Is it just me or do SNES vertical look alot more crisp than retail?

[kingjohn3]

Just an observation on the crispness and clarity of the vertical vs horizontal. IS there a way for the retail to look as good?

[pumanchero]

Just an observation on the crispness and clarity of the vertical vs horizontal. IS there a way for the retail to look as good?

Smaller images are easier to retouch while big images depend more on the source: HQ scans.

[kingjohn3]

oh ok thanks. simple enough i guess. 

[Blumpkin]

The biggest advantage in my opinion is the standardized spine.

[shenske]

Smaller images are easier to retouch while big images depend more on the source: HQ scans.

The artwork is hardly any different in size from vertical to horizontal, just different orientation.



@KingJohn3
The covers being uniform and templated helps it to look clean and crisp.  Many times the vertical artwork used is a different source than what was used in the retail cover on the site. I also think in general people spend more time revamping the artwork for vertical covers than they do horizontal.

[kingjohn3]

Being a trditionalist I like the retail but vertical is growing because of how nice they look. larryinc64 has a spine for SNES that I think is really nice. Sorta wish that it was the new standard actually. Have you seen it? I had an idea that I've ran by him before of taking his SNES spine as is but simply adding a theme color in place of the black in some instances (Zelda gold, Yoshi green, etc) What do you think? I'm rather ignorant when it come to making covers otherwise I would make up a sample.

[Arseen]

Being a trditionalist I like the retail but vertical is growing because of how nice they look. larryinc64 has a spine for SNES that I think is really nice. Sorta wish that it was the new standard actually. Have you seen it? I had an idea that I've ran by him before of taking his SNES spine as is but simply adding a theme color in place of the black in some instances (Zelda gold, Yoshi green, etc) What do you think? I'm rather ignorant when it come to making covers otherwise I would make up a sample.

Everyone has their taste but: THE VERTICAL WE HAVE SHALL STAY AS THE STANDART!!!
Alternates are ofcourse welcome.

[mojoeskateco]

I'm in the process of switching all my SNES covers to verticals.

They just look so much cleaner.  I'll have less covers available as there are more Horizontal ones on the site, however, most of my favourite games have verticals available.

I'll switching my N64 titles as well.

[FritzWhite]

I like the vertical retail look over the original horizontal. I was tempted to go with Wiggy's covers before, but with the retail look I feel like I'm holding the game at the store. Sometimes I like to read the box and look at the screenshots.

[shenske]

I wish I had more time to convert more of these. I've done quite a few so it usually takes about 35min to make each one but trying to swing even that has been difficult lately 

Its a process and the vertical snes has a great following so I wouldn't be surprised if it caught up to the horizontal count in 6-12 months.

[e_brugal]

I prefer horizontal, but verticals looks good, i'm more with the original look.

[Retro Deckades]

I prefer horizontal as well (I like things to be as close to original as possible), but being an organizational freak, I've always been envious of the unified spines of the vertical layout.

I would be 100% in favour of a unified spine system for horizontal SNES covers. It wouldn't even have to be anything fancy -- perhaps just the game title at the top and the gray SNES logo on the bottom, with the publishers name just above that. Some of the SNES covers already have this!

If it were to happen, I would simply print out the spines and slide them over top of the already existing covers that are in the cases, as I couldn't bring myself to use that much ink all over again.

[Arseen]

I prefer horizontal as well (I like things to be as close to original as possible), but being an organizational freak, I've always been envious of the unified spines of the vertical layout.

I would be 100% in favour of a unified spine system for horizontal SNES covers. It wouldn't even have to be anything fancy -- perhaps just the game title at the top and the gray SNES logo on the bottom, with the publishers name just above that. Some of the SNES covers already have this!

If it were to happen, I would simply print out the spines and slide them over top of the already existing covers that are in the cases, as I couldn't bring myself to use that much ink all over again.

Or you can just copy-paste the Vertical cover's spine on to Horizontal cover...

[AxelSteelBMX]

I actually had this debate with my wife when my first box of UGCs came in. At first I was all for keeping everything (N64 included) as close to retail as possible, but there are a TON of really bad horizontal covers. My wife talked me into using vertical covers (and everyone I asked opinions from agreed that they looked better), so I went that route and never looked back. They look FANTASTIC, and it makes me feel like I have the equivalent of a rental library in my house. Very professional looking.

At this point, even if a more unified horizontal system was established, I would probably stay the course with verticals. Not only have I come to enjoy their look more than retail horizontals, but my entire collection has already been printed in the vertical format and I have no desire to re-print 100+ different covers.

[Retro Deckades]

I prefer horizontal as well (I like things to be as close to original as possible), but being an organizational freak, I've always been envious of the unified spines of the vertical layout.

I would be 100% in favour of a unified spine system for horizontal SNES covers. It wouldn't even have to be anything fancy -- perhaps just the game title at the top and the gray SNES logo on the bottom, with the publishers name just above that. Some of the SNES covers already have this!

If it were to happen, I would simply print out the spines and slide them over top of the already existing covers that are in the cases, as I couldn't bring myself to use that much ink all over again.

I considered that at one time, Arseen, but there are too many wrap-around lines on the vertical SNES covers for it to look good as a whole.
Or you can just copy-paste the Vertical cover's spine on to Horizontal cover...