green Phosphor Look)

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    Description: I've yet to see a really effective star system map in this forum. There may be one on here somewhere, but I've not seen it. So, I decided to give it a shot. I have a great affection for the retro-future technology found in movies like Aliens where the wonderful old green phosphor screens are the state of the art. So, since I'm not much of an artist and I only have MS Paint to work with at the moment, I decided to do a retro-future style star system map.
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    Reminds me of the old Apple II...pretty cool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ascension View Post
    Reminds me of the old Apple II...pretty cool.
    Ditto that...
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    Pretty impressive for MSPaint.
    In fact, I might even 'borrow' the layout for my system maps.
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    This is certainly a nice job, wormspeaker. Have some rep.
    The oldskool feel is great, very campy sci-fi. It also reminds me of the terminal system some of my colleagues are still using
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    This just rocks! Have some rep.....great work! I love that retro look.
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    Most excellent work! + rep!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wormspeaker View Post
    Software: MS Paint, MSDOS Edit

    Description: I've yet to see a really effective star system map in this forum. There may be one on here somewhere, but I've not seen it. So, I decided to give it a shot. I have a great affection for the retro-future technology found in movies like Aliens where the wonderful old green phosphor screens are the state of the art. So, since I'm not much of an artist and I only have MS Paint to work with at the moment, I decided to do a retro-future style star system map.
    Not much of an artist.. Pah! You did this basically in layers... in <i>MS Paint</i>? You, sir, are an artist. Bravo!

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    Oh wow! I'm glad I looked back this far. This is really inspiring.
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