A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots

by **Infinity's End** » 08.12.10 1:11am

Help is no longer needed at this time. Thanks for your interest!
Hey guys...

So this is a large request and a call for help for the almighty MDb.
We are going to be adding a fairly large new feature to the MDb sooner or later, and I need direct-feed screencaps of all the enemies from Metroid Prime. That's right, all the enemies from Metroid Prime in a direct-feed screenshot. Though we do have the scan visor panels, I feel this isn't really enough to satisfy me, as I would much rather have a real 3D model or a nice, clear screenshot to work with.

I just feel this is kind of a lot of work and I'd really appreciate some help on doing this.
If you are able to help or provide some in-game screencaps in any way, please PM me or post in here.

Some suggestions for getting screencaps:

Get the Metroid Prime iso and use the Dolphin Emulator. Play the game with a 100% save file and get some screencaps. (Though this wouldn't allow you to get all of them -- there are enemies that only occur once like bosses and 1-timers.)
A video capture card of some kind that will allow you to just hook your Wii/Gamecube right up to a computer and take real-time screenshots of game footage as you play.
Turn Visor and Helmet Opacity to 0.
Try to keep the Arm Cannon out of the way of the enemy (Clarity is key!)
If you can get a cool, clear shot during one of the game's cutscenes, ALL THE BETTER.

However, if you know where I can find ripped 3D models/textures of all the enemies from the game, by all means...
Those who want to help will be immortalized on the MDb for all eternity. And you'll feel good about yourself in a million different ways. :cool:

Thanks for your time.

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ENEMY CHECKLIST!
(have) (need)
* = 1-timers, all Bosses are 1-timers.

1.) Aqua Drone*
2.) Aqua Pirate
3.) Aqua Reaper
4.) Aqua Sac
5.) Auto Defense Turret
6.) Baby Sheegoth
7.) Barbed War Wasp*
8.) Beetle
9.) Blastcap
10.) Bloodflower
11.) Burrower
12.) Chozo Ghost
13.) Crystallite
14.) Elite Pirate*
15.) Eyon
16.) Fission Metroid
17.) Flaahgra*
18.) Flaahgra Tentacle*
19.) Flickerbat
20.) Flying Pirate
21.) Geemer
22.) Glider
23.) Grizby
24.) Hive Mecha*
25.) Hunter Metroid
26.) Ice Beetle
27.) Ice Burrower*
28.) Ice Parasite*
29.) Ice Shriekbat*
30.) Ice Trooper
31.) Incinerator Drone*
32.) Jelzap
33.) Lumigek
34.) Magmoor
35.) Mega Turret
36.) Meta Ridley*
37.) Metroid
38.) Metroid Prime*
39.) Metroid Prime (second form)*
40.) Oculus
41.) Omega Pirate*
42.) Parasite*
43.) Parasite Queen*
44.) Phazon Elite*
45.) Plasma Trooper
46.) Plated Beetle
47.) Plated Parasite
48.) Plated Puffer
49.) Plazmite
50.) Power Trooper
51.) Puddle Spore
52.) Puffer
53.) Pulse Bombu
54.) Ram War Wasp
55.) Reaper Vine
56.) Sap Sac
57.) Scarab
58.) Scatter Bombu
59.) Seedling
60.) Sentry Drone*
61.) Shadow Pirate
62.) Sheegoth
63.) Shriekbat
64.) Space Pirate
65.) Stone Toad
66.) Tallon Crab
67.) Tangle Weed
68.) Thardus*
69.) Triclops
70.) Venom Weed
71.) War Wasp
72.) War Wasp Hive
73.) Wave Trooper
74.) Zoomer

by **R9WiLdShOt** » 08.12.10 11:49pm

or a nice, clear screenshot to work with.

Yeah, it's that annoying "R9WiLdShOt" guy:

Do we have to use direct-feed? :-?

Metroid Prime 1 is my first ever Metroid game and I love sight seeing in it. My HD camera and HD TV (Wii progressive scan) will make one of the clearest images for a camera-in-front-of-a-TV thing. I had experience posting youtube vids of my Boss fights. I have all boss fights in Metroid Primes 2 and 3 but I had no time posting them into Youtube due to High School overwhelming me with work.

This is the only way I can make an apology from my out of control post-spamming (I read the rules twice but I just got carried away by yammering on).

"I want to help out" - R9WiLdShOt

by **Infinity's End** » 08.14.10 12:11am

Clarity is the #1 main concern. I want to be able to count the polys. Unless you can prove to me otherwise, I don't think using camera and taking a shot off of a TV screen will work so well.

Again, unless you can prove me wrong...

by **R9WiLdShOt** » 08.14.10 10:27pm

Infinity's End wrote:Clarity is the #1 main concern. I want to be able to count the polys. Unless you can prove to me otherwise, I don't think using camera and taking a shot off of a TV screen will work so well.

Again, unless you can prove me wrong...

Okay, here's the plan, I'll take a snapshot sample for you and see if you like it or not. Again, this is the least I can do, I don't have that screen-direct-feed mod thing and I don't plan on risking any harm to my gamecube or Wii for it. It's sounds like a pathetic idea, I know, but it's SOUNDS bad. My camera is 12.1 megapixels and the room is pitch black except the Philips HD TV. It's A LOT better than you'd think.

Again, I'll send you a sample pic since you're doubtful, but how do I do that? E-mail? I don't know how to post pix on this forum (and I've tried countless times). So how can I get it to you?

by **Steamlord** » 08.14.10 10:36pm

1. Host image at http://www.imageshack.us.
2. Copy code and paste in image tags: [img]imageurlblahblahblah.jpg[/img]
3. ????
4. PROFIT!

Or if it's a really big picture just link to it (paste the URL between URL tags instead of image tags).

by **R9WiLdShOt** » 08.15.10 12:07am

Steamlord wrote:1. Host image at http://www.imageshack.us.
2. Copy code and paste in image tags: [img]imageurlblahblahblah.jpg[/img]
3. ????
4. PROFIT!

Or if it's a really big picture just link to it (paste the URL between URL tags instead of image tags).

Well . . . . I can't do that. Soon as you said ".us" I can't do it anymore, it's a legal thing and I'm only 16 years old. Can I get Infinity's End's e-mail instead? I'm sure everyone has a junk e-mail address for virus :X:

and spyware :X:

safety (I have one!)

by **Vesko** » 08.15.10 4:10am

Why the fuck couldn't you use .us websites if you're underage? Seriously, that's got to be one of the dumber things I've heard on the internet.

EDIT: Also, http://www.tinypic.com/ and http://www.photobucket.com/ are all image hosting sites as well.

by **Balkoth** » 08.15.10 8:25am

R9WiLdShOt wrote:Well . . . . I can't do that. Soon as you said ".us" I can't do it anymore, it's a legal thing and I'm only 16 years old. Can I get Infinity's End's e-mail instead? I'm sure everyone has a junk e-mail address for virus and spyware safety (I have one!)

I had no clue kids actually obeyed laws online, let alone nonexistent ones. Just stay away from child porn and cracking; and you'll be fine.

Anyways, what kind of system specs would I need to emulate Gamecube?

by **R9WiLdShOt** » 08.15.10 5:47pm

Balkoth wrote:
R9WiLdShOt wrote:Well . . . . I can't do that. Soon as you said ".us" I can't do it anymore, it's a legal thing and I'm only 16 years old. Can I get Infinity's End's e-mail instead? I'm sure everyone has a junk e-mail address for virus and spyware safety (I have one!)

I had no clue kids actually obeyed laws online, let alone nonexistent ones. Just stay away from child porn and cracking; and you'll be fine.

Anyways, what kind of system specs would I need to emulate Gamecube?

I'm not a kid . . . par se. I do have a part time job at Gamestop and I'm learning to drive (*bite me*)

by **Balkoth** » 08.15.10 6:22pm

If my system is powerful enough to emulate Prime well, I'll try to dig through my junk to find my TV/Video input card.

R9WiLdShOt wrote:(*bite me*)

Nah, I don't want child abuse charges pressed against me.

by **sharonlover** » 08.15.10 6:24pm

knock it off and get back on topic

by **Outlaw** » 08.15.10 6:29pm

I have tried playing Metroid Prime on the Dolphin Emu. You need one hell of a good PC for it. Or I was doing something wrong...

nonetheless I will try.

by **R9WiLdShOt** » 08.15.10 6:30pm

Balkoth wrote:If my system is powerful enough to emulate Prime well, I'll try to dig through my junk to find my TV/Video input card.

R9WiLdShOt wrote:(*bite me*)

Nah, I don't want child abuse charges pressed against me.

Ehh-heh (that's little gay there) . . . . :roll:

if you can do better than my camera then by all means, do it. I offered because nobody posted any volunteers here and left Infinity's End hangin'

by **Vesko** » 08.16.10 3:52am

Outlaw wrote:I have tried playing Metroid Prime on the Dolphin Emu. You need one hell of a good PC for it. Or I was doing something wrong...

nonetheless I will try.

Dolphin does take quite a bit of power to run at full speed. I remember hearing you need 10 times the processing power of the Wii, so if the Wii is about 400mhz...

by **Balkoth** » 08.16.10 4:04am

Vesko wrote:
Outlaw wrote:I have tried playing Metroid Prime on the Dolphin Emu. You need one hell of a good PC for it. Or I was doing something wrong...

nonetheless I will try.

Dolphin does take quite a bit of power to run at full speed. I remember hearing you need 10 times the processing power of the Wii, so if the Wii is about 400mhz...

400 MHz x 10 = 4 GHz. Current gen CPUs can handle that.

Infinity's End Posts: 4515 Joined: 05.05.07 11:04am Location: Austin, TX http://steamcommunity.com/id/infinitysend/ Website https://twitter.com/infinitys_end	A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Infinity's End » 08.12.10 1:11am Help is no longer needed at this time. Thanks for your interest! Hey guys... So this is a large request and a call for help for the almighty MDb. We are going to be adding a fairly large new feature to the MDb sooner or later, and I need direct-feed screencaps of all the enemies from Metroid Prime. That's right, all the enemies from Metroid Prime in a direct-feed screenshot. Though we do have the scan visor panels, I feel this isn't really enough to satisfy me, as I would much rather have a real 3D model or a nice, clear screenshot to work with. I just feel this is kind of a lot of work and I'd really appreciate some help on doing this. If you are able to help or provide some in-game screencaps in any way, please PM me or post in here. Some suggestions for getting screencaps: Get the Metroid Prime iso and use the Dolphin Emulator. Play the game with a 100% save file and get some screencaps. (Though this wouldn't allow you to get all of them -- there are enemies that only occur once like bosses and 1-timers.) A video capture card of some kind that will allow you to just hook your Wii/Gamecube right up to a computer and take real-time screenshots of game footage as you play. Turn Visor and Helmet Opacity to 0. Try to keep the Arm Cannon out of the way of the enemy (Clarity is key!) If you can get a cool, clear shot during one of the game's cutscenes, ALL THE BETTER. However, if you know where I can find ripped 3D models/textures of all the enemies from the game, by all means... Those who want to help will be immortalized on the MDb for all eternity. And you'll feel good about yourself in a million different ways. Thanks for your time. -------------------------------- ENEMY CHECKLIST! (have) (need) * = 1-timers, all Bosses are 1-timers. 1.) Aqua Drone* 2.) Aqua Pirate 3.) Aqua Reaper 4.) Aqua Sac 5.) Auto Defense Turret 6.) Baby Sheegoth 7.) Barbed War Wasp* 8.) Beetle 9.) Blastcap 10.) Bloodflower 11.) Burrower 12.) Chozo Ghost 13.) Crystallite 14.) Elite Pirate* 15.) Eyon 16.) Fission Metroid 17.) Flaahgra* 18.) Flaahgra Tentacle* 19.) Flickerbat 20.) Flying Pirate 21.) Geemer 22.) Glider 23.) Grizby 24.) Hive Mecha* 25.) Hunter Metroid 26.) Ice Beetle 27.) Ice Burrower* 28.) Ice Parasite* 29.) Ice Shriekbat* 30.) Ice Trooper 31.) Incinerator Drone* 32.) Jelzap 33.) Lumigek 34.) Magmoor 35.) Mega Turret 36.) Meta Ridley* 37.) Metroid 38.) Metroid Prime* 39.) Metroid Prime (second form)* 40.) Oculus 41.) Omega Pirate* 42.) Parasite* 43.) Parasite Queen* 44.) Phazon Elite* 45.) Plasma Trooper 46.) Plated Beetle 47.) Plated Parasite 48.) Plated Puffer 49.) Plazmite 50.) Power Trooper 51.) Puddle Spore 52.) Puffer 53.) Pulse Bombu 54.) Ram War Wasp 55.) Reaper Vine 56.) Sap Sac 57.) Scarab 58.) Scatter Bombu 59.) Seedling 60.) Sentry Drone* 61.) Shadow Pirate 62.) Sheegoth 63.) Shriekbat 64.) Space Pirate 65.) Stone Toad 66.) Tallon Crab 67.) Tangle Weed 68.) Thardus* 69.) Triclops 70.) Venom Weed 71.) War Wasp 72.) War Wasp Hive 73.) Wave Trooper 74.) Zoomer Visit our DA Gallery! Over 2,000 unique artworks and growing!
R9WiLdShOt Posts: 185 Joined: 08.09.10 7:23pm Location: In a place where furries roam O_O' Website YIM	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by R9WiLdShOt » 08.12.10 11:49pm or a nice, clear screenshot to work with. Yeah, it's that annoying "R9WiLdShOt" guy: Do we have to use direct-feed? Metroid Prime 1 is my first ever Metroid game and I love sight seeing in it. My HD camera and HD TV (Wii progressive scan) will make one of the clearest images for a camera-in-front-of-a-TV thing. I had experience posting youtube vids of my Boss fights. I have all boss fights in Metroid Primes 2 and 3 but I had no time posting them into Youtube due to High School overwhelming me with work. This is the only way I can make an apology from my out of control post-spamming (I read the rules twice but I just got carried away by yammering on). "I want to help out" - R9WiLdShOt Yutrzenika wrote:I didn't really notice until now, but when did you become a furry? Xan Kriegor wrote:OH MY GOD HE'S TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THEM!! The Hawk's Eye wrote:ruffles your wolf characters fur between his ears
Infinity's End Posts: 4515 Joined: 05.05.07 11:04am Location: Austin, TX http://steamcommunity.com/id/infinitysend/ Website https://twitter.com/infinitys_end	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Infinity's End » 08.14.10 12:11am Clarity is the #1 main concern. I want to be able to count the polys. Unless you can prove to me otherwise, I don't think using camera and taking a shot off of a TV screen will work so well. Again, unless you can prove me wrong... Visit our DA Gallery! Over 2,000 unique artworks and growing!
R9WiLdShOt Posts: 185 Joined: 08.09.10 7:23pm Location: In a place where furries roam O_O' Website YIM	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by R9WiLdShOt » 08.14.10 10:27pm Infinity's End wrote:Clarity is the #1 main concern. I want to be able to count the polys. Unless you can prove to me otherwise, I don't think using camera and taking a shot off of a TV screen will work so well. Again, unless you can prove me wrong... Okay, here's the plan, I'll take a snapshot sample for you and see if you like it or not. Again, this is the least I can do, I don't have that screen-direct-feed mod thing and I don't plan on risking any harm to my gamecube or Wii for it. It's sounds like a pathetic idea, I know, but it's SOUNDS bad. My camera is 12.1 megapixels and the room is pitch black except the Philips HD TV. It's A LOT better than you'd think. Again, I'll send you a sample pic since you're doubtful, but how do I do that? E-mail? I don't know how to post pix on this forum (and I've tried countless times). So how can I get it to you? Yutrzenika wrote:I didn't really notice until now, but when did you become a furry? Xan Kriegor wrote:OH MY GOD HE'S TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THEM!! The Hawk's Eye wrote:ruffles your wolf characters fur between his ears
Steamlord Posts: 3037 Joined: 06.09.09 6:42pm Location: The Technodrome	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Steamlord » 08.14.10 10:36pm 1. Host image at http://www.imageshack.us. 2. Copy code and paste in image tags: [img]imageurlblahblahblah.jpg[/img] 3. ???? 4. PROFIT! Or if it's a really big picture just link to it (paste the URL between URL tags instead of image tags). Satch wrote:i like it when people sig me
R9WiLdShOt Posts: 185 Joined: 08.09.10 7:23pm Location: In a place where furries roam O_O' Website YIM	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by R9WiLdShOt » 08.15.10 12:07am Steamlord wrote:1. Host image at http://www.imageshack.us. 2. Copy code and paste in image tags: [img]imageurlblahblahblah.jpg[/img] 3. ???? 4. PROFIT! Or if it's a really big picture just link to it (paste the URL between URL tags instead of image tags). Well . . . . I can't do that. Soon as you said ".us" I can't do it anymore, it's a legal thing and I'm only 16 years old. Can I get Infinity's End's e-mail instead? I'm sure everyone has a junk e-mail address for virus and spyware safety (I have one!) Yutrzenika wrote:I didn't really notice until now, but when did you become a furry? Xan Kriegor wrote:OH MY GOD HE'S TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THEM!! The Hawk's Eye wrote:ruffles your wolf characters fur between his ears
Vesko Posts: 942 Joined: 06.08.10 7:38am	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Vesko » 08.15.10 4:10am Why the fuck couldn't you use .us websites if you're underage? Seriously, that's got to be one of the dumber things I've heard on the internet. EDIT: Also, http://www.tinypic.com/ and http://www.photobucket.com/ are all image hosting sites as well. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'My blog: The Nav Room!
Balkoth Posts: 846 Joined: 04.10.10 8:02am Location: Western New York, USA Website	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Balkoth » 08.15.10 8:25am R9WiLdShOt wrote:Well . . . . I can't do that. Soon as you said ".us" I can't do it anymore, it's a legal thing and I'm only 16 years old. Can I get Infinity's End's e-mail instead? I'm sure everyone has a junk e-mail address for virus and spyware safety (I have one!) I had no clue kids actually obeyed laws online, let alone nonexistent ones. Just stay away from child porn and cracking; and you'll be fine. Anyways, what kind of system specs would I need to emulate Gamecube? When somebody tells me he doesn't believe in violence, I punch him in the face to inform him of its existence.
R9WiLdShOt Posts: 185 Joined: 08.09.10 7:23pm Location: In a place where furries roam O_O' Website YIM	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by R9WiLdShOt » 08.15.10 5:47pm Balkoth wrote: R9WiLdShOt wrote:Well . . . . I can't do that. Soon as you said ".us" I can't do it anymore, it's a legal thing and I'm only 16 years old. Can I get Infinity's End's e-mail instead? I'm sure everyone has a junk e-mail address for virus and spyware safety (I have one!) I had no clue kids actually obeyed laws online, let alone nonexistent ones. Just stay away from child porn and cracking; and you'll be fine. Anyways, what kind of system specs would I need to emulate Gamecube? I'm not a kid . . . par se. I do have a part time job at Gamestop and I'm learning to drive (bite me) Yutrzenika wrote:I didn't really notice until now, but when did you become a furry? Xan Kriegor wrote:OH MY GOD HE'S TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THEM!! The Hawk's Eye wrote:ruffles your wolf characters fur between his ears
Balkoth Posts: 846 Joined: 04.10.10 8:02am Location: Western New York, USA Website	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Balkoth » 08.15.10 6:22pm If my system is powerful enough to emulate Prime well, I'll try to dig through my junk to find my TV/Video input card. R9WiLdShOt wrote:(bite me) Nah, I don't want child abuse charges pressed against me. Last edited by Balkoth on 08.15.10 6:25pm, edited 1 time in total. When somebody tells me he doesn't believe in violence, I punch him in the face to inform him of its existence.
sharonlover Posts: 2613 Joined: 05.18.07 9:06pm Location: Sterling, Va Website	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by sharonlover » 08.15.10 6:24pm knock it off and get back on topic "I authorize full use of the Report Button on the MDb Message Boards."
Outlaw Posts: 3626 Joined: 08.16.08 5:26pm Location: Alabama YIM	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Outlaw » 08.15.10 6:29pm I have tried playing Metroid Prime on the Dolphin Emu. You need one hell of a good PC for it. Or I was doing something wrong... nonetheless I will try.
R9WiLdShOt Posts: 185 Joined: 08.09.10 7:23pm Location: In a place where furries roam O_O' Website YIM	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by R9WiLdShOt » 08.15.10 6:30pm Balkoth wrote:If my system is powerful enough to emulate Prime well, I'll try to dig through my junk to find my TV/Video input card. R9WiLdShOt wrote:(bite me) Nah, I don't want child abuse charges pressed against me. Ehh-heh (that's little gay there) . . . . if you can do better than my camera then by all means, do it. I offered because nobody posted any volunteers here and left Infinity's End hangin' Yutrzenika wrote:I didn't really notice until now, but when did you become a furry? Xan Kriegor wrote:OH MY GOD HE'S TRANSFORMED INTO ONE OF THEM!! The Hawk's Eye wrote:ruffles your wolf characters fur between his ears
Vesko Posts: 942 Joined: 06.08.10 7:38am	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Vesko » 08.16.10 3:52am Outlaw wrote:I have tried playing Metroid Prime on the Dolphin Emu. You need one hell of a good PC for it. Or I was doing something wrong... nonetheless I will try. Dolphin does take quite a bit of power to run at full speed. I remember hearing you need 10 times the processing power of the Wii, so if the Wii is about 400mhz... ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'My blog: The Nav Room!
Balkoth Posts: 846 Joined: 04.10.10 8:02am Location: Western New York, USA Website	Re: A call for help: Metroid Prime enemy screenshots by Balkoth » 08.16.10 4:04am Vesko wrote: Outlaw wrote:I have tried playing Metroid Prime on the Dolphin Emu. You need one hell of a good PC for it. Or I was doing something wrong... nonetheless I will try. Dolphin does take quite a bit of power to run at full speed. I remember hearing you need 10 times the processing power of the Wii, so if the Wii is about 400mhz... 400 MHz x 10 = 4 GHz. Current gen CPUs can handle that. When somebody tells me he doesn't believe in violence, I punch him in the face to inform him of its existence.

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