The Cover Project
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: UncleBob on November 08, 2009, 11:34:33 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/PlayStation-Electronic-Template-collectible-floppy-disk_W0QQitemZ370286763368QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5636cf9d68
Here's something you don't see every day. This is a floppy disk that has the PlayStation Electronic Templates. It was supplied to design agencies who were creating packaging for PlayStation games. On it should be the templates for the cover sheet, disk label and instruction manual for PlayStation games. It is untested and sold as-is.
Sold for $5. :(
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oh damn! too bad ebay hides buyer names, would be great to get in touch with the buyer.
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Wonder what format everything would come in on that floppy...
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UncleBob got in touch with him and he's willing to sell us a copy. He/she also has a ton of other official template disks.
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UncleBob got in touch with him and he's willing to sell us a copy. He/she also has a ton of other official template disks.
Fantastic! Let us know what are costs involved - i am sure most of us regulars would glady contribute!
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Sort of exciting, but this would be the templates for the jewel cases wouldn't it? Most people want PS1 covers in DVD case format so I don't understand why this is all that exciting.
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Sort of exciting, but this would be the templates for the jewel cases wouldn't it? Most people want PS1 covers in DVD case format so I don't understand why this is all that exciting.
I don't know if more people want the DVD conversions than reatil but i do think there are a lot more request for it. Having the original foramt is equaly important though. If its on a floppy i'm surious what format these come in. I think its really exciting though! ;D
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Dear theunclebob,
Yes, I'm willing to copy that floppy for $5. Are you interested in
any other template CDRs at $10 each? Here's a list of what I have
(each one is its own disk):
Game Boy® Advance Templates 3-12-04
Game Boy® Advance Templates 10-03
Game Boy® Advance Templates 10-30-03
Nintendo DS templates 6-23-05
Nintendo GameCube? Templates 2-9-04
PS3Templates
PSP Templates_revised 7.26.05
PSP_Templates 10/7/05
PSP_Templates_9-8-2005
PSP_Templates_12-17-04
SCEA_PS2_templates 3-19-04
SCEA_PS2_templates 7-16-04
SCEA_PS2_templates 8-03
SCEA_PS2_templates 8-30-04
SCEA_PS2_templates 8-31-05
SCEA_PS2_templates 10-03
SCEA_PS2_templates Old
SCEE PS2 templates
SCEE PS2 templates 2-17-04
SCEE PS2 templates 11-03
SCEE PS2 templates 11-11-03
Regards,
Tim
I'll point him toward this thread and see what we can all work out.
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holy crap can we start a donation thing and get all of them?
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I'd be happy to contribute. Although I'd suggest perhaps just getting one of them first, to see what they're like and if it's worth getting the rest.
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Agreed. But I think we can do better than $10 each. Also, we might not need every single template he posted.
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Let's see how much he's willing to barter, I mean we could pool some money together and just get all of them. I'm willing to chip in 10 dollars to snowcone or whoever it is we'd be trusting with the money.
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Let's see how much he's willing to barter, I mean we could pool some money together and just get all of them. I'm willing to chip in 10 dollars to snowcone or whoever it is we'd be trusting with the money.
Same here assuming I have any money left after I pay some expenses.
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I'll throw in a few dollars too.... Anytime....
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The guy has created a decent amount of video game covers...wonder if he can upload some original copies? That would be really sweet.
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Hello folks! UncleBob invited me here to speak for myself. Nice to meet y'all.
So yeah, I have a ton of official templates for all of the major platforms going back to Genesis and Super Nintendo, since that's when I started designing packaging. However, since cover-art twiddling is a profession for me and not a hobby like it is for you guys, I hope you will understand that I would want to charge at least a little something for taking the effort to supply you guys with your wants.
So what sorts of things you guys want the most and how much you'd pay for it? :)
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errr.... sorry about that. Didn't even consider it - in the slightest. :-[ :-[ :-[
Anywhoo, the obvious question everyone is going to ask - what type of stuff is typically on the discs? Obviously, the packaging cover templates - does that include things like company logos, ESRB rating logos, stuff relating to region coding (NTSC, PAL, etc.)?
Thanks for stopping by!
Also, and I hope I don't make anyone mad at me by saying this - if it would help you out (i.e.: perhaps help not tick off any potential clients), you might consider not selling/releasing us current generation stuff (360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP). Obviously, we'll want it all - but no one wants you to be out of work or anything. :)
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Cover templates, disk label templates, instruction manual templates and submission guidelines are what are typically on the disks, usually in PDF or Illustrator format. The old Genesis and SNES stuff is in Quark format. When I started, Nintendo wouldn't accept electronic files. There were Quark templates, but the actual art had to be submitted mechanically -- pasteup boards with tissue overlays and hand-written color callouts by pantone code.
Logos themselves aren't supplied -- just positions for where they go specified. I have most company logos already though and have access to the ESRB site for their latest logos.
I don't mind sharing current gen templates.
Edit: screen shot of what's on the GameCube template disk:
(http://www.arcadecollecting.com/pics/Picture-348.jpg)
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I purchased the GameCube files - compressed, it's 40 MB and I can't even open half of it up. ;)
What to do with it all?
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You could just zip/rar/7zip it up and upload it to mediafire or something.
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I purchased the GameCube files - compressed, it's 40 MB and I can't even open half of it up. ;)
What to do with it all?
So how much was it so we all know what we're getting into?
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$10.
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y'all interested in any more of these?
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oh I imagine most certainly.
Think someone could make a paypal account that members can donate to for this?