The Cover Project
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: wiggy on April 20, 2012, 12:07:04 PM
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Doesn't seem like there is one on this forum, unless I'm a total dumbass and missed it. I'm not normally a huge fan of sharing too much about myself with a large forum community, but seeing as this is a relatively small and VERY tight community, I find myself much more willing to share with everyone. I feel like I'm getting to know a lot of you guys (and gals?) already, and something like this could be really interesting. I'd love to hear your stories about what got you into collecting and what brought you here.
Mods, can we make a sticky of this or something more official like this?
I'll start, if that's OK.
My name's Matt, but nobody besides my wife and mother call me that. Wiggy has been my nickname since I was about 6 or 7. There was ALWAYS another Matt in every elementary school class that I was in, and my last name seemed to work better for making nicknames than the other Matts :P
I live in Cleveland, Ohio. Been here pretty much all 34 of my years. I've been very happily married for 4 years now and we've been together since late 2001. We own a little 1950s bungalow that we've done a TON of updating to in the 5 years that we've owned it. We have 2 pugs, Izzy and Betty. We love them like they're our children.
I'm a Designer with a BFA in Industrial Design with minors in both Graphic Design and Ceramics (Cleveland Institute of Art, 2007). I run a small business out of my house. I do all sorts of odd jobs and create my own products that I've been slowly bringing to market. I'm actually working on something right now that may very much so be of interest to you guys and other old fart gamers. I'll post about that in the very near future as I'd like some feedback and whatnot regarding it. My wife's a psychiatric nurse. She's been in the field of nursing for about 6 years now.
Started playing and collecting games ever since I was tall enough to reach the controls of an arcade cabinet (with the aid of a milk crate :P). My 1st console was an NES and the 1st game I ever completed was the original Zelda. I've been hooked ever since. I worked at a used music and game store from about 1996-2003 which is where I picked up almost all of my current collection of anything up to the PS2. I found this site when I decided to finally case up a lot of the caseless disc-based games that I acquired at said retail job, and have obviously been here ever since.
This site and cheap ass gamer have totally refreshed my desire to collect and play games. I've been eBay/Craigslist/local shop hunting for a few months now and am loving it!
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I was wondering if there was such a thread as well! I've been around here now for about 10 months now, but I'll properly introduce myself. Get ready for a short novel:
My name is also Matt. :P (Don't you just love how there's always a ton of Matts at school) I'm 24 (25 next tuesday), from Wichita, Kansas. I've lived here for all but the first few months of my life, as I was born in California.
I'm just about to finally finish my BA in Media Studies/Media Production. I'm currently doing some work for a local not-for-profit children's literacy foundation, working on miscellaneous video, web and print work for them.
Some of you may have seen me post about one of my side-projects, a Star Wars parody series my friends I started since high school called Spoof Wars. We were overly ambitious in our first movie then, but it encouraged me to go into video production, writing and media in general, and we've since gotten together again to make several short sequels, and now it's culminating in the big finale we always wanted to do, only with actual production values (not to mention a good number of retro video game references you guys may like). I'd love for everyone to stop by our relatively new website, where we'll be putting up featurettes, clips and continuing our weekly micro series. We're also working right now to submit a short version of our finale to this year's Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge, so fingers crossed! SpoofWarsFilms.com (http://spoofwarsfilms.com)
Growing up in the early 90's, my dad had a fascination with old Atari systems, so the first system we really had was an Atari 2600. Some friends had an NES, so I got to experience that a little, but my first system was really the SNES, which I got bundled with Donkey Kong Country. And I played the crap out of that thing. Most of my friends also had an SNES, except one who had a Genesis. So I got to play some of both growing up. For some reason I always wanted the original GameBoy, so even when Pocket came out and I had the choice, I went with the original. I've pretty much been Nintendo-loyal since, getting the N64, GCN and Wii as well as the GBC, GBA, GBA SP, DS, DS Lite, 3DS. I did pick up a PSOne when that came out at the end of the PS1's life. I also got a 360 when I discovered how much better The Force Unleashed was on 360 (if you didn't notice already I'm a big Star Wars fan ;) )
I found this website by an interesting series of events. Somehow a while back I discovered RixGrafix.com, where a guy (and later others) was making custom DVD artwork for cases that could hold multiple DVDs. As a Star Trek/Star Wars fan, this was great since the various DVD sets they came in were huge and sometimes annoying (TNG, Enterprise). I never considered a video game equivalent, but I was now in the re-covering hobby. In the last year or so, my friends and I had kind of returned to old-school gaming, pulling out the old systems to play Mario RPG, GoldenEye and others. Last year around May or so, I was showing my friend the AVGN episodes about the Sega CD and Sega 32x. In the 32x episode he went on a side rant about how some cartridges didn't have end labels, and I looked at my N64 cartridges. I did a quick google search to see if anyone had made them, and sure enough a guy on Sega-16 had end labels you could print yourself or buy from him. They were okay, but as I read through the thread, I saw Shenske pop in to say that the guy had taken them from custom covers from users at TheCoverProject. I popped over here and was like "oh man, this is way better than end labels!"
The ironic part is that I had actually already registered here a while before, because I bought a copy of Sonic Gems Collection at GameStop with no cover, and with a google search I found one here. I got it and didn't think twice about what else was on the site. But here I am now. And thanks to you guys re-kindling my retro gaming hobby, since last summer I've picked up a Game Gear, Game Boy Color (my old one was stolen), Virtual Boy, and most recently a Sega CD, Sega 32x and Sega Saturn, not to mention a bunch of games I got that I always wanted to have as a kid.
And on top of that, making covers here for UGC, DS, DVD and Poly Cases has been great practice for me in doing all kinds of photoshop-related work in my field, which my adviser encouraged me to showcase as much as video and writing. So, thanks you guys! :D
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Welcome to the club. Do note that OCD is worshipped, and if you don't own the original version of any given video game you will be crucified by all but the most logical members.
Have fun.
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I'm Larry, I'm 16 and Live in CT. I'm in high school still but I want to be in the Entertainment industry when I get older, Mostly In animation.
I'm currently working on a cartoon series called JDex, and its a fantasy adventure series taking place in a world based mostly on a medieval, Greek mythology and 1800s setting, depending on where they are in the world, but its mostly imaginary, but it gives me creative room. The main character is Dexstratus, or Dex for short, who is a minotaur and his quests to save the land with a cast of characters who I do not want to reveal yet from, at first a group of people who are terrorizing the area. I do have a more specific plot summery, but I feel it would contain spoilers. I was going to make it a animated web series, but I need better equipment i can not afford right now, but if I get a summer job I should. I'm curently making episode 1 a comic and I got 3 pages don and they are on the Facebook page of the series, but I want to do a bit of tweaking to them before I upload else where.
My first game console was a GBC I got when my cousin got a GBAsp, and my first game was the Fidgets, the game kinda sucks. I mostly played Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and other games like that. I have played some PC games before but mostly Sims games and Spongebob games. I then got a PS2 and that realty got me into gaming, and Sonic. What got me into retro gaming was my Nintendo DS and that introduced me to Nintendo and mostly the Mario series. It was red and came with Mario Kart DS. I then found SMB 1-3, world, 64 ect. I did not get into Zelda till later. Next I got a Wii an by then i really wanted a retro system. I found a PS1 at a tag sale. I had found a NES copy of Tecmo Football at the Dump on the ground, still had no system. There was also a video store that had some old games. I got boxed copies of Pro Wrestling (NES) BattleToads in Battlemaniacs and Gods (SNES) and Sonic 2 (Gen) Still no systems. One of my sisters friends ad a orange N64 with 3 controllers (only one good) and no hook-ups and some wrestling games. I later cleaned it, there was a crayon somehow inside it, and bought cords for it. It worked well and I built up a game collection from friends, tag sales, and a few from online. I bought a SNES from a freind with DKC 2 and Strike gunner STG and all the hook-ups for 40$. It had problems but after a cleaning it was fine, it had dead bugs in it :-\ . Got a Genesis of-line. A NES off E-bay, and a Xbox 1 and 3do from goodwill. I also got a semi broken Xbox 360 from a friend for free that died after a year.
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Oh! My favorate music is mostly the 60's and 70's, including and in no particular order The Beatles (duh) The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Bonzo Dog Band/ Rutles/ Grimms/ Neil Innes, Santana, Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Doors, Queen, ZZ Top, Metallica, Cream, Jehtro Tull, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, The Animals, Credence Clearwater Revival, and The Band among others.
Favorite shows: Monty Pythons Flying Circus, South Park, The Office, The Three Stooges, Robot Chicken, Police Squad!, Animaniacs, Beavis and Butthead, Tiny Toon Adventures, Fairly Odd Parents, Rocko's Modern Life, Invader Zim, , and basically any Nicktoon of Cartoon Network show from before 2005. Absolutely Fabulous, But lately I have not been watching much tv.
Movies: Evil Dead series, Back To The Future series, Smoking Gun series, Monty Python series, HELP! and Yellow Submarine, The Wall, Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, Can't Think of any more of the top of my head.
And Here is the Logo and Main character of JDex:
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Hi I'm Steven, and i'm a videogamer!
i'm 35 and have been gaming since the mid eighties, firstly on C64, then Atari ST.
my brother, who is a few years older than me, got a crappy job after leaving school, it did however mean he had MONEY! he if anything was even more obsessed with games than me so my love of Megadrive and Gamegear comes from him!
we were both Sega whores until i got a SNES, then we could share and play each others consoles, which is what got me started on ownig multiple systems. i stuck to Nintendo, getting an N64.
i hated, with a passion, Sony entering the console market and refused to get a Playstation, "who are they to try to muscle in!!" i thought, so i clung to the 64, even forgoing my first love and not getting a Saturn!
however a few years later, having read a few "coming soon" articles, i got a Dreamcast, and loved it!, what a brilliant swansong from Segas' console department! also at some point my hatred of Sony abated and i ended up with a PS2, which meant i could also get some PS1 games!, i was now obsessed with gaming!
after getting a job (finally!) the first thing i bought with my first pay packet was a GBC, loved that little guy, but i could also start a Gameboy collection too!
after that i got every major console on or shortly after release, but also some not so major ones, like a Gizmondo, a Tapwave Zodiac, an NGage, a GP32, etc...
i've been slowly getting the consoles and games i missed out on over the years, and loving every minute!
I dont remember how i found this site, but am so glad i did, my games look really cool now thanks to you lot!
other stuff i like (what?! theres stuff other than videogames!?) Pizza!, Fried chicken!, Science!, Most types of music!, Most types of films!, Harry Potter!, Too many things to list!
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Eh, what the hell, right?
I'm Ruben, from Florida, and I was always meant to be a gamer.
My first experience with video games came from my cousin, who owned an NES, with a handful of games (TMNT, Super Mario Bros./Duckhunt, Super Mario Bros. 3, and Mega Man 2), and between me, her, my other cousins, and my sister, we played the ever living hell out of that thing (though I don't know whatever happened to it. Knowing my relatives, they probably threw it out after some time). The first console I owned was actually the ColecoVision. It was a hand-me-down that I got, and it brought 3 games, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and a 3rd game I can't recall, and was given to me with a TV with a screen smaller than my laptop monitor. Not too long after, it was thrown out and forgotten about, shamefully. But one Christmas, I truly became a gamer, when I got my Super Nintendo. It came with Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World (two carts), and I was in heaven. I treated this thing like it was my first console, and I still have it to this day, and it looks and plays just like it did back then (almost no yellowing has occurred at all).
I remember the Christmas when I got my first Mega Man game, Mega Man X, which is the Mega Man game that hooked me to the series for good. I remember my mother trying to correct me by telling me the X was a 10, and I stubbornly told her it stood for X, even before I had ever played it. And my small collection of games grew. Shortly after my sister got her first system, the Gameboy Pocket, I got the Color. Then she got the Advance, then I got the GBASP. Somehow I skipped the 5th Generation of consoles entirely, to the point where I got a Playstation sometime after I got my Gamecube, and it was a 2nd hand gift from my then-girlfriend. I never owned a PS2, and had a Gamecube instead (because I was a Nintendo boy growing up). When I got my first job, I remember celebrating my first paycheck by buying a new videogame (P.N.03). When the Wii came out, I bought it launch day. Not too long ago, I broke down and decided to buy an Xbox 360, despite how much hate I had for the original Xbox back in the day (for trying to compete with Sony, Sega, and Nintendo).
I started collecting games when I found out about stores that sold old school games. I made it my mission to own every Mega Man game that came out for the Super Nintendo, even if that meant buying Mega Man Soccer. And while I have a nice collection of other series of games (Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, etc.), no other series captured my attention like Mega Man did. Soon it became "Own Battle Network 1-6," and "Own Zero 1-4." Then it became "Own every variant of Battle Network (3blue, 3 white, 4blue moon, 5 red sun, etc)." And it just escalated until I began owning games for consoles I didn't own (2 PS2 Mega Man games, 6 NES Mega Man games). Not that I'm complaining. ;D
One day, I was over at a friend's house, and I saw he had a regular case for Wii Sports. It always bothered me that Wii Sports came in some cardboard thing, and not in a proper case. But he had an official Nintendo case, and an official-looking Wii Sports slip, but with his nickname used for the Unique Product Code. So I searched online for a copy, and I found this place through Kotaku. I saw what this place offered, and I got hooked. I felt stupid for not thinking of buying DS cases to store my GBA games, but then, without the slips, why would I have thought to do that? I've been here a while now, and I've taken full advantage of this site. I make custom covers, partially due to a desire to feel creative, and because it's the least I can do to give back to this community.
Aside from video games, I am a bit of a media whore. I have shelves covered in books and DVDs, plus an external hard drive that's quickly filling up with TV shows and cartoons that I love or want to enjoy. I go to school for Computer Networking, am one class away from getting my associate's, and am already working on my bachelor's. I love to read, write, and create.
As for my username, Seraph Man is an idea that sprang forth from my love of Mega Man. Back when Battle Network was still popular, people were making up their own Net Navis all over the place, which I thought was great. But when people tried to make Navis based on other Mega Man characters, I ended up cringing at the lack of creativity or thought (slapping .EXE at the end of a Maverick's name is not the way to make up a Net Navi). My favorite Mega Man character has always been X, and in the Zero series, you get to see him (or his copy) in a battle armor that was designed to be an angel, then a seraph angel in its second form. That became the inspiration for Seraph Man, a Navi based loosely on X, but still different enough, and that sounded like he could be part of the Battle Network universe, and not just some fan character.
I got carried away, and I apologize. Once I start talking, it's hard to shut me up.
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Ah crud
I'm Sam, I'm from Michigan.
I grew up with video games, and my parents played the crap out of Atari. My mom over played Pac-Man on the Atari, so much so she found out how to beat any maze without being touched. I played the crap out of Mario 3 and people tell me I beat it when I was such a youngin, I doubt it though. I was primary for Consoles when I was a kid, but I had cousins who were rich and got computers, and we sometimes got their used stuff when they upgraded. I still have my old Tandy 1000, and it...almost works. I can get Dune to boot, but it wont play for long.
Nice segway, I am also an avid reader...and my favorite series of books is Dune, by Frank Herbert, I read them in middle school and have been keeping up with the McDune books by Brian Herbert, the newest one was a disappointment. I even enjoy the 1984 movie. I also read manga.
I am currently the owner of a small video game store in Southern Michigan. We do not get much business, so we are planning on moving across the state lines into Indiana. Becoming an entrepreneur seemed like a better investment than college.
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Ronnie from Finland, 33.
Registered practical nurse.
Oldest of ten kids, 4 time uncle.
Crazy console and console game collector who thinks computers are are only good for cover making, internet surfing and occasinal checking of potential games by means of roms.
First computer was C64, first console was Game Boy with Tetris and SML, soon followed by NES with SMB/Tetris/NWC -combo cart and Mega Man 3 (which I think was the first game I beat).
And I quess I'm the Gatekeeper and the main Banhammer of TCP at the moment. ;D
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Wow! Some great stories in here!
I'll have to reply to some of what you guys said when I'm not surfing on my phone.
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I guess i might as well join the party. Nigel (Nige) - 38, from the UK, living in France.
I own and run this place: www.pechluna.com - and live on site.
I studied Computer Science at university, but decided it was not the industry i wanted to work in. Found myself in retail management for Tandy (the UK arm of Radio Shack - but long since closed down), then Customer service manager, and technical manager at a couple of telecoms companies before the telecoms bubble burst. - and then fell (quite literally) into the wine industry, where i was a demand planner for about 4 years. Basically analysis of trends, and feeding through to the supply team to ensure that we made enough to cover demand - loved the industry, wasn't in love with the job. Much happier now running my own business, with my partner in the sunny south of France.
First console we had in the house was in about 1980, when my sister bought an Atari 2600. First game to be clocked/beaten was Defender when I was about 8 or 9 years old.
From the 2600, i moved to ZX Spectrum, then Master System, Amiga 500, Megadrive, SNES, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2, GCN, XBOX, X360, Wii, PS3. All bought myself from working/saving apart from the 1st Spectrum. About 10 years ago when i was still living in london, I was burgled 3 times in 3 months, and was pretty much cleaned out. Clothes, TV, DVD's, CD's, Games, Consoles, Bike, Stereo's, money, the lot. So I decided it wasn't worth the hassle to have nice stuff, so I sold EVERYTHING i had left- for next to nothing apart from a few things i still had boxed at my parents house, and things I actually needed. I then moved out of Londonand in with my partner, and about 2 years later started getting back into gaming - with emphasis on retro gaming. I reaqcuired all of the consoles i used to have, and started collecting those that I missed out on originally. I am now the proud owner of over 2400 games on around 30 systems.(Old spectrum stuff still not catalogued/included so probably another 100-150 to add to that).
Can't remember how i found the site - i think it was from a link on CheapAssGamer. Loved what was being done. Started making my own (very poor) covers, and got some guidance from some of the members here, and am now a pretty competant cover artist. By no means one of the best, but they are covers which have the correct details, and the right quality to showcase my collection. I'm still a long way off casing everything though.
Hobbies aside from the obvious are music, cooking, wine, gardening and travel.
Oh, and the screen name comes from my very first AOL account, after a band I followed 'Sheep on drugs'. Friends all shortened it to Sheep, and it kinda stuck.
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My name is Michael, 26, Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, currently living in Mississippi however still working out of New Orleans. My wife and I got married last year, although we have been together going on six years and have a three year old son. Since others are elaborating, Madroc was my character name in the Everquest 1 days and eventually the SZ was added for the server I spent most my time on , Sullon Zek, while I played since beta I found pvp to be fun and MadrocSZ became my forum name for all the smack talking lol.
I have been a gamer practically my whole life with my first experiences being on my parents Atari 2600 and eventually I got my own NES for Christmas (1988, actually have video too!) and at the time I was a huge ghostbusters fan with that being my first game on the NES. Man, how that game sucked.
My collecting has been off and on for most my life and what I didn't trade in over the years would end up packed away in a closet until about seven years ago I was given a box of NES games w/ all sorts of extras and I dusted off those old boxes and begin truly collecting. I tend to collect games from those consoles I grew up with, mainly those I used to play or remember watching others play with a few added in that I missed out on over the years. While my collection is currently 1300+ games I tend to do quality over quantity and I collect everything from NES to present with a few exceptions. Sure, I started on Atari but pretty much felt its not what really set me off, so I don't collect any as well as stuff like TurboGrafx (just never had one no played much of one) I dont wish to have every game for a particular system just those that are well received or nostalgic to me. Not only do I enjoy the collecting aspect but the actual thrill of seeking such games for great deals. Craigslist, flea markets and even the very random eBay deals keep me going. (MUSHA for 20$! lol)
I was turned on to this site simply by google searching replacement cover art it some years back, I was starting to amass a collection of cartridge games as well as PS1 games disc only for at the time I just wanted the game and disc only is much cheaper lol. I have never cared if older "retro" games had original boxes and cases for to me it just jacked up the value. Now with my anal retentiveness to want everything organized I can keep my games neat and orderly using cases I have made using the art on this site. With newer stuff PS2/PS3, DS etc I must have the case and art otherwise I dont bother.
Like many others here I have used CheapAssGamer for years, its practically my homepage as often as I visit it daily. I am currently trying to learn photoshop etc so I can one day actually contribute instead of mooch off others hard work lol. I would love to be able to start making custom things or even doctor up some current ones to have some fun.
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I'm Jeff, been going by Forte online forever (my favorite Rockman character). I used to be an administrator on a Neopets (don't laugh) battledome website for years until we lost our hosting and all the code for the site. Now, I just focus on video games.
I've been gaming since I got an NES as a kid. I moved up to SNES and picked up a Game Boy too. We were poor growing up, so I only had the pack-in games (Mario/Duck Hunt on NES, Mario All Stars + World SNES, Tetris on GB) until the late 90s, when I was able to get some cheap games from Funcoland when I discovered their mail catalog. One of the first games I got was Mega Man X, which started my love affair with the Mega Man series. I started saving my lunch money allowance to buy games, and amassed a decent collection. When N64 and PS1 came out, I switched allegience to Sony after hating how Mario 64 played and the N64 controller. The Gamecube and Wii didn't win me back, though I have since bought all three years after the fact (N64 and GCN for 10 dollars each, Wii for about 70 a few years ago).
Now that I have a high paying job with the US Government, I can afford to go back and buy all the games I wanted as a kid but could never have. My Mega Man collection has over 100 games in it now, and I have plenty of NES, SNES, N64, PS1, PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Boy games. My GCN and Wii sections are lacking, but nothing from those libraries really stands out to me. I refuse to buy a microsoft console, the only game I have for their systems is Mega Man Anniversary Collection just for my collection's completion.
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My name is Seth, i am 24 and was born in LaPorte Indiana. I use Shenske or Shenske37 for all of my online profile names. It was a nickname that i went by when i was in elementary school. Shenske is a combo of my last and first name squished together. I would classify myself as a casual gamer based on how much time i actually spend playing games. Knowledge and general interest in gaming would classify me in the hardcore gamer territory.
I am proud to say that as of earlier this week i became a home owner with my girlfriend. ;D That process has taken up a lot of my time recently and i'm glad the 'hard part' is our of the way.
I have four siblings and am the middle child. I have an older sister, an older brother and two younger twin sisters.
I am the only person in my family without at least one kid. I'm an uncle many times over so i'm too worried about kids, haha.
Where I live:
1988 - 1994 - North-Western Indiana
1994 - Current - Northern Colorado
Profession:
I've worked at a variety jobs. I've also worked doing manual labor, food service and graphic design. None of which really made me happy. I love doing graphic design as a hobby but as a profession it was kind of draining. Retail is a natural fit for me and i could realistically see myself doing it for the rest of my life. I currently work for the largest retail chain that exclusively sells games. I usually don't disclose exactly where i work but i bet you've figured it out ;)
Job History as an adult
GameStore** ;) - Store Manager
Vitamin World - Assistant Manager
KB Toys - Store Manager
Hobbies:
Sports: Growing up i played football - 8 years, wrestling - 4 years, track - 4 years
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(This is a pic from high school, I'm the bald one in the middle. I feel more comfortable not releasing recent or super-detailed info about me on the net. Call me paranoid but better safe than sorry).
Art: Not so much anymore i've been really burnt out on art and haven't created any thing or drawn in years.
Gaming: You'd be surprised. I actually rarely play games. I'm actually more intrigued by learning about the history, trends and pretty much any info relating to gaming. I'd rather read or talk about gaming rather than actually play the games themselves. Its weird how this hobby of mine has evolved.
That being said, i have been considering substantially downsizing my collection for years. I am thinking about parting ways with about 80% of my collection of 1189 (non duplicates). This will be a long term move. If you really need a game for your collection drop me a pm and we can work something out. :) ( i have a complete list of my games on my backloggery in my signature).
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interesting thread
My name is Andres i`m kinda new here, i am from colombia i`m 23 years old.
when i was 5 years old i saw a nes in the house of a friend and i was so intrigued to know how that weird thing with buttons work that i told my father to bought me one, the first day i had my nes i played all day and night (contra, mario and megaman) i was addicted actually i`m still addicted to videogames, i love them as an art not to much as a game, i only play games with something to show in history, music or design, because of this i`m studying graphic design to work in the game industry as a concept artist.
also i love comics, horror movies, music(indie and alternative bands, hardcore, metal, classic rock)
that`s all, sorry for my english i don`t have someone to practice, here in colombia nobody speak english.
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Why not, might as well type a short novel too :P
My name is Arron, and I'm from Texas. Currently I'm 21 and about to finish my last 2 years of college in the Media Communications Information industry. As you can tell from my icon, I'm an anime fan, that loves classic gaming and old technology in general. As a kid and young teen I always got called a nerd for lugging my VHS-C Camera around and recording my friends and all the stupid stuff we did, but I'm glad I did since I can relive those memories anytime, just by popping the tape in the VCR and pressing play. I love audio/video editing and it's what I really wanna make a career out of.
I started gaming when I was 4 years old with a good old Sega Genesis and Sonic The Hedgehog 2, I still can hum the damn Chemical Plant song to this day since I always got stuck in that level as a kid, but it's my favorite level, go figure. In 1996 I of course got an N64 and that was my main console for almost 10 years. It's really the console I grew up with since my friends and I would trade carts back and forth every week and play them non stop, so many hours with Goldeneye and Super Mario 64. In 1997, I got a red GameBoy Pocket for my birthday and go figure they released the GameBoy Colour not too long after, but that still didn't stop me from playing Pokemon Red, another game I spent half my childhood on. It wasn't really till 2004 when I found the Room Of Dooms over a Digitpress that I found out about consoles I never knew about. Being a casual member over there, I got a few systems here and there from nice people but most of my collection came from eBay cause well, yea cheap prices of course. Then of course I found this site and was amazed that I didn't have to hunt down boxes and boxes for my games, rather just print them out and put them in sturdy cases and display them easily.
Ask for music I'm a classic rock, alternative, metal, fan although nothing like relaxing to alittle classical now and then. But bands like Foo Fighters, Ozzy, Skid Row, Judas Priest, Collective Soul, The Offspring, Nirvana, Candlebox, Motley Crue, Dio, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and may more are among my favs to listen to. Of course I do listen to alittle new rock like Sixx AM, SlipKnot Linkin Park, Seether, Skillet, Sick Puppies, Halestorm, Buckcherry to name a few. I do like a few pop songs like Vanilla Twilight from Owl City since well my late friend and lover dedicated it to me so yea it holds a special place in my heart, and yes I do like Fireflys as well ;D
My name, well I created it by combining my favorite anime characters at the time and ever since then I used it because it's unique and now it's the name I use for my audio/video productions.
Other things, uh my favorite subjects in school were of course computer classes, and history. Movies, mostly action movies like Bond, Terminator, Speed, etc. I do love the classics thou like Casablanca, The Wizard Of Oz and To Kill A Mockingbird to name a few. Fav anime series, oh classics like Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Yu-Yu Hakasho & Sailor Moon, among favs like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Rozen Maiden, Fullmetal Alchemist, Lucky Star, Inuyasha, Loveless, Princess Princess and many more.
That's about it, don't wanna get too deep into it I'd be writing all night ::)
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Hello everyone! I've been lurking around these parts for at least three years now and decided it was time to join the community I refer so many people to!
I'm pretty bad at these things but here it goes! The name's Tom, though I go mostly by my middle name since there was always another Tom in class (similar to Matt, a way too common name...). I'm originally from Chicago Heights, IL but currently reside in central Illinois for school. I'm 25 and have been gaming since around age 3. I'm an avid classic Nintendo fanboy.
I currently own: N64 - Orange, Original XBOX - Halo Limited Edition, GCN - Jet (I still wish Nintendo released the Spice system in NA since orange is my favorite color), PS3 - 60 GB, XBOX 360 - Elite, GBA SP - Classic NES, DSi - Metallic Blue (signed by Scott Ramsoomair of VG Cats - with a doodle of Link being chased by Cuccos), 3DS - Cosmic Black, Wii - Black, PSP 1000, PSP Go (love the design, hate the download only restriction) and the newest edition a Vita.
My first system was actually Game Boy that my mother bought me for Christmas in 1990; boy was I the happiest three year old haha! I had three games for it: Tetris, Super Mario Land and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I carried that baby everywhere with me, until one of my step dad's friends stole it from while I napped in his van. It took a couple of years but i finally convinced my mom to get me a SNES in 1992. I only had a few games for it, but I played that thing constantly until I got a N64 in 2000. Then of course the GameCube would come out the next year, and I stupidly traded in everything for it just so I could play the new Smash Bros. To this day I kick myself for getting rid of my SNES, but I'd probably do it again if I could redo it, so live and learn right?
So having learned that hard lesson, I've been collecting since 2002 when I purchased my GCN and felt the pangs of seller's remorse. My passion for video games lead to working at GameStop in high school. Once I started college I was offered a promotion and stupidly took it. I should have seen how working there would become a priority since gaming is my passion, but again live and learn ;D I'm currently on the hunt for the GBA games I want and just finished casing the ones I do own thanks to everyone here! Sadly it's a bit tougher than I'd like since I still buy a ton of games for the current systems and work part time. I'm hoping on starting to expand my N64 collection in the near future, with the SNES and NES hopefully not too far behind it (again still feeling that seller's remorse a decade later :'( )
If I could get my hands one retail complete game it would have to say it would be Earthbound. I have absolutely loved it since I played it at a friend's in the 90s. I was unsuccessful in my attempts to get my mother to buy it for me, as even then it was difficult to find and really expensive. Other than this unlikely goal, I plan on getting every US released Nintendo console. I am very interested in getting my hands on a Virtual Boy since none of the stores around me ever received their demo units.
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...my name is also Matt. It is a far too common name these days.
I live in Maryland, USA and am currently 24 years old. Only a few days from finishing my bachelor's degree and excited for it to be over. I'm recently engaged and we are working towards getting our future together. Simultaneously, my passion for collecting has taken off. I've always liked collecting things, and I've always like video games and after I discovered TCP it hit me: I should combine my two passions.
I've been gaming since back in the Atari days, when I was very young. I used to play tons of DOS games as a little kid with my dad (against my Mom's yells that it was way past my bed time at 3 AM). Cosmo, Duke Nukem, Commander Keen, Crystal Caves, Wolfenstein 3D, etc...I grew up on all of that. We had an NES back in the day, now I wish my dad hadn't given it away, but oh well. I have a younger brother and sister, and let me tell you, that Christmas when we opened up a NINTENDO 64 OMG! It was like the best day of my whole life lol.
Skip ahead a bunch. Was a hardcore PS2 player, played more hours of SOCOM II & III in a basement with 3-4 friends than I could ever hope to count. Joined the 360 crowd just before Halo 3 came out (also used to love going to 16 player basement LANs for Halo: CE). I have an original GameBoy, but I never got into handhelds after that. Only ever used them in the backseat on a long car ride...and that certainly isn't something that seems to be in my future.
Currently have an N64 (best system ever), Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 (backwards compatible), and yesterday I bought an XBOX and PS2 slim from a craigslist ad, need a few cables and should be good to go. Last year I also built a gaming PC myself, just cased up all my old PC games in DVD cases yesterday.
Favorite games: Final Fantasy series, Metal Gear Solid series, SOCOM II (back in its heyday), Halo (the story mostly, the multiplayer has lost its vigor with me), Legend of Zelda series, Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros. series
I don't tend to collect for a specific console, or a specific genre, I just go for the best games on each console I own that I enjoy. My goal is to have a "complete collection" of the consoles I currently own in this regard. One day I hope my kids could benefit from it, but it's also a great hobby for me. Oh, and I'm totally OCD about my collection. Things I hate:
1. Stickers. WTF STOP PUTTING STICKERS ON MY GAMES! I'm gonna put writing/markers here too.
2. Mis-cared for games. I buy tons of games used (almost never new). I don't care how "perfectly" it plays, I don't want your scratched disc with the case your dog chewed. And where do all these manuals go??? Do people just open the case and toss the manuals?
3. Greatest Hits / Platinum Hits / Player's Choice. Probably my most OCD thing. I just hate how they aren't uniform and consider them an inferior copy of the game.
4. Owning an inferior copy of a game. Besides prices coming down, waiting to buy games also allows me to pick up the GOTY and special edition versions that come with all the stuff that the original version didn't.
5. GOTY editions that are DLC codes. Put the content on the disc. Why am I paying for a code if I can just buy the DLC seperately? Games like this don't count as better versions to me. Look into the fiasco that is the 360 Call of Duty 4 GOTY edition. I honestly can't believe Activision had the audacity to pull that kind of shit with us.
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Hi Guys my name is Mike Brink my friends call me Brink. I have been collecting games on and off for about 12 years. I Dont buy games just to have a huge collection, I only buy what I like or what ever I come across for a few bucks. I am just passing the 300 mark on my games. I have been coming to this site for years to just grab covers, im ready to share some of the custom covers and custom labels i make for the damaged games I buy. Collecting Video games is just one of my hobbies. I am married and have a kid so video games are not my life. But I hope to chat with a few of you and get tips on making covers, buying games, ect.
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Ah, this is a great idea! Can't believe someone hasn't came up with this before now.
My names Brandon, I'm 24 years old and I live in South Carolina. Been married now for 2 years and was lucky enough to find a woman who not only puts up with my ridiculous gaming quirks, but supports it completely. Granted, she doesn't quite hit that level of "uncontrollably pissing myself" when we happen across a huge box of awesome SNES games at a yard sale, but she's happy for me either way, so I can't complain at all.
A few years ago I was hired on over at Michelin which has been good and bad It's a great job, great pay, etc. but it's strictly swing shifts. Someone will ask me about my schedule and I literally have to pull out my little wallet sized calendar they give you to explain it. You'll work 3-4 days on a typical third shift type schedule...11:30 PM to 7:30 AM, be off a day, come back in on a 12 hour morning shift. (7:30 - 7:30) work a few days, be off a couple of days, go back on a 2nd shift 8 hr. schedule, 3:30 PM - 11:30 PM...eh, anyways, it's true what people have told me. There's absolutely no getting used to swinging shifts. I actually have an easier time on the back shifts since I've always been a night owl anyways.
Been gaming since I was around 4 years old. Christmas morning that year I got my Super NES with Super Mario World & Mario Paint and from that point on I was destined for pure dork-dom...or doomed considering on how you look at it. In case you can't tell from the majority of my UGC contributions, SNES is my favorite system, and as far as I'm concerned it'll never get better than those days. The 16-bit era in general was just amazing, and I'd give anything to be a kid again, un-boxing Donkey Kong Country 2, or Mario RPG for the first time.
Over the years I've got my hands on around 16 or so systems dating all the way back to the 2600 and ending with my 360. Last time I looked over everything I had around 1,250 games and out of those 458 are Super NES carts. I made it a personal goal a few years back to eventually get all of the NTSC SNES games, and I'm slowly getting there month by month.
Space has recently become an issue, as I'm sure a lot of you guys have run into. When we purchased this house two years ago, I never thought my room for games would fill up so damned fast. UGC's really screwed me over when I started factoring them into the mix, and I've just recently had to mount some shelves down in our basement solely for the cased games.
Aside from gaming, I love to draw. I seriously have boxes of doodles from when I was a kid. I get bored, I start to draw, and I guess I won't be changing anytime soon. I've been playing guitar now for around 15 years, and piano since I was like...6. I took piano lessons when I was a kid, but honestly can't read a note of music anymore to save my life. I've always been more of a "by ear" kind of person anyways. Other than gaming playing music is probably my other "great escape" from reality. There's nothing more relaxing than sitting on the back deck playing around on the guitar on a nice evening.
I love music. I like a little bit of everything I guess, but I mainly listen to the older stuff. I always feel like I should've been born 20 years earlier. Billy Joel, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, Bad Company, Boston,The Eagles, CCR, etc. I listen to a little bit of stuff that's out there now, but can't get into a lot of it. Give me a good Queen album any day, and I'm all set. :P
Anyways, I could keep this up all night but I'll just end it here for everyone else's sake. I really like the community here and I hope this place is around for years to come. The day we're able to have a UGC cover for each and every SNES game will be a proud day indeed. There's a lot of good people here, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one out there who's ridiculously OCD about his videogame collection.
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my name is rolando I'm 25 years old living in the state of Texas, but I am Mexican born in the state of Coahuila more half of my life I've lived here in the U.S. I finish High School on 2007, I'm a construction worker, I have my girlfriend who also loves video games and everytime she finds a game she get really happy for me and also for her because she knows that she would get to play it.
I lived my childhood in Mexico and as many of you I spent lots of time in the arcades during recess and after school playing games like tmnt, mortal kombat, street fighters and many more in my house I had a snes console with a few games and a super game boy with turok.
Years later my family brought us to the United States and I started playing with other consoles and from there on my passion for old games consolesbegan, I bought several of my games at thrift stores, garage sales, fleamarket, sometimes I found them on the trash where i was working.
I started to work at the age of 12 and in many places where i worked people wanted newer games and they sometimes throw away their old games and I picked them up and so I started to collect and to this day I have not stopped collecting video games.
My favorite series is Castlevania I have almost all of them I'm just missing one and that one is castlevania dracula x for snes. I also like other games series like Resident Evil, Legend of Zelda, Mario games, and many others.
Every weekend my girl and I will go to the fleamarket and if she sees a game that looks interesting either she buys it or she calls me to go check it out. most of the time we find really good stuff in there sometimes we don't but it's a lot of fun to go together.
I also collect action figures, comic books, movies, i love manga, lowrider model cars, homies mini figures, and other stuff.
My favorite types of music are rap, cumbia colombiana, the oldies but goodies, nortena, banda, hip hop, texana, vallenato.
I'm a lowrider guy I got a 1958 chevrolet apache that i'm fixing and hope to get it ready by next year, my next project that i hope to get is a 1939 chevrolet master deluxe but we will see how i finish with the apache.
well homies that all i can say about me.
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Hi guys! My name's Josh and I'm a 34 year old player of videogames. :D
Since many of you may be wondering why I made my forum tag Famicom_Josh, I'll give a little background.
When I was 5 years old, my Father transferred to Sasebo, Japan, so our family moved from Washington State over to the land of the rising sun. I believe it was in the summer of '82. As you might have guessed looking at the year, Nintendo still hadn't had a presence in the States so I moved to Japan not knowing much of anything about videogames.
When I got to Japan, all my Japanese friends were playing something called a "Family Computer," so I begged my mom for one, and eventually she relented. Technically, I shared my Famicom with my 12 year old brother, but I pretty much had the console to myself as my bro was off doing "big kid things" like practicing nunchucku and break dancing (no, really).
Anyways, looking back, I see that I got to play many classic games before they even came to the states (I was rocking Mario Bros. in '83, 3 years before it released in the US), which was a pretty sweet deal. I also got to play a bunch of games that never game out in the US, like Chester Field, King Kong 2: Raging Megaton Punch, Gegege no Kitaro, Penguin-kun Wars (loved this one), Formation Z, etc.
My family stayed in Japan for 4 years before coming back to Washington State. I lived there until my early twenties, and then went back to Japan for a year to live with my girlfriend (we are now married) who was over there teaching English. A few years later I graduated from college, got hired as an ALT in the JET Programme and went back to Kyushu Japan (this time in Kagoshima, further south than Sasebo) to live for 3 years.
It was around this time I started to collect all the old games I used to play when I was young, because I could go to the local game shop and pick up used Famicom for the yen equivalent of 1 or 2 dollars. Well, my collection has continued to grow and I'm pretty excited that The Cover Project exists because I've always wanted a better way to store/display my old school games (I have a lot of NES, SNES, Genesis games too).
I've also decided to get proactive and make some covers myself, which I'd like to upload here if they are deemed worthy. I've very little PhotoShop experience, but despite that, I used Shenske's Famicom template and soldiered on for a few days learning the software, and I've created a cover for Gojira (Japanese version of NES Godzilla. I also began working on a cover for Chester Field last night (rare Famicom game nobody here has probably heard of :P). I'll probably have a chance to polish them up over the weekend and then I'll post in these forums for folks to check out/critique.
EDIT: I forgot to mention, I also write for Thunderbolt Games - an independent videogame website that's been around for over a decade (I've been writing for TB for over 9 years). My staff page: http://www.thunderboltgames.com/viewstaff/15
Anywho, I leave you with a picture of me a few years ago when I was teaching in Japan. And yes, that is an Indiana Jones fedora.
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r162/makuro77/JapanPictures385.jpg)
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Welcome.
After reading your introduction I assume you read Japanese and can help us by doing some translating?
Nothing big like manuals, but back covers and such.
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Thanks for the welcome.
I could probably help depending on the complexity of the text, but if it's straight kanji, I'm not going to be able to read most of it (I never put serious effort into the study of kanji - it takes 12 straight years of dedicated schooling for Japanese people to learn the 5000 "regular use" kanji and that always scared me off).
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Hi everybody!
My name in real life is Tomas. I'm an industrial designer in Kentucky, and really got hooked on this site a coupe of weeks ago, though I've heard of this site about a year ago when I saw it on a blog (forgot which one).
Biggest news in my life is that I got engaged to my wonderful fiance February 29th, with the wedding set for May 25th of 2013!
I'm also a big into collecting Transformers (if you couldn't tell by my screen name ;D), and playing guitar. I used to play in metal bands, but now am a "bedroom shredder".
I'm really stoked to be a part of this group, as I think I can be a great addition here. For the past week, I've been mocking up my own covers, being inspired by the legendary wiggy! ;) I'll post some stuff here pretty soon.
I'm a wizard of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (as I use these tools all the time at work), so if someone needs help with something, I'll do my best to help out!
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Welcome! Nice to see a fellow ID guy here ;D
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Welcome! Nice to see a fellow ID guy here ;D
Thanks wiggy! By the way, sexy SNES re-shell! You should definitely put it up on kickstarter! I'm a recent-ish ID grad (Dec 2010) from CCS, so I don't have enough experience to model plastic parts with shrink rates, tolerances, etc. in mind, so I'm really following your project, hoping I can learn a thing or two about plastics!
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Sweet! Did you do products or cars? I'm guessing products, right?
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Sweet! Did you do products or cars? I'm guessing products, right?
Thanks! I did the Product Design Program. There's no way I'm doing cars, I don't have the determination to draw ellipses for the rest of my life... ;D
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When I started at CIA I was gung-ho cars. By the end of the program I was totally sickened by the people that design cars and how the process works.
Luckily you're forced to go through both car and product at CIA if you choose to do the automotive crap. So, at least I ended up being somewhat viable in the product field LOL ;D
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Hello everyone! I'm VideoGamerYoshi (My parents can be very cruel people sometimes), also known as Robert. I'm 15, going on 16 in November, and live in a somewhat rural part of Michigan. We have the basics: Gas Station, Fast Food Restaurants, family owned shops, some bigger ones like Family Dollar or Radio Shack. Nothing fancy.
I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember. I used to be very into CCG's, until I grew bored of it, and passed all my Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon cards down to my brother. They were all in a big binder that weighed a ton and took up a lot of space. He wanted them, so he has them somewhere in his room probably. But I digress. My first system was, if I recall correctly, a NES. My mother somehow got ahold of one growing up, and took it with her. She's always had this mentality of saving certain things for her children, and she thought her kids might want it. Well, she was right. I remember a 4 or so old me playing Zelda II in my bedroom, and getting confused as to what to do. I couldn't read well at the time, so I was very confused.
I eventually graduated to a PS2 and a Gamecube. I primarily used the PS2 as a DVD player, and bought games mainly for the Gamecube. My early collection of games has basically disappeared due to my sibling's, as well as my own, neglect. As a younger child, I never thought about keeping my games in perfect shape. Just making sure they ran. I've since grown out of that mentality. I now have a huge collection of Wii games, about 50 or so games, some empty cases, and most VERY mediocre games not worth my time. It get's very difficult to preserve games when my siblings leave games lying around. Thankfully, my sister mainly plays games on her phone, and I have drilled that mindset into my brother, so he (mostly) puts the games in their cases. But I digress, again.
I never really cared about the older games until I discovered them. Once I discovered the AVGN, I really got into older games. I broke out the NES, which had endured temperatures that no console should endure: upper floor in the summer with no A/C. I couldn't believe it wasn't fried. I had some good games. Zelda, Gradius, and the Mario/Duckhunt combo. Some bad ones, like Jaws and Infiltrator. So I started collecting. Bought Mega Man 2 and 3, Ninja Gaiden, a SNES, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Mega Man X, A Link to the Past, and Yoshi's Island (Had this on the GBC, but, again, lost it. I really hate myself sometimes). These consoles are sitting in a bin, because I'm the only one who plays them, and I don't want to haul a big CRT into my room every time I want to play Duck Hunt. I currently am trying to get a job to buy a Dreamcast. Being in a small town defiantly doesn't help finding a job. Everywhere seems to have all the employees they need. But I digress once again. I started collecting again recently, and was led to here.
Now, a little more about myself besides gaming. I listen to a variety of music, mostly stuff from the 1970's to the 90's. Modern music all sounds the same to me. All sounds horrible. The main artist's I listen to would have to be CCR, Elton John, Journey, Billy Joel, and Fleetwood Mac. I have a little Bon Jovi and Beach Boys, along with Bob Seger and the Eagles. I don't watch a lot of television or a lot of movies, but the Big Bang Theory is one of my favorite shows, and I love both of the Star Wars trilogies. Episode VI has got to be my favorite. So, yeah. Glad to be here!
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Oh god, your mother saved her NES for future children. Now I feel seriously old :(
Anywho, welcome!
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Well hi there! Took me a couple months to get registered here but based on what I've learned here while lurking, I can honestly say it's worth the wait.
My name's Tyler and I'm a 20-something recent college grad with a bachelor's degree in music performance. Video game music is a huge thing for me, and I'll say more on that in a minute, as I hope to find some game devs around here who need a composer ;). I've been playing video games ever since I was maybe 3 or 4 when my uncle used to play Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, and Big Nose with me on his NES when I came to visit. My parents wanted to keep our house video game free until I got a little older, so I didn't pick up my first console until I was 7, which was a good old Nintendo 64. Mario 64 was my first serious interest, but Star Fox 64 and Ocarina of Time are what secured me as a life long gamer. Ocarina of Time also started my interest in video game music. I would figure out and notate the songs on the piano, and Koji Kondo's style has been a major influence on how I view orchestral and soundtrack music in general, even in the "real world."
Skip ahead a decade and a half and now that I'm finished with school, I have a little more time on my hands. I've been collecting my own "greatest hits" from each system, and even going back into ones that I always wanted but never owned. So far I've picked up an NES and SNES, a Genesis, Dream Cast, and I've already had a Gamecube, Wii, Xbox 360, and N64 in my collection for a while. This website is simply amazing, and I'd love to learn from you amazing folks. Music is something I have a handle on, but the visual arts are something that I love very dearly but have never had much talent in. I'll be posting a few cover designs up here for criticism and I would be very appreciative of suggestions. I went to music school - I can take a hit very well :D.
Just in case there are any independent game developers lurking around here, I'd love to be involved in a project! My real dream is to get into composing music for indie video games, and maybe even start getting into some commercial projects. I have a great deal of experience in composing for classical and electronic instruments, and I own and run a full production studio with industry standard equipment. Basically what this boils down to is that I want to have fun on a good project, but I can also give you results that can swing with the music and sound effects of any major game you can think of. And since I love the industry to death, money isn't really a concern - I just want to cut my teeth on a few projects. So, whether you want a neo 8-bit or 16-bit soundtrack, orchestral tracks, or a full blown production mixing live instruments, virtual instruments, and synthesizers, I'm your guy. Feel free to ask about that anytime - there's no project that's too big or small.
Thanks for reading, and I really look forward to talking with you guys and gals!
Tyler
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I remember your account. you never activated it. ;)
Anyway welcome! :D
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I remember your account. you never activated it. ;)
Anyway welcome! :D
Well, that's a little embarrassing now isn't it?... :D
Oh well, at least I finally made it on here, and thanks for the welcome!
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BAHAHAHAHA!!!! Finally. Been trying to get an account approved since January. lol.
Well I'm a 22 year old community college student/ factory worker. Been wanting to expand my game collection for years.
Since finding the cover project and then cheap ass gamer, my cartridge collection has exploded. I went from 10 carts or less per console(maybe 40
altogether) to an estimated 400 combined in 6 months, and I've made a profit doing it.
I do need to buy more UGCs now though, since I thought "oh I have less than 50 carts, a 100 UGC's should be plenty!" Silly me.
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BAHAHAHAHA!!!! Finally. Been trying to get an account approved since January. lol.
Well I'm a 22 year old community college student/ factory worker. Been wanting to expand my game collection for years.
Since finding the cover project and then cheap ass gamer, my cartridge collection has exploded. I went from 10 carts or less per console(maybe 40
altogether) to an estimated 400 combined in 6 months, and I've made a profit doing it.
I do need to buy more UGCs now though, since I thought "oh I have less than 50 carts, a 100 UGC's should be plenty!" Silly me.
I think my previous comment applies to you too. ;)
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Damn, that's a whole mess of carts in a very short amount of time!
Welcome!
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Hi , My name is Clay , I am from Brasil , 25 years old , master degree in education and 20 years as a gamer
I began playing games on the Atari 2600 of my father , then he bought for me a dynavision (NES clone) and the next year a SNES , never played with the genesis nor the neo geo back then , later i earned a PS1 and a N64 and later a dreamcast , the problem is my parents donated the old system in order to earn a new one (only managed to get a grip on the PS1 and the dreamcast , the old n64 broke down) , when I met my future wife , Priscila , she urged me to start collecting games because emulators (besides mame) were bad ways of playing , because of the lack of the proper gamepad , after some time of resistance , we began reaquiring the games we played as kids (it was then that i played genesis and the saturn the first time) , so far the collection is still small , trying to buy the ps1 games original is a little tough here in brazil , so we are replacing our favorite games with original copies , same goes for the PS2 , as for the other consoles , the collection is 100% legit
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That's a pretty awesome wife!
Welcome :)
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I'm from the States. I spent the last also decade in the U.S. Marines, now I'm finishing up school and working in my field of study.
I started purchasing retro systems, as I sold a lot of mine for a PSONE, then a PSTwo as a kid. When I got out of the military in 2009, I had a lot of aggression, which needed some control. I found out watching old tv or reliving some old games calmed me down... so I continued purchasing older video games. It's especially nice that your future wife let's you have a game room, or spend hours soldering onto an arcade board.
I also do NES, SNES, and Genesis homebrew and Reproduction carts (Donor and Retrousb carts)
Currently rolling with....
CMVS Neo Geo MVS (Personally made)
SuperGun
Snes
Sega Nomad Modified with LCD and battery mod (got 2 for sale if anyone wants)
Gba (org. backlit)
Neo Geo Pocket (backlit)
Neo Geo CD (Lang mod)
Sharp Twin Famicom
NES
Game Doctor SF-7
PSP-Go
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I've been following this thread for a while now so I figured I should post something.
First, I'd like to say that this site is amazing and got me back into collecting for the old school systems again.
My real name is Joe and I'm from Ottawa, ON and live in Kanata which is a suburb of Ottawa and about a 5 min drive from ScotiaBank Place where The Ottawa Senators Play.
My nick name "Mojoeskateco" comes from a nick name that was given to me "Mojoe" and the fact that I was very into skateboarding as a teenager and always wanted to start a skateboard company.
I work as an accountant at a software company right near where I live. Unlike the typical accountant, I enjoy video games, skateboarding, snowboarding, playing the drums, and several types of music. I'm also very good at eating pizza which is my favourite food! Because I like to eat a lot I also try and stay active by running and working out at home as I can't stand the gym scene.
I started gaming when I was 5 years old while on a trip to visit my Grandparents who used to have a mobile home in Florida which they lived in during the Winter. They decided to buy an NES so that the grand kids would have something to do when they visited. I still remember taking it out of the box, hooking it up, and being instantly addicted to Super Mario Bros. You would think Disney Land would have been the highlight of the trip, but no, it was trying out the NES.
I eventually ended up getting my own NES and then the SNES, and after that a Genesis and so on.
I grew up playing and loving games like Mega Man 2 and 3, Super Mario Bros. 3, TMNT 2 and 3, Battletoads, and more importantly Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy which started my love affair with the RPG genre.
I remember always having to rent games and my parents would not buy them for me unless it was a birthday or a special occasion. They ended up selling all of my games when I was in high school and I didn't really care as I was busy with skateboarding and the odd game on PS1 and PS2.
It wasn't until during college that I started becoming interested in the NES and SNES again and so I started to rebuild my child hood collection. After accomplishing that and discovering this site I decided to try and collect as many NES and SNES games as I can and case them. I also collect mostly RPGs for the newer systems or other genres if the games interest me.
I'm more of a passive collector in that I don't have a timeline to complete a collection by as it would simply be too expensive. I kind of wait around for deals and try to be as thrifty as possible. I will shell out big bucks if it's a game I know will get a lot of play time though.
I recently started reselling in the hopes that my hobby could pay for itself and also get some games in the hands of others like me who are looking to play the classics. So far it has gone well but I'm usually too busy to get into it as much as I'd like to.
That's about it for me. I'll be posting some updated pics of the collection as soon as I get the new shelves I've been saving up for. Hoping to get a little help with that on my birthday which is coming up in August. The big 3-0. Getting older but still a big kid!! ;D
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...CMVS Neo Geo MVS (Personally made)...
...Neo Geo CD (Lang mod)...
welcome!, enjoy your stay!,
single or multi-slot mvs?
what the hell is the lang mod??
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what the hell is the lang mod??
Language?
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I'm Daniel. I enjoy playing retro games. I live in Canby, OR. What more do you need to know?
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What more do you need to know?
Can you make covers or provide high quality scans for the missing covers. ;D
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You Newbies should get some pics up in the photo show off section ;D
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What more do you need to know?
Can you make covers or provide high quality scans for the missing covers. ;D
Why would you need to know that? :P
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What more do you need to know?
Can you make covers or provide high quality scans for the missing covers. ;D
Why would you need to know that? :P
;D
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What more do you need to know?
Can you make covers or provide high quality scans for the missing covers. ;D
Why would you need to know that? :P
...because he's Arseen, he wants a cover for every game in existance! (preferably US style verticals) LOLZ!
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What more do you need to know?
Can you make covers or provide high quality scans for the missing covers. ;D
Why would you need to know that? :P
...because he's Arseen, he wants a cover for every game in existance! (preferably US style verticals) LOLZ!
Correct So far nobody has figured out where my name comes from. [Challenge thrown].
Correct Of course. So does everyone who visits our site.
Incorrect This only aplies to SNES.
For NES I'd prefer uniformed spine (no template I prefer over another exsists).
For N64 it has to be black (PAL).
For Mega Drive/Genesis ithas to be Blue (PAL).
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Hmm... Arseen as in Arsenic? ???
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Hmm... Arseen as in Arsenic? ???
Nope.
Read the name out loud and you might quess, It's really logical.
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Hmm... Arseen as in Arsenic? ???
Nope.
Read the name out loud and you might quess, It's really logical.
Saying it out loud 10 times, the best I could come up with was "Our Scene"? Don't make fun of me if I'm way off...
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Hmm... Arseen as in Arsenic? ???
Nope.
Read the name out loud and you might quess, It's really logical.
Saying it out loud 10 times, the best I could come up with was "Our Scene"? Don't make fun of me if I'm way off...
Hint say it 2 letters at the time.
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you trying to say you like it in the............? ;D
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you trying to say you like it in the............? ;D
That almost sounds like you understand Finnish...
Yes my my name could be translated to mean: in to arse (realised that too late) :D
But no., that not where the name comes. ;)
Keep quessing.
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Best I could come up with was "R" C" "N". Your initials, perhaps?
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Best I could come up with was "R" C" "N". Your initials, perhaps?
Bullseye
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Ah-ha, very clever. I've been wondering about that one for awhile now too. :P
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Hey everyone. Glad to sign up for the forums.
I won't tell you my life story, but a Super Nintendo sitting in Goodwill for 20 bucks this summer reignited my interest in my old games. I've sold off, given away, or lost a bunch, but I still have a few. This time around I'd like everything to be in nice proper condition, and also look nice and a bit adult rather than merely being a pile of toys and junk.
So while looking for used games on eBay, I found people selling plastic covers with game art on them, and thought that was awesome if a little expensive. Then I kept looking and found this place!
I have a lot of questions, a few about specific cases I couldn't find, a few about collecting in general, but I thought I'd say hello before I started demanding rescans and grilling random folks about why covers posted in threads in 2007 weren't put into the Uploads section. It's a little confusing sorting through the years-old forum content and the assumedly new site setup, so I hope you can be a bit patient with me.
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Welcome!
I honestly feel a tad confused about how some things work on this site too, so maybe I'll end up jointing you in some of the question asking :P
I do know that quality standards have changed quite a bit over the years, so that will at least explain some of the quality issues with a number of the older covers.
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Fire a way, I'll answer what I can.
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...because he's Arseen, he wants a cover for every game in existance! (preferably US style verticals) LOLZ!
Correct So far nobody has figured out where my name comes from. [Challenge thrown].
Correct Of course. So does everyone who visits our site.
not me, i only need covers for about 200 games, most of which are already available, after that i dont care!
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not me, i only need covers for about 200 games, most of which are already available, after that i dont care!
Heretic!!!! >:( :P :-[ :'(
I don't own every game yet I want our cover collection to be complete!!!
I expect that from everyone on the site.
First and only warning!!!!
There won't be another, next infraction causes immiate and permanent ban and account deletion!!!
Just kidding, I'll give you another warning before deletion.
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not me, i only need covers for about 200 games, most of which are already available, after that i dont care!
Heretic!!!! >:( :P :-[ :'(
I don't own every game yet I want our cover collection to be complete!!!
I expect that from everyone on the site.
First and only warning!!!!
There won't be another, next infraction causes immiate and permanent ban and account deletion!!!
Just kidding, I'll give you another warning before deletion.
fine, its not like i dont have access to another computer or anything...
(different pc=different ip address) LOLZ!
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not me, i only need covers for about 200 games, most of which are already available, after that i dont care!
Heretic!!!! >:( :P :-[ :'(
I don't own every game yet I want our cover collection to be complete!!!
I expect that from everyone on the site.
First and only warning!!!!
There won't be another, next infraction causes immiate and permanent ban and account deletion!!!
Just kidding, I'll give you another warning before deletion.
fine, its not like i dont have access to another computer or anything...
(different pc=different ip address) LOLZ!
Fine. Then I make so wide ban that nobody from US can access the site. :P
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>:(
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not from the US so wouldnt bother me
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not from the US so wouldnt bother me
Well they know who to blame and hunt down. ;)
>:(
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I don't want a cover for every game in existence! Just, inconveniently, a handful of covers that haven't been made, or aren't to standard yet...of course.
Actually, I do want a cover for every game in the sense that archival stuff is awesome and I love the sheer scope of this site. I hope the sets are truly completed someday.
At any rare, Arseen, my first question is what the proper way to request new covers or existing tweaks is. Is there a general thread, or do I start a new one? I'm primarily concerned with NES and SNES covers at this point.
My other question is that I found this entire thread full of NES true retail covers, ones without the added spine logo. While I'm not using this, people created a bunch in that thread and yet it seems most of them weren't uploaded to their respective pages. In addition, most of the NES games list the logo-added cover as "Retail" when it arguably should be a "Custom".
...I guess that's not really a question, just wanted to bring it to someone's attention.
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I don't want a cover for every game in existence! Just, inconveniently, a handful of covers that haven't been made, or aren't to standard yet...of course.
Actually, I do want a cover for every game in the sense that archival stuff is awesome and I love the sheer scope of this site. I hope the sets are truly completed someday.
At any rare, Arseen, my first question is what the proper way to request new covers or existing tweaks is. Is there a general thread, or do I start a new one? I'm primarily concerned with NES and SNES covers at this point.
My other question is that I found this entire thread full of NES true retail covers, ones without the added spine logo. While I'm not using this, people created a bunch in that thread and yet it seems most of them weren't uploaded to their respective pages. In addition, most of the NES games list the logo-added cover as "Retail" when it arguably should be a "Custom".
...I guess that's not really a question, just wanted to bring it to someone's attention.
Nice save with the greened text. ;D
1st question: I'd start new thread (Called something like ProfessorDog's requests) were you now and in the future post all your requests to the first post (which makes tracking you requests easier and which you keep editing when you want new covers or when your requests are full filled). or you can use Console spesific request thread if one is available.
2nd question: The NES covers which don't have the spine logo are new additions to our site. Before that all covers had the logo. Retail/Custom separation comes from there. Retail = with original (-ish) artwork. Custom = totally custom artwork. Definitions might be changed if more covers are made without the logo, but I doubt it will be bothered.
Our site quality stantards are strick so only little percentage gets permanently posted to our site.
But on that note: If you decide tpo use Vertical US SNES covers, this might help: http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=10382.0
I lists all known covers. Even those that for reason or another won't make the site. Quality on them is high, but not necessary site stantards.
Also repro and cross region covers won't be posted to our site, but do make my list.
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I've been using Horizontal SNES covers, actually, though I've only printed about 3 so far. I prefer the more authentic look on them. The verticals are awesome, but don't have that same rush of total nostalgia when I see them. They're just different enough to register as "not the same".
However, after realizing the extremely convenient NES spine logo was added and never on the original boxes, I had an idea...
I've basically been putting Vertical Spines on Horizontal covers. The SNES retail spines are just inconsistent enough to be maddening...they almost match up, with the logo-on-black general scheme, but the position of the logos, the orientation of company logos, even the brightness of that Super Nintendo icon varies. I literally just copy the Vertical spine region (7"x1" area), paste it onto a horizontal, extend the 9-pixel white line for the top "Super Nintendo" logo up to the top of the spine, and fill the gradient around the company logo at the bottom to true black to match the rest of the cover.
It looks really good! You get the wonderfully professional and organized look of the vertical spine, with the original wide box art. I love it. I assume that it's too minor a difference to bother uploading though, so I was planning on just using it for my private collection.
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Well you can create Mediafire or Box.net account, upload the redone covers there and give us a link to the folder or make crazy ass topic like the one I made.
If enough covers are provided I just might start maintaining the topic, but no promises. ;)
I think few people here wouldn't mind having the covers for the same reason you do.
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I've been using Horizontal SNES covers, actually, though I've only printed about 3 so far. I prefer the more authentic look on them. The verticals are awesome, but don't have that same rush of total nostalgia when I see them. They're just different enough to register as "not the same".
However, after realizing the extremely convenient NES spine logo was added and never on the original boxes, I had an idea...
I've basically been putting Vertical Spines on Horizontal covers. The SNES retail spines are just inconsistent enough to be maddening...they almost match up, with the logo-on-black general scheme, but the position of the logos, the orientation of company logos, even the brightness of that Super Nintendo icon varies. I literally just copy the Vertical spine region (7"x1" area), paste it onto a horizontal, extend the 9-pixel white line for the top "Super Nintendo" logo up to the top of the spine, and fill the gradient around the company logo at the bottom to true black to match the rest of the cover.
It looks really good! You get the wonderfully professional and organized look of the vertical spine, with the original wide box art. I love it. I assume that it's too minor a difference to bother uploading though, so I was planning on just using it for my private collection.
This is exactly what I do. The mismatched spines on the horizontal covers kicked my OCD into overdrive, and I ended up taking this route a long time ago. Looks so much better up on the shelf.
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This is exactly what I do. The mismatched spines on the horizontal covers kicked my OCD into overdrive, and I ended up taking this route a long time ago. Looks so much better up on the shelf.
I knew I had seen someone doing that. :D
So same goes to you too: Please provide the altered covers so others can save the trouble of converting them themselves.
Thank you.
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not from the US so wouldnt bother me
Well they know who to blame and hunt down. ;)
>:(
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I see what you did there.
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I see what you did there.
:D Yep I saved it just for this use.
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;)
http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/wiggyx/icons/
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Thanks. Saved.
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They come in handy pretty often ;)
Although this guy is pretty hard to find an appropriate use for...
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Best I could come up with was "R" C" "N". Your initials, perhaps?
Genius!
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They come in handy pretty often ;)
Although this guy is pretty hard to find an appropriate use for...
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WTF!?
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Exactly ;)
Although, I can think of a recent thread where that emoticon would actually make pretty good sense...
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What? ???
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http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11132.15
Moviefan VS others.
There was other topic but it was cleaned.
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Hi guys!
Feels great to finally be a part of the forums after lurking and leeching covers for some years!
I am from Sweden and I mainly collect SEGA games.
A couple of years ago I bought two large binders with ex-rental Saturn games. This site is really helpful but I'm obviously still missing a lot of covers.
I like to keep my collection tidy and the cases as close to the real thing as possible, (correct region and similar format). DVD cases for Saturn are close enough and I have actually found myself re-casing the few games I had with box.
I'm also looking for a couple of Mega CD and JAP Saturn covers but only in the original jewelcase format. I wouldn't convert them to DVDs when the actual cases are readily available and even easier to store.
All of my Mega Drive, 32X, Master System and Dreamcast collection I bought with boxes and I'd be happy to help out with scanning if anybody wants some PAL scans! ;D
Big thanks to everyone involved with the awesome project!
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Hi guys!
Feels great to finally be a part of the forums after lurking and leeching covers for some years!
I am from Sweden and I mainly collect SEGA games.
A couple of years ago I bought two large binders with ex-rental Saturn games. This site is really helpful but I'm obviously still missing a lot of covers.
I like to keep my collection tidy and the cases as close to the real thing as possible, (correct region and similar format). DVD cases for Saturn are close enough and I have actually found myself re-casing the few games I had with box.
I'm also looking for a couple of Mega CD and JAP Saturn covers but only in the original jewelcase format. I wouldn't convert them to DVDs when the actual cases are readily available and even easier to store.
All of my Mega Drive, 32X, Master System and Dreamcast collection I bought with boxes and I'd be happy to help out with scanning if anybody wants some PAL scans! ;D
Big thanks to everyone involved with the awesome project!
excellent and welcome!, any chance of a few pictures?, i always love to see other peoples collection shots!
all scans are welcome, im not in need of any of those systems yet, but the site definatly is!
what Mega CD/Saturn scans are you looking for?, got a few jap. ones in my collection, LMK
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Oh. Guess I should get around to introducing myself already :D
I'm 25 years old... Have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science (with a "media/graphic arts" minor)...
I live in a... medium? town in Oklahoma. Population's more than 15k, but about a third of that is college students, who come and go with a fair amount of regularity. The college and Wal-mart are basically the only thing to distinguish the town from the smaller, slightly more rural towns surrounding it. ::)
As you might expect, the game selection here isn't great. There are only two stores that deal in new games here (one being Wal-mart, and the other is the store I work at), and only two stores that deal in used games (one being the store I work at, which only deals in the current systems... which somehow includes PS2, and another which deals in retro games but refuses to carry anything SEGA) ... Okay, I guess there's also the pawn shops, salvation army, and recently opened Goodwill, but there's almost never anything at those and when there is you can expect it to be in the worst condition.
As I mentioned, I work retail in a store that deals in (among other things) games... Why do this when I have a degree? I'm just kind of lazy.
My current gig started as a temporary step ("maybe I should move out of my parents' house and get a part-time job for a bit, like a real adult, before I search for a real, career-related job that'll force me to move across the country?") and before I knew it I was a member of management. :-X I'll probably start the "real" job search again in the spring, after I'm forced to move out of my current location (room mates graduating).
I don't recall how I first found the site.. It was well over a year ago. It took me a long time to commit to buying any cases for my loose games, just because of the space issue. I went with the GBA games first, after realizing a few had gone missing by being stored loose... Then earlier this month I finally took the plunge and ordered some UGCs.
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Hi guys!
I am from England and I mainly collect Sega Mega Drive and Nintendo Game Boy games.
I have a large collection of loose Game Boy games that I'm slowly putting into DS cases and this site has been a great help and hopefully I can contribute as well.
Big thanks to everyone involved with this awesome project!
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Hi guys!
I am from England and I mainly collect Sega Mega Drive and Nintendo Game Boy games.
I have a large collection of loose Game Boy games that I'm slowly putting into DS cases and this site has been a great help and hopefully I can contribute as well.
Big thanks to everyone involved with this awesome project!
Hey!, welcome aboard fellow England-er!
any chance of some collection shots?, i love seeing other peoples collections!
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Hey guys,
My name is Matt, and I'm new here but have been lurking around the forums for the past year. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and love video games obviously. I mainly try to collect Dreamcast, N64, and current gen games. I love this site and a lot of the projects going on here. I hope to be able to help out a bit.
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Hello everyone,
My name is Travis and I have been stalking this site for the past six months, so I finally decided to join.
I use to own the common systems (NES,SNES,N64,PS) as a kid, but we sold them when I was about 15 at a garage sale. The past year I decided to try and get the games I had back, plus the ones I missed out on. So iv only really been seriously collecting for about a year.
When I started to collect I picked up some more expensive titles, and I started to get really paranoid about them being damaged (which is why I do not collect CIB games because I get extremely paranoid about keeping them perfect and scared to even look at them). So I was at a reseller at the flea market and he had the old super nintendo clam shell cases, which were exactly what I was looking for to protect my games. So I went online to find them cheap and came across the UGC, which in turn brought me here and Iv been sold ever since.
So Im Glad to finally be apart of this great community and thank you all for your hard work.
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Hello! My name is John. I'm recently married for the third time and living in Tennessee. I've always had some kind of game system growing up and fortunately, i kept them as new ones replaced old ones. So i currently own an Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Gamecube, Wii, and Genesis. My favorite series of games is Castlevania so while perusing ebay, i saw an auction from Game Case World for a set of cases for the NES Castlevania games. I had to have them so i bought them and while checking their website, saw a link to The Cover Project. This place is a smorgasboard of cool stuff!! So after watching a few youtube videos on how to turn the universal game cases into NES cases, i believe i can do this. So i am now trying to find artwork for all my games. While i don't have the printer necessary to print off the inserts, where my wife works has an excellent printer and she was told she could use it anytime she wanted. So all i need now is artwork. I already downloaded the ones that were available but i am far from done. I am hoping you guys can help me out! I have been a Star Wars collector for over 30 years, so if anyone needs any kind of art from Star Wars i can do my best to scan it and get it on here. I also want to thank everyone for their hard work in making such a valuable resource available! I hope i can be a positive contributor to this community. :)
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hey guys, welcome aboard!
any chance of collection shots?, i know i ask this all the time but i love seeing other peoples collections, gives me some ideas on storage/makes me jealous!
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I don't really have anything to take a pic of yet. LOL I only have cases for five of my retro games. Once i get everything done i would be happy to take some pics. So far it's going slow. Seems not too many people have scans of old Atari stuff.
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Hi all! My name is Alex I am 27and have lived in Connecticut for 27 of those years......untill about a month ago. Me and my girlfriend said screw it and packed up all of out belongings and moved to southern Seattle. So unfortunately almost all of my collection is going to be in boxes untill I can buy shome shelving to display them :( Now, about me some more. I have been plying games since about 4 and started to collect in middle school but then sold 90% of the collection for money.......dumb. Now I have been collecting again for about 7 years or so. I am a die hard Shmup fan, it is my favorite genera. I collect any system, console, or game. I also have a soft spot for importing games. Hmmm not sure what else. Oh and I love music like Insane Clown Posse, Kottonmouth Kings, Tech Nine, MSI, Hollywood Undead, TONS of heavy metal. On XBOX I am- Real Plump Box Add me if you like just send me a msg and tell me you are from TCP website! Anything else just ask!
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Anything else just ask!
Which came first the chicken or the egg?
And welcome to the site
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I will not answer that question!!! I am the only one with the true answer!!, And thank you I will enjoy myself on this site!
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Forgot to introduce myself here.
Hi, my name's Scott, I'm 20 and I come from the barren wasteland known as Scotland ::)
Been lurking on the forum for a while and thought I'd join up and see what's going on.
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^cant be arsed to keep writing it, see my above posts!, you probably have games i dont/havent heard of, i might get some awesome stuff cos of you guys! (again see my above posts!)
Welcome!
Which came first the chicken or the egg?
both came at the same time!
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both came at the same time!
So he is undiceded. :-\
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Greetings, folks. I've been lurking for a few months, and decided to register to publicly offer my gratitude for all the hard work you guys have done here.
Born in the early 1980's, I basically grew up with the NES, although I never really had a ton of games myself. Now that I'm a (mostly) responsible adult, I've resigned myself to the fact that my Midlife Crisis is basically going to consist of going back and buying all the games I loved as a kid, but never actually owned myself. Thankfully, I've already got a decent head-start, but I've still got a long way to go. I've missed grabbing a lot of titles over the years, and that number only goes up as I get older, but I'm sure most of you can sympathize.
A good friend of mine steered me in this direction a while ago, and it wasn't long before I ordered a set of UGCs from Media Shelving and started boxing up my loose cartridges, using the fantastic covers you guys have put together. I've reaped the benefits of your work, and although my leisure time is very limited as-is, I'll be gradually returning the favor by working on a few covers you guys are missing for various reasons.
I'll go ahead and cut this short and get back to work. To summarize:
Hi, guys! Long-time lurker, first time poster! I look forward to my stay here!
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Hi, guys! Long-time lurker, first time poster! I look forward to my stay here!
welcome aboard!
re: "mid-life crisis"
most of us "old fogies" are going through the same thing!
any covers your thinking of working on?
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welcome aboard!
re: "mid-life crisis"
most of us "old fogies" are going through the same thing!
any covers your thinking of working on?
I'm planning to satisfy both my own needs plus the needs of the many to start with. For example, I'm in need of an NTSC UGC cover for the Genesis Monopoly game. There is a decent raw for it that's been uploaded, but it needs a bit of cleaning up to meet the high standards. Most of it will be pretty simple for me (and it helps that it's both such high-quality and a simple design), but cleaning up the screenshots will be a little rougher. So I plan to start there.
After that I'll work on some Genesis stuff (like a good, quality retail version of Sonic & Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, for example) since it's a system quite dear to my heart. Later I'll expand into making Vertical N64 and SNES UGCs, filling a few gaps in regards to what is missing. After that (and once I get started on storing my loose GB/GBC/GBA carts in DS cases) I'll move onto GBA covers, but that's for future me to worry about.
Oh, and in regards to the message in your signature...I'll get to that, I promise. :D
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welcome aboard!
re: "mid-life crisis"
most of us "old fogies" are going through the same thing!
any covers your thinking of working on?
I'm planning to satisfy both my own needs plus the needs of the many to start with. For example, I'm in need of an NTSC UGC cover for the Genesis Monopoly game. There is a decent raw for it that's been uploaded, but it needs a bit of cleaning up to meet the high standards. Most of it will be pretty simple for me (and it helps that it's both such high-quality and a simple design), but cleaning up the screenshots will be a little rougher. So I plan to start there.
After that I'll work on some Genesis stuff (like a good, quality retail version of Sonic & Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, for example) since it's a system quite dear to my heart. Later I'll expand into making Vertical N64 and SNES UGCs, filling a few gaps in regards to what is missing. After that (and once I get started on storing my loose GB/GBC/GBA carts in DS cases) I'll move onto GBA covers, but that's for future me to worry about.
Oh, and in regards to the message in your signature...I'll get to that, I promise. :D
Vertical SNES?
Good, I'll hold you on that. 8)
Here is the list of covers done in US Vertical format:
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=10382.0
It also lists which are missing.
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I'm planning to satisfy both my own needs plus the needs of the many to start with. For example, I'm in need of an NTSC UGC cover for the Genesis Monopoly game. There is a decent raw for it that's been uploaded, but it needs a bit of cleaning up to meet the high standards. Most of it will be pretty simple for me (and it helps that it's both such high-quality and a simple design), but cleaning up the screenshots will be a little rougher. So I plan to start there.
After that I'll work on some Genesis stuff (like a good, quality retail version of Sonic & Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, for example) since it's a system quite dear to my heart. Later I'll expand into making Vertical N64 and SNES UGCs, filling a few gaps in regards to what is missing. After that (and once I get started on storing my loose GB/GBC/GBA carts in DS cases) I'll move onto GBA covers, but that's for future me to worry about.
cool, figured as much. when i started really looking into what was available on the site i was quite shocked at some of the missing covers!, if only i had the skillz to make some site worthy ones!
Oh, and in regards to the message in your signature...I'll get to that, I promise. :D
lol'd, yeah, i was asking so much i got tired!, now its a reminder in every post, without having to write it out each time!
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Hi everybody!
Figured it was time to stop lurking and finally register and contribute ;D Been lurking since 2009 on and off (could have sworn i registered before...)
Anywhoo, I spent pretty much the first decade post high school working for a certain large video game retailer here in the states. Most of my paychecks went back into that company and i have a very substatial newer gen collection :) Slowly I got back into the retro after quite a while away. Made a foolish mistake to trade in all of my snes/nes games for a couple of PSX games back when the PSX first launched. Needless to say quite a few of the games i got rid of then have cost me 10x what i was given for all of them games back then, to get them back :-\
I also have a unnatural obsession with GBC's and GBPockets. Everytime i see one at the flea market or thrift store, it has to come home with me. Must have 30 or so total. Dont know why, and my wife gives me flak for it everytime. :D
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16 GBCs I would understand because of Faceball 2000, but 30 is pointless. :P
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maybe subconsciously he's planning to build himself a throne out of gameboys!
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I haven't properly introduced myself yet and I don't want to look like an intruder so,
My name is Pascal I'm 19 years old and I'm from Europe.
I've gotten into gaming when my mom took me to the E3 of 2002 where she worked to promote Counter-Strike for Microsoft at the Microsoft boot.
Before that I always watched my dad play on his Sony consoles waiting carefully waiting for him to be done with the game, allowing me to try it out.
Now I was standing in front of these demo stands playing the games myself, holding the controller in my own hands pushing forwards many sorts of heroes towards multiple enemies.
This is when the game hording became my biggest hobby.
Instead of asking candy and Pokemon toys for my birthday now I asked for Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil or anything Sony made.
Every pressent I got was almost always videogame related.
I grew out of my Sony fanboy-ism when a friend of mine introduced me to the Nintendo 64 with Super Smash Bros.
He kicked my ass a million times as kirby with it's corresponding theme but I was loving every second.
After that not only Sony titles would decorate my room but also famous titles such as Banjo Kazooie or Mario kart.
Nintendo and Sony games had to be absolutely mint condition, fully boxed and no classics or platinums.
From that point I already owned a Ps1, Ps2, a Nintendo 64 and an old NES my uncle gifted me.
Doesn't sound like much nowadays but back then it felt like I had the most precious riches of the world.
After years of buying-selling-buying-selling my games, being way too picky on the conditions and never having enough money to support this. I realised I had to find some other way to make my games look nice and keeping them in a good condition without spending hundreds of dollars on just a few games.
But I still wanted to do this with the same devotion as before.
Not only my mom but also my girlfriend were getting quite worried of the amount of money I can spend on my favourite and only hobby.
That's when I decided to mostly let go of collecting manuals and mint condition boxes and cases and just downloading all the amazing covers you guys have been making and using them for my own.
I will try to make my very first cases this week once the UGC's and DS cases arrive and perhaps upload a few pictures if I'm not too shy about the results.
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Welcome! Where a outs in Europe are you? There are a few of us about who aren't from the US.
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Welcome! Where a outs in Europe are you? There are a few of us about who aren't from the US.
His e-mail address gives strong hint. ;)
And something tells me that Amsterdam is more close guess.
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Welcome! Where a outs in Europe are you? There are a few of us about who aren't from the US.
His e-mail address gives strong hint. ;)
And something tells me that Amsterdam is more close guess.
Yep definitely close to Amsterdam, sadly not in Amsterdam itself.
The prices for a house there aren't something I can afford and renting a room from someone who doesn't have the right papers to do it is illegal.
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Hi my names geff and im a video game aholic
wow i feel better
ok so im geff im 31 and im from england i love video games and have been collecting for a few years on and off at the mo i have
nes,sens,n64,gb.gbc.gba,wii,xbox360,megadrive/cd/32x,ps2,psp,wonderswan and just got a dreamcast (which im loving atm) snes is by far
my fave i got 100+ games for it (no were near enough) i found this site when i was look for templates to make boxs a few months ago been
hooked on it since some of the stuff on here is proper fab and i hope i can help (which i doubt) but who knows lol
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Hey everyone. My name is Dan, I'm from Rhode Island, USA, and I've been collecting games for the past 10 years at least. I've been a member here for a few years and made some covers a while back, but I've never been in the forums much. I'm just recently finding some time and money to case up my collection and make it look nice, so I've been on the site again lately and figured I'd say hi to everyone!
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Hello everyone, my name is Marc and have been reading this forum for a while. I have been playing and collecting video games since i bought my first snes in 92. I had around 400 nes games by the year 2000 but, as many, sold the whole lot. Early this year I started actively collecting every system but nes. I can not justify spending about ten time what I bought them for before. I love the covers that everyone makes and enjoy looking at them on a shelf instead of in a box in the closet. Thanks
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Johnathan, Portland, Oregon. Single Dad who enjoys playing old school games with my daughter which reignited my passion for them and to begin collecting once more. I have been an avid console and PC gamer since about 1989 and look forward to reliving my past while raising my daughter to appreciate things aside Call of Duty and Facebook like most kids these days.
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Hello, my name is Joe and I'm from Michigan. Not a whole lot to say about me besides the obvious, which is I collect video games. I'm still some what new to collecting and organizing so any tips or advice anyone can give me is greatly appreciated. ;D
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hi everyone!, if i havent said welcome to you already i appologise!
looking forward to pics/post/whatever, from you!
enjoy your stay!
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welcome all the new peeps and those lurkers who decided to post lol. Finally got a chance to catch up and read the newer posts. Lot of Euro's , good mix =)
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Hey Everyone.
My name is Kevin and am another gamer/recent collector from Michigan. I've been into playing video games since I got my first NES back in 89' but have recently discovered a passion for collection pretty much all systems. Love the site and community.
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I've been lurking for the last few months. I'm not a collector (I buy/keep what I experience), but I've finally started putting covers in my own games. Really love the concept and organization around here.
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Hello. I'm a newbie to posting and such, but i've actually been using this site for a heck of a long time. My name is Alexa, but people call me Lexi (hence my username), I'm 17, so i'm still in high school. I got into videogames when i was about 4 or 5, my first game was diablo. I still play that game ever now and again. It's nice to now be part of a little videogaming community since i'm often alienated for being a girl-gamer, but i digress; i appreciate how nice everyone is on this site, and i look forward to getting to know you all.
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I don't understand alienating girl gamers. I encourage my daughter. Just seems odd to me that anyone would do so. Society sucks sometimes.
Welcome to the forums though Lexi!
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Hi I'm Todd.
I currently work at a game store and I'm working on a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering. I'm 29 (Well, will be in a couple hours) and have a beautiful wife and 11 year old daughter. I did have quite a collection before but were lost due to many different circumstances. In just 2012 though, I've managed to acquire around 18 to 20 different consoles and about 500+ games.
I started gaming in the 80's of course. My first consoles were the Atari 2600 and NES, not sure which one I got first. I've played and own many different consoles and played many different games. I'm more addicted to collecting and displaying then actually playing the games.
I also play music and have played in many different bands throughout the last decade. Nothing big just love to play.
I'm looking forward to contributing anything that I have with scans and such and do a bit of image editing as well. Thanks for reading!
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Happy birthday dude, and welcome to the site.
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Hi guys my names Matt, recently graduated college and going back for my masters in the Spring. I'm 22 and have become an avid collector over the past few years. I had some trouble registering at first and I hope I'm now able to contribute as much as I can to the site and would like to thank everyone that has already for helping me almost complete my cover collection so far.
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Hi guys my names Matt, recently graduated college and going back for my masters in the Spring. I'm 22 and have become an avid collector over the past few years. I had some trouble registering at first and I hope I'm now able to contribute as much as I can to the site and would like to thank everyone that has already for helping me almost complete my cover collection so far.
Nice to meet. My only advice in regards to the site is that there's a lot of covers available on the forums that aren't available in the sites data base. So, explore the forums. Especially the Universal Game Case threads: http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?board=2.0
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Hi guys my names Matt, recently graduated college and going back for my masters in the Spring. I'm 22 and have become an avid collector over the past few years. I had some trouble registering at first and I hope I'm now able to contribute as much as I can to the site and would like to thank everyone that has already for helping me almost complete my cover collection so far.
Nice to meet. My only advice in regards to the site is that there's a lot of covers available on the forums that aren't available in the sites data base. So, explore the forums. Especially the Universal Game Case threads: http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?board=2.0
Believe me I've explored A LOT through the forums already. There's only about 5 or so covers I need left to complete my collection. I'm currently looking through the RAW scans to see if I'm able to make any myself (not so savvy with Photoshop but I'm going to try my best)
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Hello Everyone!
I'm a collector looking to box his collection with Universal Game Cases. Before joining up, I've printed, boxed, and shelved about 40 N64 & 30 SNES vertical cases, as well as a sizable amount of GBA cases. I am well aware that many cases are only available through the forums, but even so I'm having some trouble locating many of the ones that others seem to mention having, especially with the vertical N64 covers. I hope to give as good as I get, and I'll be trying my hand at providing some scans of the nicer boxes in my collection.
I'm currently using A4 HP Glossy Photo Paper (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF06c/A1-12771-215521-79226-79226-80082-237347.html) that I got from relatives who visited from Sweden. I'm a Swedish immigrant, so all of my relatives are either in Sweden or elsewhere in the world. The covers printed with the paper look excellent, even before they are applied to the case. I've read that using glossy paper would just add extra glare, but I'm not having any problems with it myself. However, I am running a little low on the paper. With over 100 N64, 200 SNES, and 500 NES games to box, I'll be needing a LOT of paper (and ink, ugh). Are there any online sources where I can buy A4 HP Glossy Photo Paper in the United States? I'll also probably have a lot of questions about effectively trimming the cases once I move on to my NES collection, but that's still a ways off.
This much must be said though: Thanks to all the users who dedicate time and effort into making all of this possible. This was exactly what I needed to spice up my collection!
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Another new member here. My name's Robert and although I grew up around kids with game systems (NES, SNES, Genesis), I've only started getting into gaming within the past few years. You see, while my cousins were rocking their Nintendos and Segas, I had...an Intellivision. With like 4 games (my favorite being Burgertime). Yippee.
I finally got into gaming in '09 and since then have amassed a notable collection of consoles and games. Being that I am a cheapskate, I wound up with a number of games without cases or in broken cases (PS1, Saturn, etc). I don't recall if I ran into this site on my own or if it was mentioned on Sega-16, but either way, this site has allowed me to give these games proper homes. At this point, I think I've printed out several dozen covers, mostly from this site; here are a few items from my collection:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/theredlineboss/Games/Game%20Covers/CustomCoverShot_zps246fc8e6.jpg)
I've even dabbled in creating a few covers for myself, though they pretty much look like crap, either because I'm impatient ( lol ) or because I didn't have a good scan to start with:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/theredlineboss/Games/Game%20Covers/3DOCovers_resize_zpsc2139c8e.jpg)
At any rate, thanks to all the members who have put up both retail & custom covers!
-Rob
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well i might as well share a bit about myself (theres not much to share hehe) my name is Ben, age 28, i live in canada quebec (yes i'm french) i been collection video games since 10 years and 2 months now (it was my motivation to quit smoking), mostly a fanatic of making stuff myself/repair anything and everything about video games, as a way to pay my collecting i repair consoles game etcetc as a side buisness, every consoles i ever had i broke it, and no i never hit my consoles, thats also why i learned how to fix pretty much every consoles since the NES, some call it bad luck, i can it good luck, pushed me to learn how to fix them :P
i learned of this site about a years and a half ago, while i was doing some research about remaking the snes/nes/n64 box, i was sick and tired of having them loose, tho i rarely talk, i read more on forums that i actually talk on them, this is the first forum i ever posted on. Been with my girlfriend for 4 years and the 10th of april we are going to have a baby boy, he wont run out of stuff, i collect video games and my GF collects movies, disney, horror etcetc, well that's pretty much it, later :P
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hey, so i'm kaysow. 28 year old from sweden, gaming probably since '88 but i've only been collecting for serious since like 2010. mostly trying to get a well-rounded library of essentials, rare masterpieces and some curious oddities. i'm actually not all that anal about it, i just need a cover, booklet and cart/disc to be satisfied enough to check it off as acquired. what brought me here tho was the painful lack of adequate casings for the paper box generations, which to me really aren't worth bothering to track down as they'll eventually degrade to nothing anywya.
everyone here obviously has ocd, but i figured my rampant assburgers might be of use with tasks like the one in my first thread here
- http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11908.0
anyways, hoping to eventually get the collection housed safely in an aesthetically pleasing manner, and in the meantime that i can be of some use to the community as well. i'm a decent graphical designer and illustrator, altho i much prefer to try and preserve all the quirky 80's-90's commercialist charm of the originals, as god intended.
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Välkommen vänsterbo.
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Hey Everyone.
My name is Kevin and am another gamer/recent collector from Michigan. I've been into playing video games since I got my first NES back in 89' but have recently discovered a passion for collection pretty much all systems. Love the site and community.
Nice another fellow Michigander! Royal Oak Native represent!
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Välkommen vänsterbo.
sup southeastern finland, thanks for the help registering =) me, i got family history in viipuri/vyborg & rauma.
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 18 year old Super Famicom collector. I have only a small collection but I'm proud of it. I currently live in the UK.
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 18 year old Super Famicom collector. I have only a small collection but I'm proud of it. I currently live in the UK.
Nice to meet you. Welcome to the cover project.
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 18 year old Super Famicom collector. I have only a small collection but I'm proud of it. I currently live in the UK.
cool!, got a SFC or modded SNES?
also, Welcome aboard fellow UK'er!
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 18 year old Super Famicom collector. I have only a small collection but I'm proud of it. I currently live in the UK.
Welcome! And a superb system to collect for! Make sure you get Front Mission if you don't have it already!
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 18 year old Super Famicom collector. I have only a small collection but I'm proud of it. I currently live in the UK.
Welcome! And a superb system to collect for! Make sure you get Front Mission if you don't have it already!
I currently own (only been collecting since December). - Super Metroid (loose in UGC case)
- LoZ (loose in UGC case)
- Super Castlevania (loose in UGC case)
- Yoshi's Island(loose in UGC case)
- Slayers (CIB)
- Starfox (CIB)
- Breath of Fire (CIB)
- Wizardry (CIB)
- Ushio to Tora (loose)
- Elnard(CIB)
- Samurai Spirits (CIB)
- Bahamut Lagoon
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I keep meaning to welcome all the new folks but have been swamped with everything.
Anyway, WELCOME! Hope you enjoy your stay ;D
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Hey all, I was finally able to get registered. Amateur game collector who's just getting started here. I have a decently-sized collection and I'm hoping it'll grow exponentially as time goes on. Just wanted to register to give my thanks to the folks here for their great work on all the covers. My shelves wouldn't look the same without them.
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Thanks for joining! Glad to have ya here mate!
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I'm fairly new. Joined as a member a few weeks ago and jumped on some threads already. Love the site. And I'm loving my new hobby of casing all my old games, and buying some I never had before and casing those!
I'm 23, my biggest collection is SNES games because that was my favorite system growing up. That and all game boy systems. I have an older brother who is a big gamer so he "owned" all the video game systems and 90% of games. So part of my hobby is re-building the collection we had when we were growing up.
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Hey all! I'm an aspiring game collector from Finland. So far I've been collecting games that I played as a kid or I know were good but never got around to play them. My collection is a happy mishmash of TCP covered games, looses carts and complete boxes and maybe one day I'll take a picture of my not-so-vast game shelf (at least for now).
A big thanks to everyone who has contributed on this site. These covers are great and definately breath a new life into my collector nostalgia.
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Hey there, I just feel lucky to have found such a great resource and great community. I found out about TCP thru NESComplex on YouTube after stumbling across custom covers on eBay and doing some research. I'd like to thank all the contributors, and I'd like to help in any way I can.
I'm 30 years old, active military member that moves around every few years. I love gaming and I've taken to collecting all sorts of retro games for the last eight years.
My console and game collection spans: 2600, NES, SNES, Sega Genisis, Sega Saturn, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, GameCube, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, Game Boy, GBC, GBA, NDS, PSP, (and continues to grow).
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I guess I should introduce myself as well. I'm Sean (the Irish spelling for Shaun/Shawn). I'm 23 year old programming student, ex-wannabe-art teacher. I live in Europe, more specifically Ireland.
I've been playing games since I can remember, the first being Sonic 2 on the Master System, first game I completed being Castle of Illusion on the Mega Drive, first game I mastered being Might Morphin Power Rangers The Movie on the Mega Drive.
I went from casual gamer to a full on nerd when I first played Ocarina of Time + Abes Odyssey (my favorite game of all time). I have been keeping games since then, keeping the ones I like, and selling the ones I don't. I've been collecting PS1, N64, and everything after since they first came out. I used to collect for the Mega Drive also, but during a move I had all my Mega Drive games stolen. :'( :'( :'(
I recently started to collect for 8 bit and 16 bit games. I have only been collecting NES, SNES, and Mega Drive for the past 8 - 9 months, with the vast majority of my stolen Mega Drive games back in my collection. ;D ;D ;D
For Nintendo I collect for NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, WiiU, GB, GBC, GBA, DS, 3DS. For Sony I collect for PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP. For Sega I only collect for Mega Drive games, though I will, no doubt, start collecting games for the Master System and Dreamcast eventually. I also collect for Xbox, Xbox 360. I do collect the odd game for PC, but for me personally, the console gaming experience will always overshadow PC gaming.
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Hello everyone.
It's funny how you can spend so much time on the internet and still manage to find a little corner of it that you've never seen before and think, "How did I not know about this?!" Well that was me a few weeks ago with this site.
I'm a 38 year old software engineer who was born, raised, and still lives in the metro Detroit area. I've been collecting and playing video games for a long time now and finally got a room, albeit the smallest room in the house, dedicated to it several years ago. My console and game collection consists of about 300 titles (I'm guessing here and it's always growing) that span across NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Genesis, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, PS3, 360, GBA, DS, and PSP. I think that's it but I might be forgetting something. I'm pretty much always buying anything that looks interesting and reasonably priced for any system, though sometimes impulse beats out being frugal. I generally prefer the classic games as now I am at that age where complaining about new stuff is fun! Outside of console gaming, I spend a decent amount of time still playing Ultima Online (free server that reproduces a classic era).
After finding this site I went out and bought 200 UGCs and have been slowly converting all my carts over to them. I now need to figure out some new shelving ideas but there are worse problems to have. Love the site and the community seems great. It took me several days to get comfortable with the forums as the information here is overwhelming at times. That's a great thing. Hopefully I can contribute in discussions and the occasional scan if I have something of worth. Unfortunately my graphic design skills are total shite so I doubt I'll be mocking up any covers.
Anyway... hello.
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though sometimes impulse beats out being frugal.
We know. ;D
Welcome to the site.
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I'm a 38 year old software engineer who was born, raised, and still lives in the metro Detroit area.
Go Lions!
After finding this site I went out and bought 200 UGCs and have been slowly converting all my carts over to them. I now need to figure out some new shelving ideas but there are worse problems to have.
First world problems. Don't you love them?
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Hey all,
I'm a 25 year old gamer from England living not too far from Liverpool. Always been into gaming since getting a Megadrive as a present, very soon after that got a game boy and a master system and i was pretty much hooked. A clear lilac GBC and pokemon yellow then cemented the deal.
I have owned most sega/sony/xbox home systems and the nintendo handhelds, however sold off pretty much all of my collection for drink money while in uni. The wound is still raw...
Right now I have a xbox, xbox 360, PS2, GBA, DS and a wii. Waiting for an ebayed dreamcast to arrive in the post. Only really found out about this site recently (in the last week) and I am stunned at how amazing you all are.
Regards,
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I have owned most sega/sony/xbox home systems and the nintendo handhelds, however sold off pretty much all of my collection for drink money while in uni. The wound is still raw...
I know what you mean. As a teenager I traded in, sold, and gave away my NES/SNES collection. I've been kicking myself ever since I started trying to rebuild my library.
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I have owned most sega/sony/xbox home systems and the nintendo handhelds, however sold off pretty much all of my collection for drink money while in uni. The wound is still raw...
I know what you mean. As a teenager I traded in, sold, and gave away my NES/SNES collection. I've been kicking myself ever since I started trying to rebuild my library.
Yeah it haunts constantly lol, especially when I see stuff going for a pretty penny and all I can do is stand there and think, yeah I had that ....
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Glad I'm horder, all my games are still safe with me, as are 99% of manuals.
Only thing that bugs me is that I didn't manage to save the boxes. :'(
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Glad I'm horder, all my games are still safe with me, as are 99% of manuals.
Only thing that bugs me is that I didn't manage to save the boxes. :'(
Only really have two boxed games, FF tactics advance and pokemon yellow, thing is they do tend to get pretty darn scruffy. Tempted to DS box them both but what to do with the boxes then?
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Store them in a safe place?
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Yeah think i'll just get a folder and try to collapse them neatly. If i'm boxing the rest in DS cases it'll be nice for them to match.
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ive got a medium sized box full of all the game boxes i used to keep my games in!
also, welcome aboard fellow Brit!
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A safe box would probs be a better idea, as i said its only one or two boxes and being slightly OCD it would be nice if they all matched lol.
Haha cheers for having me fellow angleo saxon!
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hi everyone. my name is thomas. im 20, living in tacoma washington, and living off of odd jobs now. i have a website, indoorempire.com, but it's more of a hobby than anything else.
i've always been interested in video games, but i only got serious about them when i got into game magazines when i was young. i always thought the reviews were so cool, and somehow that translated into loving video games. doesn't make much sense, i know, but that's 8-year-old-me logic for you. as it is now, my collection is edging on 1000 games. this site has been very helpful in making my collection look good, but its introduced a new problem. when i had loose carts and discs, they didnt take up too much space, but now i dont have enough space to display any of them well.
i have a ps1, ps2, xbox, xbox 360, psp, n64, wii, gamecube, snes, nes, genesis, and a ds. i have a whole pile of different gameboys too.
right now my project is casing my pc games. i wanted to make some custom dvd cases for them all, so that way all of my pc games will have a standard design.
other things i like are reading (stephen king especially), and music, mostly pop and punk.
i hope that was a good enough introduction - if anyone feels like pointing me in a direction that would help with my project, i would appreciate it!
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Hi Thom and welcome!
I've not been a member long and never actually introduced myself.
I'm 28 from rural Virginia. I've not been collecting long so my collection isn't too impressive yet. I'm probably at around 600 total games with over half of those being NES. I also collect anything cartridge based Nintendo and Sega as well as a few of the disc based consoles. I'm more active with Nintendo I suppose.
I love that there are so many people here who love the aesthetic side of collecting and devote their time and hard work into reproducing and reimagining the covers. This site is very awesome and aside from making a bunch of pesky requests, I hope to one day contribute to it as well.
Hello and thanks for the awesome website!
PS - Like Thom, I too have a website, www.citizengamer.net. It's your run of the mill gaming blog but we have high aspirations for the future!
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if i want to make my own covers, do i have to make them in the same way as the ones i see on the site or could i make them unique? like, my own template for pc games, for instance. and where would i do that?
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I've posted a lot of nonsense and forgot to post in the intro thread.
I love to play videogames and collect figures. My favorite system is the SNES. I love Castlevania, Metroid, Zelda, Metal Gear, and anything that came from RARE during the Golden Age.
I am a war veteran. The greatest war in history. It took place 10+ years ago. It was the 16-bit console war. I survived and thrived.
My favorite snacks are Pizza (Little Caesars, because it's $5 bucks and it's ready to go, I don't have to pay $20+ or pay some sweaty deliveryman a tip and I don't want people coming to my house unless I want to) I love that white cheddar popcorn from the grocery that comes in the black bag, but I am not going to say the brand name because it's a stupid name. I like lemonade from a brand called Simply Lemonade because that's what it is, simply f*cking lemonade, I added the f-word for emphasis, but cussing is really unprofessional but I will only do it once in this thread, because people judge you by first impressions, which is kinda shallow, but it's a biopsychosocial trait of the human condition. I'm vegan and I love to do exercise and I never get sick and I will live a long age, but it would be ironic if I get hit by a truck while eating spinach or something. SO if you eat a piece of pork while having sex with several women, go for it, we can die at anytime in our lives for any reason.
Anyways, I love playing hidden gems, you know, the Earthbounds, the SOulblazer, the Demon's Crest, there are a lot of good games that didn't get the spotlight because of Mario and stuff like that.
I like to read National Geographic and I have traveled to many countries, all over the world, like Japan, China, Egypt, etc.
I love my Mom, and I don't care what anyone thinks. She is my only family, and this life you go to stick by those who care about you and not try to impress strangers because they don't care about you, and we tend to neglect the people who are more familiar to us.
I am getting into this whole custom covers and UGCs you kids are into these days and I am glad I found this site.
That's all the info I am going to give you, for now. I am not telling you how old I am or what I do for a living. You are going to have to accept me for who I am unconditionally, or step the heck back.
This is a pic of me and my friend when we are out looking for videogame deals.
(http://s24.postimg.org/yss58trmt/raptor_rpg_shark_laser.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
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Completely forgot to post in here , Im Rob live in southern NJ , except for nes ive pretty much kept every game ive ever bought list can be found here
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=1869.0
recently updated it for retro consoles but need to update ps1 , ps2 , and current gen lists
and tthom you can make custom covers however you want but in order to be hosted have to follow the standards or just load them into a box account to share
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So...here we go...hello! ^^', I'm CyberWolfJV (also known in some other places as TheGuy07)..I'm Brazillian, Spriter, and I'm just starting my classic games collection. ...well, I stalked you guys for a long period, and already had been a while since I wanted to participate of the foruns, but there was some kind of problem with my register and I was on hold for a month or something XD. anyway, now I'm here =P.
I have some skills with Photoshop and derivates,..I try make some boxes for my own collection, soon I'll post here for share and ask some opinions. (nowadays I'm working with GIMP which is much more limited, but simpler and lighter to my old computer =P).
and yeah, as you noticed...my english s*cks XD, sorry about that, I hope we can talk without problems. =) that's all, I think ^^"
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cool!, great!, welcome and i hope you enjoy your time here!
@CyberWolfJV: looking forward to seeing some cool covers!
(and dont worry about your english skillz, or lack thereof, im a dumbass and i could understand it, so everyone else should be fine!)
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lol, XD thanks for the welcome anyway, soon I'll post something related to my attempts to make some covers =P. 0/
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Welcome to the site and apologies in advance if we rip you apart with our scrutanazing of covers. ;D
Read this if you want normal user (I mean others than Cover Admins) to see your covers:
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=5754
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No problem ^^' and I'll read, thanks! =)
-EDIT: taking advantage of the post, not to have to do a thread just for this. Where I could start a thread for me to expose my covers? I mean, there are some options for UGC, DVD, CD ... but just the first box that I have to show not fall into any of these options =P. is for the old Master System boxes, made with my own template.
Where could I start this thread to avoid confusion initials? I intend to work in the format UGC, though =P. thanks in advance.
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UGC section is good.
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Okay, thank you ;D
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Well my name is Eric Brugal Iacobone, 29 years, i'm from the Dominican Republic, i'm half Italian and half Dominican.
I finally start my collection of games, i have a NES, N64, Wii and a PS1, planing to buy a SNES, GameCube, Dreamcast, PS2 and PS3. i always wanted to have my gaming room with all the games, my wife always tells me that im crazy with the games and she likes that :P. We are both architects here in the Dominican Republic and we are planing to start soon the designs of the gaming room.
i start wondering if there was a page that have the templates to make the original nes boxes, so, since October last year i start searching for the templates and i end up here, i liked the idea of a plastic case instead of the original boxes and i start serching for the UGC and downloading the covers from TCP and modifying them to look like the original box. When i was finally decided to buy the UGC i sow a topic here with the Onion Cases and now im waiting those cases ;D.
My first video game was Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet with a NES back in 1987 (I think) (RIP NES :P). Then in 1998 i bough a N64 and a PS1, Sold the N64 and i still have the PS1 in excellent condition. In November 2011 i bough again a NES almost new (these one trying to keep it without scratch etc). Recently i have bought a N64 (again) in excellent condition and a Wii.
Beside games my other passion are cars, specially Italian cars, love F1 races.
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Hey guys I am Dan otherwise known as xn30warriorx. You can add me on xbox or psn under the same name. I have been using Cover Project for about a year now and finally decided to become a member. I just want to thank all the people who make this site possible and all the people that have made covers which have all helped to make my collection look fantastic on my shelves. I grew up on nintendo but collect more than just that!
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I'm Chad from Canada, I've signed up so I can contribute a bit before I shamelessly start using the covers so many of you brilliant people have uploaded. ;D
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Hello. welcome. I don't know many Canadians.....forgive me if this comes off as odd or rude. Is Chad a common Canadian name?
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Not that I'm aware of. I only know of one other person named Chad.
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I had no idea that this thread existed!!
My name is Christian, I am an avid game collector and player.
I have complete U.S. libraries for the Turbografx 16, Gamecube, game.com (and the Madden prototype!) and virtual boy. I'm moving on to next challenge, Gameboy Advance games!! I always keep the boxes/cases for my games, but on GBA, I am filling in a TON of games that I never bought when they were new.
So yes, I intend to take over the world!!!!
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I guess I haven't been here for 3 years, so maybe I should reintroduce myself? I used to be a huge retro-gamer, and i don't know what happened, but while cleaning-up I found all of my N64 and SNES games in storage, and on the shelves a bunch of DUSTY games...and now I'm ordering Universal Game Cases, and that means I'll need artwork for the games.
There's so much to catch up on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya should I get it?
Retron5....should I get That?
Have they ever made a Retron for TurboGrafx 16 (mine is wonky with it's power supply), or any games other than Nintendo and Sega...it seems those are the only systems that ever got any attention in the past, and they are not the only ones that exists.
I'd love to be able to play my Atari 5200 games again, all my controllers are shot.
And my Odyssey 2 and Intellivision games just get no lovin' due to their systems just being too rusty.
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hey just wanted to introduce myself, My name is Nik or NOTORIOUS NiK B for the gaming world (also my xbox live gamer tag). Im 24 years old from Canada and i have a daughter who is almost 2. I am about to start college in the fall and i will be getting into the HVAC trade. I have been playing games since i was a kid at the age of 3 or 4 and my first console was a nes.
In the last 3 years, I started collecting older gen games and now my collection is getting big. Just recently started casing all my carts and its proving to be a big task. Currently have all my gameboy, colour and advance games cased and just waiting to print the covers off. I have some covers already printed off but the regular paper i was using wasn't very good. I collect games for the following consoles so far atari 2600, nes, snes, genesis, psp, ds, 3ds, xbox, 360, ps1, ps2, ps3, n64, gamecube, wii and dreamcast. Looking to get into the other consoles eventually.
I'm i big nintendo fan and xbox fan but going ps4 next gen (because of the xbox one bs). My favourite series are donkey kong, fire emblem, resident evil, castlevania, call of duty, halo, gears of war, zelda, starfox, god of war and assassins creed to just name a few. Currently working on completing a nes black box set, castlevania series, zelda series and a mega man nes set. I really enjoy the covers that you guys make and i will be looking to make some my own and share them with you guys as well. Thanks for the great covers.
NOTORIOUS NiK B
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I had no idea that this thread existed!!
My name is Christian, I am an avid game collector and player.
I have complete U.S. libraries for the Turbografx 16, Gamecube, game.com (and the Madden prototype!) and virtual boy. I'm moving on to next challenge, Gameboy Advance games!! I always keep the boxes/cases for my games, but on GBA, I am filling in a TON of games that I never bought when they were new.
So yes, I intend to take over the world!!!!
You completed the GC library? Want to be friends? ;)
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Oops, somehow missed this in my initial search for an introduction area. I'm Brent. 29, married, regional IT manager for an automotive group.
I've been a huge fan of vintage video games (ever since it was even a thing). I've been a lurker here for years, but never had the resources (time and money) to pour any serious attention into anything. Seriously awed by some of the setups and artwork I see here, and hopefully I'll be able to do the same for you guys.
At a point now where I can invest a not insignificant amount of my time or disposable income into this, and I've got some (still secret) ideas for ways to take an excellent hobby to the next level ;D
Happy to be here, hello from North Carolina!
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Welcome to the party. What part of NC are you from?
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Thanks! I'm in the Charlotte area :)
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Hello all my name is Dom or you can call me Goodfella. I currently live in Florida.
I've been stalking this place for the past year or so. I've always loved older games and because of you guys/gals I began collecting again over this past year. Earlier this year I finally bought my first 100 UGCs and have gone through all of them already. This is my first ever forum on the internet, but this community seems so much different from the many other you see across the web. People on here genuinely seem nice (just seems weird in this world this days :)) . I collect many different systems and games though the SNES is my personal favorite. As you can tell by my name I can't resist a good Mob movie!
I have no photo editing skills at all, and unfortunately that is why I've waited so long to join. In the future I plan on trying to learn the trades of using Photoshop, but until then I would like to thank all of you that keep this great website going for those who can't make great covers like myself! ;D
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Welcome! I'm new too, long time lurker though.
I've done professional graphic design in the past, so if you ever need help just let me know. Photoshop is awesome.
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Thanks man I appreciate it!
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Thanks! I'm in the Charlotte area :)
Okay, cool. I was just curious, I used to live in Wilmington.
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Hello everyone! My name is Carlos, and I'm from Florida. I discovered the universal game cases a couple of months ago, and then discovered this site while searching for covers. It's amazing what you're doing here and I hope I can contribute some covers as well. I'm not a Photoshop expert, but I know my way around the program pretty well and have made covers for movies, music, and games over the years (with mixed results ;D ).
I've been playing and collecting games since the early 80s, starting with the Atari 2600. I'm definitely the collector among my friends, especially with retro games. I recently got back into collecting older games, and have been focusing a lot on the Sega Genesis and Super NES lately. It's tough to find certain games with boxes and instructions so the covers here have been invaluable. I'm looking forward to contributing where I can.
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Hello everyone! My name is Carlos, and I'm from Florida. I discovered the universal game cases a couple of months ago, and then discovered this site while searching for covers. It's amazing what you're doing here and I hope I can contribute some covers as well. I'm not a Photoshop expert, but I know my way around the program pretty well and have made covers for movies, music, and games over the years (with mixed results ;D ).
I've been playing and collecting games since the early 80s, starting with the Atari 2600. I'm definitely the collector among my friends, especially with retro games. I recently got back into collecting older games, and have been focusing a lot on the Sega Genesis and Super NES lately. It's tough to find certain games with boxes and instructions so the covers here have been invaluable. I'm looking forward to contributing where I can.
Welcome.
We hold you for your promise of contributing.
Fail at that and you shall feel our wrath.
Joking...? 8)
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Run for your life
He's not joking
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Great, what have I got myself into? ;)
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Run for your life
He's not joking
You dare to defy one of the apostols of Snowcone. >:(
As punishment you shallbare the sign of shame (see your new title between your name and postclass) ;)
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Oh NO! What is this condition that I've been Affleckted with???
:D
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Oh NO! What is this condition that I've been Affleckted with???
:D
It will make you take uncalculated dangerous risks.
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Well, lets get the awkward first post out of the way.
My name is Bryan. I am from Idaho. I am just finishing up scanning and editing my music album collection (still taking longer than I expected). I am about to start creating custom cases because I don't know how much longer I can keep the boxes in good condition. I stumbled on this site watching YouTube videos on making custom cases. They said it was a place to get covers. I have some boxes that I did not see on the site, I hope I will be able to add them.
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Well, lets get the awkward first post out of the way.
My name is Bryan. I am from Idaho. I am just finishing up scanning and editing my music album collection (still taking longer than I expected). I am about to start creating custom cases because I don't know how much longer I can keep the boxes in good condition. I stumbled on this site watching YouTube videos on making custom cases. They said it was a place to get covers. I have some boxes that I did not see on the site, I hope I will be able to add them.
Welcome to the site.
Remember everything starts from perfect scans:
600DPI absolutely flat (so no blurring) moire free ones.
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Hello, my name is Ashton and I'm 15 years old. I've been around gaming since I was pretty young, about 5 or 6 I'd say. My first console was the GameCube which I sold at a yard sale about five years ago when I wasn't that into gaming :'( The worst part about that was that I also sold the Zelda Collector's Edition with it, for something like $5. When I was younger I played some Mario but never got that into it, but I guess it left an impression because I decided I wanted to buy a GameCube again, and the rest is history. Within a week of getting the GC, I had a N64, SNES, and NES. My collection is still small because I can't exactly get a job right now, but hopefully I'll be able to expand soon. I've never been interested in going for complete sets or anything, and I've decided I want to purchase the best rated 25-30 games for each system. I discovered UGC and this site a few weeks ago and decided it was the perfect thing for me because I wanted a good way to display my collection without shelling out the cash for boxed games.
Outside of gaming, I am a high school student and play baseball, basketball, and football. I was able to start as a freshman on varsity baseball this past year and my goal is to get a baseball scholarship at a junior college so I can continue playing. I also like to play paintball, but its pretty expensive so I don't get to play as much as I would like.
I've been lurking around the forums for awhile and I think it's really awesome what some of you have designed and created. I'm not very familiar with designing covers but its something I would definitely like to learn how to do and hopefully I can contribute eventually. Thanks, Ashton.
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Hi my name is ASH. i am from the UK. I have been looking on this site now for many months but just never got around to registering until today. i think that this is one of the best sites on the internet.
Since i have found this website i have read and seen some fantastic things. i hope that you carry on the great work and hope that i can learn from all the great people on here about games and things.
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Hello, my name's Cynthia. I've been looking at the forums and using the covers here for a while now and decided to register so I could join in on the awesome conversations you guys have :D
I'm 25, currently living in Wisconsin (Milwaukee, blech) but I'd much rather be living in Georgia D: I'm going on my third year of marriage and have two adorable orange tabbies who are like my daughters. I've got an Associates in Networking/Computer Repair but I haven't found any places willing to hire me with no experience under my belt. Soooo I currently work in retail.
The very first system I had was a ps1 with spyro the dragon. I was a bit conceited at the party for it, telling everyone that I knew it was a ps1 and a game and so my step-dad replaced it with an empty coke 16-pack and a meringue cd much to my dismay. Now I keep my mouth shut >.<
Lastly, I love crafts just as much as games. Just recently I made a pixel artwork of Zero (from the gba games) out of origami stars. It's quite big and I need to make a proper frame for it >.<
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hello everyone and welcome to the site!
hey bigman1983! *waves* UK and Europe slowly invading!
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I was a bit conceited at the party for it, telling everyone that I knew it was a ps1 and a game and so my step-dad replaced it with an empty coke 16-pack and a meringue cd much to my dismay. Now I keep my mouth shut >.<
What is meringue, or did you ment merengue :p (Music from the Dminican Republic, from where i am)
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Welcome players, I hope you all have fresh scans to share with us :)
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Hello everyone, I've lurked a little here and there and have used quite a few of the covers from here for cases - mostly NES and SNES. I'm from Iowa and started only collecting horror titles since I used to do playthroughs of them on youtube but eventually moved on to others since I had a pretty good build up from my childhood since I've never sold any of my games. Unfortunately I will most likely not be able to contribute to the covers here but I'll def be able to help with other things. Thanks!
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Hi everyone!
I've also lurked here for a long time and started boxing up my collection. I absolutely - love - the time and effort that people have spent to provide this service. I'll be recommending here to all my friends.
I hope I can contribute in some way, shape or form. Unfortunately a lot of my boxes were lost along the way but I have a sizable playstation collection so I'll always be on the prowl to see if I can help some how!
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Hi everyone!
I've also lurked here for a long time and started boxing up my collection. I absolutely - love - the time and effort that people have spent to provide this service. I'll be recommending here to all my friends.
I hope I can contribute in some way, shape or form. Unfortunately a lot of my boxes were lost along the way but I have a sizable playstation collection so I'll always be on the prowl to see if I can help some how!
Again, welcome to the site.
Playstation scans are welcome.
600DPI, absolutely flat and straight, moire (aka desceen or derasterize) removal on.
Please and thank you.
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Looks like my turn to introduce myself!
I'm Marc, i live in Quebec Canada. I've been collecting game for the last 15 years, been playing games for around 25-26 years! There was a stop in my collecting ( of around 5 years) when my wife gave birth to our first daughter until last September (2012) when i decided to start it back. Good thing i didn't get rid of anything i had! What I'm currently collecting for is NES/SNES/PS1-2-3 and Vita. If i can get a good deal on other stuff, i won't pass it, which explain my ever growing Sega Master/Genesis/Saturn collection. I also love collecting Art Books from video game and Strategy guides.
As far as making covers go, I'm not a great artist, but i can provide raw cover template that some good artist can re-touch to make them on-par for TCP!
Personal life now, I'm 30, been a machinist for the last 10 years. Been repairing industrial gearboxes, pumps and electrical motors the last 7 years. My wife got a degree in literature and been working for the government for the past 2 years. We have 2 daughters (5 and 2 YO). The oldest start liking video game and the youngest love watching me play my ps3.
And that's about it for now! Hoping to be able to contribute with whatever i can!
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Hey everyone,I stumbled upon this place about a month ago. I didn't really have any big hobbies (other than normal stuff of movies, sports, videogames) and I was immediately drawn to the awesomeness of retro collecting/case production. I was tired of having a bunch of NES games just placed in random boxes. What a great idea to make your own cases! So here I am a month later (and still with no cases, but hey Rome wasn't built in a day) and finally joined the TCP forum and even managed to learn some basic photoshop to come up with a few NES/SNES covers of my own. I'm not a fan of recreating the original cases (just not my style) and instead like to use fan art and the like to make custom stuff. This is all for my personal collection of course and I don't have too many games (< 50 NES, <10 SNES), just want them to look good on my shelf in my office/study/den. Can't wait for the onion cases to come out so I can finally print these suckers out and be proud of all that hard work! Anyways nice to meet all of you and I look forward to finding/sharing some awesome cover designs. Thanks for reading!
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Hey guys, long time lurker and now I'm finally registered. ;D
My name is Ben, but I go by JelloEmperor or just Jello. It's a name I've used online for several years now. Just thinking of a name and I saw a box of jello in the cabinet and I have a tremendous love for Star Wars. Just kind of fit.
I've been playing video games for around 30 years. Grew up with Atari, then got an NES when I was 4. At some point or another Ive had just about every console in my possession at one point. I grew up in Louisville, KY and moved to Winston-Salem, NC when I was 21. Just got out of a 12 year relationship with a girl who despised video games and especially me playing them. I met a new girl this past February and she has really pushed me to get back to my roots.
So here I am, having found loose carts and cases missing covers, and stumbled over this site and instantly fell in love. I'm not very experienced with Gimp, but I'm hoping to be able to help get covers done and get my collection cased. I want to offer raws, but can't figure out how to get my scanner to remove moire.
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Hello! I'm also a lurker who decided to register here.
My name is Mikel, and I'm a Nintendo enthusiast from Sweden. You could say that I have a soft spot for vintage electronics in general. Super Mario Bros. on the NES is the first video game I ever played and therefore holds a special place in my heart.
I'm hoping that I can contribute with some EU-covers!
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Välkommen.
But thats enough Swedish as I as a Finn know nobody needs Swedish.
Just kidding... eller är jag?
And one reminder for newbies: Don't upload the covers directly to the site as unless they are absolutely perfect they will be ignored due to sheer volume of covers submitted.
Instead make Mediafire or Box account, upload there and then link to the boards so we can pre-check them and help you better them before officially submitting them.
Our quality standarts are hyper strict as we want perfection.
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Hi everyone, new member here. I've been on this site for a long time just watching from the sidelines and never made an account, so I'm finally a registered user.
I've always been a nintendo aficionado ever since i was a child, although I recently started collecting for other systems that I missed out on with so many great games :-[
Well, here's hoping I can contribute to the cause somehow and look forward to seeing all of you on the site.
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Hi all,
Came here from Racketboy after hearing about this site on several threads and am simply amazed at what's here and the sheer amount of work done by this community. What a worthwhile project! Anyway, I have loads of loose discs laying around and just bought a box of 100 slimline DVD cases, so looking forward to getting stuck in!
Thanks to everyone that has made this project what it is. Look forward to conversing with everyone in the forums!
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welcome on board!
and remember, contributing doesnt just mean providing scans or covers, after all, someone has to give wiggy a run for his money :P
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Hi everyone!
I finally decided to register on the site. I'm 23 and living in Sweden. It was my father that introduced the world of videogames to me. He owned a NES that I used to play on when I was a little girl. Later he bought me and my sisters the N64. I didn't play for some years, then my fiancé showed up and he love all kind of games and when we moved together he decided to collect them all. He collects everything but I mostly collect the N64. My goal is to cover all of the N64 games we own.
I have been watching this amazing site for a long time and downloaded the covers. I use to try and make them into PAL covers if there are only NTSC covers available, but I’m still missing some.
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I'm Ozzy, 35ish in Ohio (Freakin cold now!), been collecting games since I was 14, but took a long break (6+ years) where everything was stored at my parents house. Just bought a new house with losts of space, so been fixing up the collection. I'm a big fan of TG-16\PCE, even wrote a few simple PD roms on it, and I'm big into emulation, have been for 12+ years.
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Hi everyone!
I finally decided to register on the site. I'm 23 and living in Sweden. It was my father that introduced the world of videogames to me. He owned a NES that I used to play on when I was a little girl. Later he bought me and my sisters the N64. I didn't play for some years, then my fiancé showed up and he love all kind of games and when we moved together he decided to collect them all. He collects everything but I mostly collect the N64. My goal is to cover all of the N64 games we own.
I have been watching this amazing site for a long time and downloaded the covers. I use to try and make them into PAL covers if there are only NTSC covers available, but I’m still missing some.
Välkommen.
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I'm Ozzy, 35ish in Ohio (Freakin cold now!), been collecting games since I was 14, but took a long break (6+ years) where everything was stored at my parents house. Just bought a new house with losts of space, so been fixing up the collection. I'm a big fan of TG-16\PCE, even wrote a few simple PD roms on it, and I'm big into emulation, have been for 12+ years.
You two welcome here.
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Hello all.
Being born in 1970, I am a kid of the late 70s and 80s. My first arcade game I ever played was an original Pac-Man machine at a gas station (arcades would come along later). The first home system we ever had was an Odyssey 2. It was a fun little system, but it could not compete against the Atari 2600. In the mid-80s I spent a lot of my time with our Commodore C-64. Later on when I started working as a teen I took my first whole paycheck and purchase the NES Power Set. It was the bomb. Love picking up new games but the $40-50 price tags keep me from picking up too many. Also my main interest was comic books and that took up most of my time and money for many years after.
So now, I'm back to collecting games and such again. I just picked up the Sony PSP and love playing Final Fantasy I on this!
I also don't buy the new systems at $400-500. I would rather "retro-collect".
I hope to jump in on some of the threads here soon!
~IPTN
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welcome aboard.
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Text by Arseen: This is my nephew's account. He finally managed to create account.
He speaks nearly no English so forgive him for probable garble he writes.
Now his own text:
I'm from finland and I play floorball
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Text by Arseen: This is my nephew's account. He finally managed to create account.
He speaks nearly no English so forgive him for probable garble he writes.
Now his own text:
I'm from finland and I play floorball
So he managed to join.
Give him a break.
He joined so he can learn English.
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Well what can I say ::) welcome to the site
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Hi. I downloaded and printed 40+ covers in the past couple weeks. I just wanted to say thank you! I was searching for a donation section, but couldn't find one. I stumbled across a thread that said you'd rather have donations in the form of covers. So be it! I'll have to read some scannning threads first (if that's a thing), as I have zero photoshop skills.
Edit: Found the scanning guide, lol.
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Hi. I downloaded and printed 40+ covers in the past couple weeks. I just wanted to say thank you! I was searching for a donation section, but couldn't find one. I stumbled across a thread that said you'd rather have donations in the form of covers. So be it! I'll have to read some scannning threads first (if that's a thing), as I have zero photoshop skills.
Edit: Found the scanning guide, lol.
Welcome to the site.
Before you go bananas and scan your whole collection, scan one box and post it to the boards so we can check it and if necessary help you scan it better.
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Hello, I'm Andy. My screen name (LawnBoy2ndToNone) is one that I use on the forums that I frequent most. It makes it easier to remember my screen name from site to site. I'm 32 and play mostly vintage video games when I play. I joined the forum, cause I really like the site and everything that it has to offer. I look forward to eventually having all of my uncased games cased in the future now that I have found this great resource.
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Welcome to the site.
What is the idea of being the supreme lawn boy?
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I'm more of a outdoor power equipment guy than video game guy. However, in the winter time I like to immerse myself in Zelda games new and old. I prefer vintage video games to newer ones, but I still get the new games of the Zelda series. My screen name comes from mytractorforum.com where I am usually found online. Lawn Boy is my brand of choice, and just like the video games I like, I prefer my "Boys" vintage. My oldest mower is a 1964 model, and he runs as good as the day he was made. I just find it easy to use the same screen name on any forum I belong to, just to keep things simple in a complex world. This is the second electronics related forum that I belong to, and the reaction to the screen name is always the same. Thanks for the welcome.
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Mmkei.
Enjoy, and if possible give us raw material.
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I really wish I could give you guys some raw material, but all the raw stuff that I have is here and looks better than what I have.
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I really wish I could give you guys some raw material, but all the raw stuff that I have is here and looks better than what I have.
Ok, but if you ever come across stuff we are missing feel free to scan.
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Hey everyone. My name's Cody. Been lurking this site for quite some time. Started printing covers out about 4 years ago, but then kind of fell off. Just getting back in the game now for my SNES collection!
Love this site.
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Edit: Found the scanning guide, lol.
Welcome to the site.
Before you go bananas and scan your whole collection, scan one box and post it to the boards so we can check it and if necessary help you scan it better.
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You got it, thanks!
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Hey everyone. My name's Cody. Been lurking this site for quite some time. Started printing covers out about 4 years ago, but then kind of fell off. Just getting back in the game now for my SNES collection!
Love this site.
Welcome Back!
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Hey guys! Long time no see. :)
Anyone who used to frequent the site a few years back will probably remember me as z0mbiew0lf. I fell off of using the forums some time freshman year (a comp sci major will do that to ya ;) ). It's probably worth noting that in the past year I've started a gaming blog called Sprites and Dice (http://spritesanddice.blogspot.com) with a good friend of mine. It never occurred to me until....just about now that this forum is totally worth doing a feature or three on.
Anyway, nice to see the forums are still kicking! Can't wait to use the printer at work to make my collection look good again. ;D
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Welcome back, z0mbiew0lf/juan0tron!
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Hello All,
I am new to the site, i started to print the covers for my collections.
A lot of thanks to the people who made this possible :D
I scanned a couple of my ex rental snes covers:
https://app.box.com/s/snro1jv54wmv5mvszsyn
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Another new member... been printing these for 6 months now, slowly casing everything (I'm on my 2nd case of UGCs, debating whether or not to put my Atari games in there, as well as if I'm going to go UGC or Bitbox for the NES ones... all 183 of them) and figured I should actually join the forums.
Question on forum etiquette here, as it changes from place to place. Necro-bumps allowed or frowned upon? I ask because a couple of the requests I have were made already, but months (and sometimes years) ago. My gut instinct is to bump the old thread, because people have said "Oh yeah, I can work on that" and that might remind them, but I know some places frown on necro-bumps.
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Welcome.
If you are sure the request wasn't fulfilled (ie search the forums for the cover even if not officially hosted) then go ahead and bump it saying you are also looking for it - and if you have any raw art to help with the request even better ;D
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Got it. Yeah, Checkered Flag for the Jaguar seems to be a holdout for some reason. Sadly, I have nothing to contribute for raw scans, but I'll keep my eyes peeled. Thanks!
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Hello everyone! I'm new to this whole thing, and I'm just enjoying the wonderful scans and creative customs you guys have been putting out for the past few years! You've given new life to my NES, SNES, and Atari collections. It's funny how my kids (and I) appreciate those games so much more with awesome artwork and cases!
The coolest part for me is just that moment when I close the UGC with the freshly printed insert for the first time -- it's like magic. Okay! I won't bother you guys any more; I just wanted to express how delighted I am to have found this amazing resource! Oh, and I love the forums, too! Keep up the amazing work!
- Jon Armstrong
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Yo, long time listener, first time caller.
I've been downloading your covers for awhile now, not to use as I dont own any UGC, but to read the back and see the art and whatnot.
I have however created a number of custom covers not only for UGC's, but also cassette cases, and CD jewel cases. the latter of the three I do own
Basically I like to play around in Photoshop.
Eventually when I'm able to save up more than $20 and not spend it on games, I'll pick up some UGC's and put all my stuff away in them, but until then, I'll stick with just playing around. Expect to see a lot of raw scans, custom covers, and maybe a few templates put up on the forums, but not a lot of discussion.
I'm mainly just here to make sure this place continues to get its doctor prescribed allowance of fresh material.
Oh, and most of my stuff isn't quite standard format, so a majority of my material will be stuck on my box page. (https://app.box.com/s/2lx75sfjdpud65lnytuh)
Any raw scan's I get I'll make sure to toss your way though.
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I'm glad to finally join the forums. i have been always reading the forums and downloading the covers for the past 3 years or so, and i really appreciate what everyone does here. I plan to hopefully contribute to the site in the future!
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I'm glad to finally join the forums. i have been always reading the forums and downloading the covers for the past 3 years or so, and i really appreciate what everyone does here. I plan to hopefully contribute to the site in the future!
Always reading the forums... You must have read some pretty bloody arguments! Just kidding!
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While I've not encountered any of your arguements, I've been coming to this site and its forums for a while DLing covers. I just joined to see if there is any way I can contribute when possible. I love getting the raws when possible but the work you guys do is fantastic.
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Hey guys,
I'm Dave and I've basically been browsing thecoverproject daily for 2 years now and just decided to finally join. (Don't worry I don't have any requests). I want to say that I love all of the hard work going into this project and I hope you guys continue.
A little bit about myself, I'm 30 and live in Ontario, Canada. I live with my girlfriend of 6 years and I have an honours degree in Business Commerce. I've been playing games since I was about 4 or 5 and have basically stuck with those consoles ever since. I don't have the time that I used to for playing games so I guess I have sort of changed over to a collector instead of a gamer. The only consoles that I am collecting for are the NES, SNES and the N64. That's about it in a nutshell as it relates to here so I just want to say I look forward to all the future work. Thanks
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Hi everyone,
My name is Dan, I'm 29 and live near Chicago, IL. I've been playing games since I was 3 and semi-collecting all of my life(I loved keeping my boxes and manuals for all my games all my life. Sadly my parents got rid of some of it.)
I work as a Store Manager for GameStop which I know some of you may consider the devil, but hey, it pays the bills and I at least work with gaming in some fashion.
I tend to only collect things that interest me but the problem is a lot of stuff interests me. It ranges from NES/Master System to Xbox One/PS4 and everything inbetween. I also have a random collection of Super Famicom and JP N64 buried in there too. My prize possession is my CIB Earthbound which is actually the copy I got for Christmas in 1995(The scratch and sniff cards are still intact in my guide!)
I have FINALLY begun organizing the basement in my house and getting all of my stuff up out of boxes and onto shelves so you guys can expect to see some pictures soon. It's nothing as impressive as some of the stuff I've seen on here but I hope you guys will like it!
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Hi guys
I'm Gareth, I'm 31 and from Newport in South Wales. I'm married and have a 1 year old son who I'm sure I'll pass on my video gaming addiction. I chose the name Gamer_Cymru as it's Welsh for Welsh Gamer. I'm a delivery driver by day and I'm also a researcher for the Football Manager game's created by Sport's Interactive.
My introduction to video games was via a BBC Micro computer and later on from my NES. I also had the use of my younger brother's Sega Master System. Somehow I skipped the next few years and returned to gaming with a PS1. After which I had a PS2, PS3 and a Wii. In total I now own a NES, N64, Wii, Nintendo DS, Master system, Mega Drive, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and a Commodore 64 (which doesn't work at the moment, Think it needs a new power supply)
I currently have a man-cave in the attic which is slowly filling up with my collection of video games. Since the birth of my son my collection habits have changed to a bargain hunter style which I find more enjoyable as I'm finding some really great games out there at a fraction of what I used to pay when the latest big game came out. At the moment my collection seems to be mostly Playstation 1,2 and 3 games with a small but growing selection of the other consoles. I look to get games that I'm going to enjoy playing, I dont buy games just to say I have them.
I found this site my I was looking at doing a custom cover for FIFA 13. Being a big Football fan ( I refuse to call it Soccer) and sick of seeing the same players on the cover I decided to make a cover with the team I support on it (Newport County). While the custom cover's of FIFA 13 and 14 I made weren't of the standard you guys have been doing it's got me the bug of creating custom covers for all of my games which I shall be starting in the near future.
Anyway its great to join you guys.
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Welcome.
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Looks like i'll Tag along too.
My name is JOnathan, and i am a proud canadian.
My goal is to make a colection of raw box scans and custom boxes.
I am best known for being a YouTuber, a member of NintandBox, and i love Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog
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Hey Guys. I'm Ben, from Herts in sunny old UK!! Had tonnes of games back in the day but sold the lot and started collecting again in summer 2013.
Only just discovered this site after I read something about it in an issue of Retro Gamer.
My first computer was a C64 which I had over 100 games for (which mysteriously went missing from my parents loft) then I moved onto an Amiga 600 before the consoles. The ones I bought brand new were a Gameboy, Game Gear, Master System 2, Mega Drive 2, 32x, PS1 (which I paid £440 for mail order so I could get it before official release in UK), Dreamcast, Xbox. Ones I bought second hand were a SNES, PS2, 360, and a Neo Geo Pocket Color and an Atari Lynx 2. Every single one of these was sold, cheaply I might add, which disappoints me now I collect again. The worst one was about 10 or so years ago I took my Mega Drive to CEX (the UK's main secondhand shop) and they gave me £25 for it with over 50 games. Thought it was worthless then. Even worse, I handed them the 32x and they said "we dont take these as no one wants them" so I said "it's no use to me" and they gave me £3 for it. Why did I sell it grrr?????!!!!! I have a Saturn now with Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing and Doom and I have to say that I feel the 32x versions of these games, whilst not looking as good, are definitely better games to play!
My favourite console that I have at the moment is probably my PC Engine CoreGrafx. Bravoman arrived in the post yesterday and although it is a basic game it is surprisingly highly enjoyable the more you play it.
Anyway, started collecting again last year and only have a small collection at the mo but wanting to build a proper one. Bought a bundle of 25 UGC's and have been spending the last couple of days making covers. Done the N64 ones mainly but was a little disappointed with the lack of vertical PAL covers as I think they look awesome.
Anyway, I look forward to talking to some of you guys on here as my missus and her friends dont really understand the 'obsession', as they put it, with gaming and collecting!! :)
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Realized that I never posted in here, so why not.
Name: Dustin
Age: 35
Location: Milford, Ohio (East of Cincinnati)
As far as games go, I'm pretty much a fan of anything that's not a turn-based, Final Fantasy-style RPG. Driving, puzzle, and action titles make up most of what I play on a normal basis.
Top consoles for me are 2600, NES, SNES, PS2 and 360. There's not a console I dislike, honestly.
Used to collect pretty hardcore, but I've cut back a lot and make efforts to not fill my shelves with stuff that doesn't have sentimental attachment or is something I like and will actually play. Still sitting on over 1100 games, though, so it's a lot but it's well-curated.
I did Graphic Design in college, dropped out after 2 years (this was the late 90's so computers were anemic). I've since used PhotoShop for personal projects and a few commissioned works for ads and shirts. I have a very discerning eye for quality and will take the time necessary to get things just right.
I first came here just like many others, looking for art to cover loose games. I then decided to take that art and create my own replica boxes so things look as close to retail as possible. I'm hoping to help get the NES section as complete as possible.
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At 225 posts, you're a bit late :P I'm from Marion, so little above Columbus.
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Hi guys, been a long time "retro" game collector and only recently found this site. I hope to visit as often as I can, read up, learn new things and hopefully contribute in some way.
Name: Nathan
Age: 32
Location: Santa Clara, CA (Bay Area born and raised).
Video game history would all start with the old NES that I got at an early age as a Christmas present. Super Mario, Punch-Out (Mike Tyson!) and Kung Fu were my favorites or at least the most played. Then getting a SNES and playing Super Mario Bros was mind blowing until the whole Street Fighter arcade craze took over. And then Mortal Kombat. Then the 16-bit wars, the 32-bit wars (missed the boat on that one, parents were on a budget), and finally the 64-bit consoles. Waited for years for the N64 and my late uncle actually worked at SGI at the time and met some people involved with that which made my excitement level skyrocket. Everything since then is a blur of PS2 and PS3.
Thankfully I have a very understanding girlfriend who doesn't mind my video game obsession providing I don't mind her shoe/clothing/purse obsession. It's just a battle for storage at our place, that's all!
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Hello been reading these forumns for a while since i got back into collecting last year.
I am Retro Hanson from Tazewell Virginia and I am 34 years old. I grew up on Atari NES SNES etc. Thought It would be neat to pop on and say hi and maybe post some pick ups. I don't have internet at home so i read on here alot at work. So just saying Howdy !
P.s I am not very fluent with internet.
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Ello to everyone! Name's George and I'm ThoseWeirdGames. Why? Cuz I like oddities, though oddities that at least hold some inherit value, rather than simply beng notable for having something weird about them. Primarily this reflects my current searches for games on the Gameboy and N64 consoles, which I consider to have a plethora of said games. Thus, they are "Those Weird Games". I live over in Massachusett's, South of Boston around the Foxboro area.
Grew up with the N64 as my first console in a house that, even into the 2000s, regularly used VHSs. We've got a very strange mixed pile of such. I would hesitate to say "collection", though one might consider it such. I've actually not really started my collection of yet, but primarily I'm searching for Nintendo things from N64 onwards. N64 primarily because I'd like to play the games that I missed out on; knowing that the emulators out there aren't very good. And since I realized I have the capacity to play PS1, PS2, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy, GBC, GBA, DS, and 3DS games, I decided I might as well seek out the games worthwhile for those systems!
Though relatively new through 'collecting', I've always had problems with game storage. Primarily it's with my portable games, as I have basically no means except organization to keep them from disappearing. I unfortunately sold most of my better (and now valuable) games since my interests were devoted to other areas at the time. Now though, I want them back and so much more! This place is not only stirring and artistic interest in me, but putting efforts towards aesthetics in general, which are skills I usually lack. Though physical media is a bit "blah" to me as a possession in and of itself, I'd like to use the opportunity of game storage to showcase some artistic cred as well as remind people of video games as a medium. I thought I'd be all right with just drawer-ing my games, by now that I've come across this place, seconds thoughts have arisen!
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Hello everyone, happened upon the site a couple of weeks ago from a link in a YouTube video. I've never really been an active participant in a forum community, but if I can make it work, I believe this is where I'd like to do it. ;D
Name: Chris
Age: 31
Location: Spokane, Washington
My story isn't really too unique. A fated Christmas NES as a young child of four. Games have saturated my life to this day. I'm currently finishing up my junior year pursuing a bachelors degree in Computer Science. (3 days to summer vacation hooray!!) I'm married to a wonderful wife who is as much a gamer as I am, and am a proud father to our 6 year old daughter.
I have a modest collection that I've built up over the last 15 years or so, ranging from Atari 2600 up to the current generation of consoles. I just got my first batch of UGC's today and finished my first set of 20 prints for my newly boxed Snes games! They look fantastic!
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Hello everyone I’m Jonathan. I found this site when I went to a local game shop and saw (what I soon found out to be) UGC’s with custom printed covers for Nintendo 64 games. I thought it was a great idea and decided to look into doing that myself. After a bit of googling I found myself on Shadowfox’s website and then shortly thereafter stumbled upon TheCoverProject. I’ve only recently started collecting, focusing mainly on the N64, SNES and NES, acquiring back all of the games I had growing up and building the collection from there.
The NES is a couple years older than I am so some of my earliest memories are watching my older brothers play The Legend of Zelda on the NES (I could beat the first dungeon but that was about as far as I could get.) Also who can forget that scene in 3 Ninjas when Tum Tum is playing Super Mario Bros. 3?
I made an account because I love the community. I find myself on here multiple times a day just to read up on what people have been picking up or to just look at the artwork. I hope to someday contribute to the cause but I need a little more practice with photoshop first. Until then without post-spamming I’m going to do my best to be an active member of the forums and community.
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hey!
welcome aboard everyone!, (not sure if I'm the right person to be welcoming new members, but hey...)
don't worry about collection sizes, everyone has to start somewhere (i remember when my collection only took up half a shelf!)
also, don't go out of your way to contribute, ( buying CIB games for the sole purpose of scanning is Arseens job! ;D ), just be nice, post occasionally, and if you happen to come into possession of a boxed copy of a game, post the scans (that's what I'm doing)
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:P
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Welcome. ;D
don't worry about collection sizes, everyone has to start somewhere (i remember when my collection only took up half a shelf!)
Yes, I also remember when every game I owned fit into one shoe box. It sure was easy to store....... :P
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i remember my collection before i had to build shelves to hold it all :'(
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well, this is my collection untill now, 90 games (not big dough) and as TDIrunner said, i remember when my games fit in a shoe box (not long time ago :P). with time you'll see how big yours will be ;D
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ff6c/2kq39bza4lytoi76g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?2kq39bza4lytoi7)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/9c54/qfztm1f0urcjj9r6g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?qfztm1f0urcjj9r)
Edit: i forgot, those photos are old, there aren't 90 games on those photos, when i took that i had like 78 games i think
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well, this is my collection untill now, 90 games (not big dough) and as TDIrunner said, i remember when my games fit in a shoe box (not long time ago :P). with time you'll see how big yours will be ;D
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ff6c/2kq39bza4lytoi76g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?2kq39bza4lytoi7)
Edit: i forgot, those photos are old, there aren't 90 games on those photos, when i took that i had like 78 games i think
:o You have Le Mans 24 Hours for the PS2!!! :o
Any chance you could scan that? I've been looking for a cover for that game forever. ;D
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well, this is my collection untill now, 90 games (not big dough) and as TDIrunner said, i remember when my games fit in a shoe box (not long time ago :P). with time you'll see how big yours will be ;D
Edit: i forgot, those photos are old, there aren't 90 games on those photos, when i took that i had like 78 games i think
:o You have Le Mans 24 Hours for the PS2!!! :o
Any chance you could scan that? I've been looking for a cover for that game forever. ;D
i don't own a scanner :( but i'll see what i can do, i will see if a friend of mine has one and scan it ;)
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Thanks.
It's got to the point where I've almost bought the game again just to get the cover. But I can't find it for less than $20...........???
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Thanks.
It's got to the point where I've almost bought the game again just to get the cover. But I can't find it for less than $20...........???
:o
i'll let you know
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Just wanted to introduce my self to everyone.
My Name is Jeremy but I go by my nickname Sleepy.
I've been playing and collecting video games most of my life. I started with the NES in the early 90s and have played and owned most of the major console releases over the years.
My current video game collection is at 3500+ games for various consoles.
I've an avid thrift store shopper when It comes to video games and I've found a lot of amazing stuff over the years. It's been a lot tougher these past few years but I still love the hunt.
I've been coming to thecoverproject for a few years now and I have been able to get a lot of covers for my loose games.
I want to thank everyone for their awesome covers and all the hard work everyone does here. You guys have really helped my collection out a lot.
I created a webpage to help me keep track of my game collection. It took me about a month to catalog my collection but I think it was worth it to know what I own. I do have several pictures of the stuff I've picked up over the last year on there.
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I guess now is as good a time as any to register.
I've just started to get a bit more serious in getting a nice PS2 collection. Used your site for random reasons over the years so thank you for the great range of covers.
I'm interested in scanning and uploading some PAL PS2 covers missing from your main website. Are you still accepting new covers, and if so, what scanner would you recommend? (The one I have is 300dpi but the quality isn't as good as the ones on here and it has no de-interlacing options etc).
Thanks
I created a webpage to help me keep track of my game collection. It took me about a month to catalog my collection but I think it was worth it to know what I own. I do have several pictures of the stuff I've picked up over the last year on there.
Could you post a link to that? I'd like to see it.
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Welcome!
We are always accepting new covers/raw scans.
I will warn you, quality is quite a priority!
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Well since i finally took the dive and decide to find this kind of topic I might as well post now. I'm Josh a 19 yr old(20 next month) and a stocker in nc(don't you just love being a 3rd shifter if you are one ::) ). And mostly because I have at least 9 loose gc games, all the various gb/c/a games from over the years(minus the few I've lost or stupidly gotten rid of), the few loose ds games I've purchased, and a few games that came with no label or were a gamestop generic case I figured i might as well go through the process of getting the covers especially since I now know a site like this exists(I knew it did but I hesitated for quite awhile).
Currently this is my collection: http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=45930
I need to update it but I'm waiting until I get around to ordering my second shelf from atlantic. (and all the loose games bother me) I'm going to be trying to go ahead and print out and store the ones i know I need at the moment along with the ones I've requested and received. Though not a big fan of the black logo people use but don't really know of a alternative to use ::)
just hoping to by the end of the month hopefully get stuff updated and nicer looking...(even if most of what I need is portable stuff ha ha)
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Welcome man. Good on you for wanting to get your games cased up. You'll be glad you did it once they are all nice and pretty on your new shelf. Also, if you're not fond of the black labels it's a very easy fix to come up with your own custom label to paste over the top of them using something like Photoshop or Gimp.
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Heh for me that's still going to be a pain....I got photoshop as part of a adobe bundle and still haven't fully taught myself to use it. I need to get around to downloading gimp(again) because I'm not sticking with photoshop once it goes cloud. Subscription for next version? No thank you(and I prefer to stay legal and that is one realm I do not touch because that would be my luck)...
But glad someone has the gb cases though, that case mod from what I've seen that quite a few others do isn't pretty and I just have way too many lose games to be even worth it to try and find the normal ones :-\
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Hi, I have just re-registered as my account had been unused for some time and had been deleted. I actually re-registered last night and then found that the account had been deleted again by today so third time lucky!
I've uploaded a wii cover but it didn't look like any had been added for that console in some time so I'm hoping they are still wanted?
Anyway, hello everyone! Thanks :)
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Hi, I have just re-registered as my account had been unused for some time and had been deleted. I actually re-registered last night and then found that the account had been deleted again by today so third time lucky!
I've uploaded a wii cover but it didn't look like any had been added for that console in some time so I'm hoping they are still wanted?
Anyway, hello everyone! Thanks :)
Yeah I'm glad that one can be bought somewhat decently used with the cover still around here. Just gotta jump on it before people like GS start doing the case swap -_-
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What were your old user names? Don't think any accounts have been deleted for a long time (unless you spammed the boards with ads)
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Always the same username, W.Ford (if you look in the N64 covers at Holy Magic Century you will see one of my scans, I hadnt been on for a few years so didnt have an objection to my account being deleted but I re-registered yesterday and when i tried to login today it told me that my username didnt exist, so i used the same username again to re-register today. Anyway hopefully it's all sorted now and I can get on with contributing some scans :)
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Yeah there was purge of unused 0 post accounts few years back, and few accounts with posts were deleted accidentally.
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I registered a couple days ago and found my account deleted today. So just in case I need to have a post to not get my account deleted again, here is my token introduction. Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz! :P
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Hey everyone! Name is Clay, and I am from Kentucky in the USA.
I used to have a teensy collection YEARS ago, but really started getting in to it about 3-4 months ago. I've been bumming my uncles/aunts old games off them and hitting up the local flea markets to snag some of my collection back.
Mainly a Nintendo guy, but at the moment lacking a Wii U (Coming on my birthday thanks to my awesome wife supporting my addiction) and the Gamecube is also missing, but hopefully going to pick one up this weekend at the flea market.
Here's a post with some pics of my collection - Link (http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=16911.msg147586)
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I am surprised that I never posted in this thread. My name as it is in my user name is Aaron and I am from Illinois. I started collecting games a year and a half ago and now have a large and ever growing collection.
I haven't taken any pictures of my collection yet because it is so disorganized and spread all over my apartment much to my wife's chagrin. She feels she is getting crowded out with the collection, can't wait til we move into a larger house to accommodate the collection and properly place them all.
I hope to create some good covers, learn from others and contribute a lot to the site.
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So decided to make a new user thread to say hello. My name is Douglas, I live in eastern North Carolina. I just started collecting a few weeks ago. I got most of the main systems that I want, just need a few more then I will work on games. I am trying to finish US Dreamcast first, I have a lot and a lot more on the way right now. I really like the custom dvd covers on this site for them, so much I decided that was how I would house them. For the ones I did have the jewel inserts for, I just slide them behind the booklets (These white dvd boxes I bought off ebay have tabs for manuals). And this way it makes it easier to pick up loose games knowing I got at least a good case and artwork for them.
I consider myself a hobbyist level collector. I do not care about sealed/unopened at all, nor the boxes for systems or games. I do like to have the manuals, and original cases with a few exceptions. Sega I will house in UGCSs, since half of them came in crappy cardboard boxes. Sega CD and Saturn I will do like Dreamcast, because I love the smooth DVD case look and its toooons easier to get loose games than to find the original cases for them all. I do like to have different versions of games, ie I have 3 Dreamcast NFL 2K. Regular, one that says not for resale, and sega-all stars version.
I was going to go ugcs for cartridges, but then shadowfox decides to make some new nes cases with plans for others later so I am holding off. I ordered some of his GB cases (waiting on them currently) and I will start boxing my gb/advance games.
Heres a link to my pictures - http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=17136.0
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Hello there, I am a troll no longer. I've been watching threads and downloading art work for the past month or so now and just decided to register to the forum. My name is Chris, all of the people who are not business associates with me just call me "Scoot". I am an executive chef, and dietary nutritionist by trade hailing from East Tennessee (in the States). I wanted to register to simply be able to post how important all of the individuals that contribute to TCP are to me. Truly; you all help me through a very tough time in my life; my financee' recently passed away and our house burned down shortly after that. My friend has allowed me to stay with him as I rebuild my life slowly and one thing that I decided to work on quickly was rebuilding my video game collection for sentimental purposes. I've always been a gamer since I was a small child (I'm currently only 30 now). I've kept all my games/accessories/controllers/systems to all my games over the years and I had a hefty collection. My fiancee and I would play rerto games NONSTOP at our early apartments and house; Smash Bros. for the 64, Mario Cart for the 64, and I accidentally saved over her Final Fantasy 2 save on the SNES and she about killed me. She later repaid the favor by deleting my old Mario RPG saves to make room for her. It was something we truly enjoyed together; I've never been a game hunter per say, or a completion by any means; I had what I had and she had what she had as a kid, Sharpie marks on the cartridges, electrical tape on the controller cable since the fu*&ing cat would always chew through them, never kept any old boxes just had game disks in the ambiguous giant cd book filled to the brim. So I decided to rebuild my old library and start trying to collect and get organized with it all since I lost it all in the house fire. I found this site by trying to find print and fold boxes for some of the cartridges, then found some custom artwork of Wiggy and became obsessed with the forums, Ive now finished reading all of Wiggy's massive thread post by post (took me three days) and felt so excited and giddy that game collection is so beloved on the forums. I'm so glad that there is a group of like minded freaks like me out there that find the joy in collecting their old favorites and making them even better, I just found out about the UGC's and it blew my mind. And after looking at Wiggy's site for the custom artwork on consoles and games, it does made me feel poor since I realized that just like when I was 8, I still can't afford a freakin' SNES that I want lol. So the old classic console is fine for me for now until I save up some cash for his custom pieces. But before I make this rant any longer than it is; I would again like to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for making my happiest memories into tangible objects to allow me to reminisce of my childhood and of my fun times with my fiancee. I cannot wait to get to know some of you more.
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Hello there, I am a troll no longer. I've been watching threads and downloading art work for the past month or so now and just decided to register to the forum. My name is Chris, all of the people who are not business associates with me just call me "Scoot". I am an executive chef, and dietary nutritionist by trade hailing from East Tennessee (in the States). I wanted to register to simply be able to post how important all of the individuals that contribute to TCP are to me. Truly; you all help me through a very tough time in my life; my financee' recently passed away and our house burned down shortly after that. My friend has allowed me to stay with him as I rebuild my life slowly and one thing that I decided to work on quickly was rebuilding my video game collection for sentimental purposes. I've always been a gamer since I was a small child (I'm currently only 30 now). I've kept all my games/accessories/controllers/systems to all my games over the years and I had a hefty collection. My fiancee and I would play rerto games NONSTOP at our early apartments and house; Smash Bros. for the 64, Mario Cart for the 64, and I accidentally saved over her Final Fantasy 2 save on the SNES and she about killed me. She later repaid the favor by deleting my old Mario RPG saves to make room for her. It was something we truly enjoyed together; I've never been a game hunter per say, or a completion by any means; I had what I had and she had what she had as a kid, Sharpie marks on the cartridges, electrical tape on the controller cable since the fu*&ing cat would always chew through them, never kept any old boxes just had game disks in the ambiguous giant cd book filled to the brim. So I decided to rebuild my old library and start trying to collect and get organized with it all since I lost it all in the house fire. I found this site by trying to find print and fold boxes for some of the cartridges, then found some custom artwork of Wiggy and became obsessed with the forums, Ive now finished reading all of Wiggy's massive thread post by post (took me three days) and felt so excited and giddy that game collection is so beloved on the forums. I'm so glad that there is a group of like minded freaks like me out there that find the joy in collecting their old favorites and making them even better, I just found out about the UGC's and it blew my mind. And after looking at Wiggy's site for the custom artwork on consoles and games, it does made me feel poor since I realized that just like when I was 8, I still can't afford a freakin' SNES that I want lol. So the old classic console is fine for me for now until I save up some cash for his custom pieces. But before I make this rant any longer than it is; I would again like to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for making my happiest memories into tangible objects to allow me to reminisce of my childhood and of my fun times with my fiancee. I cannot wait to get to know some of you more.
Shows how much you loved her by calling her financee' ;)
Welcome to the site and fast recovery from the shit life has dealt to you. 8)
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Yikes! What a tragic introduction! I'm sadden to hear how you came to us. However, I hope I speak for all of us but we are glad you're here. My story isn't as tragic as yours but I started the cover project after my home had been burglarized. Years worth of games had been stolen and I had to start all over. The cover project has a great community. Welcome!
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I only have to say welcome and you'll see that this is a great community with a lot of helpfull and friendly people ;D
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Figured I should post in here. I've been a follower of The Project for many years, but have never really paid much attention to the forums (sorry!). I've been collecting consoles since I was a kid and got into arcade collecting around 2003. Anyone from the KLOV, NeoGeo, CAG, or a few other random forums might recognize me. Now that I have a house, I'm trying to scale down my cartridge collection to only those that I really care about having and in the process, getting nice cases for them and of course printing nifty covers as well. The main point of the 'scale down' is to make room for other things in the game room ;)
I have a bunch of NES and SNES BitBoxes coming this week, so once I have those all ready to go, I'll probably post a picture thread, though it won't be as impressive as most here. Give me time, though, and I'll catch up ;)
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Welcome, Mattroid! If you're looking to case your GB games, there are 2 great new options so you don't have to hack up DS cases anymore.
I believe StoneAgeGamer will be releasing GB BitBoxes soon (their deluxe EverDrive-GB will start coming with this kind of case), and their N64 cases should follow this fall.
Also ShadowFox of CustomGameCases.com has recently created some very versatile cases that can hold GB, GBC and GBA and line up perfectly with DS. He also has plans for Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Gear and a lot more down the road.
ShadowFox is working on NES cases next, and I believe member SeymoreOnion was also making a variety of cases, but I'm not sure what the latest is there.
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Thanks for the welcome, TyrannicalFascist! I'll probably be picking up the GB BitBoxes when they come in. I need to go through my GB collection and see what's staying and what's going and how many cases I'll needed. What I'd really like to see if someone repro the NGPC clam shell cases, but that's a pretty niche market. I haven't decided if I want to use those same BitBoxes for my GBA carts or if I'd rather just use DS cases instead. DS cases will likely take up less room, so I'm probably leaning that way, and I already have a bunch of spares.
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Thanks for the welcome, TyrannicalFascist! I'll probably be picking up the GB BitBoxes when they come in. I need to go through my GB collection and see what's staying and what's going and how many cases I'll needed. What I'd really like to see if someone repro the NGPC clam shell cases, but that's a pretty niche market. I haven't decided if I want to use those same BitBoxes for my GBA carts or if I'd rather just use DS cases instead. DS cases will likely take up less room, so I'm probably leaning that way, and I already have a bunch of spares.
There is 3rd option:
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=14889.0
Same size and quality as original US DS cases, but added ability to hold GB and GBC games without modification.
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Hi everyone, I'm gladiator from the PSX Datacenter. I got some hires covers from this board and I credited them when the user put it like akrate69 that help a lot in the NTSC-U hires covers in the site.
http://psxdatacenter.com
But I was usually lazy to register until today, so just wanted to say hi and thanks to everyone that has provided covers in a way or another to the site (even if most of you never heard about it at all).
As usual all in the PSX Datacenter is free to use so you can get all the covers that you want, only if a cover is contributed to the site please put the name of the user that contributed it if you want to use it.
Thanks.
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Hey guys! The names Ed, I'm Iraqi but I live in Detroit.
I work as a casino dealer and am going to college for pre-med.
I've always been a gamer and I've recently gotten into collecting. I've browsed the site for a while and decided that I would go ahead and join.
Nice to meet everyone! :D
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Hi all! Ben from Tennessee here.
I'm 33, started with games when I had an Atari 5200. I could school anyone on some Joust! I've had most all of the systems since then, and due to a military stint as well as traveling, I let go of most of my games through the years. But recently, I've gotten the bug to rebuild my old collection. Collecting has become a little more expensive and difficult these last few years, but I always pick up old games when I can find them, and for the games that got expensive, I use my electronic skills to make them (solely for my own collection).
Like most everyone here, I'm super OCD about having my collection look good and accurate on my shelf, lol. The first cover I want to make (for fun) is a Megaman and Bass (with a bass fish) which I thought would be pretty entertaining. Then, I'll start working on some more serious covers.
Nice to meet everyone!
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It's been a while since I had a forum account anywhere. I joined up here because I have a collection of games that needed covers. Then I found the forum here and liked the discussions and wanted to join in. I keep track of my collection using an Excel spread sheet. Most of my collection has been scavenged at rummage sales or flea markets. Although it has gotten harder lately because my cousin moved to town and he is fanatical of hunting down video game deals. He buys a lot to resell. I buy to keep. All of my systems are US models. I only have one Japanese game, OOT, because i found it dirt cheap in box and love the zelda series. My collection is one that's made to be played. I am not the person to spend the money on "mint in box" stuff. My drive to collect was fueled by wanting to share the experience of the game with friends (and by the terrible trade-in value of games). Offering me $2 for a game i know your going to sell for $20? Never! never traded in.
As for myself, I am a full time student working for an associates degree. I should finish this semester. I am also a full time worker. I have very little free time at the moment. In the future I hope to have a better job, more free time, and my own house I can build a proper game room in. I live with my fiance. We have been together for years hope to get married next summer. I hope when i am done with school i will have the time to dust off Photoshop and see if I can make anything of quality. I would also like to make a "lets play" with my collection.
I am very excited for shadowfox's cases. I will show a pic of my collection later. I also have some pretty amazing game hunting tales.
so that's me. :D
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Hello my name is Jim I'm 25 years old I been a gamer since the age of five. I'm also a member of many different forums. I have a grand total of 270 handheld games from all Nintendo handhelds. I'm also in the process of looking for 28 covers hopefully you guys can help me out. So thank you.
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Sean here. Been lurking for a couple weeks - just getting back in to old Nintendo systems again (I've got a huge 360 collection though).
Few items I'm not entirely clear about - are there just tons of places I need to be looking for covers? There are the covers in the site database, which are easy enough to find, but it seems tracking down custom covers can be especially challenging in the forum. Are there other sources around for completed covers? I've also seen a number of games come up as requests and regulars state they were about to upload them years ago, only for nothing else to ever come about.
I've probably registered a dozen times in the last couple weeks because the forum keeps saying that my username doesn't exist. Is this because my account is being culled for not making a post or is something else the matter here?
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Sean here. Been lurking for a couple weeks - just getting back in to old Nintendo systems again (I've got a huge 360 collection though).
Few items I'm not entirely clear about - are there just tons of places I need to be looking for covers? There are the covers in the site database, which are easy enough to find, but it seems tracking down custom covers can be especially challenging in the forum. Are there other sources around for completed covers? I've also seen a number of games come up as requests and regulars state they were about to upload them years ago, only for nothing else to ever come about.
Only the perfect covers make it to the site.
Lesser quality covers stay on the boards, even the near perfect ones.
And before you point out that there are bad quality covers in database also: Yep but those are from the time before current quality standarts.
Eventually you might get access to areas of boards where there are more organised topics where only near pefect covers end up, and where posting is restricted to maintain organized look.
All those covers are available on the normal boards aswell but as people post here and there and everywhere they tend to get lost.
As why not all covers promised cover show up is that, maker might have been buzy, or determined that cover was not good enough in the end after all.
I've probably registered a dozen times in the last couple weeks because the forum keeps saying that my username doesn't exist. Is this because my account is being culled for not making a post or is something else the matter here?
How shall I say it... Shit happens sometimes when fighting spam. ;D
Anyway welcome to the site.
Contribute, behave and enjoy... in that order. 8)
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Technically this is a re-introduction. I was a member of TCP a few years ago, although after the forum transition I kind of lost my account and didn't reactivate until recently. Glad to see the community is still going strong though, and I look forward to contributing again! ;D
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Welcome to all the recent new people! Or new-old people!
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sup? names KPE im 35 from subs of detroit im new here anyway will be making all new games nes,snes,sega,gameboy,a2600 new,old,unreleased,homebrew/hacked,CIB translated from japaneses i got all new PCB boards created nes,sega,gameboy,a2600 i still need empty sega carts if anyone can help www.facebook.com/Slowcheetah97
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Hi all my name is Shane and am a 42 year old gamer and have been gaming since the 80's, I'm currently collecting gaming consoles and have about 25 different ones from the Atari 2600 to the PS3. I also own a couple of video game cabinets
one is an original 1942 machine and the other is a MAME cabinet with over 6,000 games. My latest project is a digital pinball machine using an original pinball cabinet with a 37" full HD LCD screen running hyperpin.
Nice to be here :)
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Hi all my name is Shane and am a 42 year old gamer and have been gaming since the 80's, I'm currently collecting gaming consoles and have about 25 different ones from the Atari 2600 to the PS3. I also own a couple of video game cabinets
one is an original 1942 machine and the other is a MAME cabinet with over 6,000 games. My latest project is a digital pinball machine using an original pinball cabinet with a 37" full HD LCD screen running hyperpin.
Nice to be here :)
Wow - would LOVE to see some pics of the pinball cab as you start getting it together - sounds like a fun project.
Welcome to the project - it's nice to have someone older than me joining in - i'm 41.
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Sweet i will upload some pix of the pinball cab soon ;D :)
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Hi everyone. Im new here but been on Nintendoage and Digital press for a few years. I really love this site and finally decided to join after lurking for a long time. Im an avid cart based system collector and have complete collections of the N64, 32x, and US master system and am closing in on the Jaguar and NES.
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Welcome! Put up a picture of your compelte 32x collection, I am working on mine now and curious how much shelf space I will need lol
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Hello! Your friendly neighbourhood mantis here. I only really started seriously collecting video games (before I just got old games/systems here and there) recently and I'm collecting GBA games, putting them into DS boxes I buy in bulk, etc. I just cleaned up the cover of Back Track which had a lot of dirt/scratches, and I'll probably submit my own customs or anything retail that I own that isn't on here.
I won't be a regular contributor, but I'll do what I can. Glad to be here!
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Hi everyone, my names Andrew and I am 21 years old. My defining feature has always been height as I am six foot five inches. (jolly giant) I live in the beautiful ski capital of New Hampshire. I have two dogs and no kids. Nintendoadvantage simply came from my origins as a shameless nintendo fan boy. ;)
When I was around five years old our church pastor brought me and my two sisters a brand new N64 that had been donated. All I had at first was mario 64 and OOT and that was certainly not a bad start. At around age 10 I was given an atari 2600 with the complete swordquest series and a Sega genisis 3 with sonic 2 and Ive had several systems at once ever since. Although I would only call myself a new collector as many of my games have been in boxes for years. Only recently I set them up decently and started hunting in the wild for more. I currently play on and collect for Nes, Snes, N64, Atari 2600/gemini sega gen an playstation one and xbox360. My collection is very small as of the moment.(Shameful compared to the 1000 plus I see constantly on here.) But its growing all the time.
I stumbled across this site through a youtube video and instantly fell in love with the idea of it. I am ridiculously ocd and you guys do quality stuff. Ive been reading the forums for a while and decided to join since you have such a nice tight knit community. Excited to be here. Thats my novela.
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Welcome. ;D
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My account dissapeared.
Made new, irv gave my powers back.
Account dissapeared again.
FEELS SO POWERLESS!!!
Shivers in corner. :'(
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What happened?!
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What happened?!
No idea. ???
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No way! I've been out all day, so I know it was nothing I did. Have all your posts gone? Can you see when snow did the last backup?
Edit, just saw your old posts are now listed under a guest account. Must be something can be done to reinstate the old account.
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This reminds me of the time when I use to be a moderator for the old codebreaker website. Things would disappear more often than not. :-\
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Yeah my old accounts posts still seem to be on the boards, they are just not coonected to anyone.
I know snow can attach them to my new account if he has time.
Also my access to upload que works fine.
Anyway unleash my powers. 8)
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What happened? Normally Arseen is recklessly expelling newbies from our forums.
Maybe it was the work of the almighty. :P
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What happened? Normally Arseen is recklessly expelling newbies from our forums.
Maybe it was the work of the almighty. :P
Yeah... maybe... but I'm atheist and only deity I believe in is Snowcone. :D
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Jokes aside. Strange how that could happen. Maybe someone hacked our site? Anything else strange happened?
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Not that I've seen, but I've been playing Hyrule Warriors so I've been less around.
I know few cases where other accounts have vanished similarly, meanin posts are left but acco gone.
So bad karma... ::)
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Come to think:
The message basicly saying something like "cannot access site as max user are online" has been popping up more often.
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Wants Oversight status back...
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Come to think:
The message basicly saying something like "cannot access site as max user are online" has been popping up more often.
All the damn time!!!
I'm blaming the North Koreans! 😉
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Come to think:
The message basicly saying something like "cannot access site as max user are online" has been popping up more often.
All the damn time!!!
I'm blaming the North Koreans! 😉
Yeah I really was waiting for The Interview.
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Come to think:
The message basicly saying something like "cannot access site as max user are online" has been popping up more often.
I've seen that message quite a few times also.
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Pleeeeease would someone restore either my Oversight status or Cover Admin status.
THANK YOU.
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Hey all,
Like Wiggy, the topic creator, I am also named Matt but don't let the screen name fool you, I'm not THAT cynical. I'm 35, live in Metro Detroit, and have been gaming ever since I possessed motor skills. I've been lurking on the forums for a long time, but usually gaming communities are so filled with trolls they're not fun to participate in. I so rarely see that kind of behavior here I figured I might as well join in the fun.
I really just wanted to thank everyone here for all their hard work creating this invaluable resource. My growing collection just wouldn't look the same without the beautiful covers I've printed out from here. I've even made a few of my own (albeit, from fairly low-res scans) for games that are missing, which has taught me a great deal about photo editing and touch-up. They're nowhere near the quality of what's found here, sadly, but it's been a fun learning experience and they suit my needs. Maybe some day I'll be good enough to contribute!
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Welcome Matt ;D, and Arseen done! ;D
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Thank you.
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@ Arseen: I told you not to jump from tha window, that wasn't your power. You see now you have lost your old account.
:P
Now for real: seen Arseen 's name an watching how all stars are lost and newbie sign under his name is so, so, so weird. :o, my brain says : that's wrong, not posible"
But don't worry you are going to pass my 1414 post in 3 days lol :P
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Now for real: seen Arseen 's name an watching how all stars are lost and newbie sign under his name is so, so, so weird. :o, my brain says : that's wrong, not posible"
It's like losing all your save data on a game you put hours upon hours into. Nothing like starting from the beginning.
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@ Arseen: I told you not to jump from tha window, that wasn't your power. You see now you have lost your old account.
:P
Now for real: seen Arseen 's name an watching how all stars are lost and newbie sign under his name is so, so, so weird. :o, my brain says : that's wrong, not posible"
But don't worry you are going to pass my 1414 post in 3 days lol :P
Newbie+ is bit wierd yes, but my stars have not been showing since I got my Oversight badge.
Unless you mean that big golden star? That is just custom image I can add back as soon as I locate it on my computer or internet.
There is chance that Snowcone can add my posts to this new account.
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Now for real: seen Arseen 's name an watching how all stars are lost and newbie sign under his name is so, so, so weird. :o, my brain says : that's wrong, not posible"
It's like losing all your save data on a game you put hours upon hours into. Nothing like starting from the beginning.
Well consider it as A Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time data after beating the game.
It's fun to replay to get the point you were.'
Only 2 things bugging me are losing ID number of low end of 200 and my PMs (there were some interesting links).
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Damn Arseen, that sucks. I'm beginning to think that I shouldn't have hit that big red button I found the other day that said "DO NOT PUSH BUTTON!" :P
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@ Arseen: I told you not to jump from tha window, that wasn't your power. You see now you have lost your old account.
:P
Now for real: seen Arseen 's name an watching how all stars are lost and newbie sign under his name is so, so, so weird. :o, my brain says : that's wrong, not posible"
But don't worry you are going to pass my 1414 post in 3 days lol :P
Newbie+ is bit wierd yes, but my stars have not been showing since I got my Oversight badge.
Unless you mean that big golden star? That is just custom image I can add back as soon as I locate it on my computer or internet.
There is chance that Snowcone can add my posts to this new account.
Nope, not that big golden star, I thought you have stars like us, the mortal ones :P
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Arseen's lack of a star was annoying me, I changed that. ;)
I don't have the original image.
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Well, for now that's better than nothing lol
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Nope, not that big golden star, I thought you have stars like us, the mortal ones :P
I used to have blue stars (same size as Wiggy's red ones) but then I got the badge which occupies the the same space.
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Arseen's lack of a star was annoying me, I changed that. ;)
I don't have the original image.
Thank you.
The original was some achievment type star from some FPS, might have been Medal of Honor game.
I know the were bronze, silver, gold and platinum vesions. I used Gold.
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It relates to this topic:
http://www.xboxachievements.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232731
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Oh and I have the same star in my profile on "the dark side"
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I never though I would have more posts that Arseen ;)
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I never though I would have more posts that Arseen ;)
Not for long... :P
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I will not be surprised when he pass mine lol
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Hi there,
my name is Kevin I am 25, and I am from Germany.
I grew up with the SNES in my childhood, which continued with the GBA in my early teens, which made me a huge 16-Bit Fan (but I also play modern games). For several years I only owned a GBA SP (Classic NES Edition), despite I prefered the handling of the original GBA because of it's beeter handling. But the lighting problem of the original GBA always annoyed me therefore I sould mine years ago.
Recently I disocvered the possibillity to mod an original GBA with a glass lense and a AGS 101 backlight screen. At the same time I found thecoverproject. I really prefer amarays over the original boxing of the GBA and therefore I love the GBA covers for NDS cases.
Having a "new" GBA to play with and finding the possibility to have my GBA games in nice amarays brought me here.
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Hi, I'm Kat and I'm some person with a scanner who mostly lurks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I can't wait to contribute!
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Hi, I'm Kat and I'm some person with a scanner who mostly lurks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I can't wait to contribute!
Welcome to the site ;D
Now that you mention that you have a scanner, do you have sega game gear box? If so, can you please scan and post on the yellow link below (the one on my signature). thannks
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Hi I´m Øyvind, live in Norway and I´m currently 19 and diagnosed with Asperger. I enjoy mostly playing video games but when not i´m usually haning out with my friends. I know Photoshop to a certain degree and i´m familiar with high quality restrictions so I can see if I can help out with some covers. I discovered this site when I came across a youtube video explaining that ds cases could be used to case up gba games and linked this site.
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Welcome to the site, any help will be appreciated.
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Hey guys, my name is Jess. I'm 21, living in Washington state. I actually didn't get much into gaming until I got an original Xbox for christmas one year, along with Knights of the Old Republic. I had played the PS2 and N64 at friends and counsins houses, but from then on I was hooked. I've been collecting ever since. I wanted to spruce up my collection, so that's where I found you guys! Looking forward to all to come. :)
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Hi I´m Øyvind, live in Norway and I´m currently 19 and diagnosed with Asperger. I enjoy mostly playing video games but when not i´m usually haning out with my friends. I know Photoshop to a certain degree and i´m familiar with high quality restrictions so I can see if I can help out with some covers. I discovered this site when I came across a youtube video explaining that ds cases could be used to case up gba games and linked this site.
Welcome to the cover project shriege/Øyvind. You share a common thing with my daughter, she too has been diagnosed with Asperger. I look forward to seeing some of the covers that you make.
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thanks but I still have to get started
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Ok then...
Finally decided to formally create my account, but I've been lurking here for a while.
My name is Rolando, I usually go by IkeMessiah on other places (like devianArt) but since Rolando it's not a very common name I use Rolando84 as my online alias most the time. I'm from Nicaragua (Central America, small country). 30 years old, turning 31 on June. I'm an Architecth, Interior Designer, and Graphic Designer at heart. I can say I fell in love with Photoshop ever since version 4 or 5, can't remember, and then Illustrator. I've been playing videogames ever since I was 5 or 6. First console was a NES, but first game I ever played was Final Fantasy. My NES came with the usual Mario Bros/Duck Hunt combo. Since then I've been with Nintendo my whole life, but back in the day I couldn't afford much of the games or consoles. I would usually get like a N64 on 2000 or a SNES on 1995 when their current gen was almost over. Until a couple of years where business was going great and I was able to start getting back all those games that I usually played borrowed or (sadly) emulated.
So now I've been kinda collecting back all NES, SNES, GB, DS etc... games from my past, and getting some new games in the way too! Thing is here in Nicaragua you don't usually get very good quality games, in the sense that when looking for a used game they're usually looking like crap. I've found games with no internal batteries, leaks, no covers, dirty, etc... And some of the rarer games are even hard to come by on these days (things like Wild Guns and MMX3 and the likes) especially here. That's when I decided to learn the arts of restoration. So I went online, got me a couple of bit drives, cell batteries, watched some tutorials and eventually restored all my games (old and new/used) to great condition. At lesat they're playable now! My old non-working Pokémon Blue was finally able to save after I found out it's battery wasn't dry, but fell off likely since I probably dropped the game. I remember speed running the game just to get to Mewtwo (and other important pokés) and trasferring them to either a Yellow, Silver and then to Stadium.
Anyways, that led me to label restoration, custom designs and reproduction designs as well (as part as the restoration process), and that's how I ended up here while looking for resources and I've been in love with TCP and what it stands for ever since! I've also been into the modding scene quite recently as well thanks to this.
So, basically, I hope I can contribute with many covers and labels. I restore labels and boxes as a hobby now and since I am currently unemployed (hope to get something soon!) I have a lot of free time now to work on pending projects. I hope we can all get along and if you need any help with PS, AI or well, anything I can help, just let me know!
*insert obligatory apology for crappy English since is not native language here*
Thanks! :)
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New artist are always more than welcome, especially those that like restoring artwork (the most tedious and annoying partt of cover making).
WELCOME
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New artist are always more than welcome, especially those that like restoring artwork (the most tedious and annoying partt of cover making).
Tell me about it!
Thanks and I'll do my best to help!
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Architect, 30 going to 31 on june, playing since 5 or 6 years old, first video game nes, story of how difficult is to find games in good condition lol, same story as mine lol the only difference is the country (i live in Dominican Republic), first game was Nes SMB/Duck Hunt/ World class track meet :P
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Hello, My name is Antwon. Lurking for some time but decided to join the forums. I really don't have any artistic abilities but I will try to contribute when I can with art scans when I come across something the site does not have.
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Hey everyone.
Just joined to search for some covers I'm missing for some games from my collection. I have 50 games in my retro collection that all have UGC boxes and art in them and they all look amazing. Thanks a ton to the people who work super hard making these covers look great!
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Ahoy!!
My name is Jeremy! I have been lurking around in the forums and on this site for several years. I just recently decided to start posting because this community seems like an awesome one. Anywho, I'm a 28 year old dude who has recently been stricken with the fever to collect way more games than I have time to play.
Currently, I have a complete US release library of N64 and original Xbox games. I have been collecting Gameboy and Gameboy Color games since the retro stores in my area have a lot of them and sell them for dirt cheap. I have 600 titles so far for the GB/GBC.
My grand plan with my collection seems crazy but I would love to have every U.S. release of the Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox consoles. So I have a lot of work to do before I'm done collecting :).
I love this site and have recently started using photoshop so I can hopefully help out in making cases. At very least I can help with contributing raw ps1 scans :)
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I guess I'll introduce myself. I'm Corey and I'm 19 from the USA. Found this website while searching for covers for some games I got from a bargain bin last weekend.
When it comes to video games, I'll play just about anything I can get my hands on for a decent price. But my favorite game franchise is Metal Gear, which has consumed a large percentage of my life ever since I first played it when I was 12. Other favorite games include TimeSplitters, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, The Last of Us, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Deadly Premonition, Uncharted, and the list can go on and on...
Consoles I own are the Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, and PlayStation 3. I had an original Xbox, but my brother took it with him when he moved out (since it was technically his anyway). I'd like to own many more consoles in the future, but probably not soon since I'm in college and I'll have student loans to pay back in a few years, but the next console on my list is the Dreamcast, unless I'm magically in a position where I can afford a PlayStation 4 (that Arkham Knight, yo).
I'm also a big film buff, and just like I am with video games, I'll watch anything and everything. Whether it be Blade Runner or The Room, silent or talkie, black & white or color, I'll watch it. Some favorites include Star Wars (Original Trilogy), Indiana Jones, James Bond, Blade Runner, RoboCop (1987), Citizen Kane, Airplane!, Mad Max, The Toxic Avenger, and many, many more.
As for TV, I'm not as big on, but some shows I enjoy are Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Happy Days, MacGyver, The A-Team, and Impractical Jokers.
I guess I should shut up now. See you around.
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Welcome. ;D
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Hello,
Hello, my name is Kyle and I am new to this forum.
I have found the postings great fun to read and the help the people in the forums give each other is wonderful. I have been collecting games since I first started playing them with my dad (Atari 2600). Right before I moved out of my parents house after my Senior Year in High School their house was broken into and I lost my entire collection except for Atari 2600 because I had it boxed up in the closet and the robbers only made it through the collection I had on display which was about 300 games between NES, SNES, N64, and PS1. I have vowed since that day (15 years ago) to rebuild my collection. I have gotten most of my N64 collection back. I have all of my SNES (and some :) ) but am still working on PS1. I am close though. I still have my whole Atari 2600 at least. I also purchased a PS2 when I moved out of my parents house and still have it. I continue to collect video games and am happy as I now have my 5 year old playing NES and Genesis now. He loves Mario and Sonic especially. I have since moved into XBOX360.
I collect for myself, my family, and friends but not for the money. For me the fun of game collecting is playing them not just looking at them on a shelf.
Now that I have effectively bored everyone, thank you for your time. I look forward to more and more from this site. Hopefully when I get my new scanner (next week) I can help with raw scans as well.
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Hey. Name's Vincent. I stumbled upon TCP and was immediately addicted. I was lead here through a serious of recent events.
I started buying custom cases on Ebay after my friends started collecting retro games. The seller I purchased a few cases from used thin, cheap quality paper (you could see through it). At that time, I decided I could this myself. I found TCP through Google and decided to have a go at printing some covers for my own collection. After a success in printing a high quality cover for my Mega Max X case, I decided to make an inner sleeve with a version of the Rock Man X cover by Jigsaw. But, I took it a step further and tried to incorporate more of the retail SFC release in Japan... specifically the teal color of the box. I've linked it for critique... and for fun.
I appreciate everyone creating this awesome resource and hope to be a part of it. ;D
(http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n519/veremedyn/snes_megamanx_jp2.jpg)
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Hi everyone!
I've been a longtime gamer and found this site as a way to properly display my games. I love the scans of the Atari 2600 games as I no longer have the boxes. I've had no luck however finding cases for these games to use these scans with however. Lots of Nintendo cases out there but the only cases I can find for the 2600 are ones that already have artwork and sell for $9 each. I've done a lot of searching here looking for it and just had no luck.
Anyone have a resource I haven't found yet?
Thanks!
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Are you talking about blank Universal Game Cases?
As long as you are in the states, I would get them here.
http://www.mediashelving.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=W&Product_Code=USCG
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Thanks, but will they take the 2600 carts? It doesn't specify
I really appreciate the super fast response!
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Thanks, but will they take the 2600 carts? It doesn't specify
I really appreciate the super fast response!
Yeah, all of my Atari 2600 carts are in Universal Game cases. Keep in mind that it won't be a tight fit. They are "universal" and therefore, don't really hold any type of game very well. With that said, I doubt there will be a true Atari 2600 case within the near future, so this is our best bet for now. Atari 7800 games should also fit just fine, but if you have any Atari 5200 games, the case will require modification (removing of tabs) for the game to fit. Nothing difficult, just a little tedious.
Here's my collection (it's a little out of date, I have a lot more now).
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3a35/76dh27flcihldcc6g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?76dh27flcihldcc)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6ab7/da50zar8yrr1w636g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?da50zar8yrr1w63)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/369f/lf39gqkaeduiqwq6g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?lf39gqkaeduiqwq)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/227d/dard77lsdmda8226g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?dard77lsdmda822)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e92f/n1n1as2vhjmc6ha6g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?n1n1as2vhjmc6ha)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c5c0/1l5runzx3u7ufjz6g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?1l5runzx3u7ufjz)
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I recreate a more retail look for my 2600 games, by making inserts to go into box protectors from http://www.videogameboxprotectors.com
The cart is lose in there, but I plan to either make up a cardboard holder, or cut a polystyrene/foam cart holder.....eventually.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v504/sheep2001/image.jpg2_zpsyrq0xv2z.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sheep2001/media/image.jpg2_zpsyrq0xv2z.jpg.html)
Need to take a new picture.
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;D (browser almost took a whacking dump, gonna have to block images on threads, unless they come accompanied with a [/collapse] tag?!) ???
well ladies, getting around, like the RAT i am...
i have absolutely NO idea on how to get a good scan using anything remotely related to HP deskjet printers, but i do as one must, busy busy! (and no, i don't have access to photography grade optics or scanners, or even those tree trunks in shops. talking several G's just to take a shot at the title.)
this place has been my primary source of 300dpi scans, and it's ALL down to YOU guys.
thanks a lot, and PLEASE keep it up.
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interests are provincial.
plain gaming in solitude, and sharing my retails when time permits, a 'reverse pirate' with a maxim: 1/1 quality, or GTFO!
again, much appreciated what you do here, and every scan i packed with my archives, are FAR superior to the dreck my scanner was barfing up...at no less than 600dpi a pop. (epson studio grade industrial photocopier is a wishful thought.) ;D
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Hello, I'm Rob, 32 from England.
I've been collecting retro games since 2010 and just lately I have been picking up lots of loose Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, so I decided to look at my options for putting them in cases and found my way here. What a fantastic site a big thanks to all the artists and everyone involved in running the site.
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Hello, I'm Rob, 32 from England.
I've been collecting retro games since 2010 and just lately I have been picking up lots of loose Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, so I decided to look at my options for putting them in cases and found my way here. What a fantastic site a big thanks to all the artists and everyone involved in running the site.
Welcome.
Be sure to check out Shadowfox's Game Boy cases (inclues GBC and GBA).
http://www.customgamecases.com/
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Hi! Had the place bookmarked for sometime, even snagged a cover or 2. Got a scanner now and hopefully I can add some covers to the list here. ;D I'll have to get pics of the collection and get them up here a.s.a.p. My name doubles as my PSN ID.
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Hi! Had the place bookmarked for sometime, even snagged a cover or 2. Got a scanner now and hopefully I can add some covers to the list here. ;D I'll have to get pics of the collection and get them up here a.s.a.p. My name doubles as my PSN ID.
Welcome ;D
If you have some Sega GameGear games please scan and when you are ready post it in the link below in my sig that way its all in one place and when shodowfox make his gamegear case we can make covers for them.
Thanks ;)
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Hi All,
Just joined after months of looking around.
Living in Australia its been a battle to get the UGC's over the pond from the USA, finally I have scored myself my first lot of 100, I look to put my SNES, NES and N64 games in these (in total I have 238 I need to get in cases!).
I have a mountain of Genesis, Sega Saturn, Xbox, Xbox 360 genuine covers in my collection, if you're after something please let me know.
I'd like to say thank you to all of those who put the time and effort in!
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hello my name is mike, im 27
i love xbox, which i see isnt super pipular here but i play lots of old games at my friends house
this is my second time making an account here because my old one got deleted or something but thats okay, because i didnt do a good job the first time. said lots of ythings and might have seemed rude.
im sorry if thats what happened, we can all be friends now :)
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I suppose it's time for me to introduce myself. Hi, I'm Joshua. ;D
I'm certain I had an account here years ago, but I have no idea what the name was. I made a few covers back then. They were mostly custom covers for DVD cased games (I specifically recall making a case for Threads of Fate). I've been following the site for years and periodically use it to print cases for games I buy used without a case (usually Nintendo DS games).
I've been wanting to case my entire collection for years, but I'm not particularly good at printing and cutting covers. I also have limited funds (and in that regard, I'm somewhat glad that my collection is relatively small). I stumbled upon Shadowfox's website and cases a while ago and it finally pushed me to get started. I've been corresponding with him via email a bit, and I'm very excited about the new cases.
I decided to settle down and make myself a real part of the community to keep tabs on everything going on with the new cases, and to get some help putting together cases for some of my obscure games. Hopefully I can figure out how to scan covers correctly and contribute to the project as a whole as well. My collection is small as I primarily collect select games (or series of games). However, I tend to be drawn to obscure games or games with "cult followings"...also Zelda, lots and lots and lots of Zelda.
Did I mention that I love Zelda?
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Hi, I'm Adrian.
I'm turning 16 this month, and though I grew up in the 2000's, I was lucky enough to grow up with a Sega Genesis model 1. I played Sonic 2 all my childhood, along with other games like Road Rash 2, X-Men, TAZ: Escape From Mars, NFL '94, Madden '96, Risk, etc...
Throughout the past year or so, I've looked into the best ways to play Genesis/Mega Drive games, what the best setups and mods are, how to do everything and all that, and I've discovered that I like the Japanese Mega Drive branding a lot more than the US Genesis. I plan on creating a collection of JP Mega Drive games with a JP Mega Drive and Mega-CD. Then I come to the reason I'm at the cover project. There are several games that were US/EU exclusive and never had a Japanese release. This creates problems for the consistency of my collection. I've come here for sources to make custom JP covers and cart labels for those games. This is a great community and it's a very helpful site.
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Hi Guys, my turn to introduce myself!!
I'm chup, from France, and i'm loving retrogaming specially super nes (just like a lot of people actually ^^).
I'm making UGC covers for 2 years using template the Shenske's template. I will post my original creations, hope you will love them. See you guys ;)
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Hey Chup. Welcome to the site. Where in France are you?
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I'm from Montelimar, a small town in south east. But i grew up in Paris; that was sooo fine...
The probleme here is that not so many people are retro gamers. Most of them just play ps3/4 with call of duty/Fifa games. I'm very old school and in my opinion, nothing will replace a good street fighter local party with beer and friends!!!
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I agree. Unfortunately too far from me to have a game of street fighter. I'm in a village called Pech Luna, about 1 hour from Toulouse.
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Lol, me neither. I once wanted to settle in Toulouse with my family, but my wife found a job here so here we are... No i'm working for Amazon, in studio photo, and unboxing all the new video game stuff just like collector editions of every new games. the dreamjob i would say :D ;) 8)
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No i'm working for Amazon, in studio photo, and unboxing all the new video game stuff just like collector editions of every new games. the dreamjob i would say :D ;) 8)
I would like to say Fuck you but that would be impolite so I just say : I'm jealous... really jealous. ;D
Oh and welcome to the site, and feel free to share the covers you make.
Upload to Mediafire and post us sharing link.
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No i'm working for Amazon, in studio photo, and unboxing all the new video game stuff just like collector editions of every new games. the dreamjob i would say :D ;) 8)
I would like to say Fuck you but that would be impolite so I just say : I'm jealous... really jealous. ;D
Oh and welcome to the site, and feel free to share the covers you make.
Upload to Mediafire and post us sharing link.
Don't know why, but I think you said it :P ::) lol
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Thank you for the nice and lovely welcoming. ;)
Love you guys ;) ;) ;) :-*
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No i'm working for Amazon, in studio photo, and unboxing all the new video game stuff just like collector editions of every new games. the dreamjob i would say :D ;) 8)
I would like to say Fuck you but that would be impolite so I just say : I'm jealous... really jealous. ;D
Oh and welcome to the site, and feel free to share the covers you make.
Upload to Mediafire and post us sharing link.
Don't know why, but I think you said it :P ::) lol
Nope I wrote it. 8) ::)
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Hi Guys, my turn to introduce myself!!
I'm chup, from France, and i'm loving retrogaming specially super nes (just like a lot of people actually ^^).
I'm making UGC covers for 2 years using template the Shenske's template. I will post my original creations, hope you will love them. See you guys ;)
Welcome to the site. If you have any new covers or raws please feel free to post them for everyone.
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Hey guy's, I'm Justin. I found this site on accident and it started the addiction of trying to get all of my games in cases. Recently I've been working on getting the games from my Sega Saturn in cases which was my first system which I still have.
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Sup guys, been awhile seen I last been on here. I got a few questions as to uploading scans. (Sorry I figured this would be an okay spot to start) I got about 11 PS4 and a few Vita covers to upload I didnt see on the site. I did some test scans and would like to know if it matters what format it is. .jpg, .tiff, ect. I also scanned at 600dpi or something like that. Is that gonna be okay or do I need to change a setting before I go on a massive uploading spree?
Thanks for your time.
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Make sure the scanner is super clean so no dust, hair, etc. appear on the scan. 600 or even 1200 dpi is ok. I usually scan at 1200 dpi, clean the scans at that level and then bring it down to 300 dpi. Make sure your covers are flat on the scanner. I usually set a bunch of books on top of the cover when scanning. If your scanner offers noise reduction, use it. JPEG is fine.
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Thanks for the quick reply.. My max settings can only go up to 600 dpi. If you don't mind, I uploaded a few samples via mediafire. Could you look them over to see if they are acceptable? If not, I would like to know what else I can do. Again, Thanks for your time.
Minecraft Story Mode - PS4
http://www.mediafire.com/view/44r9de17rkdz3u2/MineCraft%20Story%20Mode.tif
Uncharted - The Nathan Drake Collection - PS4
http://www.mediafire.com/view/c4y633am1swiwfa/Uncharted%20-%20The%20Nathan%20Drake%20Collection.tif
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Flatter would not hurt. = put heavy book on the scan when you scan.
And if your scanner has descreen/de-rasterize/moire removal option use it.
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Retrogamer, the hardest part to fix with a scan is the moire patterns and the spine. I'm trying to look at your scans with my pad. But ultimately, I need to look at them with my work computer. I won't be into work until Tuesday. Let me try and polish one of your covers on Tuesday. If it comes out nice, I'll have you scan the other 10 and I'll give you full credit. The flatter you can get them, the better. On Tuesday, I'll work on one of these scans, ok?
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That sounds good to me. I went and redid the samples with some heavy books. I'm unable to de-screen or anything since I don't have the settings for it. These are the best results. I would rather you try the newer one if you don't mind.
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9fsqd4fxsqlxtb6/Uncharted%20-%20The%20Nathan%20Drake%20Collection.tif
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@RetroGamer84
I did try to work with your scans. I myself had problems. Some scanner produce really harsh scans. I'm not sure if your scanner has settings that can be adjusted but your scans have a lot of noise. I'll try and show you and example:
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e960/941awqijwblcb716g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?941awqijwblcb71)
We do have a PS4 cover thread and you're more than welcome to post your scans there. Someone with more talent than me might be able to work with them.
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=13556.0
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Hola Cover Project I'm Prince Manic (weird username but I know) Ya'll may call me Alexander or simply Alex now let's do this!
I've been lurking through this site to get covers I may need in the future and print them out and add them in the collection, and so I've thought why not I join the forum as I've thought hey neat forum to chat about......covers XD so Here I am! And a very special Thanks to the Admins to Activate my account when I never gotten the email to get it activated though I've made double sure to correctly input my gmail!
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Welcome Prince Bat!
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...And a very special Thanks to the Admins to Activate my account...
The f*** it was Admins!
It was just me!
Strike one.
Three and you are out.
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Just joking. :D
Welcome to the site.
Contribute, Behave and enjoy, in this order
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...And a very special Thanks to the Admins to Activate my account...
The f*** it was Admins!
It was just me!
Strike one.
Three and you are out.
....
Just joking. :D
Welcome to the site.
Contribute, Behave and enjoy, in this order
We all know you are an admin with a fancy title. ;)
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...And a very special Thanks to the Admins to Activate my account...
The f*** it was Admins!
It was just me!
Strike one.
Three and you are out.
....
Just joking. :D
Welcome to the site.
Contribute, Behave and enjoy, in this order
We all know you are an admin with a fancy title. ;)
Well a username is a username I guess XD
Plus the wiki for Requesting retail covers isn't here....right now
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We all know you are an admin with a fancy title. ;)
Yeah I am, but what I meant was that he said Admins (plural) did it, when only one did it in actuality.
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Plus the wiki for Requesting retail covers isn't here....right now
And most likely never will.
Feel free to request on the request board.
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...And a very special Thanks to the Admins to Activate my account...
Welcome to the site.
Contribute, Behave and enjoy, in this order
Wait...we have to behave?? Alex, welcome! We have some really cool people in here as well as some highly opinionated people, 'absent minded thinking about the questions of the cosmos' people, game defenders, and those weird Amiibo collectors. (Just kidding Arseen ;) ) But in all seriousness, it's a great group of people and you don't have to worry about asking dumb questions or being attacked on a thought or idea you might have. Let us know if you have any questions in your quest for OCD perfection!
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Wait...we have to behave??
Well the concept is flexible... very flexible... like a rubberband... streching until snaps... ;)
...those weird Amiibo collectors. (Just kidding Arseen ;) )
:-* :P 8)
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I think I may have had an old account years back but I didn't bother with it and just made a new one. Hiya, I'm Riant. I remembered this website recently when trying to put some of my games in actual cases, and the forums seemed like a chill place to chat.
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:P missed this one.
not a bad animation set so far, the soundtrack compilation jumps out at me, for older demo/party scene reasons. (i'd go as far as to say, some of the story board writers are well aware of the retro scene, with all the little shout-out to various consoles, i'm waiting for stevo to pull a commodore system out later down the line. ;D )
yep, steven universe is good, but surreal. :D (gravity falls on the other hand just to balance it out a bit.)
you know the score, see you around.
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:P missed this one.
not a bad animation set so far, the soundtrack compilation jumps out at me, for older demo/party scene reasons. (i'd go as far as to say, some of the story board writers are well aware of the retro scene, with all the little shout-out to various consoles, i'm waiting for stevo to pull a commodore system out later down the line. ;D )
yep, steven universe is good, but surreal. :D (gravity falls on the other hand just to balance it out a bit.)
you know the score, see you around.
What? This is a thread to introduce yourself.
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??? what? i was responding, a long hello, if you would. :P
also, look at the user avatar (and mine) all i was doing was making convo, but it's FAST becoming clear that it's a total shit idea for me. :'(
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then I misunderstood - it looked to me more like a response to another comment, than a conversation starter. Thought you'd put it in the wrong forum. My mistake.
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:P it's all good. (if you're not aware, or a fan of steven universe, the reference would seem random and abstract.)
anyway, a future hello to all newcomers. ;D
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I guess I'm new here. I've been downloading/printing covers from the site for a while, but never bothered to post anything. I collect for all kinds of systems but lately I've been trying get a complete N64 set for some reason even though I mostly had a Playstation during that generation. I've always liked Nintendo and since the NES/SNES libraries are far too large/expensive, I want to complete at least 1 cartridge-based library.
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Hey, everyone. I'm Cat, and the username I often go by Cat333Pokémon. I've lurked for a couple years and was introduced to printing custom cases by a buddy of mine (http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=164240) who did it himself. As probably made obvious, I enjoy the Pokémon games, and I'm also a fan of the Super Mario series and general Nintendo consoles.
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Hey guys!
I'm just your typical guy from Sweden who has been lurking around here for a few years, but never registered until now.
I have zero experience making custom covers (or "good-looking" ones atleast), but I have a request I want to post, so I thought the lest I could do was to introduce myself to the forum.
So here I am, and I'm not gonna rock anyone like a hurricane, because I suck at all and anything creative!
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Hi Guys!
My name is Adrian, I go by FlameTaJaDoru or FlameTJD in most sites, so if you ever see that username elsewhere, it's probably me.
I'm pretty new to this site, so forgive me if I make any newbie mistake.
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Nice to meet you FlameTaJaDoru! Welcome to the cover project.
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Hey everyone,
Been lurking for a couple weeks now, decided to finally register. Within the last six months or so I've started getting back into retro gaming, getting back some of the old favourites I had as a kid in the 90s. Got my collection of NES, SNES, GENESIS, N64 and even Dreamcast going again, up to over 70 titles.
What's most intriguing is the UGC and having a unified look to everything on my shelf. I only purchase loose carts, I don't have the money or care to worry about boxed titles when I can box them myself to look good. Being from Canada, it sucks that there's extra hoops to jump through to get them at a reasonable price, but no pain, no gain right?
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Hi. My name is Jacob, I´m from Colombia (The country with an O) My first language is spanish so bear with me if I make a mistake here and there. It´s been a while since I use my english. My collection is not extensive, but more the things I like to play (Don´t see the point to hoard anything. Just some tokens of better times IMHO).
See you soon.
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Welcome. :)
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G'day, everyone. My name's Anthony and I'm from the land down under (Australia).
I joined this forum because I have been looking for covers that aren't in the console sections (if that's what you call them). There are several games of mine that I had to make myself to replicate retail covers in the Australian region since there aren't a whole lot on here at the moment. My main problem is with F-1 World Grand Prix II- I picked it up from a market a couple days ago and have been etching to find an Australian cover for it. And alas I have been out of luck. There are also European box arts that I needed to make myself because there are only the NTSC-U variants. Anyway this just seems like I'm going on about my homemade covers and how I can't find the real deal anywhere on this site, so I can stop here now.
I've been a retro boy since I was introduced to my first ever console: the Nintendo 64. I have praised it since day one and for the last 5-6 years I have searched for any games I would have played in my childhood. I am nearly successful with this (just need to get Mission: Impossible). Apart from my Nintendo 64 collecting I play Mario Kart competitively, on the N64, Wii, 3DS and Wii U. I will be representing Australia in the Mario Kart 8 World Cup which starts in 3 days from now!
As for my time on this forum I'm still relatively new and have no idea where certain things are and where/how I can request covers.
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Welcome here.
There are many, many, maaaany times more covers floating on the boards than on the database.
Covers that are excelent but just below the strickt quality requirements of our site.
Feel free to ask if specific cover exsists.
With F-1 World Grand Prix II you are unfortunately still out of luck IIRC.
That cover has been requested several times but nobody has had super high quality raws to provide.
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It's been suggested that I should introduce myself... Oh dear I never know what to say here.
Firstly I love the idea of this site, allowing people to show off their games on shelves and rejuvenate childhoods when the boxes were in the store before getting home and damaging the boxes until they end up in the trash :'(
I'm not a collector, but I am old and always kept my games so I have a few... I use UGC for my NES, SNES & N64 games. While I use modified Pal DS game cases for my SEGA games (Master System, Mega Drive & Game Gear) after seeing them used for Sega X32 and Nintendo hand held games. Finally for optical media I use half height DVD cases (Sega DreamCast, PS 1 & PS2 tho they may go back into the original cases)
I think that's all I can say other then thank you for the covers.
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Hi! Not new to the concept of this site, but I am new to the forum. I see a lot of cool, avid collectors contributing here, and wanted to say hi and extend my thanks for the efforts provided! :D I'm still working on my own collection and haven't printed everything I need. I'm having difficulty finding places that'll print as, per fair warning from the site, the images are copyright protected. I am curious if anyone has found successful alternatives, as I only have a couple of prints to do here and there. :)
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Hi! Not new to the concept of this site, but I am new to the forum. I see a lot of cool, avid collectors contributing here, and wanted to say hi and extend my thanks for the efforts provided! :D I'm still working on my own collection and haven't printed everything I need. I'm having difficulty finding places that'll print as, per fair warning from the site, the images are copyright protected. I am curious if anyone has found successful alternatives, as I only have a couple of prints to do here and there. :)
The absolute best alternative to using print shops is printing them yourself. :) Especially if you only have a couple of prints to do here and there. ;)
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Haha, fair enough! Although I'm sure it would be a nice home addition, forgot to add that I don't have my own printing resources. I've attempted to use FedEx and Staples both, but I did receive fair warnings that the images fall under copyright protection. ;D
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Hi everyone!
My name's Nick; Togs is an old nickname from the highschool football team. I live in wonderful New Hampshire and work as a pilot for a private charter company.
I've been playing Nintendo/video games for quite literally as long as I can remember. My parents bought and NES right around the time I was born, so naturally I took it over and grew up playing it. I've had all of my games, NES up through N64, in plastic bags for storage for many years, sitting on shelves and looking fairly messy. I stumbled on this site a few months ago and it has since become one of my greatest passions. As of now, all of my old cartridges are sitting neat on a bookshelf, each in custom cases adorned with artwork that each of you have painstakingly worked over. I'm not much of an artist or graphics editor, so I really need to thank everyone who's worked on this project for everything you've put into it.
I guess this post is as much as an introduction as it is a thank you to the site for existing at all. I feel like I'm a little late to the game, but well done everyone so far! Keep up the good work and I'll try and muddle along and add what I can.
-Nick
Also, Wiggy I've read through that thread of yours and you are a god amongst video gamers. Needed to be said.
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@Togs
Take a picture of your collection for us and.. Oh... welcome to the cover project!
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With pleasure! Been contemplating building a custom shelf for these, but this bookshelf works well for now.
(https://s31.postimg.org/e35dc82cb/image1.jpg)
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@Togs
Looks good!
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Nice indeed.
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Very nice.
What's your one game missing a cover?
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Very nice.
What's your one game missing a cover?
My bet it is that like my head it's empty.
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Thanks everyone!
Very nice.
What's your one game missing a cover?
That one there is my N64 memory card. I've made a foam insert for it to sit in and have been working on making a cover for it. I've found a decent image of the front of the memory card box, but am still searching for one of the back.
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Like this?
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b15e/5u7vqhzub2yygp46g.jpg) (https://www.mediafire.com/view/?5u7vqhzub2yygp4)
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Haha yeah... Exactly that. Thanks for the link ;D
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Hey there. I'm new. Tried to register a couple of times before but for some reason the website wouldn't let me. Finally tried it again six months later and I finally got it to work!
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Hello Everybody!
Name is James, 36 year old gamer, I'm in Michigan, and have been collecting games and systems basically the entire time as a gamer (lets be honest we all tried to get as many games as we could even as a kid :D ). Currently only 95 systems
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Hello Everybody!
Name is James, 36 year old gamer, I'm in Michigan, and have been collecting games and systems basically the entire time as a gamer (lets be honest we all tried to get as many games as we could even as a kid :D ). Currently only 95 systems
Sweet! Take a picture of your collection.
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Will do once I get the new game room setup. I do have pictures but they are from around dec last year had to sell off most of the cib games to help pay for a funeral but gives an idea of what to expect :)
And yes that is 2 World of Nintendo retailer display cabinets
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/01.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/02.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/03.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/04.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/05.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/06.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/2600jr-Lynx.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/7800-flashback.jpg)
(http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/atari-fullview.jpg)
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Hi!
My name is Stefan and I'm from Vienna, Austria.
I am into gaming since I was young and owned nearly every Nintendo console or handheld since the SNES. At some point I switched to PC gaming but some time ago I got on the nostalgia trip and started collecting.
Unfortunately I never cared much about the packaging of the games when I was young, therefore most of the cartridge games I own do not have their boxes or manuals anymore.
One year ago I saw a post in another forum where someone showed his collection in custom made covers and since then I knew that I wanted this too. A few months later I started to create my own covers. Photoshop was new for me so it took some time until I was satisfied with my creations.
The first part of my colletion which got covers where the SNES PAL games. At first I wanted to use UGC and the allready existent covers fromt this site because UGC has a nice format for covers (not much resizing needed) but SNES PAL games do not fit well and UGC are hard to get in Europe anyway. Therefore I decided to use VHS cases.
My next step are the various Game Boy platforms and because I was really impressed by the covers made by PX0 (http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=20283.0), I started to use his template to create german/european covers for the games that I own.
I really like this site and it is unbelievable how much effort some people put into the creation of this little masterpieces!
Since I am new, I also got a question:
What should I do if I want to upload a cover for a game that is not in the database?
I read an old post somewhere that stated to use the next/previous game in the alphabetical order. Is that still true?
Best Regards!
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What should I do if I want to upload a cover for a game that is not in the database?
I read an old post somewhere that stated to use the next/previous game in the alphabetical order. Is that still true?
Yep.
But as only few of us can access the uploads on the site (and no cover will be added to the site unless on of us few accept the quality) I would suggest first giving us preview by uploading cover or few to Mediafire and then linking here so we can tell you what (if anything) should be fixed.
Our quality requirements are extremely high.
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What should I do if I want to upload a cover for a game that is not in the database?
I read an old post somewhere that stated to use the next/previous game in the alphabetical order. Is that still true?
Yep.
But as only few of us can access the uploads on the site (and no cover will be added to the site unless on of us few accept the quality) I would suggest first giving us preview by uploading cover or few to Mediafire and then linking here so we can tell you what (if anything) should be fixed.
Our quality requirements are extremely high.
Oh I see you already did.
I'll check them.
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Neither unfortunately would make to the site.
Both use too low resolution source material.
Both have non standart spine logo.
SF has small white dots on backcover.
DQ has been softened too much.
And so on...
Both are OK quality and can be used as placeholders untill covers made from higher quality material can be made, so thank you and welcome to te site.
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Neither unfortunately would make to the site.
Both use too low resolution source material.
Both have non standart spine logo.
SF has small white dots on backcover.
DQ has been softened too much.
And so on...
Both are OK quality and can be used as placeholders untill covers made from higher quality material can be made, so thank you and welcome to te site.
Thank you very much for the quick feedback :)
I never intended to upload these 2 games in particular, because I am unsatisfied with the source material of SF and the DQ cover was orignially made by another user and I just adopted it to the template that I use for my collection.
I read the thread about the high quality standards and now I understand your arguments and agree to them.
The source material is always a problem, especially if you are searching for localized covers.
Could you tell me which is the standard spine logo/template for the european DS cases? I will stick to the template by PX0 for my own collection but I can easily swap it out for uploads.
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I thought they were only this silver
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=13336
and this black
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=1169
But it seems that the one you used has been accepted as well.
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=15768
Damn now there are 3 ones that people ask us to switch between... oh well. ;D
And thank you for taking the critisism well.
Much appriciated. 8)
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Hello I'm new to site also I did upload several covers last weekend but after looking today none have been approved so far on the site, also when I was trying to upload I noticed not all of the titles are on the site to match the game covers..... I have about 400 more covers to upload but don't want to spend the time until I know they are approved.... the are all original covers that the site doesn't currently have everything from atari to PS4 and X box one if someone can let me know that its ok I will be happy to continue uploading
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Hello I'm new to site also I did upload several covers last weekend but after looking today none have been approved so far on the site, also when I was trying to upload I noticed not all of the titles are on the site to match the game covers..... I have about 400 more covers to upload but don't want to spend the time until I know they are approved.... the are all original covers that the site doesn't currently have everything from atari to PS4 and X box one if someone can let me know that its ok I will be happy to continue uploading
Only few of us can access the approve que, I tried but computer is screwing around and crashed...
Best way is to upload few covers to Mediafire and then link here so we can telll wether they are absolutely perfect (in this case they will be eventually approved to site), good (in this case they will not be approved to the site but are more than welcome to be shared on the boards for use, or to recieve advice how to improve them or for talented artists to fix them site worthy) or utter crap (in which case we give advice how to scan them better).
Welcome to the site
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Hi
I'm not new, but this is a new account. Sadly my old one was deleted...this was...a year or two (maybe more) ago and since then I've struggled to keep my account on here since it keeps getting deleted. I guess I didn't post enough...I'm quiet. I tend to lurk. Last time I opened my mouth here...well it didn't go so well.
Anyways, names Astor. I collect for multiple systems. Old or new. My favorite system of all time is the N64. Favorite game of all time tends to change...but for awhile now it's been Fallout New Vegas. Other then gaming and collecting games...I collect other things. Stuff related to games (plushies, magazines, books, toys, figures, clothing, cups, posters...) and stuff not related to games (DVDs, books, old 1950s cookbooks, Pyrex, old civil defense/fallout shelter stuff, manga, anime, figures...). My obsessions run deep. Because as my siggy says I have Aspergers (form of Autism). That's a warning btw. I'm blunt and tend not to filter what I type because I don't have a built in filter like other people. So what I say often gets taken as me being "rude". And 90% of the time I'm not trying to be. I've had to add that siggy to every forum I go onto now because people blow up at me. But suddenly calm the f down when I say I'm Autistic...funny how that works isn't it? Other then that I have other...quirks, but none that will have to be made public. But I might have mild OCD. I say might because Aspergers tends to make you focus on an obsession to the point where it looks like/feels like OCD. It's confusing but as my shrink likes to say, I have OCD tendencies. One of which is my obsession with collecting and cataloging my collection. I have to fidget with it constantly...I never like how my collection looks.
Let's see what else...oh. I'm also on NintendoAge (same user name). So if I sound familiar...that's why. And...that's it pretty much. I'm quiet, keep to myself most of the time unless something sparks my interest so...hopefully I won't lose this account.
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Will do once I get the new game room setup. I do have pictures but they are from around dec last year had to sell off most of the cib games to help pay for a funeral but gives an idea of what to expect :)
And yes that is 2 World of Nintendo retailer display cabinets
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/01.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/02.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/03.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/04.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/05.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/06.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/2600jr-Lynx.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/7800-flashback.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/atari-fullview.jpg
That's not collecting. That's hoarding...
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wow!
where's your store??
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Will do once I get the new game room setup. I do have pictures but they are from around dec last year had to sell off most of the cib games to help pay for a funeral but gives an idea of what to expect :)
And yes that is 2 World of Nintendo retailer display cabinets
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/01.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/02.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/03.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/04.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/05.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/gameroom/06.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/2600jr-Lynx.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/7800-flashback.jpg
http://wizardsarcade.com/Media/Images/MyCollections/VideoGames/Atari/atari-fullview.jpg
That's not collecting. That's hoarding...
I would store the extra consoles in old style metal cabinet, it would look cleaner than stashing them on shelves. But hey, you do what you can with the space you have :)
Besides that, original xboxes die on the blink of an eye, having a dozen of them is being preventive!
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Hi
I'm not new, but this is a new account. Sadly my old one was deleted...this was...a year or two (maybe more) ago and since then I've struggled to keep my account on here since it keeps getting deleted. I guess I didn't post enough...I'm quiet. I tend to lurk. Last time I opened my mouth here...well it didn't go so well.
Anyways, names Astor. I collect for multiple systems. Old or new. My favorite system of all time is the N64. Favorite game of all time tends to change...but for awhile now it's been Fallout New Vegas. Other then gaming and collecting games...I collect other things. Stuff related to games (plushies, magazines, books, toys, figures, clothing, cups, posters...) and stuff not related to games (DVDs, books, old 1950s cookbooks, Pyrex, old civil defense/fallout shelter stuff, manga, anime, figures...). My obsessions run deep. Because as my siggy says I have Aspergers (form of Autism). That's a warning btw. I'm blunt and tend not to filter what I type because I don't have a built in filter like other people. So what I say often gets taken as me being "rude". And 90% of the time I'm not trying to be. I've had to add that siggy to every forum I go onto now because people blow up at me. But suddenly calm the f down when I say I'm Autistic...funny how that works isn't it? Other then that I have other...quirks, but none that will have to be made public. But I might have mild OCD. I say might because Aspergers tends to make you focus on an obsession to the point where it looks like/feels like OCD. It's confusing but as my shrink likes to say, I have OCD tendencies. One of which is my obsession with collecting and cataloging my collection. I have to fidget with it constantly...I never like how my collection looks.
Let's see what else...oh. I'm also on NintendoAge (same user name). So if I sound familiar...that's why. And...that's it pretty much. I'm quiet, keep to myself most of the time unless something sparks my interest so...hopefully I won't lose this account.
I recognize you from NA. Welcome back. In the past, many people have had their accounts deleted for unknown reason. Even Arseen once lost his account. As far as I know, it hasn't been an issue lately, so hopefully you are good going forward.
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Hello,
I recently registered so I could share my covers. I am very confused how or where to begin.
Basically, I have about 30 Windows games on my PC. One day I thought to collect covers for each one of them from the internet. So naturally this site was the first stop. But many games were not present on this site. So I searched on the internet and somehow collected all covers. I think that the next person searching these games covers ( not on this site) should not have go through this trouble.
Can someone give me hint how to begin.
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Welcome.
Share your covers on the forums. All covers must be up to very strict standards before they can be officially hosted on the site. If they don't meet the standards, at least they will be out in the forums for others to find and use.
***Edit***
This might be a good place to share the PC covers (assuming they are DVD style, which seems likely).
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=431.0
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Welcome.
Share your covers on the forums. All covers must be up to very strict standards before they can be officially hosted on the site. If they don't meet the standards, at least they will be out in the forums for others to find and use.
***Edit***
This might be a good place to share the PC covers (assuming they are DVD style, which seems likely).
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=431.0
Thanks for the help. Just a last quick question.
Is 300+ DPI always mandatory?
I'm asking as I have some very good covers at 96 DPI, and some 300 DPI covers that will be quickly rejected here.
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Welcome.
Share your covers on the forums. All covers must be up to very strict standards before they can be officially hosted on the site. If they don't meet the standards, at least they will be out in the forums for others to find and use.
***Edit***
This might be a good place to share the PC covers (assuming they are DVD style, which seems likely).
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=431.0
Thanks for the help. Just a last quick question.
Is 300+ DPI always mandatory?
I'm asking as I have some very good covers at 96 DPI, and some 300 DPI covers that will be quickly rejected here.
I don't believe that anything under 300 DPI will be accepted on the site, but that doesn't mean you can't share it in the forums. There are some people who find 96 acceptable, if there is nothing else available. Personally, I prefer having a bad cover over no cover at all. I'm ok with using place holders until something better comes along.
But to save the admins time and effort, don't submit to the database until you've received some feedback in the forums.
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Hello from Italy!
I play videogames since I have memories, I started with a Zx Spectrum, then moved to a Sega Master System, and since then, never stopped... I love videogames in all their aspects, both modern and retro.
Sadly I lost all of my childhood games and consolles, and during an hard time I had to sell some rare games I got during my youth.
Recently I decided to start game hunting to improve my collection and try to "get back" what I lost. I love to have all my game boxed, and since I'm not one of those "too much picky collectors" I love your site. i dropped in the forum and it look like is a great community, so yeah, here I am, I wish to have fun and to find some new, great, friends.
Bye!
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Welcome.
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Welcome to the site
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So I joined a while back and uploaded some scans that the database did not have back in december. I still have not seen them posted nor the database updated since mid last year (360 section) any news on wether that is being updated and the uploads being processed and added or what the status of that is? I have a few more I would love to upload that the site database does not have but not going to spend my time scanning them if they won't be added to the collection for people to download. Thanks!
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Were they cleaned/perfect, or raw scans?
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Were they cleaned/perfect, or raw scans?
They were very good scans and pretty well cleaned up. I mean not 100% perfect. Here is one I uploaded (https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5777/30597233253_b0ef293ccf_k.jpg)
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If anything that one has minor damage. The other two had zero damage to clean up.
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The picture shown above I would classify as a RAW scan. There are quickly visible small tears and sticker residue.
It is a usable RAW and with additional cleaning it could eventually end up on the site.
It can not be uploaded to the main site's database in its current condition.
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Correct so after uploading how long does it take to go through the process to be cleaned up and added to the site?
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Correct so after uploading how long does it take to go through the process to be cleaned up and added to the site?
RAW's can be posted in the forums if they require additional work. If a member is kind enough to clean and restore the image it can be submitted to be uploaded. From there it can take anywhere from a few days to a month depending on how many uploads we have to sift through (~95% of what is submitted to be uploaded is not suitable to be added to the site, like the one above, so it takes a long time to find the good ones).
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Wow has it been a few years! I used to be argobeat but the username doesn't exist anymore. no big deal :) fresh start!
Contributed a bit a few years back, few covers here and there (mostly collabbed with irvgotti452 on a Japanese Sega Saturn DVD template, props to that guy) - then life came up and well here we are with some time on our hands.
Would love to jump back into the community, maybe not full force at first - but I've been playing with some covers ;D
Great seeing some of the guys from a few years ago still here keeping this thing alive!
So. What did I miss? ;D
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Hello Everybody! I just signed up here for this forum but I am a long time fan and I feel like I already know a lot of you. I've got a fairly large collection that I've been building up since I got my first NES in 1989. I look forward to hopefully contributing to the community and befriending many of you.
Now just a brief warning: I can be satirical and what I think is funny may not always come across that way in my post. I apologize in advance if sometimes I seem overly jerky or mean.
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Hi all! I guess this is a belated introduction, but I think I'm about to become more active here. Been making covers for my own use for about a year or so, but some of them are finally good enough to maybe be worth sharing.
Speaking of which, is there a generally accepted etiquette here for using existing covers as a base? Post but don't upload? Upload, but give credit? I don't like to reinvent the wheel when I'm just swapping out some art or adapting to a different size/style of case, but I also don't want to step on any toes.
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Hi all! I guess this is a belated introduction, but I think I'm about to become more active here. Been making covers for my own use for about a year or so, but some of them are finally good enough to maybe be worth sharing.
Speaking of which, is there a generally accepted etiquette here for using existing covers as a base? Post but don't upload? Upload, but give credit? I don't like to reinvent the wheel when I'm just swapping out some art or adapting to a different size/style of case, but I also don't want to step on any toes.
Welcome to the forums flamepanther. I would definitely say your cover making skills are good enough to share your work! You're Turrican cover was excellent. Did you ever submit it to the main site? I don't know if you saw the slightly modified version I uploaded to your request thread with the updated text on the back.
Feel free to upload your modifications to other users covers to your mediafire account and share them here in the forums. Just credit the original creator that you've based your work off of and no one will mind. I don't think the main site accepts covers that aren't wholly original though.
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Yet another new member. Don't delete me, please!!! (I keep being removed before I even post anything)
Name's Bob Barker, AKA Maximumbob54 but has nothing to do with the old tv show. Console gamer 100%. Just can't get back into PC gaming but don't begrudge those that do. Have a meager collection of many of the consoles starting at third gen consoles up to most of the current. Actually started gaming in the second gen but just not into anything older than third gen now. Wish I still had all my original stuff but as the stories go it just wasn't meant to be. Most of my collection is made of twenty to thirty games per system so it's not a collection like some I've seen but it's more than I've ever had before and it makes for a great start of a gaming wall!!!
Admit I've already downloaded and printed several replacement covers as I'm sure that's how many start here. But I also look forward to contributing to the cause. Been spending some time here and there looking up the scanning process and I must admit there's more to it than I thought. Wasn't even sure what DPI was at first... Now I'm looking forward to what scanner I may be purchasing soon. I don't do Photoshop (or even have the program) but I can at least provide some clean scans of originals that aren't already on the list. And then I won't feel guilty asking for some scans from anyone else that aren't here!!!
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It's been awhile but I was purged (rightfully so I wasn't active then) looking forward to posting some covers.
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Sorry - I just deleted a post from a new member by accident while removing 2 subsequent spam posts. >:( I don't recall the username. If you'd like to repost your message that would be great.
Welcome to the site anyway! ;D
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Here's his message, please delete if/when he gets a chance to re-post it.
Username is 'Loftin'.
"I'm 32, happily married, and a father of one. I teach for a living and live in Texas. As a kid, I started with an Atari 2600 and NES. Over the course of my childhood, I also owned a Genesis, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, and PS2 as well. I got back into collecting retro games 2 years ago, and while I collect just about everything I definitely focus on NES, SNES, and Genesis. That's what brought me to this site: getting covers for UGC's. I've amassed a pretty decent sized collection (200+ NES, 200+ SNES, 100+ Genesis) and strongly prefer using the game cases. To me it's a throwback to going to the video store and studying the boxes to decide what to rent.
I don't have photoshop, but I have had The Gimp for years. I seriously doubt that I could create the kind of covers that other people would want to use, but I have created some VERY crude covers for Super Famicom and Gameboy games that I couldn't find here. Anyway, I've printed literally hundreds of covers from here already and look forward to seeing some of the stuff y'all come up with moving forward."
Welcome to the site, Loftin! Always good to see new members.
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Hello everyone.
My name is Alexandre, but you can call me Alex or Higashi. I enjoy doing custom artwork for game covers since 2007, and I currently post my work related to box art on vgboxart.com
Link to the stuff I've done so far:
http://vgboxart.com/designer/Higashi89/
I wanted to make a new thread showing my stuff instead of posting it here in the introduction thread but it seems there's no sub forum where I can do this, so I'll leave it here.
Also I wanted to know if The Cover Project has a section for custom artwork or box arts.
Thanks and have you all a good day.
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It wasn't till my good friend's dog ate a pair of my underwear that I even knew that other canines additionally had this yucky behavior.
Lol wtf
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Hello everyone.
My name is Alexandre, but you can call me Alex or Higashi. I enjoy doing custom artwork for game covers since 2007, and I currently post my work related to box art on vgboxart.com
Link to the stuff I've done so far:
http://vgboxart.com/designer/Higashi89/
I wanted to make a new thread showing my stuff instead of posting it here in the introduction thread but it seems there's no sub forum where I can do this, so I'll leave it here.
Also I wanted to know if The Cover Project has a section for custom artwork or box arts.
Thanks and have you all a good day.
Custom box art is nearly non-existent here; it's very niche, but there are some people here that would totally make good use of it. One of the older members used to recreate Super Famicom box designs IIRC. If you're looking for somewhere to put those I think the UGC section would make a decent fit.
We don't really have a specific section for custom cover art, so feel free to post stuff you'd like to share in their respective areas (sorted by type of case). Lots of people actually use custom covers or prefer them over retail in some cases, so stuff like that is totally welcome here.
As are you. Welcome.
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Hi forum!!
My nickname is pipeboy ("pipe" as short name for Felipe). My first memory is opening and playing my father's Atari on Christmas's night, but my first console was a SNES in 1995, and got a few games the next years. But around 2010 I restarted to play more often and to collect some games. Now it's 2018, I have almost 50 SNES games, around 70 games for Nintendo's handheld systems and starting the Switch era with 5 physical games. I think this is a lot, but you guys are making my reconsidere it XD
Recently my brother came to live with me, and the idiot turn the kitchen on fire at midnight, TWICE in 3 months >_< Afther cleaning and airing the house, I got my vacations on january-february, and ended cleaning game's contacts for a whole week to have my games working again (god bless the salty air of this coast city >_<). My brother haven't turn the house on fire again, but his destructive powers are unmatch since he born, so I looked for some storing solutions to presever my games better than the "old fashion" shoes's box (they don't work good when we ended leaving every windows in the house open long and often). I saw several "options" of plastic boxes "with covers" in internet, and got suspisious of the similarity between so many people . . . so a common source may exist. . . looked for it . . . and here I'm.
Found this place in summer (in this hemisphere january-february), and I've been happily occupied getting cases, printers, cutters, papers, reading this place and doing things on my own to honor your hard work for this hobby. Today, I'm almost done with my SNES collection, so I came to thanks you all for your kindness and files. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING!!! Soon I'll be uploading pictures and asking help for a last cover I'm missing. But now:
"Hello! My nick is pipeboy. Thanks for this place and keeping me bussy the last 5 months."
Hope one day be able to contribute to this place, for now that only was an info post about you on a spanish pokemon forum (https://www.cpokemon.com/foro/threads/41444-Cajas-personalizadas-para-juegos-de-GBA) (but that place was sentenced to dead a few days ago. . . .). Maybe one day I can upload some raw scans . . . who know if anyone want any of my games XD
That is for today. Nice to meet you and have a great summer/winter.
P.D.: My english still needs work. If you can help me, thanks.
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Welcome and thank you for the kind words.
OK... Flattering worked... What is the last cover you are missing?
I might have it already.
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Welcome and thank you for the kind words.
OK... Flattering worked... What is the last cover you are missing?
I might have it already.
Thanks for welcoming me Arseen.
The game in question is:
(https://i.imgur.com/bkw1B1P.jpg)
[SNES] Tommy Moe's Winter Extreme: skiing and snowboarding - UGC US vertical, if possible.
If this should be asked in the Request Forum, let me know to open a thread.
Also, there is someone asking for a 3DS game I can scan. Is there a guide where I . . . . never mind, already found one . . . that should keep me busy tomorrow XD
Again, thanks for the help and have a great week.
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I'm bit surprised I had this stored.
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/279f/pdp3mpmarfc6guw4g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/pdp3mpmarfc6guw/Tommy_Moes_Winter_Extreme.jpg/file)
Again, thanks for the help and have a great week.
Thank you.
Friday is Juhannus eve so the week will be fun.
Hoping the weather is decent as on Juhannus we are outside drinking by bonfires.
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I'm bit surprised I had this stored.
Thank you.
Friday is Juhannus eve so the week will be fun.
Hoping the weather is decent as on Juhannus we are outside drinking by bonfires.
Thanks you. I guess the Taito logo could be the motive. . . I picked the Electro Brain Logo from the "Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D" cover and "copy&paste" over the one you posted. Here is with correct seller for your record.
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/24b1/cddbw77uqqj50l06g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/cddbw77uqqj50l0/snes_Tommy_Moes_Winter_Extreme.jpg/file)
I'm in Chile, here the friday will be "Noche de San Juan", is the longest night of the year and we learned a lot of rituals for that night: foreshdow the next year economy with potatos under your pillow, hit trees for getting more fruit in summer, searching for flowers that didn't exist to adchieve happiness and money, hang from the door frame to grow larger, etc. It's a very funny night here too XD Hope you get a great time.
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Thank ypou for the edit, I'll add it the storage soon.
I'm in Chile, here the friday will be "Noche de San Juan", is the longest night of the year and we learned a lot of rituals for that night: foreshdow the next year economy with potatos under your pillow, hit trees for getting more fruit in summer, searching for flowers that didn't exist to adchieve happiness and money, hang from the door frame to grow larger, etc. It's a very funny night here too XD Hope you get a great time.
We too have some old Juhannus traditions (not done often anymore, especially number 3).
1: Picking up 7-11 different flowers and putting them under your pillow to see your future partner in your dreams.
2: Looking into a well too see your future partner's reflection in the water.
3: Young women running naked in fields for fertility.
4: Counting Cuckoo birds's cuckoos to see how many years one still lives.
Traditions still going strong are:
5: Sauna at lakeside while beating yourself with vasta/vihta (punch of birch branches with leafs). I know this sounds masokistic but it's actually very pleasant.
6: HEAVY drinking.
7: Watching bonfires.
8: Barbequing.
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Thank ypou for the edit, I'll add it the storage soon.
We too have some old Juhannus traditions (not done often anymore, especially number 3).
1: Picking up 7-11 different flowers and putting them under your pillow to see your future partner in your dreams.
2: Looking into a well too see your future partner's reflection in the water.
3: Young women running naked in fields for fertility.
4: Counting Cuckoo birds's cuckoos to see how many years one still lives.
Traditions still going strong are:
5: Sauna at lakeside while beating yourself with vasta/vihta (punch of birch branches with leafs). I know this sounds masokistic but it's actually very pleasant.
6: HEAVY drinking.
7: Watching bonfires.
8: Barbequing.
Somehow, I think 3 must be very effective and 6 sounds kind of universal ¿?
Have a great friday ;)
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Hello everyone!
I feel like am reaching out to some rehab center, regarding my addiction of collecting games :-) "Hello my name is Vlad and I am a game collector addict - heeeeellooooo Vlaaaad" hahaha...hehe...heh ... Ok.
So, my name is Vlad, I am 28 years old and I enjoy collecting video games. I don't enjoy playing them as much as I love buying them, finding deals/rares on ebay-like sites and, recently, reprinting their covers. I am from Romania, I have a license diploma in Computer Science, Applied Informatics and, for 7 years now, my day job has been a developer in a multinational.
I used to repair broken down portable game consoles - I had my phase with nintendo consoles (gameboys, 3ds-es) but it passed. I used to have a 50+ PSP game collection and fixed and sold a couple of PSP-3000s, but didn't really stick to me (I still have a custom built, transparent blue, PSP 3000 in mint condition that I use to run emulators, but I sold everything else). PSVita and PS4, though, it's something that I somehow gravitate towards (I currently have +140 games in my collection). I bought the PS4 as a Black Friday deal, and never regretted my choice (upgraded to PS4PRO recently). I bought the Vita out of impulse, along with my brother, and even though I don't play it that much, I enjoy the exclusivity of the platform and the rarity of the games. It's a blessing and a curse, really ...
Some time ago I bought a loose version of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 +, for the Vita, and couldn't rest having it without a case. I managed to find a case but didn't have a cover. I printed the first thing I found online and thought I was done with it. However, suddenly having the power to print my own covers, allowed me to develop a new (expensive) hobby, and that is to "fix" the covers I already have.
I just cannot stand plain looking game cover sides. Black Arial-like text on white backgrounds, white texts on black backgrounds, lazily slapped on texts on otherwise beautiful artwork? Yeah, I hate those. So much potential is being wasted with the sides of the physical copies of the games. I decided to scan the covers with plain texts, modify the side and reprint the cover. Many iterations, wasted hours and some spent cash later, I reached a point where most of my Vita games have reprinted covers. The next step is the PS4 games. I decided to share my scans and modified covers, and this is how I reached The Cover Project.
I hope I have the chance to contribute to the project!
Cheers!
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heeeeellooooo Vlaaaad
Welcome to the site.
I decided to share my scans and modified covers, and this is how I reached The Cover Project.
I hope I have the chance to contribute to the project!
Where are they?
Those sound great.
If you uploaded them via cover upload... Unfortunately I have to tell that that function has been broken for a while now.
Instead please make Mediafire or Box (there are other ones too but these two we know won't screw up the covers like some other ones do) account and upload the covers there and then make new nice topic where you link them.
Thank you.
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If you uploaded them via cover upload... Unfortunately I have to tell that that function has been broken for a while now.
Thank you.
Hey Arseen, any news on this?
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If you uploaded them via cover upload... Unfortunately I have to tell that that function has been broken for a while now.
Thank you.
Hey Arseen, any news on this?
Abso-f***ing-lutely nothing.
Nope. ::)
I'm starting to think we are abandoned.
But we can make this work quite well by Mediafire or Box, and some re-stucturing of the boards.
And of course there is the "dark side/site" that could work.
That too is abandoned but there I have more power as I'm one of the 3 or 4 Full Admins.
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For those of you who know Snowcone personally, have you tried to contact outside of the site?
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For those of you who know Snowcone personally, have you tried to contact outside of the site?
Yeah, that's my question as well. If Snowcone is to busy / lost his drive for it, can it be handed off to someone else?
It seems like we still got a decent community / traffic here and we get new members that are willing to help out but I think interest drys up some when you come to the site and see nothing has been updated in a long time.
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Hi All!
Long time listener, first time poster. I've been playing NES games since the console debuted in the 80's. Since I started collecting, TCP has been my go-to for box art. This place is awesome! Looking forward to getting to know some of you guys a bit better.
Merry Christmas, hopefully Santa brings you the retro game you've been hoping for!
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Hi All!
Long time listener, first time poster. I've been playing NES games since the console debuted in the 80's. Since I started collecting, TCP has been my go-to for box art. This place is awesome! Looking forward to getting to know some of you guys a bit better.
Merry Christmas, hopefully Santa brings you the retro game you've been hoping for!
Welcome to the site!
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Hi All!
Long time listener, first time poster. I've been playing NES games since the console debuted in the 80's. Since I started collecting, TCP has been my go-to for box art. This place is awesome! Looking forward to getting to know some of you guys a bit better.
Merry Christmas, hopefully Santa brings you the retro game you've been hoping for!
Welcome!!!
Just out of curiosity, do you have Game Gear boxes that you can scan?
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Welcome.
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Welcome!
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Hi Everyone...
it's great to know this forum. all I want to say. I have some bunch collection here. meybe I can share more scan my ps2, ps3 & Ps4 games for you guy's. so thnx u for having me in this forum.
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Very welcome Sir @rwinsyah!!
That would be great.
Maybe I can go around to my list of ps2 covers of I needed and you can help me with one.
Regards!
:-*
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Hi Everyone!
I used to have an account here long, long ago, but it faded away... :( Anyway, I recently reopened it, given that I've been purchasing the EXCELLENT CGC cases for the few NES and SNES cartridges I own, not to mention for my GBA Everdrive X5, which fits PERFECTLY in the CGC GB case! Hope to drop by at least once a week to engage with the community. Until next time!
PlayDoh003
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Good, you got in on your own.
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Hello all. I finally got my account created! :D
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Hi. I thought I was registered on here before, and there was even my username and password login saved by my browser... but the site said my account did not exist. What was causing the account removals? Web host glitch?!
Anyway... I thought I should utilize this introduction thread, even though a lot of people probably don't use or read it.
I notice that some covers don't exist for some GameBoy titles I own... so I'll have to see about making some (I have the boxes for these missing titles... I just need to learn the ropes for making the cover art)!
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Hi all,
Newbie as well - had some account creation issues - hopefully this time my account will remain this time round...
I have uploaded some PS3 and PS4 covers that aren't in this site (a couple of AU/NZ & UK and JP retail covers) - hopeful the quality is acceptable!
Looking forward to contribute more stuff!
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Seeing as I've been posting more and submitted a few new covers for approval, I might as well introduce myself.
I've been lurking for years, observing and taking advantage of what TCP has to offer. I registered an account last year to report a UPC code mistake on a cover but recently wanted to contribute some new covers (http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=2545.msg220582#msg220582) for the site and join in the general discussions to offer opinions and whatever experience I have.
I'm Lee -- just turned 36, avid computer gamer since the 90's. Grew up with the 8-bit and 16-bit era's of gaming.
I recently got an enterprise color laser (OKI MPS610c) printer off a trade at work -- got a great deal on it too ($60!!!). Had a lot of trouble getting prints from local printers in the area (mostly Office Depot though they closed and Staples) so with this printer I've been reprinting my entire collection on legal paper for edge-to-edge UGC prints.
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Outside of UGC, I'm one of the admin's at The Outpost Universe and developer of OutpostHD, a remake of the game OUTPOST by Sierra. I work for a large online e-retailer where my responsibilities include processing and repairing video games, video games consoles, computers and other similar devices. Gives me first dibs on collectibles that we get fairly often (boss likes me so I get some really great deals sometimes!)
I think that's about all that's actually interesting about me so yeah... Hi! /me waves
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Hello everyone! Hope this topic's not dead, because a 19-year old Playstation 3 enthusiast from central Europe would like to indroduce himself!
I'm amazed by your libary of retail cover scans and I'd like to contribute to it by scanning some obscure pieces of European game covers. Sadly, quite a bunch of PAL covers are nearly impossible to find on the net, soon to become lost media.
I would also like to turn some of my digital games into real ones, so you'll definitely see me in the request section.
As you can see, English language is not my best friend - sorry if my writing turns into gibberish!
Best regards!
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Hi Everyone ;D
Greating from indonesia
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Hello!
I've been an avid collector of video games for as long as I can remember, and the Cover Project has been a big help in casing all my games. I'm in the process of redoing my collection in vertical format due to myself liking it better and it being more standard across different games. I'm also using brighter paper this time around as well. Hope to see everyone around!
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Figured I'd post here as well to get those rookie numbers up ;D
I go by Jonnii since Johnathan is too long, John is my dad, and Johnny makes me sound like a 50's greaser. I'm in my late 20's as of this post and I've been gaming since I was literally 2 years old. My dad really wanted an NES that he saw in a pawn shop but my mom said no so he got ME an NES instead. First game was, of course, Super Mario Bros. and at that age (and still) I completely sucked at it. I love jumping between old and new games and own almost every console because of it, though I try to consolidate consoles down where I can (thanks Xbox Series X for eventually letting me completely retire my old 360.) I'm mostly into JRPGs and open-world fantasy RPGs but I'll play almost anything if it's interesting enough.
Outside of gaming I am open water SCUBA certified, as well as IT certified (mostly in security) and work in IT security. I'm married to a lovely woman who games almost as much as I do, if not more some days, and we have five pets: three doggos and two cats.
I've been lurking on here for a long time now but never really felt the need to make an account since I could almost always find what I was looking for by searching the forums but here I am.
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Greetings,
My name is Fiddle and I've been following this site for a long time now. I guess I finally decided it would be a good time to make an account. Nice to meet everyone!
My pronouns are they/she and I'm a content creator on the internet. I love collecting and talking about games, as well as making lyrics and covers of video game music. I'm an avid fan of video game music, having run two radio stations, one focused on Nintendo and the other focused around Pokemon.
It's a pleasure to meet you all! :)
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Hi all!
I'm Ksawer, I'm an 18 year old out of Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
I started lightly collecting ig since I got a gameboy dmg when I was like 7, but it's definitely gotten a lot more serious since I moved out a couple years ago. My collection still isn't anything huge yet, but I'm quite happy with my 90-odd physical games, most of which have their original cases, as well as my 10 consoles ranging from the NES to gameboy color up to the Switch, and my PSP for non-Nintendo things.
I've recently gotten into repairing and restoring handhelds, which is really cool. My last project had me replacing the cartridge slot and shell on an original 3DS. I'm happy to say it works and looks good as new now.
I joined here to try to find cover art for the loose games I *do* have, as I'm not the kind of person to require original art to display my games. Seeing as I only really collect games I could see myself playing and don't intend to sell anything anytime soon.
Anyways, yeah hi! Hope everyone's doing well.
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Welcome.
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Hi :)
I've been trying to upload my scanned covers.
I have a few hundred.
I was able to get most of them onto Pinterest until they changed their parameters.
Now they won't accept full resolution scans and they come out on their end as low res.
Anyway, if you're interested here's the link to my account there.
If you can find a way to get those covers and box covers onto this website I'm all for that.
https://www.pinterest.ca/Mr_Smith2020/_saved/
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Wow I feel like a total noob....
I tried to use the guest feature to request a cover art. But I'm not sure it went through.
I was explaining how I want to purchase Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace as a loose cart as the US box art complete with the game is too expensive.
I was wondering if you guys at all can post the American Cover of Star Force 3 Black Ace as a request. In the exact ratio for printing a DS cover.
Not only that why not Post The sister game, Mega Man Star Force 3 Red Joker?
I'm Super new here and don't understand how anything works, if anyone of the mods already got a message from me, I apologize I just don't know what I am doing.
I support this project as I love preserving cover art.
Please forgive me mods! I just hope I didn't annoy anyone with my request!
I know I should have posted in the Request forum, but I posted here by mistake.
I was also gonna ask instructions on how to print once I have my art I wanted to print.
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Wow I feel like a total noob....
I tried to use the guest feature to request a cover art. But I'm not sure it went through.
Nope, never got message.
Anyway just make a request topic on the request forum: http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?board=17.0
Make a new topic there called Mega Man Star Force 3 Black - US - DS
And feel free to copy this text or make your own:
Howdy
I'm looking for US version of Mega Man Star Force 3 Black on DS.
Also if somebody has the the sister game, Mega Man Star Force 3 Red Joker, it would not go amiss.
Thank you
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Awww bless your heart ^_^
I shall!
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Time to revive the thread !
Hello, Rat's the name, collecting's the game.
I'm an avid collector of all sorts of games and hardware, who also happens to be a game store manager. As such, I've gotten a lot of use out of the scans here on coverproject and would love to use the inventory of my store to provide scans for anything missing or in need of a higher res scan !
Happy to take requests at any point and do what I can to contribute, no matter how old the game or how common or pricey it may be. This database has been a huge help to me for many years, so I'd love to add to it and help others out the same way ^ ^
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Welcome to the site Amporakin.
Your offer is accepted with great pleasure.
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Thanks for the whole site. I've known about TCP since about when it started, way back in the day. I've finally got into using it. Y'all have built a great place here. I'll try and help out as I can.