what type of cover you prefer?

[taigr81m]

I voted RAW. I like to collect RAW scans. more raws please 
other than that, retail covers but custom covers can be useful if the design is good.

[1980coelho]

I voted RAW. I like to collect RAW scans. more raws please 
other than that, retail covers but custom covers can be useful if the design is good.

NES raw or SNES?

[Blueprint]

I vote for both retail and custom , some games are just hard to find retail scans for..

[taigr81m]

I voted RAW. I like to collect RAW scans. more raws please 
other than that, retail covers but custom covers can be useful if the design is good.

NES raw or SNES?

oops, sorry coelho, I am sleepy. SNES. I notice that some of my recent posts are missing info. I am tired lately. long week. I like SNES system and games. I am trying to collect raws for all regions. I will be buying some games and scanning.

[AxelSteelBMX]

Retail, but as has been mentioned before, I'll take SNES and N64 verticals over horizontals any day.

I do enjoy seeing people's custom covers, but they're not personally my bag, baby. As far as stuff that I'd put on my own games, I mainly prefer the type of customs that present themselves as "alternative art" versions of the original covers/boxes. Like, has proper description, UPC, screenshots, et cetera, but has different artwork and/or layout. I like function AND form.

[1980coelho]

I voted RAW. I like to collect RAW scans. more raws please 
other than that, retail covers but custom covers can be useful if the design is good.

NES raw or SNES?

oops, sorry coelho, I am sleepy. SNES. I notice that some of my recent posts are missing info. I am tired lately. long week. I like SNES system and games. I am trying to collect raws for all regions. I will be buying some games and scanning.

that work on them, to make a horizontal retail?

JimmyConnors-ProTennisTour
KenGriffeyJRSWinningRun
MaddenNFL98
Monopoly
SportsIllustrated-ChampionshipFootballAndBasketball
StarTrekDeepSpaceNine-CrossroadsOfTime

am working at the time with NES covers.. I will not have time for now with SNES.

[wiggy]

custom's tempting, but i'm really ocd, need consistency and love kitchy old retail stuff

That's funny considering that SNES retail is about the least consistent ever!


I don't think I even need to mention my preference

[tiktektak]

For the seemingly 100st time -> Retail 100% all the way from real scans, no fancy pants stuff.

[kingjohn3]

NES---retail all the way with spine being only change. I like red and white Nintendo logo at bottom and publisher name at top and game title centered. Gives it some uniformity without the really big TCP custom. Larryinc64 made a mock up for me of Castlevania with a blue/black color scheme like the old console box. If he allows me I'll share it because it is nearly perfect if you want to go retail with a little custom thrown in. Initially I asked him for that mock up for black box NES originals but then took it a step further and thought it would be awesome for all classic titles. Turns out that was a good call.

SNES--- the retail spine is about as UN-uniformed as it gets, very inconsistent. But the TCP logo is too big. So, again, Super Nintendo logo at the bottom with publisher name at top with retail game title centered. So bottom line on that is retail with custom spine. I wouldn't mind seeing  this described spine with a theme color as the background as opposed to the black. Like Super Mario World could have the same blue as the front cover, Yoshi's Island could be Yoshi green, etc. I think I might have mentioned this before.

N64--- retail spine with, again, different theme colors. Donkey Kong yellow, Mario blue, Zelda green (for Links tunic) or gold, etc. Retail fronts and backs. I like the artwork on these spines.

I hope larry lets me share that Castlevania cover he made and hopefully more are coming. I think you all would be very impressed

[kaysow]

@wiggy: yeah, some of your stuff and others around here makes me question wether to go full retail with all of it's flaws or just make my covers pretty instead.
what i'm tinkering with looks like it'll end up as customs that reuse assets (logos, illustrations etc) from retail releases. like rearranging a psx-cover to fit a dvd-case, so i can mixmatch the best parts of different releases (region-specific, rentals, rare editions and so on). should end up being completely in the SPIRIT of retail at least. and if some other graphic should end up as a better fit; as long as the assets  and style of layout are consistent with it's corresponding time period it's legit enough for me.

[taigr81m]

I voted RAW. I like to collect RAW scans. more raws please 
other than that, retail covers but custom covers can be useful if the design is good.

NES raw or SNES?

oops, sorry coelho, I am sleepy. SNES. I notice that some of my recent posts are missing info. I am tired lately. long week. I like SNES system and games. I am trying to collect raws for all regions. I will be buying some games and scanning.

that work on them, to make a horizontal retail?

JimmyConnors-ProTennisTour
KenGriffeyJRSWinningRun
MaddenNFL98
Monopoly
SportsIllustrated-ChampionshipFootballAndBasketball
StarTrekDeepSpaceNine-CrossroadsOfTime

am working at the time with NES covers.. I will not have time for now with SNES.

ok. i will add them to my list of covers.

[DNinja]

I prefer retail for the most part. I like the vertical SNES and N64 covers, but since most of my games are boxed, the few I have that aren't look better with horizontal covers.

[Blumpkin]

I voted RAW. I like to collect RAW scans. more raws please 
other than that, retail covers but custom covers can be useful if the design is good.

NES raw or SNES?

oops, sorry coelho, I am sleepy. SNES. I notice that some of my recent posts are missing info. I am tired lately. long week. I like SNES system and games. I am trying to collect raws for all regions. I will be buying some games and scanning.

that work on them, to make a horizontal retail?

JimmyConnors-ProTennisTour
KenGriffeyJRSWinningRun
MaddenNFL98
Monopoly
SportsIllustrated-ChampionshipFootballAndBasketball
StarTrekDeepSpaceNine-CrossroadsOfTime

am working at the time with NES covers.. I will not have time for now with SNES.

ok. i will add them to my list of covers.

You say that an awful lot, but be sure that you're not biting off more then you can chew. Your ambition is great, but don't stretch yourself too thin.