What's your avatar?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:42 am

Mine is one everyone on this forum should know - it's the super-cool R9 spacecraft from the R-Type series! Yay!

I thought about taking the sprite of the ship in Armed Police Unit Gallop for my avatar but decided on my faithful ole' R9 anyway. Another choice would have been a Roger Dean painting... maybe 'sentinels'.

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:32 am

Shasta from I BA RA.

Hot.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:03 am

besides the mandatory mandela avvy for a few days, I now have a picture of Terry crying (same avvy I use at neogeo). He's so happy to have won a fight, the man cries.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:11 am

LoneSage wrote:I now have a picture of Terry crying (same avvy I use at neogeo).

Wrong Bogart?

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:16 am

What can I say, Terry just gets more love than his bro Andy

thanks for pointing that out, tho.

And it's Bogard

EddyMRA · Post by **EddyMRA** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:02 pm

My current avatar is...me!

I used a Judge Spear animated GIF and the Thundercats villain Alluro as my previous avs on the older shmups board.

For those of you who have changed their avs since posting on this thread, give an update.

llabnip · Post by **llabnip** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:09 pm

I use two different ones... the current one (depending on when you read this!) is Baster - the 'sane' pilot from Radiant Silvergun.

The other is the Sega Saturn logo (blue planet with S-ring) with the word RESPECT below it.

I switch back and forth every half year.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:34 pm

Mine is currently a "TATE" badge I bought from the Tate Britain souvenirs shop in London one day after the London shmupmeet. I was visiting the gallery and couldn't help smiling when I saw all these merchandise products which seemed to be specially made for people who flip their TV sets.

I couldn't resist buying one of the badges. Of course I wear it vertically.

That'll put the hardcore crowd into place

In the past I used Alex from Alex Kidd in Miracle World as my avatar. Best platformer ever, IMO, and it's a shame no one mentioned it in the top 10 platformers thread yet.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed May 18, 2005 3:56 pm

Recently changed mine from the venerable Wile E. Coyote to Appli and Needle from the Cotton series...I liked the way the pic looked when I cropped it. Not to mention that the later Cotton games don't get nearly enough respect (and the earlier ones get too much, imo).

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:34 pm

the worst controller design ever, which bears a remarkable resemblance to the Ikaruga...

awc · Post by **awc** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:45 pm

From the Japanese film, Ping Pong, starring Kobuzuka Yosuke as the main character, Peco, while he is wearing a mask on his face.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:04 pm

Myself

I'm just so cute

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:28 pm

Cat from the model sheet for "The Cat Who Hated People," an excellent Tex Avery cartoon.

Dartagnan1083 · Post by **Dartagnan1083** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:22 pm

My avy right now is Rune the Esper/Wizzard from Phantasy Star IV.

I tend to change avys every 1 to 2 months though, so you can count on seeing something different.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:16 pm

Mine's Vic Viper on the character selection screen in Sexy Parodius.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:39 am

Right now it's a cartoon dog named Hank, from the online comic Catena Manor.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Thu May 19, 2005 2:02 pm

Specineff wrote:Right now it's a cartoon dog named Hank, from the online comic Catena Manor.

And I thought it was Scooby Doo all this time.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu May 19, 2005 8:39 pm

cigsthecat wrote:Cat from the model sheet for "The Cat Who Hated People," an excellent Tex Avery cartoon.

cigs you choose some truly excellent avatars.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:30 pm

captain ahar wrote:
cigsthecat wrote:Cat from the model sheet for "The Cat Who Hated People," an excellent Tex Avery cartoon.
cigs you choose some truly excellent avatars.

I'ts true.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:40 pm

cigsthecat wrote:
captain ahar wrote:
cigsthecat wrote:Cat from the model sheet for "The Cat Who Hated People," an excellent Tex Avery cartoon.
cigs you choose some truly excellent avatars.
I'ts true.

Thats enough ego massaging Captain Ahar

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:46 pm

Big Sean catching you unawares

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Fri May 20, 2005 7:30 pm

SheSaidDutch wrote:
cigsthecat wrote:
captain ahar wrote: cigs you choose some truly excellent avatars.
I'ts true.
Thats enough ego massaging Captain Ahar

oh man! but i want people to like me.

Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:59 pm

Two years later and this thread is absolutely hilarious! LOL!

"My avy is the fighter from Ikargua."

"Huh?"

(looks closer)

"Um... ok."

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:13 am

Warren from the classic Kaneko fighter, Power Moves.
The expression on his character portrait is the oddest, most awkward one I've ever seen. It's hard to describe, really, except that it feels so very out of place. To me, I always viewed it as an old, out-of-shape man who knows he's going to get his ass kicked. And the mustache! roffles
Everytime I see it when I'm playing, I laugh.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:30 am

This thread is like the ultimate underground culture True/False quiz

Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:36 am

Just for the sake of it. My avy is the ship from the Turboduo's Gate of Thunder. The only shmup that I really want to play, but still yet, never have played.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:40 am

Uhmmm... updated thrice over. Mine is now devolved Firebrand from SVC Chaos. One of my favorite video game icons ever - maybe one day we'll get Gargoyle's Quest IV!

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:56 am

Right now, mine's a shmup ship I created myself. Pretty good huh?

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:10 am

The fact that my old avatar was from a gun safety flier, and my current one is former NRA president Charlton Heston (as he appeared in The Omega Man) is too funny. I think I've got a theme running here...

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:46 pm

My current avatar (as of 1-23-07) is an NPC from the PC shmup Tyrian, Transon Lohk. He was kind of annoying, but kind of endearing at the same time, so somewhat of a paradox. I don't look anything like him, just so you all know.

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