The Cover Project
Artist's Corner => DVD Case Covers => Topic started by: scarmullet on May 19, 2014, 04:50:41 PM
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I recently started a project where I am putting my PS1 and Dreamcast games back into Jewel Cases...but I had a thought going through my head....what am I to do with all these 8 disc poly cases? I have several I haven't used and several that aren't being used anymore. A recent acquisition I made gave me an idea.
8 disc poly cases fit 5 1/4 inch floppy disks beautifully. Here demonstrated is an Atari 8bit game that uses two floppy disks. Sadly the carts do not fit, and are too small for UGCs (grumble grumble)
(http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o489/scarmullet/HNI_0071_zps5f1779ef.jpg)
I speculate the cases can hold up to 5 5/14 inch floppy disks without warping the case after removing the pages. And the cases can hold 3 3 1/2 inch floppies.
(http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o489/scarmullet/Atari1_zps8ffa5a29.png)
working design for the case
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:O I've been looking for something like this for my C64 floppys!
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After work I'll post the template. I only have Atari assets made, but it shouldn't be too hard to do Commodore.
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:O I've been looking for something like this for my C64 floppys!
Ditto, even posted about it. I still use UGC for the carts though.
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Alright, here is the template. It shouldn't be too hard to make a commodore version
https://app.box.com/s/xtwqls2egwhzaz0h9fxh
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Cool thanks! It will probably be a real pain finding any scans for the games I need but you never know.
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Cool thanks! It will probably be a real pain finding any scans for the games I need but you never know.
I couldn't even find back scans for many of my games. I ended up using a screenshot of gamebase64 for most of them:
http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?h=0&id=3275&i=1 for example. For the back of the final cartridge 3, I used an old magazine ad.
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Sorry to necro this thread but I've been looking for a storage/shelf display solution for some loose C64 games, and this seems like a great idea. I ordered a couple poly cases that look like they're the right size to fit 5.25" floppy disks, so fingers crossed.
I'm guessing this project is long since abandoned but I'll still take a whack at coming up with some kind of template. I wish there was an option out there that was more accommodating to portrait format cover art, but hey, beggars can't be choosers I guess!
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I got my cases in the mail today. These are the ones I ordered: https://www.ccisolutions.com/StoreFront/product/mediasafe-audiobook-case-new-6-disc-option
The look of them is a good fit for retro computer games. The internals will require a little bit of modification but it'll be an order of magnitude easier than modifying UGCs to fit NES games, which many of you are familiar with. A pair of $5 flush cutters will get the job done just fine, and they should be able to fit multiple disks with sleeves, with enough room for scaled down reprinted manuals, copy protection sheets or whatever other print items you might want to put in. I'll look into designing some kind of template for it, maybe one that's the usual "cover-in-a-cover" with wide decorative borders for those taller box arts, and one that's more minimal for things like the old EA LP-style or covers that were square and more appropriately shaped for this kind of case.
I'll make a new thread for it once I have something. I'll start with Commodore 64 since that's the system I have the most 5.25" floppies for right now. After that I can try doing MS DOS, and hopefully get around to Atari 8-bit, and then Apple 2. I don't think the VIC-20 is worth bothering with since afaik there were hardly any games released on 5.25" floppy disk for that system anyway. With an appropriately sized foam cutout you could put 3.5" disks in there too or even CDs (that's what this case was made for after all), but at that point you might be better off with just a UGC or DVD style case to better preserve the artwork. Having options isn't bad though, if you are insistent on having a uniform collection.
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Good luck man! I ended up just throwing all my floppies in a old school floppy disk holder (like the good ole days).
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Good luck man! I ended up just throwing all my floppies in a old school floppy disk holder (like the good ole days).
That's how I store all my loose floppies too, lol. Options are nice though!