***APRIL 2023 UPDATE***
A few more characters added and spacing of the "I" letters and their variants readjusted... Also, some characters redesigned... More to come...
An attempted recreaction of the Atari Games variation of the "Joystix", "Emulator" and "Emulogic" text fonts as used in-game and during tests from 1984 to 1998... Used in games such as Gauntlet, Xybots, Pit Fighter and Hard Drivin', among various others -- albeit with some custom deviations and extra characters NOT used in the actual text style itself... Also, upon further research, spacing between the actual letters vary by individual game (based on internal alpha tests)...
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Recreation of the pixel font from Sega's "Columns" (1990) on the Sega Mega Drive.
Compared to the arcade, the console version does not rely on antialiasing. This recreation includes the alternative "T" and "I", mapped to the lowercase characters.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Quintet/Enix's "ActRaiser" (1990) on the SNES.
This font includes a full set of hiragana and katakana characters. In the tile set, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned on the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
The japanese version of this game features subtly different punctuation. This recreation only includes the punctuation marks from the western release.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of one of the pixel fonts from Sega's "ESWAT: City under Siege" (1990) on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
This font is used on the start/options screen, the start of level cards, and the closing cinematic and credits.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the small pixel font from Sega's "ESWAT: City under Siege" (1990) on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
This font is used in the opening cinematic.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the large pixel font from TechnoSoft's "Elemental Master" (1990) on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
This font is used for all the cinematics and end credits.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Konami's "Punk Shot" (1990). Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Thunder Cross IIRecreation of the pixel font from Jaleco's "Totally Rad" (aka "Magic John", 1990) on the NES/Famicom.
The font includes a complete set of hiragana characters, but only a limited/partial set of katakana characters.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
"No more heroes, fuzzball, your time has come!"
Presentning Data East's Werewolf: The last warrior, released in 1990, which means a hero needs to stop Dr. Faryan for Imprisoning the monsters, only the werewolf can stop Dr. Faryan. The Spirit of Kinju Guides the way of the werewolf to watch out for everything.
Rolling Thunder 2 is the sequel to Rolling thunder. Go check it out. It's created by Patrick H. Lauke (redux)
Presenting Namco's Rolling Thunder, released in 1986 for the arcade, and 1989 for the NES/Famicom. This font is similar to Mappy Kids.
Presenting Capcom's Yo! Noid, released in 1990. This font is similar to Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti. Although, the Noid was a mascot in Dominos Pizza in 1986, which was created. The Noid was created in 1986 by Group 243, the advertising agency of record for Domino's Pizza. Group 243 hired Will Vinton Studios to sketch the Noid and animate the commercials.
This is a clone of Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (FC)Presenting Taito's Insector X, released in 1990. This font is same to Grand Master, and Similar to I love Softball.
Recreation of the secondary pixel font from Technosoft's "Thunder Force III" (1990) on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
This font is used in the final score screen and the end credits.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Presenting Interplay Productions and Activision's The Adventures of Rad Gravity, released in 1990. Letters and Numbers are same to Qix and Spiderman: Return of Sinister Six. Numbers are same to Gauntlet II also.
Recreation of the pixel font from Technosoft/Sega's "Thunder Force AC" (1990) - the arcade version of "Thunder Force III".
This recreation uses the special TTF+SVG format, which currently has limited support. For a monochrome version, see this recreation.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Thunder Force ACPresenting Hot-B, Natsume and Taito's Palamedes, released in 1990. This font is similar to S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team, which was created by Patrick H. Lauke (redux).
Presenting Tokumashoten intermedia (formerly Tokumashoten or Tokuma Shoten)'s Famimaga Disk Vol. 1: Hong Kong's released in 1990. This game was based on Famimaga Disk Series, released in 1990, by Tokumashoten intermedia.
Presenting Konami's Parodius (aka. Parodius Da!) released in 1990 for the Famicom, and 1992 for the NES. This font is similar to Formula 1 Sensation.
This is a clone of Formula 1 SensationPresenting Warner Brothers and Mindscape's Mad Max, released in 1990. This font is similar to Gauntlet II and This Game Is Based On Movies.
This is a clone of Gauntlet IIPresenting Namco's Final Lap, released in 1987 for the Arcade, and 1988 for the NES/Famicom.
Rip-off of Taitoid.
Presenting Gladasya-ua TV, Turner Entertainment Co. and Bandai's The adventures of Gilligan's Island (from cartoons, aka. The adventures of Gilligan, released in the 1960s sitcom of the same name, and this game was released in 1989 or 1990. This was based on cartoons, this font was similar to Taitoid, Super Mario Bros and Babel No Tou. This game is based on movies.
Presenting Sanrio and Ape's Sanrio Carnival, released in 1990.
Presenting Capcom's Mega Man 3 (aka. Rockman 3: Dr. Wily no Saigo?!), released in 1990. This font is not similar to Mega Man 3+4, but it is similar. This was based on Mega Man Series.
This is a clone of Mega Man 3+4Presenting Capcom and TMS's Little Nemo: The Dream Master (aka. Pajama Hero Nemo), released in 1989 for the Famicom and 1990 for the NES.
This was based on Little Nemo, based on movies.
Recreation of the primary pixel font (used for the title screen and highscores) from Rainbow Arts/Factor 5's "Turrican" (1990) and "Turrican II" (1991) on the Amiga. Note the special characters mapped to "lightning" (U+2607), "skull and crossbones" (U+2620) and "black heart suit" (U+2665).
The same font - with a reduced number of special characters - was also used in "Mega Turrican" (1993) on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, and the first "Super Turrican" (1993) on the SNES.
This recreation uses the special TTF+SVG format, which currently has limited support. For a monochrome version, see this recreation.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Turrican / Turrican II