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MADrigal:
Hello, my first post here.

I'm MADrigal, webmaster of the CreatiVEmu website, the main source for VTech Creativision fans all over the world.

URL: www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/

I have an almost complete collection of boxed Creativision carts, and I also released two homebrew carts: Multicart and Diagnosticart.

I have a request: why not doing new covers for the Creativision games, since the original game boxes are not always easy findings, and there's plenty of people just owning loose carts?

I could provide scans from original game boxes, if needed.

Feel free to contact me via this forum, or via my website. :-)
Arseen:

--- Quote from: MADrigal on January 22, 2013, 01:26:00 PM ---Hello, my first post here.

I'm MADrigal, webmaster of the CreatiVEmu website, the main source for VTech Creativision fans all over the world.

URL: www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/

I have an almost complete collection of boxed Creativision carts, and I also released two homebrew carts: Multicart and Diagnosticart.

I have a request: why not doing new covers for the Creativision games, since the original game boxes are not always easy findings, and there's plenty of people just owning loose carts?

I could provide scans from original game boxes, if needed.

Feel free to contact me via this forum, or via my website. :-)

--- End quote ---

Welcome to the site.

Do scan the boxes @600DPI, with moire removal, and we'll see what happens.
MADrigal:
What should I scan? Front, back and side?

I found the "Upload a Cover" link, but when uploading it asks which system and game title.

Any suggestions?
pumanchero:

--- Quote from: MADrigal on January 23, 2013, 02:25:49 AM ---What should I scan? Front, back and side?

I found the "Upload a Cover" link, but when uploading it asks which system and game title.

Any suggestions?

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You can create an account on mediafire or box.net and use the shared link to your scans as signature here on the forums.
As Arseen suggested you should scan the boxes at 300 DPI (600 DPI is strongly recommended); we need the front the back and the left spine (or both if one doesn't content the logo or any relevant information related to the game).
I had no idea that something called Creativision existed so I have no clue of the size of either the boxes or the carts  :-[ This is important to have in mind to what kind of cases the covers will be designed for. For what I have seen in pictures an Universal Game Case should fit a cart OK.

Looking forward for your scans!
MADrigal:
> You can create an account on mediafire or box.net and use
> the shared link to your scans as signature here on the forums.

I did something better: I put a zipped file on my FTP server.

The "test" scan is at: www.madrigaldesign.it/creativemu/scans/cv_astro_pinball_300dpi.zip

The archive contains: front, back, left spine, info txt file.



> As Arseen suggested you should scan the boxes at 300 DPI
> (600 DPI is strongly recommended);

sadly my scanner doesn't go beyond 300 dpi.



> we need the front the back and the left spine (or both if one
> doesn't content the logo or any relevant information related to
> the game)

the left spine is the same as the right one, except it's top-down.



> I had no idea that something called Creativision existed

It's a known console in most of the world, except the USA because it was mainly a PAL system. NTSC versions exist but are extremely hard finding. It's a top-want by most hardcore collectors.

The console hardware is extremely close to the Colecovision, except the CPU which is a 2MHz 6502 instead of a Z80. Plus, the Creativision features an embedded keyboard and cassette-tape port. Microsoft Basic is on optional cartridge.



> so I have no clue of the size of either the boxes or the carts  :-[

They're smaller than the VCS 2600 carts.

If you go visit the CreatiVEmu website, you can download PDF files containing scans of boxes (front + back), manuals, joystick overlays and carts. You can print them and see yourself the true size of everything.

By the way, fyi, the standard Creativision cart is 6,4 x  8,0 x 1,8 cm.

Compatible systems cartridges, like the ones for Hanimex Rameses/VTech Funvision, and the Laser 2001/Salora Manager, are slightly different.

The Multicart/Diagnosticart cart shells I produced are slightly different too as they were designed to fit every model of CV and compatible systems.



> This is important to have in mind to what kind of cases the covers will
> be designed for. For what I have seen in pictures an Universal Game Case
> should fit a cart OK.

I think so.



> Looking forward for your scans!

still uploading... 5 minutes to go :-)

Please let me know if you like the quality of scans, or you need more infos. :-)
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