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SM64 CoverArt... 10 years of owning and searching online instead...
ShoothimNow:
Super Mario 64... the most owned N64 game... with one of the worst covers on TheCoverProject... (debatable, but unacceptable).
So what did I find... Spoiler: Click here for the purpose of this thread and for the scans
From the request, I mean, I guess, from twilight for the Crash Bandicoot strategy guide, I had an inkling...
First off lets post all the covers of this front from TCP
Not bad... but not good... (I guess) and this had led me to searching for the dang artwork for the SM64 world behind mario.
And you would have Wiggys attempt like in Ocarina of time screenshots (way to use the wrong game!)
You have had people recreating the background because it's been so dang hard to find
But still... there is nothing..
Hell, even if I scan my own (disgusting) box, it's freaking terrible
Mario is always in the front...
We have the Mario flying, all we need is that dang background...
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Well... fast forward to an hour ago... I'm trying to re-organize my new strategy guides into storage boxes as I haven't pulled out the storage cases in... a good year and a half... (thank you Taketheword for a couple of them!, I guess)
and for s***s and giggles I went to see if I have any Super Mario 64 strategy guides... I do... 3 of them
I look through 2 of them with nothing... so I opened up the 3rd
Right in the first 8ish pages...
OK! now we are getting somewhere! Except... we have this picture already... :( let me see if there is another *flips page back one
wait for it....
wait for it....
Boo-yah!, I mean, I guess
---- adding these to this top thread as PX0 got confused what this entire post is about and I apparently need moar photos in this top post to make it less confusing! ------
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/dax780eotg31b/Super%20Mario%2064
TheCoverProject's best N64 cover vs this new find (very crude overlay)
tylerbgood:
That's awesome, I guess. ;)
But in all honesty, that's an amazing book collection you have there! Super jealous over here. And what a good find, It will be great to see a better-than-original box for Mario 64, the Zelda one that was posted a while back was great to watch come together, I look forward to another entertaining thread in my future!
ShoothimNow:
Well, I guess, since I had two of these guides I was going to rip out the page to scan it and I wanted to see which guide was in *worse* shape. The result? The other guide is brand new and has deeper and richer colors, the heck?
Even though there is a light glare on the right, the right guide has faded colors, I've never heard of this before.
I don't want to sit on this, so posting now before I get stupid busy
Now someone... please... make a better looking cover for SM64 (Shenske!)
PX0:
It is sometimes really difficult to follow your thoughts.
You should think of a proper title for this thread. (Maybe something like "Artwork for Super Mario 64"...)
And state your intentions at the start of your post, not at the end. ("Found / scanned artwork for Mario 64. This is important because...")
Anyway, do you happen to own the guide books for Donkey Kong Country?
ShoothimNow:
--- Quote from: PX0 on May 13, 2017, 03:29:03 PM ---It is sometimes really difficult to follow your thoughts.
You should think of a proper title for this thread. (Maybe something like "Artwork for Super Mario 64"...)
And state your intentions at the start of your post, not at the end. ("Found / scanned artwork for Mario 64. This is important because...")
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You don't understand "suspense" I am guessing. The title was never meant to "stay" what it was, it was more a "are you kidding me.. I've had it forever" moment to facepalm to. Your response was too premature as my intentions were to change it by the end of the day to something more appropriate (unlike some people who request covers).
This thread is really not that hard to follow, unless pictures confuse you.
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My only intentionally confusing posts were to Wiggy about him never buying a NES Classic and it was great making him confused when he did finally buy one.. ::) You guys let him get away with too much crap and make him feel great about himself. Psh... 3DS screenshots for a N64 game... Someone's a little sour about using the wrong console on a cover and having one person point it out. <-- Apparently I have to have a *sarcastic* tag here for those who are not getting this is a joke.
--- Quote from: PX0 on May 13, 2017, 03:29:03 PM ---Anyway, do you happen to own the guide books for Donkey Kong Country?
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Yes, but if I post the pictures, that's a thread hijack and not the purpose of this, which would make it even more confusing for your brain.
6 Guides total, 5 unique, 4 different games - DKC is unauthorized though, so probably not the one you are looking for.
I'm guessing pictures do confuse you, as they are right there ::)