A Noob's Cover Topic (Custom Ducktales NES covers)

[CaptObvious42]

I was working on an article about storing old school game in Universal Game Cases and finding or creating covers for them. I've wanted to do a few custom cases (and maybe try recreating a few for games with covers I can't find,) so I figured now was a good time to do one... especially since I have some unexpected downtime.

My first cover is a custom for the NES Ducktales. I wanted a using the Ducktales Remastered art, so whipped this one up. I did take some liberties with it, though it still works for the most part. I think it still needs work though.


I'm working on a second Ducktales one, though this one is meant more of a joke. After that, I'm not sure.

[Arseen]

Preview looks nice.

I'll check it when I get home to better screen.

Thank you for sharing.

And welcome to the site.

[CaptObvious42]

Thank you.

The only real issues I have are the fonts and the cave image in the upper left corner on the back. I tried to keep the fonts close to what they were on the original cover. I was also worried about them not showing up very well on the background, though they looked fine when I did a test print. As for the cave, the blue-grey kinda clashes with the background. Not sure if I should worry about it.

And here's the "joke" cover. I spent a little less time on this one, though its not as complete as the first.


The images of Scrooge are fan art, so I should credit them somehow... probably somewhere on the back. The back and spine art I'll probably be changing as they were put there as placeholders. I still need to figure out what should got there.

As for the origin of the image of Scrooge on the front... the original author was inspired by a Ducktales/Live and Learn mash-up. I always had the idea of Scrooge appearing in front of the backdrop of Duckburg for this cover.

[Oobgarm]

I think that first one is well done - but a change I'd make is to lighten the map background on the back and spine so the rear text shows up more clearly.

[CaptObvious42]

It didn't look so bad when it was printed... though that could be my color cartridge dying.

Here's the one that should brighten up your day...


I do wonder if its maybe too bright. Not a hard fix though.

And I apologize for the bad pun.

[CaptObvious42]

I finally began work on my Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cover. I mostly wanted to do this one because the current one on the site doesn't gel well with the rest of my collection. I still need to gather the screen shots and add some more text, and beyond that, do some additional tweaking.

[Blumpkin]

Looking good. That alternate art for the bridge simulator might make a good insert.

[CaptObvious42]

Actually, that's a remake of the PC versions cover. Custom art I found online, so I should credit the artist somehow.

Anyways, I filled it up a bit more. It should be just about done, though some of the new text needs work.