Mel's custom Super Famicom covers

[Mel]

Thanks
I have add some more new covers

[wiggy]

I dig the art crossing over the spine.  I thought about that when I started, but it seemed like it wouldn't work very well for all of my games, and I didn't want the inconsistency

[Mel]

I have added some new covers.

[JDavis]

According to the barcode, they're all Magic Sword!

[Mel]

I am using Wiggy's sfc cover as a template.

[Azarkhel]

So change it?

[wiggy]

It's not always easy to find SFC barcodes

I think a lot of my own SFC games are actually Street Fighter 2

[Mel]

I am not sure where I would find all of the barcodes for all super famicom games covers. If you would tell me where I can find the barcodes then I will change them.

[wiggy]

Try typing the SHVC number into google.  It'll often give a GameFAQs link, which can be helpful.  Amazon.jp and playaisa-type used JP game sites often pop up too. All if those can help. You won't get images if the actual barcode, but you'll at least get the number most of the time, and you can just type that under any old barcode, since none if US can read barcodes by eye


Oh, and once you type the SHVC number in, try and click "images" up top. Sometimes you can get a large enough box scan to pull it from

[Mel]

Okay, Thank you

Breath of Fire 2 with barcode fixied

http://www.mediafire.com/?2w8dso0ke05ef09

[JDavis]

Yeah, I found it more humorous than anything else.

I plan to use this barcode generator once I've got my new template all set up, but I'm not sure what barcode format the Japanese use. It's not UPC A like America, since it has things like letters in it.

EDIT: After referincing the two boxed Japanese games I have and doing some experimenting, the Japanese barcodes are in EAN 13 format, a generator for which can be found here

Do not include the T at the beginning of some games' code, or the last (13th) digit (which is a checksum digit for error correcting, same applies to the 12th digit for the above UPC A generator for US games). The barcode generator will fill in that last digit for you.

[wiggy]

There are free fonts for that too.  Makes life SOOOOOO much easier

[JDavis]

Yes, but just using a font you'll likely end up with an improperly encoded barcode. There's certain elements of the barcode that are likely to be missed (the beginning, middle, and end markers; the right half of the barcode being inverted, etc)... It's easier to just use a generator and then paste it in. That generator is especially nice, since it lets you specify the dimensions of the bars; that way you can generate the barcode much larger than you need it to be and then resize it down.

[wiggy]

I guess I just don't care about barcodes as much      Like I was saying, I can't read 'em anyway  

edit: On a side note, I had didn't know that the UPC had so many "rules" per se, as you described.  Interesting...

[Mel]

I have added some new Super Famicom cover for
Aladdin
Disney's Magical Quest  starring Mickey Mouse
Record of lodoss war
Romancing saga
World Heroes 2
Yoshi's Island
Super PC Genjin
Super Metroid

Thank to wiggy (I hope that okay with you that your design with the sfc template.)
R-Type 3
Super Bomberman
Super Bomberman 2
Super Mario RPG
Super Valis
Lagoon