Wiggy-Template N64 covers

[wiggy]

***Shadowfox N64 covers can be found here***

N64: 64DD, ACC, & #-I (J-S are in 3rd post, T-Z in the 4th post)


64DD English Spine Inserts

Doushin The Giant


F-Zero Expansion Pak


Japan Pro Golf Tour 64


Mario Artist: Communiaction


Mario Artist: Paint Studio


Mario Artist: Polygon Studio


Mario Artist: Talent Studio


Randnet Startup Disk


Sim City 64



ACCESSORIES

Capture Cart (2UGC)


Modem (2UGC)


Mouse & Microphone (2UGC)


GB Hunter (2UGC) *oddball accessory which allows to to play GB and GBC games on the N64


Dev Cart


GameShark (double UGC)


Memory Cards


Memory Cards (retail/wiggy mashup)



CARTS/GAMES

1080° Snowboarding


A Bug's Life


Aero Gauge


Aero Fighter's Assault


Aidyn Chronicles - The First Mage


All Star Baseball 99


All Star Baseball 2000


All-Star Baseball 2001


All Star Tennis 99


Armories: Project Swarm


Army Men: Air Combat


Army Men: Sarge's Heroes


Army Men's Sarge's Hero 2


Asteroids Hyper 64


Automobili Lamborghini


Banjo-Kazooie


Banjo-Tooie


Bass Hunter 64


Bassmasters 2000


Battle Tanx


Battle Tanx: Global Assault


Battle Zone


Beetle Adventure Racing


Blast Corps


Body Harvest


Bomberman 64


Bomberman 64: 2nd Attack


Bomberman Hero


Buck Bumble


Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling


Bust A Move 2


California Speed


Castlevania


Castlevania (alt)


Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness


Chameleon Twist


Chameleon Twist 2


Charlie Blasts Territory


Chopper Attack


Clay Fighter 63 ⅓


Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut


Command & Conquer


Conker's Bad Fur Day


Cruis'n Exotica


Cruis'n USA


Cruis'n World


Cyber Tiger


Daikatana


Dark Rift


Diddy Kong Racing


Donkey Kong 64


Doom 64


Dr. Mario 64


Duke Nukem 64 (needs repair.  using modified/broken template)


Duke Nukem: Zero Hour


Earthworm Jim 3D


ECW: Hardcore Revolution


Excitebike 64


Elmo's Letter Adventure


Elmo's Number Journey


Extreme G


Extreme G 2


F1 Pole Position 64


F1 World Grand Prix


FIFA 64


FIFA 99


Fighter's Destiny


Fighting force 64


F-Zero (JP)


F-Zero (US)


Gauntlet Legends


Gex 64


Gex 3


Glover


Goemon's Great Adventure


Goldeneye 007


Golden Nugget


GT64: Championship Edition


Harvest Moon 64


Hexen


Hybrid Heaven


Iggy's Recking Balls


Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine


International Superstar Soccer '98


International Superstar Soccer 2000

[zakurowrath]

Wow those are so awesome, I can't believe the modem takes up two UGC's lol Thanks so much Wiggy, can't wait to see the remaining games in the future!

Also I know what you mean, people seem to be keeping those more rare Disk Drive games now days,I'm still looking for the capture card myself.

[wiggy]

N64: J-S


Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000


Jeopardy


Jet Force Gemini


Killer Instinct Gold


Kirby: The Crystal Shards


Knife Edge


Lego Racers


Lode Runner 3D


Mace: The Dark Age


Madden 64


Madden 99


Madden 2000


Madden 2001


Madden 2002


Magical Tetris Challenge


Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffy Jr


Mario Golf


Mario Golf - wiggy alt version (couldn't find a decent scan at the time version)


Mario Kart 64


Mario Party Super-Pak - wiggy custom (3UGC)


Mario Party


Mario Party 2



Mario Party 3


Mario Tennis


Megaman 64


Mickey's Speedway USA


Micro Machines 64 Turbo


Milo's Astro Lanes


Mischief Makers


Monster Truck Madness


Mortal Kombat 4 (improved, high res cover image)


Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero


Multi Racing Championship


Mystical Ninja


NAMCO Museum 64


NASCAR '99


NASCAR 2000


NBA Courtside 2


NBA Hangtime


NBA In The Zone 98


NBA Showtime NBA on NBC


NFL Blitz 2000


NFL Quarterback Club 98


NFL Quarterback Club 99


NFL Quarterback Club 2000


Nightmare Creatures


Nuclear Strike


Off-Road Challenge


Ogre Battle 64


Paper Mario


Penny Racers


Perfect Dark


Pilotwings 64


Pokémon Puzzle League


Pokémon Snap


Pokémon Stadium (3UGC for Transfer Pak)


Pokémon Stadium


Pokémon Stadium 2 (3UGC for Transfer Pak)


Pokémon Stadium 2


Power Puff Girls - Chemical X-Traction


Power Rangers: Light Speed Rescue


Quest 64


Rakuga Kids (JP)


Rampage: World Tour


Rampage 2: Universal Tour


Rat Attack


Ready 2 Rumble Boxing


Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2


Revolt


Ridge Racer 64


Road Rash 64


Roadsters


Rocket


Rugrats in Paris: The Movie


Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt


Rush 2


San Francisco Rush 2049 (spine title in preview, used higher res spine logo)


SCARS/S.C.A.R.S.


Sin and Punishment (JAP)


Snowboard Kids


Snowboard Kids 2


South Park

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Space Station Silicon Valley


Spiderman


StarCraft 64


StarFox 64


Starshot Space Circus Fever


Star Wars: Battle For Naboo


Star Wars: Episode 1 Pod Racer


Star Wars: Rogue Squadron


Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire


Stunt Racer 64


Superman


Super Mario 64


Super Smash Bros.

[wiggy]

T-Z


Tarzan


Tetrisphere


Tigger's Honey Hunt


Top Gear Hyperbike


Tonic Trouble


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater


Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3


Top Gear: Overdrive


Top Gear Rally 2


Toy Story 2


Transformers Beast Wars Transmetals (Retail cover)


Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals (wigggy couldn't find a decent scan at the time version)


Triple Play 2000


Turok


Turok 2: Seeds of Evil


Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion


Turok Rage Wars


Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding


Vigilante 8


Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense


Virtual Chess


Virtual Pool



V-Rally 99


Waialae Country Club


War Gods


Wave Race 64


Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey


WCW Backstage Assault


WCW Mayhem


WCW Nitro


WCW vs NWO World Tour


Wetrix


Wheel of Fortune


Winback


Wipeout 64


World Driver Championship


World Is Not Enough


World Cup 98


WWF Attitude


WWF: No Mercy


WWF Wrestlemania 2000


Xena Warrior Princess: Talisman of Fate


Yoshi Story


Zelda: Majora's Mask


Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[Azarkhel]

64 is a lot harder to design for than the SNES isn't it? Such a lack of decent artwork to use. I notice these are much more retail than your SNES collection, more passion for the 16bit console?

[wiggy]

64 is a lot harder to design for than the SNES isn't it? Such a lack of decent artwork to use. I notice these are much more retail than your SNES collection, more passion for the 16bit console?

Well, sometimes.  The real reason that these are almost all retail is that I started with my N64 games when I got to this site.   I had just done a BUNCH of custom covers for some of my Saturn and PS1 games, and the idea of making covers with almost zero effort was really appealing at the time (I still love picking up N64 games.  Takes like 20 minutes per cover ).  but then I stumbled onto a few that had really crummy scans.  Namely, Mario Golf and Transformers.  So I had to make customs for them, even though they're still in the retail format.  

DEFINITELY more passion for the 16-bit era.  I'm an old fart (for a gamer), which means that I grew up with the 8 and 16-bit stuff, which of course means that they hold the most nostalgia for me.  I only actually play a handful of them with any regularity, but I still have LOTS of love for 'em and most have seem plenty of play time over the years   I probably play N64 games more often though.  As much as people groaned about lack of solid titles for the N64, I can't really think of another game library who's great to crappy title ratio is higher.  

There were like 220ish N64 games, right?  There are at least 75 games worth owning IMO.  That means that more than a third of the library is made up of decent titles.   Jeeze, I got off topic...

[fiatbravodriver]

Great Job Wiggy, I've grabbed a few. Especially the Transmetals and Mario Golf.

[wiggy]

Thanks!  Of course you grabbed the only 2 with custom art

[Nacho3]

Damnit Wiggy! I just finish my 50+ N64 collection with retail covers because I didn't like the look of the verticals. Now I see these and I just have to make all of my games with these. I also didn't like that your Gameshark and Memory Card covers looked so different from the others so I made these:
https://www.box.com/s/0d547a11834dd1c79b82
I know they are not perfect but I am new to Photoshop and still figuring out how to use it. The border around it is just to help me cut it to the right size since the outside is black. What do you think: good, bad, ugly?

[wiggy]

I actually print all of mine with a gray border as well, just didn't up them that way because I thought it would put people off.  It definitely helps a lot more than crop marks which require that you not cut through the entire sheet at once.

I think they work (the revisions), but they could use a little love IMO.  The spine on the controller pack, specifically the title, is really tiny.  I'd punch that WAY up and possibly even use 2 rows if need be.

The art on the GS cover is creeping down into the template itself as well and it looks like the art for the controller pack got stretched a bit too much.  


Also, this reminds me that I've got like 10-15 new covers that I've got to upload.  Ugh, so much to do, SO much to do.

[Nacho3]

I know, like I said I'm new to Photoshop and they looked pretty good on my screen at 25% but when I printed them I knew I would have to redo them but I decided to move on to other covers first. I appreciate the work that you did to get me started though because they would be absolutely awful if I tried to come up with a template on my own.

[wiggy]

Do you have the original art for those two covers?  If you post it, I can take care of those issues in no time flat and I can show you what I will do to tidy them up so you can do so in the future.  There are all kinds of simple, SIMPLE techniques that nearly everyone should be able to master in order to make some really decent, professional looking covers

[Nacho3]

Yeah I got them from the N64 section here on TCP but I added them to my box.com folder from my earlier post if you just wanna grab them from there

[wiggy]

Here you go.

The back artwork fits pretty well, but there's this little awkward bit at the bottom.  No prob, we can fix that in about 5 minutes, tops.




Select > Copy > Paste this chunk of the cover.




At the top menu:

Edit > Free Transform or Rotate.  Then just move it into position.  For the other corner, just hit "paste" again, then go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.  Now just move it to the other corner as in the pic.




Now we need a bar across the bottom to finish the border.  Same as before.  Select the chunk that you want, blah blah blah.




Bam!  They're all in place.  Now just carefully erase the extra bits that are covering up the type and whatnot and you're good to go!




GameShark Double UGC



The controller pack takes a bit more work, but is still WAY doable with the right tools.

Paste the back cover into the file and (gasp!) upscale it so that it fits like so.




Normally I don't recommend scaling anything up, but it gets the job done in this instance, plus that scan isn't all that great in the 1st place, so whatever.

Select > Copy > Paste the N64 logo at the top and scoot it over.




Ever use the Stamp/Clone tool?  It's about the greatest thing EVAR!  Hold down Alt, left click and area, then let go of alt and press and hold left click to paint a clone of the area that you just clicked before.  Play with it for a bit, it's really, REALLY useful.

This is how we'll clean up the crap in the corner that got cut off by our scaling.  Losing it is actually good, since it's redundant.  My template already contains the legal jargon and whatnot.




Select > Copy > Paste this little icon from the upper right.




Gonna need to move that warning box to make room.  Select/Copy/Paste or the Stamp tool can get the job done.




Then push the icon bar over and Edit > Transform > Scale.  Drag it to a size that works and nudge into its new home.




Use the Lasso tool (looks like a little lasso.  Right click to select the Polygonal Lasso which looks like a pointy lasso).  Select the area(s) that you need to use the stamp tool in order to remove the image of the Controller Pack in the background.




Go back and use the Stamp again to remove the icon from its original location and you're pretty much done!


Controller Pack

I didn't cover the spine type because I'm fairly certain that you can sort that one out.  Just make the type bigger LOL!

Hope this helps.

[Nacho3]

Wow! Thank you sir, that was much more helpful than trying to find stuff on Google or YouTube. I don't know how I ever lived without Photoshop all these years, it's amazing.