Death Generator is an easy generator for changing the text displayed on old game screens.
You should know this because there aren't enough Death Generator memes on Lemmy ;)
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2025
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Had this copypasta stuck in my head for no reason just now, and I check my inbox to see this.
Did not realize lemmy.world federated with my head.
this is why you need a luigi
based toadstool
Hell yeah. I saw this yesterday when you first posted about it, immediately sent it to all my friends, and then I've been busy afterward.
The SOTN one made me wonder what Richter said.
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Solid.
I'm disappointed they don't have Mike Jones taking bananas out of his ears:
idkw but this just made me think of bananaman and now i'm smiling
That screen didn't have any text, so it doesn't qualify.
Who?
Protagonist of the NES game "Star Tropics" (and its equally-underrated sequel "Star Tropics: Zoda's Revenge".) The picture above is displayed at the end of the credits after beating the (first) game.
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MIKE JONES
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Op, this is the most delightful post I've seen here in a while. Thank you for sharing this.
Also I absolutely love the random insights/rants/ramblings the creator has on her Mastodon profile while reversing retro tech/retro games.
I was unaware of this. Foone is great.
Ughhhh this is terrible. Thank you.
True Gs use Photoshop to make memes. (Pirated of course, cause fuck Adobe.)
I use Krita
The effort that goes into adding a game to the Death Generator makes it 100% worth using, even if you can use PS.
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I just had way too much fun with this.
Post 'em!
i like draft 2 better but it's big, hence behind spoilers
spoiler
Truly you are doing the work of mighty Cthulhu.
Yeah this is bookmarked now
Top shelf post OP
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I must admit it's not exactly OC, but the original version I saw was AI generated. So I made this quickly and commented it in response, only to realize nobody knew what Death Generator was.
I simply reused it for an easy image example :P
You're doing the lord's work.
Mario is going to have to get his brother on the case.
And it's made by the always awesome Foone Turing.
My goodness, I'm loving that link just for the game list. Impressive.
Talk about memory lane endorphins.
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