The Cover Project
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: UncleBob on October 25, 2006, 09:31:33 AM
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Hello out there in Video Game Land!
I want NES covers, but I don't have the skills or the boxes or a scanner or much of anything useful in making them... so I'm going to depend on y'all. ;D ;D ;D
Okay, here's what we've got. First, there's NintendoAge.com. There, you'll find more than a few NES Collectors who have NES collections that are worth more than my wife's shoe collection. Including the most important piece of this puzzle, NES Boxes. I've started a thread over there and I think there's some early interest in this project. (http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=4&threadid=121&enterthread=y)
Second, we need a case. They need to be in good supply and cheap-ish. There are two options that I know of:
https://secure.webmenu.com/shopperinc/shop.taf?f=details&pic=big&itemnumber=50%2D401&_UserReference=D20722C8C273D995453384C9
These cases are all over the place. They would require no modification, however there is no place on them designed to hold a cover - you would have to print out the cover and tuck it inside with the game. It'd work, but it wouldn't look as good as a outer wrap.
Then, there's the Media Shelving cases. These would require a modification (which would be a pain for larger collections) but they do have the outer wrap. (I e-mailed Media Shelving to see if there's any chance at all they would be interested in offering NES cases... High Hopes/Low Expectations).
Any other suggestions for cases?
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Hey everyone -- just thought I'd stop by and let you all know I'll help out any way I can.
-Dain
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Thanks Dain. This project thrives on the help of willing contributors.
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Yeah .... anyone prepared to create covers reduces the load on some of us regulars :)
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Well...
This is the reply I got from MediaShelving:
"Those are the only cases we have. They could probably do custom made. But it you would have to order in the 1000's."
Hmmm....
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Bugger......
Maybe someone could trash one of thier cases and let us know what effort is required and whether it shags the case or not?
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Well...
This is the reply I got from MediaShelving:
"Those are the only cases we have. They could probably do custom made. But it you would have to order in the 1000's."
Hmmm....
In the 1000s, eh? hmm..we have any millionaires here?
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Or at least 10 people that would take 100 cases each :) Although I don't know anyone who has 100 NES games, If I did he or she would be my best friend :D
You could sell the cases you don't need via ebay and make some good money. I guess some collectors would kill to get custom NES cases. But I'm sure the company thinks more about numbers closer to 5-10.000 instead of a mere 1000 :-/
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Bugger......
Maybe someone could trash one of thier cases and let us know what effort is required and whether it shags the case or not?
It has been done already, though I'm not sure how long it took. As 4tyGames posted:
GuilewasNK on CAG posted a picture of a modded mediashelving case that can hold NES games.
Pic Link: http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nesmediashelfcase2qv.jpg
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where can i get NES cases like that?
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Media Shelving Cases (http://www.mediashelving.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=W&Product_Code=USCG&Category_Code=VHS) - But they're on backorder until late November AND you're going to need to cut the plastic as shown in the pic above. I've finally ordered some thanks to this upcoming project. Time to get my entire console collection done!
I don't have any NES boxes to scan (yet) but I'd be more than happy to help with any extra Photoshop work.
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ANother outfit selling these cases is Video Store Shopper ....
https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf
The item number is 50-755. They ship internationally too :)
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I have about 30-40 of the Media Shelving cases as extra. I need to double check my count though. Anyone interested?
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I have about 30-40 of the Media Shelving cases as extra. I need to double check my count though. Anyone interested?
Feel free to send them to TheValeman....... He has done so much for this project, and asked so little.....
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Amen to that!!!
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ANother outfit selling these cases is Video Store Shopper ....
https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf
The item number is 50-755. They ship internationally too :)
But those doesn't have outer plastic sleeves do they? just see thru plastic
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It is noted as having a full sleeve. $.42 each and not having to buy 100 to get them would be nice.
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Yep .... I think 50-754 is the part number for the case WITHOUT the full sleeve. Who would want those though?
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I'm not giving up on this project just yet - still trying to work something out to get actual NES'ed cases with sleeves...
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I had a look at the cases again last night. The inserts are quite thin plastic so I dont think it's a big issue to rip them out at all. And they'll sit perfectly next to the N64 collection too :)
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I already broke a couple blades cutting plastic on DS cases...I'd rather just pay a little extra for someone to mod them for me.
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GO TO THAT VIDEO SHOPPER WEB SITE.THEY HAVE A CASE SPECIFICLY MADE FOR NEW 8 BIT GAMES THE PART NUMBER IS 50-401..................DISREGUARD IF YOU ALREADY SEEN THIS..............JH
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These?
https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf?f=details&pic=big&itemnumber=50%2D401
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GO TO THAT VIDEO SHOPPER WEB SITE.THEY HAVE A CASE SPECIFICLY MADE FOR NEW 8 BIT GAMES THE PART NUMBER IS 50-401..................DISREGUARD IF YOU ALREADY SEEN THIS..............JH
They have no sleeves for the inserts.
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yeah, i guess they will not work,i didnt notice they had no sleeves :'(
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hey all been on vacation for a while.
so i see that they got those cases in.
i am planing on ordering some but i am not sure if i want full sleeve or no sleeve.
thanks
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There's nowhere to put the cover if you don't get cases with a sleeve! :)
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Agreed, you need full sleeve for these to work.
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full sleeve got it
thanks :)
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Hey everyone! I've been coming here for over a year now, but this is my first post! First I wanted to say thanks to Snowcone. I love what you've done with the site. It just keeps getting better and better.
Anyway, on the topic of NES Covers, I'm highly interested in getting the project off the ground. I’m a big collector of NES software. I currently have 71 NTSC NES games with plans to expand my collection shortly. Unfortunately, all that protects them is their dust covers and many of them don’t have dust covers. After reading through this thread, I've learned that the best case option would be to modify Universal Slim Combo Game cases with sleeves.
Luckily, to modify a USCG case to hold NES carts is far easier than to modify a DS case to hold a Gameboy or Gameboy Color cart. But, even if I modify enough cases to hold all of my NES games, a more serious problem arises. Where will I be able to find scanned covers for games that are all 15-20 years old?
My photoshop skills are decent so I could make a few custom covers from scratch for popular games such as Zelda or Mario 3 since the internet is full of source material. However, more obscure games such as Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu or Karnov would prove much more challenging.
I checked out NintendoAge.com, which has a rather large archive of NES covers, but the scans there are of poor quality, watermarked, and much too small to be used to fit to Universal Slim Combo Game cases. There are also broken links for a lot of games.
Despite all these challenges, I am willing to fight the uphill battle to achieve an NES cover collection. Snowcone if you could, please add an NES section. I'm going to be working on a few custom NES covers over the next few days and once they are done, as it stands now, there will be no place to post them. Thanks and feed free to post some feedback.
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I think it's great that you want to get the project going. There have been a few NES collectors here but none of them scanned their covers yet. I'm pretty sure the only way to get covers is to make custom covers, so it's even more appreciated that you plan to make some. With your quite impressive collection of 71 games I'm sure this will cover (pun intended :)) obscure games aswell as some of the most popular.
So kudos to you for taking on this project! I think it's the hardest yet because the games are so old. I'm a big game collector myself but I wasn't in my NES days so all the games I own are without cover :-\
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I don't think custom covers would be all that hard at all. For the front, you could probably just scan the cart label. And for the back, the designs are usually so simple that they could be replicated pretty easily.
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To start things off, I think I'm going to try my favorite NES games - Megaman II, Super Mario Bros, Tengen's Tetris and Zelda. Tetris should be the easiest since I have the box in resonablly good condition.
Hopefully, after I make a few cases, others can contribue using my cases as a template. Speaking of tempates, I think NES games deserve their own distiction from other systems by naimg it along the top of the case spine like DS and console games do today. The words "Nintendo Entertainment System" written along the top in the same red text found on the flap lip of the toaster style NES would work great I think.
So once I have a cover done how should I post it to show you guys? I'm very new to this so please forgive my lack of knowledge in such matters.
PS Snowcone I know you're busy but if you could, please add an NES section. I'll have the first of my covers done by tomorrow.
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I'll get it added as soon as the first cover comes in.
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I'm done my first cover - Tengen Tetris, the unlicened but superior version of everyone's favorite classic puzzle game.
The cover I made fits a Universal Game Case. I used the template for the SNES covers as my guide. However, the Upload page doesn't currently have an NES option, nor does it have an other catigory. How can I contribue the cover to the site?
Also, what format should I upload it as? standard jpeg I would assume?
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Upload as a jpeg and just specify snes and I'll add NES this weekend.
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Hello everyone! I am sorry I didnt post earlier, Ive been real busy with newyears and all. Well anyway, I wanted to let you guys know that I finished my first NES cover. However, since there is absoultely no guide for what the covers should look like, I want to post a beta version of the cover here to get some suggestions to imporve it before I officically post it and it gets added to the site.
(http://C:\Tetris.jpg)
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Hello everyone! I am sorry I didnt post earlier, Ive been real busy with newyears and all. Well anyway, I wanted to let you guys know that I finished my first NES cover. However, since there is absoultely no guide for what the covers should look like, I want to post a beta version of the cover here to get some suggestions to imporve it before I officically post it and it gets added to the site.
(http://C:\Tetris.jpg)
The "[ img]http://C:\Tetris.jpg[/img ]" isnt showing up..try imageshack.us.
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Ah thanks. Here we go..
(http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/626/tetrisau5.jpg)
Please comment and give advice how can I impove it.
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I'm not so skilled at photoshop through so please forgive the bent marks I can't seem to get rid of off a 19 year old peice of cardboard @_@
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I really like the spine logo you did. The rest of the cover needs a little work, but for a first cover I applaud the effort.
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Agreed, for a first cover it looks really good.
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i just made this really fast, i tried to get rid of the rough edges. i also added a litle banner across the top. Does this work for you?
If not i have the tetris cover with the worn edges removed, but no banner across the top.
(http://)
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shenske, I like the banner.
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Also, the NES category is setup and ready for uploading.
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When I return from holiday I'll have some NES raw scans ready.
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Thanks Snowcone for adding the NES section. I rescanned the front of Tengen Tetris to make it streighter and cleaned it up a bit. I uploaded it and it should be up soon! For the next NES game I'll do, I'm not really sure. So of these choices, which would you guys like to see first? The one that gets the most responses I'll do next.
Megaman 1
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros 3
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I have a few NES boxes at home that I'll scan. Satoshi, when you get a decent template done, email it to me and I'll add it to the templates thread so people can start pitching in. Also, what cases are these going in?
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Ohh you have some NES boxes snowcone? Which ones? I'll avoid doing those games in favour of others to expand the project quicker.
The covers I am making fit into a Universal Game Case, same as SNES and N64 here. Unfortunetely there is a small tab on the bottom left corner that you have to cut off to make an NES cart fit, but it easy to do. In fact, modifying DS cases to hold GBA manuals is more work than this. Once done, NES carts fit fairly well consdiering the cases wern't meant to hold them in the first place. The game doesn't rattle around when closed either. Dispite being a royal pain having to modify close to 100 casses because of the number of NES carts I own, I beleive this is the best option as far as cases for NES carts go.
As for a template, I just copied the SNES one but made it vertical instead of horizontal. So honestly there really isnt any big secret how I'm doing these.. ;)
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Awesome news. If you'd like to snap pics and write up a guide on modding these to work for NES that would be great. Also, I'll check what NES boxes I still have at home and let you know.
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Sure Snowcone, I'd be happy to post a guide, but it'll be a while before can because I need to order more cases. But in reality it really is rather basic. All you need to do is cut off a bit of the plastic extending from the bottom right corner of the case. I use a large pair of toe nail clippers and then an small wood knife to make it as flat as possible.
Sorry to rush you, but the sooner I know what cases you have the sooner I can start on my next one! ;D
This may seem rude, but does anyone becides me and obviously Snowcone have an interest in doing NES covers? The games are very old and many of us don't have working NESes anymore, so I can understand why there isn't as much attention payed to the NES cover project. But it would be nice to know how many of us there are that have a common intrist in seeing the project grow as much as possible.
Best regards everyone.
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I have Bionic Commando, Trog, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Wow, Bionic Commando. Now THAT'S a classic.
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Bionic Commando is almost in mint condition and it's one of my favorite games of all time.
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i just took a peek in my closet, i have the Dragon Warrior Box in OK condition, there are a few creases, and bends in it, as well as a small tear at the top right hand of the back of it. I also have the Super Mario Bros. 3, in mint condition, the side, back, and front are all smooth, and tear free. My third and final box i have is the Adventure Island II box, it is in about the same condition as the Dragon Warrior box, maybe a little better, but still has a tear int he upper right hand corner of the back, as well as a few creases, and bends in it, but they should still all come out pretty well after scanning.
So, just let me know which sides to scan, and i will upload them, if thats what we are doing with them as of now? and i wanted to know if i should put them all into one .jpg or submit all three as different images. alright thanks, let me know what to do.
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FF, submit them all as separate files. There is a raw scan option on the upload page now. Just be sure to name the scans accordingly (top, spine, back, etc)
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FF, submit them all as separate files. There is a raw scan option on the upload page now. Just be sure to name the scans accordingly (top, spine, back, etc)
alright, can do. thanks snowcone
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Sure Snowcone, I'd be happy to post a guide, but it'll be a while before can because I need to order more cases. But in reality it really is rather basic. All you need to do is cut off a bit of the plastic extending from the bottom right corner of the case. I use a large pair of toe nail clippers and then an small wood knife to make it as flat as possible.
I don't get it- are you talking about the same Universal Game cases that are up for order on MediaShelving.com? Because those have a whole bunch of tabs in them and they all would have to be removed before a NES game would fit. There aren't any tabs in the bottom right corners of these cases.
The tabs are also really, really tough. They're usually tougher than the rest of the case.
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im scanning and uploading the 3 raw scans of each of the 3 covers i have, i scanned the left spine since those had the Nintendo Entertainment System logo on them, and i was thinking thats what you wanted, and that side on my cases seems to be alot nicer. i'll let you guys know when im done. i hope a bunch more of you guys have covers to scan, and i hope that guide gets up here soon, seems like there are some doubts from others, but i dont have the cases so i couldnt tell you if they work or not. alright guys, thanks for the help, ill post when im done.
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alright, i finished scanning, and uploading.
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Oh boy a whole slew of responses in just one day! Let me address each of you
Snowcone: Thanks for telling what you got. I really look forward to Bionic Commando. It's one of my favorites as well!
FinalFable: Terrific, you've got cases. I look forward to them all, espically Dragon Warrior and Mario 3. Like GBA boxes, you should scan the front, side (with the title) and the back. If you would like a hand putting it togeter, please email me your raws and I can put them together in the same fasion as my Tetris case. I think it would be best if all the cases ended up looking the same with the NES Spine logo I made.
papa_november: I'm using these https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf (https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf) Product 50-755. It is modifying work, but again, all I use is a wood carving knife and a pair of toenal clippers. There are few options for cases that fit NES games.
I apologize for the mix up though. Its because I have some other cases (I think they are older versions of the current ones) that measure the same case dimentions, and THOSE only require corner snipping.
All that said, here's what the very first cover looks like finished!
(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4108/tetriscoverel5.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
(http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2038/tetrisinsidexe1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
And in case anyone is wondering, the borwn stuff at the top of the inside is dried coffee. This was a case I didn't care what happened to, so it became my ginnie pig for this project. ;D
Cheers.
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satoshi, i uploaded my raws to the site under raws, so i dont exactly know if you can get them or not, or if snowcone can get them to you. if not, ill email them to you.
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papa_november: I'm using these https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf (https://recon.queenb2b.com/shopperinc/shop.taf) Product 50-755. It is modifying work, but again, all I use is a wood carving knife and a pair of toenal clippers. There are few options for cases that fit NES games.
I apologize for the mix up though. Its because I have some other cases (I think they are older versions of the current ones) that measure the same case dimentions, and THOSE only require corner snipping.
You definitely have an older version of that case, then. The photo on the Video Store Shopper site of their cases is pixel-for-pixel identical to the one on MediaShelving.com. It shows the later version of the case with the four huge tabs.
This is quite a predicament. Where might they sell the older version of the case? Does the Video Store Shopper still stock it (and just has the wrong photo)? Has anyone ordered cases from Video Store Shopper in recent months, and what type of cases did they get?
Perhaps you just have one of the security cases, like item #50-194? There's an odd slot in the side that might be for some sort of security device.
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Yeah FinalFable please email me. You can reach me at satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. Email me all the raws you have, for all the NES boxes you have. After I put it together I'll email you back the results. Just remember they arn't of much use unless they are 300 dpi and if possible for the meantime, a non lossy format. PNG is perferred. JPEG has a nasty habit of articating. >:(
I've decided the next cases I'll go do is Megaman 1. Get ready for the game that singlehandedly has the worst boxart in the history of the industry!
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Dude, if you have a problem with the Blue Bomber, you have a problem with ME! :)
Awesome that you have the box for it, I think Mega Man I along with Mega Man V and VI are hard to get boxed.
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Bionic Commando is almost in mint condition and it's one of my favorite games of all time.
MAME runs this one perfectly and it is a cool little blast when you get the hang of it ;D
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Yeah FinalFable please email me. You can reach me at satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. Email me all the raws you have, for all the NES boxes you have. After I put it together I'll email you back the results. Just remember they arn't of much use unless they are 300 dpi and if possible for the meantime, a non lossy format. PNG is perferred. JPEG has a nasty habit of articating. >:(
I've decided the next cases I'll go do is Megaman 1. Get ready for the game that singlehandedly has the worst boxart in the history of the industry!
alright, well ill work on doing that this weekend, since i submitted em all as jpg's to the site, i'll work on getting them to you as png's. and yes, they were scanned at 300 dpi, so you dont have to worry about that.
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FinalFable, even if you sent me the jpegs it'd still be fine. Just please send me something!
In other news, I've nearly finished my Megaman 1 cover. Its not the orignal, but custom made using an old ad in issue #3 of Nintendo Power ;D I should have it dont by tomorrow and I'll post a sneek peak for you guys to see here. I'll try to not make it so big as the other ones though lol.
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As promised, heres a preview of the Megaman 1 cover I just finished. Let me know what you guys think.
Bare in mind, this was made with bits and peices of scans, I don't have the orignal box.
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9993/megaman1ax2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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The front cover and the spine are great. I like it a lot, 2 very enthusiastic thumbs up :)
However, the back cover looks a bit pale in comparison. If I may suggest something, how about placing the text a bit lower so that it's centered. This way there wouldn't be that empty white space on the lower end of the back cover. And you could search for mega man sprites, they're easy to find via google picture search, so you could replace the pictures of the robot masters with colored versions. Don't take this as criticism I was just suggesting. Your cover is very much appreciated!
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Thanks for the suggestions Kaiser. The back is indeed pretty bad and in need of cleaning up.
If I may let me explain how I made this.
The front consists of an old ad that ran in Nintendo Power. I scanned the ad croped it and volla.
The spine is the final effort made after doing a lot of searching. If you notice Megaman logos, even now, 20 years later, Capcom still hasn't decided on a standard logo for the series. Since I wanted Megaman 1-6 to have the same logo, just with a number added, I looked for the best looking Megaman logo I could find. The logo with the red line passing through it seemed to look the best, so I tried to find a high res scan of that. No such luck. It appears in Megaman & Bass, but it would have been extremely difficult to isolate. My solution? The cardboard packages of the Jazzwares Megaman figures. I cut out the logo out of the cardboard, placed blue coloured paper behind it, scanned it, and there you go.
The back is made of scanns from the actual game manual. Unfortunetly the manual is small and the prinitng quality wasn't the best to begin with. So I'm looking to improve that.
I might even completely revamp it I'm thinking. Just wanted to know what you guys thought of it thusfar!
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i sent all the scans, in jpg's because i didnt have time to scan em in again. if they need to be done again, let me know, but im not sure i can get them done right away, or this weekend. i have exams this week, and then my birthday is friday, so ill have some family stuff to do for a little bit. i hope the scans are alright. good luck with the covers.
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Many thanks FinalFable! What you sent me was exellent and due to the quality it doesn't overly matter they are jpegs. They are all good, but if possible, please rescan the back of the Super Mario bros 3 box and send just that to me For some reason it isn't the same size as the other scans and will look somewhat distorted blown up.
I'm going to peice together the scans you sent and make covers out of them. I'll send you the results. Also when I'm done, I'll post previews here for the rest of you guys to see.
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Many thanks FinalFable! What you sent me was exellent and due to the quality it doesn't overly matter they are jpegs. They are all good, but if possible, please rescan the back of the Super Mario bros 3 box and send just that to me For some reason it isn't the same size as the other scans and will look somewhat distorted blown up.
I'm going to peice together the scans you sent and make covers out of them. I'll send you the results. Also when I'm done, I'll post previews here for the rest of you guys to see.
alright, can do :)
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I finished the Mario 3 cover using scans FinalFable sent me. I cleaned it up a bit and here it is in all its glory! Next I finsih the other two cases, Dragon Warrior 1 and Adventure Island II.
(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6936/supermariobros3ru8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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That Mario3 box looks great
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Indeed. That's some good work satoshi_matrix!
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great work satoshi! that box looks great, im really looking forward to seeing the rest of my scans become covers. again, great work :)
edit: do you still want me to rescan the back of the box?
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Ok guys heres Dragon Warrior 1. Hope you enjoy!
(http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/7002/dragonwarriro1gu6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Note: I've resized all of my other picture posts so page 5 isn't so hard to read anymore ;)
FinalFable, if you could, please scan the back of Super Mario bros 3 again, and also the side of Dragon Warrior. The very top looks like it was cropped off, making it look slightly off when put together for a case, as you can see.
Now I only have Adventure Island left to do and after that, I'll be out of covers again. Like the Megaman 1 box, I can peice together some old scans and make a makeshift box. Nothing wrong with that, but it would be best if I could gain access to actual NES boxes, since Tetris is the only one I have. If any of you out there have the actual boxes that your NES games came in, please feel free to email them to me and I'll make a Universal Media Cover out of your scans.
Cheers.
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Very nice indeed ;D
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well, i can scan the back of SMB3 again, but the side of Dragon Warrior, im not sure i can. Mostly because that is actually the VERY edge of that. It may not look like it, i was a little confused as well, but the title goes up to the right side very closely. so i dont know what to do about that. sorry.
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Dont worry about it FF. Do only whats possible!
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I just spent an hour trying to find a site that sold suitable cases, but without much success. The closest I could find was this (http://audioetc1.com/product_info.php/products_id/109873). The dimensions given are different from the Universal Game cases currently available, and it has a full sleeve, but there's no photo of the inside. I've e-mailed them about putting a photo up.
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Universal Game Case size: 7¼"H x 5¼"W x 1"D
Clear Game Case size: 4.75'' X 5.50'' X 1''
Unfortunetly those cases would be far too small to house NES carts. North American NES cartridges measure in at 5.5" x 4.8" x 0.5", which already would be taller than the cases you mentioned.
Thanks for trying though.
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NES carts fit in the media shelving universal game cases just fine if some of the interior plastic is trimmed out.
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Right. UGC are pretty much your only option when it comes to casing NES covers and they require modifing. However, it is a daunting task as I'm approching upwards of 100 NES games (finding good deals on ebay as well as flea markets on the weekends ;)) so modding 100 cases defenetly is going to be a pain. So far I've only done it to as many games as I actually have covers for, Tengen Tetris, Mario 3, Dragon Warrior 1 and Megaman 1.
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A little knife work is a small price to pay for an ultimately stunningly presented collection though .... with the aded bonus that your NES carts are safely tucked out of the way of dust etc.......
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I just take some pliers and twist fast and hard. The tabs come right off.
Anyway! I just uploaded some cases for The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link. I'm sorry I don't have anywhere to host them, but I hope they're up soon for anyone that would like them.
I found this joint searching for some box art to do some cases myself. It really saved me a whole lot of time and effort, so I wanted to do a little something to give back to the community, and the Zelda cases were the first NES ones I finished.
Thanks!
EDIT: Nevermind, here's a small smapler version.
(http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9215/legendofzeldaew4.th.jpg) (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=legendofzeldaew4.jpg)
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8426/legendofzeldaadevntureoka2.th.jpg) (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=legendofzeldaadevntureoka2.jpg)
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I just uploaded my OG mockup of Castlevania that I did a while back. I didn't realize that the NES cover thing had taken off here, it never picked up any steam over at CAG.
(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/440/castlevaniacoverku8.th.jpg) (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=castlevaniacoverku8.jpg)
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/440/castlevaniacoverku8.jpg
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Wow, both Zeldas and Castlevania! Exellent work guys! These look amazing!! ;D
That being said, I have a request of you kdunn77.
I don't mean to be perumpuious but since I was the first to make some covers, I feel I have a personal claim to the way cases should look. Therefore, I would like to make my own versions of these.
So kdunn77 if you would be so kind, please email me those scans in the resolution you would post to the site. I'm egar to get my Zeldas cased as soon as possible and want to add my alternitive versions to the mix. my email as always is satoshimatrix@hotmail.com.
Since this is an update anyway, I wanted to let you guys know I'm working on a River City Ransom cover right now.
Which reminds me, what boxes do you guys have becides these? I've done all the games I have cases for and now I'm just using old scans and odd bits of this and that.
So far, this is the list of covers made for the NES project (beta):
Tengen Tetris
Megaman 1
Super Mario Bros 3
Dragon Warrior 1
Adventure Island II (though I haven't posted it yet, I'll do that tomorrow)
and now
Zelda 1
Zelda 2
Castlevania
I look forward to seeing this project continue to expand, maybe including Famicom covers sometime along the road eh? :P
Cheers.
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great covers guys.what happenned to the nes logos and banners ,those looked great on the first few covers that were posted.keep up the great work.
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Well, I had made mine before the ones with the logos on the spine were posted, so that's why they weren't there.
But I did edit them and include the logos, as well as fix some coloring on The Adventure of Link. I'll upload them, and perhaps when the covers are added to the site, the old ones can just be discarded.
Also, I added some white to the "Nintendo" logo for the spine. I just didn't like all that black. Hope no one minds.
The only box I actually have is Willow. The Zelda cases were actually made from semi-scratch using what I could find on the 'net.
I'd be all for seeing some Famicom covers. I always enjoy seeing the originl box art. If anyone's interested, I've made Gameboy covers for SaGa - Final Fantasy Legend, SaGa 2 - Final Fantasy Legend II, SaGa 3 - Final Fantasy Legend III, and Seiken Densetsu - Final Fantasy Adventure. I've uploaded them already, but they've yet to be added.
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1572/legendofzelda02pg3.th.jpg) (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=legendofzelda02pg3.jpg)
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good lookin stuff. I'd be cerious to see your SaGa 3 cover as that was pretty much the only RPG I played for the gameboy.
I'm glad there are supporters of this project. I dont mean to nag but please send your Zelda 1 cover. I want to casse the NES's best games as soon as possible and now I want to print off the cover you made. So please send me a copy of that cover! Due to the overwhelping amount of covers added daily, Snowcone can only update every so often. Its like having a second full time job you don't get paid for. Understabably it'll be a while before he uploads. thats why I'm asking^^
Cheers.
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Oh, no doubt. I'm sure it's a pain to add all that stuff. I know I have no clue about programming websites. In any event, I e-mailed you the Zelda cover.
Also, I finished one for Final Fantasy. If anyone has any suggestions, hit me up. If not, I'll go ahead and upload it.
And finally, here's a peek at the SaGa 3 cover. It was made using the real scan of the American back, but I cobbled together the front using art from the Japanese version and mixing it with the front, to combine both countries' styles.
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/62/finalfantasycomplete9xh.th.jpg) (http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finalfantasycomplete9xh.jpg)
(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9509/saga03complete8zc.th.jpg) (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saga03complete8zc.jpg)
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Thanks that Zelda cover is awesome. I'm rather amazed by the quality of the scan and the clarity of the font. You did an exellent job epsically considering you dont have the orignal box.
That Fianl Fantasy cover looks perfect from what I can tell from the thumbnail.
Do you think you could hook me up with Zelda II and Final Fantasy too?
Keep up the phinonimal work!
Cheers.
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That being said, I have a request of you kdunn77.
I don't mean to be perumpuious but since I was the first to make some covers, I feel I have a personal claim to the way cases should look. Therefore, I would like to make my own versions of these.
So kdunn77 if you would be so kind, please email me those scans in the resolution you would post to the site. I'm egar to get my Zeldas cased as soon as possible and want to add my alternitive versions to the mix. my email as always is satoshimatrix@hotmail.com.
I made the Castlevania cover about a year ago with some pics I downloaded from the net. I put a lot of work in cleaning up the image after the cover was assembled, so that is the best image I have. If you click on the link under the post then click on that image, you can save the full sized image.
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Thanks for the kind words. I did put a lot of time into cleaning up the colors and retyping and aligning all the text to look original. But the source materials were there to work off of, so it wasn't too difficult.
If you could mail me the full sized Dragon Quest / Warrior cover, that'd be awesome.
Kdunn, thanks for the Castlevania cover. It looks quite sexy next to the rest of my games.
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to say I am really excited about this project. I have like 40 NES cartridges just lying on my shelf loose, homeless if you will. I am looking forward to helping out with this project. Anyone know much about modifying the newer cases to take NES carts? Not sure if there is a guide somewhere I am missing. If you guys want one, I can give it a try, and see how easy it really is.
Anyway, until I get a scanner, and learn photoshop really well, I think I will only be able to provide moral support. So keep up the good work! :)
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Hey everyone! Just wanted to say I am really excited about this project. I have like 40 NES cartridges just lying on my shelf loose, homeless if you will. I am looking forward to helping out with this project. Anyone know much about modifying the newer cases to take NES carts? Not sure if there is a guide somewhere I am missing. If you guys want one, I can give it a try, and see how easy it really is.
Anyway, until I get a scanner, and learn photoshop really well, I think I will only be able to provide moral support. So keep up the good work! :)
Welcome to the project, you will probably find it as addictive as most of us have, (if married, tell your wife we are sorry :) )
Photoshop is not that hard to use (I'm old and can scan/cut/cleanup and assemble N64 covers) There are lots of people here with pointers.
I do not believe anyone has made aguide for modding the cases to fit the NES and posted it, so that would be a great contibution. (If you have a digital camera photo's help, if not, diagrams help)
Once again, welcome, we love enthusiastic people. ;D
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The more the marrier, I say, espically if you have NES boxes/are going to contribute. With games of this age finding boxes (and finding them in good shape) can prove to be difficult.
That being said, I feel I should update.
Thanks to a recent find by DOL_001, I've started work on a hefty load of NES covers. Heres a list of what's *complete* so far to my knowledge by myself and others:
1942 (finished)
Bubble Bobble (finished)
Castlevania 1 (needs some fine tuning)
Dragion Warrior 1 (finished)
Final Fantasy 1 (finished)
Megaman 1 (needs some fine tuing)
Super Mario Bros 3. (finished)
Tetris (Tengen version) (finished)
Zelda, The Legend of (finished)
Zelda II The Adventure of Link (finished)
What I'm working on and soon to be completed:
10 Yard Fight
Bad Dudes
Batman: The Video Game
Battle of Olympus
Bionic Commado
Castlevania II Simon's Quest
Castlevania III Dracula's Curse
Crystalis
Donkey Kong Classics
Dr. Mario
Ghosts n' Goblins
Mario Bros. Arcade
Megaman II - VI
Metal Gear
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Rad Racer
Robocop
Shatterhand
StarTropics
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)
Spy Hunter
Tiger Heli
Heres a list of games I have loose with no cover for (If anyone is willing, I could use a hand for any of these ::))
1943: The Battle of Midway
8 Eyes
Abadox
Astyanax
Battletoads
Blaster Master
Cabal
Captain Skyhawk
Caveman Games
Commado
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
Desert Commander
Double Dragon 1
Dr. Jackel & Mr. Hyde
Dick Tracy
Flaxanadu
Gauntlet (Tengen)
Gradius
Gaurdian Legend, The
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Hogan's Alley
Jepordy!
Karate Kid
Karnov
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
Kung Fu
The Krion Conquest
Legacy of the Wizard
The Legend of Kage
Life Force
Master Chu and the Drunkard Hu (Colordreams)
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden 1
Operation Wolf
R.C. Pro AM
Rescue Rangers 1
Renegade
River City Ransom (despertely want!)
Robin Hood Prince of Theives
Spot
Super C
Super Gloveball (yay powerglove)
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
Simpsons Bart Vs the Space Mutants
Super Spike V Ball
StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge
Stealth
Tetris (Nintendo's build)
To the Earth (hardest zapper game ever)
Wall Street Kid
Wizards & Warriors 1
Wheel of Fortune
Xexyz
Xevious
phew. I suppose that wrapps things up for this update. I can post pics of any finished covers if anyone wants to see. I just though I'd better not add them to THIS post as its a whole page long as it is ;)
Cheers!
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I am afraid all I can offer is scans of manuals for a lot of those games.
I don't have many NES boxes around :(
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I have the Gauntlet case (managed to pick up Gauntlet, as it was one of the few Tengen games i'm missing), though it was the grey cartridge, and not the cool black one. The box needs some work, but i'll get on it. There is a sticker on it, which i'm assuming is the original price tag, which i'll work around.
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It ocuurs to me that most NES games have the same sticker art as the box art. That might be helpful. Won'thelp with the back, though.
I cleaned up the Castlevania cover for color smoothing and spine conformity. And I'm working on the Dragon Warrior cover.
I think a buddy of mine (He's strictly an NES collector.) has a few NES boxes I might be able to scan. I'll have to look into that.
(http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6495/castlevaniasmallcl9.th.jpg) (http://img75.imageshack.us/my.php?image=castlevaniasmallcl9.jpg)
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I'm trying to clear out the entire backlog today so I've been posting covers like crazy today. I got the first batch of Pap November's NES covers up and online already. Hopefully I have time today to finish doing the rest of the covers.
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What dimensions are you guys making these covers at? Are they meant to fit into the Universal Game Cases that are 3366x2100?
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great covers,are the spines all going to be uniform,there are 2 different spines in the download section now,it would be nice for display.just wondering ;)
great work ;D
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I'll be headed back to Philly this weeked and I'll be able to scan some covers while I'm there.
One i know off hand:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Blaster Master
Metroid
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Great! Metroid, another must-have. This project really is moving along at a good pace.
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What dimensions are you guys making these covers at? Are they meant to fit into the Universal Game Cases that are 3366x2100?
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What dimensions are you guys making these covers at? Are they meant to fit into the Universal Game Cases that are 3366x2100?
Aw, crap. I forgot to mention that. They are for the Universal cases, but for some reason, the size dimensions on this site don't print out right on my computer, so they had to be modified.
Easy enough for the individual to do on his own, but I can set them to the site's sizes if you'd prefer?
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NEW THREAD OVER IN UNIVERSAL MEDIA with 25 new pieces of NES case art:
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=368.0
SAMPLE:
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_megaman2-small.jpg)
best game ever?
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_tmnt-small.jpg)
no comment.
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_smb-small.jpg)
yes.
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_smb2-small.jpg)
yes 2.
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/shared/covers/nes_mg-small.jpg)
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!
Custom!
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/eightcell/shared/covers/nes_mariod-small.jpg)
I have like 8 copies of this game somehow.
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Very nice! :)
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Whoa, beaten to the punch of posting eightcell! Great looking work and I'm glad you've done some covers I haven't!
I should have all my covers done by tonight.
Snowcone, I've done most of what eightcell's already posted as well as a whole slew of others. I'm going to upload all of them, which is something like 22 covers. Is there a methoid of getting them all to you all at once or do I have to upload them individually through the upload page? Sometimes that upload page doesn't like me...
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great covers,are the spines all going to be uniform,there are 2 different spines in the download section now,it would be nice for display.just wondering ;)
I'm curious about this too.
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Well TravistyOJ, I know that my orignal Nintendo Entertainment spine differs from The Game's spines in terms of size on his covers, so there are at least two different versions. Weither eightcell is using mine, The Game's or a modified version of either I can't tell from the thumbnails he posted. I'm going to redo his covers with my own version of the spine for those interested in my orignal design. No offense to you The Game, I mean yeah your work is exceptional but it would be best if all the spines were the same style and size.
Cheers.
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Like I said, my bad on the size. They don't print right using the site's standard template. They come out too long and too tall, and I forgot that when uploading.
If I do any in the future I'll remember to only upload the "big" ones with the black spine. Though it seems everyone has just about every game under control.
I'm telling you, though, the white logo looks much better than the black.
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I agree with The Game on this one. The white Nintendo logo on the NES looks better than the black.
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I agree with The Game on this one. The white Nintendo logo on the NES looks better than the black.
I didn't know what you guys were talking about at first, for anyone else that is confused here is an example:
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/logo_sample.jpg)
I didn't even think about it! I agree with you both, I am changing all of mine over to the Nintendo logo with the white back.
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This project is pretty much satoshi_matrix' baby but I also agree with the previous posts that the white logo looks better. This is not meant as criticism, it's just a personal preference.
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Options options options....
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/logo_sample2.jpg)
Compare:
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_mg-small.jpg)
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_white2.jpg)
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/kymcat3/covers/nes_white.jpg)
I think something could be said for each.
Vote?
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My own opinion is left unchanged. I think the first one looks the best, followed by the white version. The final one I dont like at all. The monocrome white makes the cover look more like a photocopy than a case cover to me!
Cheers.
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For the Metal Gear cover, the black Nintendo background looks better. The white looks a little out of place with the rest of the cover.
I feel that we need a universal template, like the N64 to get this project done.
It is time to fight it out now. My suggestion is to set up a poll and whichever one wins in the next couple of days will be the standard.