Author Topic: NTSC NES Black Label Collection; Completed! ;D  (Read 1394 times)

March 02, 2012, 01:32:07 AM
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Never mind, doesn't matter, just gonna vector the whole fucking thing.  Should be done tomorrow sometime.


March 03, 2012, 09:25:38 AM
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Looks sweet!

Since I'm American, I just found out that there was a "small box" PAL NES game series and they are pretty cool! There's 40 of them, most from the "black box" series.

This guy here has them all:

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=40606

For the "black box" games, the PAL art is usually the same as the Japanese Famicom art (and the e-reader NES art), with a few exceptions:

Metroid (different than US or FDS)
Pro Wrestling (different than US or FDS)
Slalom (not released in Japan, not US art)
Ice Climber (seal replaced with yetti, same as e-reader version)
Rad Racer (not a small box, but different art than US or FC)

The non black box use the US art. Most (All?) of these also were in PAL regular size boxes. I haven't been able to find proof that Volleyball had a normal size box in Europe.

Some games have the Famicom art horizontally flipped (some not in small boxes):

Balloon Fight (full size box is silver instead of black and has flipped artwork, same as e-reader, small box is not flipped)
Baseball (full size PAL box flipped, e-reader art is not flipped)
Mach Rider (both full and small PAL boxes are flipped)

I think we need to preserve these as UGCs! And maybe in the small size too (for DS cases?). Some are already on the site, but I'd like to see them done in PAL style, US style, as well as Famicom/ FDS versions. It can be done various ways. If they aren't available to scan, a different version with the same art can be used, and then the box can be re-created.

March 03, 2012, 09:32:34 AM
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If I create vector versions of the art (like I'm doing with Stack Up), then reconfiguring for other regions will be a snap since pushing around vector art is really simple ;)

March 03, 2012, 09:37:34 AM
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But these use real artwork, not the pixel American stuff, so it may be harder?:


March 03, 2012, 10:43:15 AM
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Sorry, I didn't click the link before because I'm on my phone and I didn't have the time to take a look. Yes, that would be a LOT more work if I/we were to attempt to create them from scratch :(

Are signed up on that forum?  I wonder if that guy has the resources to have those boxes scanned (not to mention the desire to do so). We should ask him. That would make the process a LOT easier.

March 03, 2012, 12:26:47 PM
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Good idea. I found that site when looking for scans of the American ones.

March 04, 2012, 03:17:18 AM
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Never mind, doesn't matter, just gonna vector the whole fucking thing.  Should be done tomorrow sometime.



Excellent! Looking good so far! :D

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March 04, 2012, 03:36:53 AM
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Thanks.  It's pretty much done.  I'll finish up the last little tidbits (re-creating that extra wordy Nintendo seal of quality *grumble*), and then post it up :D

March 04, 2012, 10:10:14 AM
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March 04, 2012, 01:59:04 PM
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March 04, 2012, 02:22:03 PM
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I think all of the downloads are high quality jpeg.

March 05, 2012, 07:18:43 PM
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Done!



Would file type would you like?
Simply beautiful.  One jpg file with the full cover art, not just the front please ;D

This means that the NES Black box series is complete!

Well done everyone! Thank you!

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March 05, 2012, 08:49:00 PM
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I only did the front so far.

I found a usable copy of the back, but I can't find the spine. Anyone have a pic or even a low res scan for reference?  Now that all the graphics are built, it shouldn't take long at all to flesh out.

The only other thing I can think of is screenshots for the back. Do you guys have any specific requirements for the images?  I was gonna use whatever I can find on the web that's high enough res (of course tryin to match the original pics as closely as possible.

March 05, 2012, 10:41:22 PM
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March 05, 2012, 11:04:35 PM
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Does it need to be that thick, or can I just make it the size of any normal NES game?