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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 13h

Nintendo Salesman and Dragon's Lair!

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 17h

I've extracted the 3D models for all 145 NPCs that exist in the Quest 64 ROM data, and I've put them into a tidy little .zip file of named .fbx models with their memory addresses labeled!

Just the geo for now; hopefully animations & textures in the future.

Grab it here: archive.org/details/Ques...

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah! A Quest 64 modder that goes by Landmine36 discovered an unused animation of Bartholomy riding the horse that appears in the stable at Melrode Monastery.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed. I think if you look at the Zelda games with the most impactful stories--Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker--Koizumi had his hand in all of them.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 2d

Using the beta Mammon windmill map for this is a deep cut.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 2d

Had an epiphany last night when looking through the model data in Quest 64.

Marmaduke, the guy guarding Melrode Monastery at the start of the game (right), is just a headswap of Brian's dad, Bartholomy (left). His character data literally points to Bartholomy's model!

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 2d

Your 3D scanned keshi figure of the day is Warpman, from Namco's Famicom game of the same name!

Get the model file here: archive.org/details/kesh...

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, the keshi scans should import to your 3D printer's slicer program in their true scale.

Many keshi, like the MUSCLE/Kinnikuman keshi are between 1" to 1 1/4" tall. The figures in the Namcot Characters series that the Druaga keshi were in are all a little bigger. Gil is ~43mm or 1 11/16" tall.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 3d

Your 3D scanned Mega Man figure this week is Wind Man from Mega Man 6!

Download the 3D scan from the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/kesh...

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The Emotion Engine (The Emotion is Fear) @emotion-engine.bsky.social · 4d

Ishtar is good all the time and all the time Ishtar is good

A 3D printed Gilgamesh from Tower of Druaga in my hand.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 4d

He's beautiful! 🤩 So much detail came through in your print!

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 4d

The diorama and props here are all real physical objects that I built by hand then 3D scanned in order to compose the scene in 3D!

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 4d

Your Pokemon keshi this week is a bird holding a leek. I know, it's hard to believe. You might even say it's a little Farfetch'd!

Download the 3D scanned keshi here: archive.org/details/kesh...

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 5d

archive.org/details/kesh...

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 5d

Today's 3D scanned keshi gomu figure is the half-dragon Draco Centauros from Puyo Puyo!

This figure comes from Kabaya's Puyo Puyo Ramune series of figures.

Download the 3D model file here: archive.org/details/kesh...

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 6d

There's something seriously wrong with this Goomba!!

This rare figure is from the bizarre and unofficial "Mysterious Mario Bros." (怪奇マリオブラザーズ), a set of ghoulish parodies of Bandai & Amada's Super Mario Bros. keshi, made by Konno Sangyo.

Download the 3D scan here: archive.org/details/kesh...

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Games That Weren't @gamesthatwerent.com · 7d

We've been busy recently working on recovering a lost 1989 EA game - not for PC Engine, but for the #Amiga. Path of the Little Dragon is an early proto beat-’em-up done PC Engine style, and today we’re sharing several builds with you. Learn more here:
www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/path...

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 8d

"Donkey Wrong" was right there.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 9d

Autodesk's Recap was my photogrammetry tool of choice until Autodesk's licensing policies became unreasonable. More recently, I used RealityCapture and was very pleased with the results.

That's what I used in scanning the set pieces for my Super Mario Land video. bsky.app/profile/mrta...

MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · Jun 21

In addition to the 3D scanned figures themselves, almost all of the props and scenery in this video are real objects as well!

For this video a real diorama and other set pieces were built by hand and then scanned into the animated scenes.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 9d

Nice technique! The resulting gif looks quite good.
Shiny black plastic is very hard to scan with many scanners, but you might have some luck with some of the photogrammetry solutions out there these days which somehow can occasionally overcome this limitation.

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 9d

I use a dental scanner which is designed to scan very small, uniformly-colored subjects--perfect for 3D scanning keshi figures!

The first couple dozen videos on my Keshi Corner youtube channel (like the one I've linked below) go over the process in more detail: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7jr...

3D Scanning Retro Zelda Toys - Link Board Game Pawn

YouTube video by MrTalida's Keshi Corner

www.youtube.com

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 9d

Today's 3D scanned keshi figure is Gilgamesh, the brave hero from Namco's classic arcade game, Tower of Druaga!

Download the model here: archive.org/details/kesh...

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 10d

Check out this amazing remastered (at 4k!) version of "The Making of Myst" mini-doc! Originally included on the Myst CD-ROM in 1993, this version has been carefully recreated by Ted Sase using footage preserved by the VGHF!
https://youtu.be/xBtLZDPnYlM

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MrTalida @mrtalida.bsky.social · 10d

Your 3D scanned keshi today is Auto from Mega Man 7!

Find the 3D model file here: archive.org/details/kesh...

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