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| Chef_Baker:
Hi guys. Im fairly new to this site and i love what is going on! I got a question thought. When looking around i don't see too many downloads for specific game cart labels. Are we trying to get scans up and running for cart lables as well? I think this is almost just as important as scanning and preserving game cases. I know this can get a bit complicated because each system has a different size and standard for the size of their cart labels. Does anyone have the specific dementions for the labels sizes? Should we start scanning more cart labels? Also does anyone know of good sticker paper for printing out new labels? |
| ShoothimNow:
Other than reproduction purposes (people making money off of supplying fake games), there is no real reason for bulk on labels. Sure it would be nice to host, but the ebay scene from TCP is already strong enough. |
| tylerbgood:
You'll find some labels here and there, but it's never been the main focus of The Cover Project. The original purpose of the site was to create artwork to put old games in modern cases. (GBA into DS cases, PS1 into DVD cases, etc.) If the primary goal of the project was preservation, there would be a larger number of unmodified original scans of CD cases and classic game box art available on the main site. There is a demand for box art because many (most) people discarded the original packaging for their old games and they exist today as loose cartridges. Labels generally stay with those cartridges so don't need replacing. While I agree that scanning and reproducing old labels is a worthy cause, there just isn't much interest unless a member gets a game with a damaged or missing label. When someone makes a label request, it is likely to be fulfilled, since anyone who owns the game in question most likely has the corresponding label, but not many people are producing labels, since the demand is so low. As to dimensions, I don't think there's any templates or stickied threads on the subject, but the topic has come up here and there over the years throughout the forums. When I've needed to reproduce a label in the past, I've just downloaded labels that have already been created and based mine off those dimensions. Hope this helps! |
| segamer:
My feeling is that we (at the cover project), have enough resources for the average user to make their own labels need be. Aside for the availability of the artwork, we have label and label templates all over our forums. |
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