Nintendo N64 cover project UPDATE

[TheValeman]

Hi everyone,

We are now waiting on the last cover, [Buck Bumble] puchased recently by wshbrngr, to finally complete the USA N64 cover collection.

Upon completion of the USA N64 cover side of things hopefully we can get the USA N64 labels completed too so if you have N64 carts with nice clean labels please help us out by scanning them at 300dpi and submit them to the site. Dont worry about trimming them etc as I can sort that out 

And maybe our users in Europe and Australia/New Zealand can take up the challenge to obtain all the missing N64 PAL covers?

[tiktektak]

Only six covers missing? Wow that means the N64 US section could be the first part of our project to be finished....

Very very nice work valeman and everyone who contributed!!!!

I just tried to ebay a complete Scooby Doo game but you won't believe it htere is not a single complete Scooby Doo 64 for sale now....

Is this game soooo rare?

[Gary_Oak]

These are certainly great news! This means that getting all JP and PAL N64 covers will be the next priority right?

[KaiserWAVE]

I moved this topic to the News & Announcements, I hope you don't mind. I thought it would raise the odds in our favour if people see your post and the last six games we need right away.

[Doom]

Being the wiki whore I am, I helped your cause by adding the requests to the wiki.

http://wiki.thecoverproject.net/index.php?title=List_of_requests#Nintendo_64

[TheValeman]

Really ... what are the chances someone will buy Elmo's Letter Adventure? ROFLMAO

Still .... we are so close now that hopefully we'll get the traction necessary to complete the US covers.

Gary_Oak asked about PAL & JPN covers? Unfortunately I was the only one submitting PAL covers for a long time there .... hell .... I think that gave the site the initial big push from 6% up to 30% of total completed covers. Since then we have seen covers submitted but they have been small in number compared to the US submissions.

Still .... I will revisit the N64 list to see where we are at with regard to PAL at least!

[Ragnarok2103]

i'd buy the elmo game, if i could find it with the box for under 20. i found it on ebay, but it was like 50 bucks, and as much as i like contributing, thats a little much, for a game that i will never touch.  i found nhl breakaway and fifa for under 20, and if no one else jumps in and says they have them already then i'll probably buy them by tomorrow.

edit: actually found elmo for about 30, so if no one else offers to get it, or gets it, i'll probably end up buying that too, just not right now.

[TheValeman]

Sosafan has NHL Breakaway here for $13 in near mint ....

http://stores.ebay.com/Complete-NES-Games-Unlimited_N64_Completes_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ8QQftidZ2QQpZ3QQtZkm

and Power Puff Girls as well .... okay condition .... $16

http://cgi.ebay.com/POWERPUFF-GIRLS-NINTENDO-64-COMPLETE-N64_W0QQitemZ230193005675QQihZ013QQcategoryZ62053QQcmdZViewItem

Thats the problem though .... the harder games to find always have a price attached to them. Supply and demand I guess 

[Ragnarok2103]

yeah, thats the one i'm watching right now.

[Jeffrey]

My cousin used to have the scooby doo game, but then it somehow got lost.  I'm not sure if he still has the box for it, but I can check.

[Ragnarok2103]

no need, i just bought it off half.com for 10 bucks with the box.

[TheValeman]

Wow!! You grabbed Scooby Doo? That is fantastic news.

In regards to the remaining covers I would like to point out ...

1. I used 4tygames original list as the reference
2. I cross referenced it to the US N64 list pdf released by Nintendo
3. Any ambiguities I checked against EBAY to see if a game was available in NTSC vs PAL

So as far as I can tell the list is accurate. E.&.O.E 

As we are all aware we do have several covers of a somewhat "problematic" nature with sticker damage and Valeman hack jobs done to make them usable. But that is the reality of working with 10 year old material. I'm sure at some point someone will pick up a clean box of such a cover and hopefully they will submit a replacement cover but it shouldn't detract from what amounts to have been a major achievement in completing the USA cover set.

Thank goodness the N64 game list amounted to little over 300 games. Spare a thought for the PSX/PS2...even NES/SNES guys who have in some cases trillions of covers to collect

[nate1749]

I believe the 4ty list was initially from a spreadsheet that I made (over 2 years ago geez), which I took from digitpress thru their search engine so I'm sure that list is accurate.

As for the 5 boxes that are left, I msg'ed the guy I used before to see if he had any of those in good condition and hopefully he does and he'll be able to scan em.

Nate

[TheValeman]

That's cool stuff Nate.  If he has that's fine and dandy ... especially if they are in good condition. Unfortunately he left stickers on his boxes in some cases so they have needed a lot of work hence the slow going. Still ... beggars cant be choosy eh 

And honestly, I'll be glad to have a rest from all this. It's been something like 2 years of scanning and cover work and continual purchases off EBAY etc. Can't say it's been fun 100% of the time. Still ... someone will ask about working on PAL covers so maybe I'll never get done!!!

BTW ... to everyone out there ..... if you have a scanner please, please consider scanning your labels at 300dpi and submitting them also ... especially nice clean labels ... as we are nowhere near finishing those either. Just scan the cart and submit it and I'll straighten and crop them etc. Cheers !!!!

[Ragnarok2103]

ok, just bought powerpuff girls, nhl breakaway 99, and fifa 99 off of ebay. i should have them within the month.  that leaves nhl blades of steel 2000 and elmo.  i found elmo, but someone else bought it before i could, and i have not been able to find blades of steel at all. i found it for gameboy color, but thats it, and i found the other years, but not 2000. if someone can find it, let me know.