A 3x2 contact sheet of six pixel-art game character frames with a "RETRO GAMER" sign, showing Mario, Link, Samus, Mega Man, Kirby, and the text panel in separate panels.

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A 3x2 contact sheet of six pixel-art game character frames with a "RETRO GAMER" sign, showing Mario, Link, Samus, Mega Man, Kirby, and the text panel in separate panels.

A 3x2 contact sheet of six pixel-art game character frames with a "RETRO GAMER" sign, showing Mario, Link, Samus, Mega Man, Kirby, and the text panel in separate panels. Animated…

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Animation Summary

  • Six static frames of retro game characters in a contact sheet; no visible animation changes between sampled frames.

Composition

  • 3x2 contact sheet layout
  • six distinct panels
  • each character in separate frame

Dense Caption

The image is a 48x48 pixel art contact sheet displaying six distinct retro video game characters across two rows of three. Top-left shows Mario standing on a green-tiled platform with orange stripes beneath him; top-middle features Link holding a sword above a red explosion effect near a small tree; top-right depicts Samus Aran in her Power Suit walking left on blue platforms against black background. Bottom-left presents Mega Man standing in front of vertical blue water-like patterns; bottom-middle shows Kirby peeking from behind wooden doors with green grass and white flowers outside; bottom-right contains a beige sign with red text "RETRO GAMER" bordered by four circular icons. Each character is rendered in classic 8-bit style with limited color palettes, distinct backgrounds matching their game environments, and no visible animation within this static frame set.

Description

A 3x2 contact sheet of six pixel-art game character frames with a "RETRO GAMER" sign, showing Mario, Link, Samus, Mega Man, Kirby, and the text panel in separate panels.

Fandoms

  • {"name":"Nintendo fandom","basis":"both"}
  • {"name":"Metroid fandom","basis":"metadata-compatible"}
  • {"name":"Capcom fandom","basis":"both"}
  • {"name":"Konami fandom","basis":"both"}

Identity Hypotheses

  • {"name":"Mario","basis":"visible|both","confidence":0.95,"evidence":"red hat, blue overalls, brown mustache"}
  • {"name":"Link","basis":"visible|both","confidence":0.95,"evidence":"green tunic, sword, red explosion effect (possibly bomb)"}

Metadata Supported By Image

  • r_retrogamericon (text on sign)
  • retro gaming theme
  • 8-bit pixel art style

Named Entities

  • {"name":"Mario","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"Link","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"Samus Aran","basis":"metadata-compatible"}
  • {"name":"Mega Man","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"Kirby","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"RETRO GAMER","basis":"visible"}

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • retro gamer pixel art icon
  • 8-bit game character contact sheet
  • mario link samus mega man kirby retro gamer sign

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet with 6 sampled frames (indices 0-5)
  • sourceFrameCount: 6
  • gray transparency background not visible in this image

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon characters, text is safe

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • alt: r_retrogamericon | category: icon / contest / imgs / r retrogamericon | url: r_retrogamericon

Visible Text

  • RETRO GAMER

Visually Supported Entities

  • Nintendo characters
  • Capcom character
  • Metroid character
  • Konami character
  • Kirby franchise
  • Retro Gamer magazine reference

Wordwall

  • Mario
  • green-tiled platform
  • orange striped floor
  • red hat
  • blue overalls
  • brown mustache
  • Link
  • sword
  • red explosion effect
  • small tree
  • Samus Aran
  • Power Suit
  • black background
  • blue platforms
  • Mega Man
  • blue armor
  • water-like patterns
  • Kirby
  • wooden doors
  • green grass
  • white flowers
  • RETRO GAMER sign
  • beige border
  • four circular icons
  • 8-bit pixel art
  • classic game characters
  • two-row contact sheet
  • red text

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 8, 2026

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures

Source title
r_retrogamericon
Category
icon / contest / imgs / r retrogamericon
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 01:06 UTC

Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository

Source title
iconhell_shroomfan64_retrogamericon
Category
IconHell/Character
Era
Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 13:50 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 8, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 04:06 UTC
Archive ID
8d2cc3b7539e21cf
SHA-256
8d2cc3b7539e21cf322a288cb7ce9b98d91841c1d3fe40127c8ffb1325300df2
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 13:49 UTC
Run
72
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001314

OpenAI category scores

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Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 21, 2026 at 02:23 UTC
Run
74
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.101504

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 10, 2026 at 19:21 UTC
Run
26
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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A 3x2 contact sheet of six pixel-art game character frames with a "RETRO GAMER" sign, showing Mario, Link, Samus, Mega Man, Kirby, and the text panel in separate panels.

Reviewed
July 10, 2026 at 19:21 UTC
Run
26
Version
v3
Elapsed
14,284 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,988, response 1,316

Review tags

  • 8 bit pixel art (style, 1.00)
  • retro gamer sign (text, 1.00)
  • capcom character (fandom, 0.95)
  • konami character (fandom, 0.95)
  • nintendo characters (fandom, 0.95)
  • kirby (subject, 0.95)
  • link (subject, 0.95)
  • mario (subject, 0.95)
  • mega man (subject, 0.95)
  • metroid character (fandom, 0.85)
  • samus aran (subject, 0.85)

Actions

  • standing
  • holding sword
  • walking left
  • peeking from behind doors

Animation Summary

  • Six static frames of retro game characters in a contact sheet; no visible animation changes between sampled frames.

Colors

  • green
  • red
  • brown
  • blue
  • yellow
  • black
  • white
  • beige

Composition

  • 3x2 contact sheet layout
  • six distinct panels
  • each character in separate frame

Dense Caption

The image is a 48x48 pixel art contact sheet displaying six distinct retro video game characters across two rows of three. Top-left shows Mario standing on a green-tiled platform with orange stripes beneath him; top-middle features Link holding a sword above a red explosion effect near a small tree; top-right depicts Samus Aran in her Power Suit walking left on blue platforms against black background. Bottom-left presents Mega Man standing in front of vertical blue water-like patterns; bottom-middle shows Kirby peeking from behind wooden doors with green grass and white flowers outside; bottom-right contains a beige sign with red text "RETRO GAMER" bordered by four circular icons. Each character is rendered in classic 8-bit style with limited color palettes, distinct backgrounds matching their game environments, and no visible animation within this static frame set.

Description

A 3x2 contact sheet of six pixel-art game character frames with a "RETRO GAMER" sign, showing Mario, Link, Samus, Mega Man, Kirby, and the text panel in separate panels.

Fandoms

  • {"name":"Nintendo fandom","basis":"both"}
  • {"name":"Metroid fandom","basis":"metadata-compatible"}
  • {"name":"Capcom fandom","basis":"both"}
  • {"name":"Konami fandom","basis":"both"}

Identity Hypotheses

  • {"name":"Mario","basis":"visible|both","confidence":0.95,"evidence":"red hat, blue overalls, brown mustache"}
  • {"name":"Link","basis":"visible|both","confidence":0.95,"evidence":"green tunic, sword, red explosion effect (possibly bomb)"}

Metadata Supported By Image

  • r_retrogamericon (text on sign)
  • retro gaming theme
  • 8-bit pixel art style

Mood

  • nostalgic
  • playful
  • vibrant

Named Entities

  • {"name":"Mario","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"Link","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"Samus Aran","basis":"metadata-compatible"}
  • {"name":"Mega Man","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"Kirby","basis":"visible"}
  • {"name":"RETRO GAMER","basis":"visible"}

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • retro gamer pixel art icon
  • 8-bit game character contact sheet
  • mario link samus mega man kirby retro gamer sign

Objects

  • green-tiled platform
  • orange striped floor
  • small tree
  • red explosion effect
  • blue platforms
  • water-like patterns
  • wooden doors
  • beige border
  • four circular icons

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet with 6 sampled frames (indices 0-5)
  • sourceFrameCount: 6
  • gray transparency background not visible in this image

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon characters, text is safe

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • alt: r_retrogamericon | category: icon / contest / imgs / r retrogamericon | url: r_retrogamericon

Style

  • 8-bit pixel art
  • classic video game style
  • retro gaming aesthetic

Subjects

  • Mario
  • Link
  • Samus Aran
  • Mega Man
  • Kirby
  • RETRO GAMER sign

Visible Text

  • RETRO GAMER

Visually Supported Entities

  • Nintendo characters
  • Capcom character
  • Metroid character
  • Konami character
  • Kirby franchise
  • Retro Gamer magazine reference

Wordwall

  • Mario
  • green-tiled platform
  • orange striped floor
  • red hat
  • blue overalls
  • brown mustache
  • Link
  • sword
  • red explosion effect
  • small tree
  • Samus Aran
  • Power Suit
  • black background
  • blue platforms
  • Mega Man
  • blue armor
  • water-like patterns
  • Kirby
  • wooden doors
  • green grass
  • white flowers
  • RETRO GAMER sign
  • beige border
  • four circular icons
  • 8-bit pixel art
  • classic game characters
  • two-row contact sheet
  • red text
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Full source records (2)

Wayback CDX CoolBuddy.com Icon GIF Captures (wayback-coolbuddy-gifs)

Kind
wayback-cdx
Era
Mid-2000s Mega Gallery
Type
Wayback historical mega-gallery crawl
Category
icon / contest / imgs / r retrogamericon
Alt
r_retrogamericon
Observed
July 8, 2026 at 01:06 UTC
Rights
mixed copyright; research/reference only by default
Slice
large category portal with broad AIM and messenger icon coverage

Hmmnd0 Historical AIM Buddy Icon Repository (github-hmmnd0-historical-buddy-icon-repository)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Early-2000s Multi-Gallery Archive
Type
public Git mirror containing four organized historical AIM buddy-icon site collections
Category
IconHell/Character
Title
iconhell_shroomfan64_retrogamericon
Archive entry
IconHell/Character/iconhell_shroomfan64_retrogamericon.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 13:50 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
cross-sectional archive of Badass Buddy, CoolBuddy, dollbuddieicons, and IconHell collections spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, holidays, sports, relationships, pride, dolls, and internet culture