N64 Vertical Cover Thread

[AppleQueso]

Would the spines on the NTSC one HAVE to be green? I mean, it wouldn't look terrible if they were all different colors made at the cover artist's discretion would it?

Like, maybe some games would have blue spines, some would have purple, orange, etc, depending on whatever.

[Seraph Man]

I think for the "official" covers, it would be best to keep the look of the original box. If the original box was in purple or blue, then I say go with purple or blue. If it's green, go green.

Custom covers are a different matter. That you can make whatever you want, I suppose.

[RockinX]

Hi, I made my own vertical template for personal cases (although if people want it I can make it available) and wanted some feedback on it. I originally started from Shenske's SNES template, then asked for permission before posting it, and didn't get it, so I made a different one. I had used DKR as well, but I didn't know he had started an N64 template until after I finished the edition of his SNES template.



Let me know what you think I could do to make it better. My purpose is not to compete with Shenske, but to use something I made myself for my own covers. I tried to use all the colors of the N64 logo on it, so some colors do look a bit forced.

[shenske]

@RockinX

Its very colorful, maybe too colorful in my opinion. Maybe a centralized color for most of the template?
The wavy look is very interesting is that to mimic the bottom of the n64 console?

FYI - getting rid of the publisher's logo & bottom text could be quite bothersome with some covers and could take a lot of time. It works for some ... others it could be a PITA.

[shenske]

Australians I need your help, I need at least decent resolution ratings logos.
(i'll probably recreate them anyway i just need somewhere to start)
The newest ratings are different looking than they were when the N64 came out correct?

I just need to know what the ratings are, what age those ratings are for and what they look like.

Thanks 

[RockinX]

Its very colorful, maybe too colorful in my opinion. Maybe a centralized color for most of the template?

I try to use all the colors of the N64's logo, as I said previously. I'm not convinced about the arrangement of some colors, so I was looking for some suggestions on which colors to swap. I also really like the dark grey color of the top of the cover.

The wavy look is very interesting is that to mimic the bottom of the n64 console?

It actually tries to mimic the surface of the console just like the top of the cover, but I lowered the curve because it took up. However, now that you point it out, it does look like the back (not bottom) of the console. I'll make it more similar to the back to see if it looks better, thanks!

FYI - getting rid of the publisher's logo & bottom text could be quite bothersome with some covers and could take a lot of time. It works for some ... others it could be a PITA.

Of course, but as I said, my purpose is not to compete with you and it's mostly for games which I own, and I have some good quality art for most of those. Besides, the European cover for DKR didn't have the company logos on the artwork, so I had to put them somewhere. I will, however, put them where they belong according to the regular cover.

[Zelimpdna]

I can help you out with that, I needed them myself just a couple of days ago. For the new ratings logos, check out
http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/classification.nsf/Page/CommunityandConsumers_ClassificationMarkings_ClassificationMarkingsDownload_ClassificationMarkingsDownload

They have high-res logos for download there.

They're different to the N64 days. There's some images of the old ones, as well as the new ones, here - http://au.ign.com/oflc.html

G is General. Equivalent of the USA's E.
PG is Parental Guidance. Used to be G8+, suitable for children 8 years and up.
M is Mature. Used to be M15+. Recommended for mature audiences 15 years and up, but under 15 can still play.
MA15+ is similar to M, except it's legally restricted. Under 15's must be accompanied by an adult, and can't purchase these games. [Although in reality I've never seen a store enforce this]

And very controversially and annoyingly [and fairly topical at the current time], we don't have an R18+ rating for video games. Despite the average age of gamers being 30, we're not mature enough for the games which almost every other adult across the world is able to play. And all because of one single Attorney-General from a backwater state.

So for authenticity, I guess the old logos would be best to use, but it's really not much of an issue. The newer logos are much easier to find/replicate.

To complicate things, for ratings G8+ and up, underneath the large rating, was smaller text that explained why it had that rating. For example, Ocarina of Time has G8+, then 'Contains Comic Horror' underneath. Majora's Mask has G8+ 'Low Level Animated Violence'. I can take a photo of it if you want, but really, if you end up using the old style, I think just the rating itself would be more than fine. Then again, the new ratings have a similar thing next to the ratings.


EDIT: This page at the OFLC site has the actual download links for the new symbols.
http://www.classification.gov.au/www/cob/classification.nsf/Page/CommunityandConsumers_ClassificationMarkings_ClassificationMarkingsDownload_ClassificationMarkingsDownloads-ContainersandSlicks

[tiktektak]

What do you mean by you don't have an 18+ rating?

Do 18+ games get no release in australia?

That would be even more ridiculous than the german Index.....

[PDDestro]

I'm not sure if you're be facetious but, yeah, games get banned in Aussieland. The whole gov. censorship thing is really ridiculous, regardless of where you live.

[Zelimpdna]

Well, for some games, like GTA IV, the developers make special versions just for us, with all the things that the OFLC find objectionable removed. Hence I imported my PS3 version from the US.

For others, they just get refused classification, so we have to try to import from Europe. Or with the PS3 and a small number of 360 games, we can also import from the US.

For an [almost] entire list of games that have been banned in Australia, check out http://www.refused-classification.com/Games_A-Z.htm. As I said, some of the developers/publishers decided to resubmit an editted version, others didn't.

Less relevant to this discussion, but to show you just how backwards Australia is, X18+ material, that is, pornography, is legally only allowed to be sold in the Northern Territory and the ACT. [although it must be stated that this is very rarely enforced by police] It doesn't bother me as I don't buy pornography, but combined with the video game situation, you can't help but be annoyed.

Film classifications are just as bad. There's a very, very long list of films that have been banned in Australia. We even get watered-down versions of already tame movies like Bruno.

And just in the past few weeks, an addition was made to our proposed internet censorship law, which would block access to any websites hosting or selling games which are refused classification in Australia. Just to name one of the ridiculous additions made to what is already a ridiculously flawed and unfeasible plan.

Anyway, I apologise for hijacking this thread with a topic which doesn't affect the majority of you.

Back to the template!

[AppleQueso]

 I've read up on the situation before, and it's pretty horrible. Worst of all is that nobody really is against adding an R18+ rating, save for one attorney general who's standing in the way of implementing one because he believes he's some sort of moral crusader who's "saving the children".

I don't even live anywhere near there but it always gets my blood boiling to read about it.

Anyhow, yes, agreed, back to the template.

Shenske, what do you think about what I said of allowing the spines to simply be any color, so long as it's monochrome? The official boxes were that way.

[TheNewKnightmare]

Just saw and downloaded all of the vertical N64 covers that have been uploaded thus far.  They look great.  Thanks a lot!

[shenske]

Just saw and downloaded all of the vertical N64 covers that have been uploaded thus far.  They look great.  Thanks a lot!

Thanks, glad you like them 

Shenske, what do you think about what I said of allowing the spines to simply be any color, so long as it's monochrome? The official boxes were that way.

The official boxes were either monochrome blue or green with very few exceptions. (exceptions like the legend of zelda OOT & Wrestlemania 2000. So either blue or green would be fine in my mind.

[AppleQueso]

Just saw and downloaded all of the vertical N64 covers that have been uploaded thus far.  They look great.  Thanks a lot!

Thanks, glad you like them 

Shenske, what do you think about what I said of allowing the spines to simply be any color, so long as it's monochrome? The official boxes were that way.

The official boxes were either monochrome blue or green with very few exceptions. (exceptions like the legend of zelda OOT & Wrestlemania 2000. So either blue or green would be fine in my mind.

One more (late) question, for those few exceptions you mentioned, would it be okay to go ahead and use their original colors? I mean can we go ahead and use a gold spine for OOT and a black one for wrestlemania 2000?

[shenske]

One more (late) question, for those few exceptions you mentioned, would it be okay to go ahead and use their original colors? I mean can we go ahead and use a gold spine for OOT and a black one for wrestlemania 2000?

Sure, but just in case people want them all to match up i'd recomend doing an alternate monochrome green or blue too.  For the most part i'm kind of against a million alternate covers with slight differences but if its limited i don't see the problem.