(Little Samson) Seirei Densetsu Lickle - FAMICOM - JP

[SonicAdvDX]

Hey guys! It's been ages since I've returned to these lovely forums, and I'm happy to see it's still alive and well!  I come to you guys with a request that I'm hoping a fellow collector out there might be able to help me with...

I am having the worst luck finding art for a Famicom game called Seirei Densetsu Lickle. (Better known by the NES title: Little Samson. No way I'm paying +$500 for that version!) Does anybody on these forums own a boxed copy of the game that they could scan for me? It's been well over a year since I threw together a cover for this site, but I'm willing to do all the work beyond that point, if I must.

I have been able to find some low-res scans on the net, but this is as big as I could find after DAYS of searching.

(I should also mention for any aspiring owners of a boxed copy of this game, there is currently an eBay auction for a boxed copy from Australia. http://www.ebay.com/itm/181180614114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 )

 

I'll keep my fingers crossed! Thanks in advance for any help!

[larryinc64]

I might be able to do something with thous, if no scans surface.

[FritzWhite]

Yeah, I know you. It was your video on youtube of your setup that brought me to this website for the first time. I thought those games looked so cool in the UGCs. I hit you up to buy 9 UGC until I eventually decided I may want more at some point in the future. Ha! Man am I glad I bought the whole case of 100 as I'll probably use every single one and need more UGCs some day. Yep, it's safe to say I've been fully infected by the retro bug since watching that game collection vid and joining TCP.

I want Little Samson too, but I'm not dropping a half grand on a cart. I'm more player than collector.

[SonicAdvDX]

Yeah, I know you. It was your video on youtube of your setup that brought me to this website for the first time. I thought those games looked so cool in the UGCs. I hit you up to buy 9 UGC until I eventually decided I may want more at some point in the future. Ha! Man am I glad I bought the whole case of 100 as I'll probably use every single one and need more UGCs some day. Yep, it's safe to say I've been fully infected by the retro bug since watching that game collection vid and joining TCP.

I want Little Samson too, but I'm not dropping a half grand on a cart. I'm more player than collector.

Haha, wow that's awesome, man! I definitely remember you. Glad you went with the full case, man! I didn't think I'd need it all when I first started, and now I'm well into my second case! Glad to have transferred the collector's bug! As for being more of a player, I totally understand. That's why I wasn't worried about about getting the super-rare NES version. Literally, the only difference with the Famicom version is the Start screen logo, and the price tag. Still the same awesome gameplay, and no text to translate.

Larry, if you think you'd be able to scale the scans I gave you all the way up to fit a case, and still look reasonably good, that would be amazing! I think the chances of finding a box on the forums are pretty slim, unfortunately.

[segaprophet]

ugh, Little Samson, mine own nemesis . .

[sheep2001]

i knocked up the logo if anyone wants it:



hires version in my box.net (jpg and psd)

[SonicAdvDX]

Wow, that looks sweet, thanks a bunch! How did you get that? From the boxart? Would it be possible for you to get the "Seirei Densetsu" part of the title (those red/white Japanese characters) in high-res as well? All it would really take after that is a little bit of upscaling on the cover art.

Thanks a bunch man!

[sheep2001]

Yeah,  traced each letter from the box art.  The Japanese characters look a little more difficult, but I'll have a go.

[SonicAdvDX]

Yeah,  traced each letter from the box art.  The Japanese characters look a little more difficult, but I'll have a go.

Oh wow man, that's rough. I really appreciate you going through all that trouble. I didn't know what you were doing was probably so time consuming. I totally understand if you don't want to get into those (ridiculously) complicated Japanese characters.

[sheep2001]

no worries - im working on it.  i like these type of things, helps be practice my photoshop.

[satoshi_matrix]

I have a related topic to this thread. I'm looking for a custom label for a Little Samson NES repro.

Since the Japanese boxart is completely different (and better) than the western art, I'm wondering if someone might be able to clean up the Japanese art, crop it a bit, and insert a clean Little Samson logo in its stead.

The thread I started is here:

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=12847.msg114068;topicseen#new

This is for personal use and I have no intention of ever selling the label for forgeries on ebay or whatever. If you prefer, privately send it. satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. 

[SonicAdvDX]

I have a related topic to this thread. I'm looking for a custom label for a Little Samson NES repro.

Since the Japanese boxart is completely different (and better) than the western art, I'm wondering if someone might be able to clean up the Japanese art, crop it a bit, and insert a clean Little Samson logo in its stead.

The thread I started is here:

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=12847.msg114068;topicseen#new

This is for personal use and I have no intention of ever selling the label for forgeries on ebay or whatever. If you prefer, privately send it. satoshimatrix@hotmail.com. 

Haha, it's cool man. I don't think anybody's worried about you passing off a forgery with a custom label.     I definitely have to agree that the Japanese art is way more attractive than the US version. (Yet another reason why I didn't mind buying the Famicom version instead of the NES version.)

Anyway, if we're able to get a full Famicom box together in this thread, I'm sure I could get my hands on the .psd file for the project, and adapting it to the NES template would be fairly simple. Maybe I could even get my hands on the Photoshop files from whoever made the US Little Samson cover and pull stuff like the title off of it. I wouldn't mind taking care of that at all, if all goes well here. (EDIT: Although, removing that giant "LICKLE" from the Famicom art is going to take some major finesse.)

The problem is just getting that high-quality Famicom cover picture...

[sheep2001]

I reckon removing the lickle from the famicom art wouldn't be too bad.  Although I am quite drunk. Lol

[SonicAdvDX]

I reckon removing the lickle from the famicom art wouldn't be too bad.  Although I am quite drunk. Lol

Well dang, dude, now that's just dumping the whole project onto you!  Haha!

I mean, I could see how recreating the sky and clouds, and removing that Taito business at the bottom frame, would maaayyyybe not be too bad, but I certainly wouldn't trust my own skills at trying to recreate the covered tips of those other background objects. Granted, they're not that big, but making something from nothing is beyond my artistic capacity, haha.

Larryinc64 are you able and willing to scale/redraw that background art?

EDIT: Once we have all of those elements upscaled to high-res, I would have everything needed to even put together a sticker for the Famicom cart label!

EDIT 2: Also, Sheep your box.net has "run out of bandwidth" so I can't get that .psd from it. Any other methods?

[shenske]

I reckon removing the lickle from the famicom art wouldn't be too bad.  Although I am quite drunk. Lol

Haha, me too. Drinking the leftover beer in the Keg from the wedding I went to over the weekend. I can make you a label based on the Euro art pretry easily (i have high rez cover for it).

If I make a full US cover i'll change a few things around to deter pirates.