Copy-Pasta 360-style header/spine for BC Xbox games

[the7k]

Not really sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'll probably be getting a X360 pretty soon. Since I'm already in the process of recasing many of my games, I figured that I'd recase all of my Backwards Compatible Original Xbox games in an X360 style case. Make it easy to tell, at a glace, which games I can pop into it and what not.

I tried uploading these to Photobucket, but they still shrank them. Disappointing... I didn't think they were that big, but whatever.
Original Xbox Sized
http://www.thecoverproject.net/uploads/raw/the7k.custom.raw_xbox_xboxbcheaderoxbsized.jpg
Xbox 360 Sized
http://www.thecoverproject.net/uploads/raw/the7k.custom.raw_xbox_xboxbcheader360sized.jpg

The first is made to fit right over the original Xbox header, while the second is made to be the same size as the Xbox 360 header. Whichever you want. Just paste it over the cover you desire, and presto. Here's an example.



Just thought I'd throw that out there.

[dejimus]

very cool

[MedaForce]

not a bad idea, I like it. I wish I didn't have so many Xbox games I would love convert them all to this kind of style.

[CODEWERKX]

looks way too big, or is it the image?
would like to be able to dl an actual size image.
but its a great idea!!!!

since i am new here will the above link be suitable...?

[4tyGames]

Looks good, but do all Xbox 360 games have the Xbox live logo on the cover art? I know that Fatal Frame on the Xbox did not have anything to do with Xbox live. Also, all original Xbox Live games will cease online operation in April. I do not own a xbox 360 yet, but I have tons of regular xbox games including Fatal Frame 1 & 2. I am waiting for a hardware revision maybe when Natal comes out. I definitely like this idea!

[shenske]

haha ... bring back memories
http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?cover_id=1609

I made that even before I became a member ... the quality is absolutely terrible. I made a bunch more like this too but thankfully they were rejected from the site.

Just a warning to you, you may not like the results of the cover years down the line. I thought my little idea was awesome but then it faded over time. Eventually i just switched back to the retail insert with the retail template.  This may also depend on how many xbox games you have. When i first did the "360-ized" versions i love the uniformity but since i have so many of them (~40) it quickly faded.  It actually became a nuisance that the different systems looked so similar.

Overall, its your call i'm just just giving you my little story with the experiment.  


EDIT:

Looks good, but do all Xbox 360 games have the Xbox live logo on the cover art?

No, not all the Xbox360 games have the Xbox live log on the top banner

[AppleQueso]

looks way too big, or is it the image?
would like to be able to dl an actual size image.
but its a great idea!!!!

since i am new here will the above link be suitable...?

The images on this site are hi-res, so they're going to look very very large on your monitor. When printed, they'll be the right size (unless you fumble with the dpi settings).

[the7k]

No, not all the Xbox360 games have the Xbox live log on the top banner

Interesting... I never actually saw a game that didn't have Xbox Live in the top corner until I started looking at launch games. King Kong is the only one I've seen that didn't have it. I actually have some Xbox 360 games that have no Xbox Live functionality at all, but they still have Xbox Live in the corner. Weird.

Interesting that we had the same idea. Don't really see it being a problem with me, though - turns out, very few of my Xbox games are Backwards Compatible anyway. Regardless, I think this'll be a good way to tell, at a glace, which games are BC and which aren't.

[juan0tron]

This is a pretty interesting idea, but my Xbox collection is around 30-40 games, and I only play them on the old Xbox anyway. Since they're cutting XBL support for Xbox originals anyway I see no real reason to play them on my 360.

Edit: Btw, you happen to copypasta that from one of the Burger King games? 

[the7k]

This is a pretty interesting idea, but my Xbox collection is around 30-40 games, and I only play them on the old Xbox anyway. Since they're cutting XBL support for Xbox originals anyway I see no real reason to play them on my 360.

Edit: Btw, you happen to copypasta that from one of the Burger King games?  

I took the idea from the Burger King games, but the scans up were too grainy. So, I ended up just Photoshopping the '360' out from the Xbox 360 Template that's up on the site, since that looks a lot cleaner.

The games may have been crap, but it was still a good idea!

[CODEWERKX]

so, i just dl from the above link?

[the7k]

Yeah, and paste it on top of whatever Xbox covers you want. You'd probably need to at least use the GIMP, if you don't already have Photoshop.

[Paul]

No, not all the Xbox360 games have the Xbox live log on the top banner

Interesting... I never actually saw a game that didn't have Xbox Live in the top corner until I started looking at launch games. King Kong is the only one I've seen that didn't have it. I actually have some Xbox 360 games that have no Xbox Live functionality at all, but they still have Xbox Live in the corner. Weird.

Interesting that we had the same idea. Don't really see it being a problem with me, though - turns out, very few of my Xbox games are Backwards Compatible anyway. Regardless, I think this'll be a good way to tell, at a glace, which games are BC and which aren't.

this meant that it had that "xbox live aware" or whatever it's called, pretty much telling your friends what game you're playing is considered worthy of putting the xbox live logo on the box.

that is, if I remember correctly what I read around the time 360 launched..

[CODEWERKX]

noob does not know what GIMP means....sorry.

[shenske]

noob does not know what GIMP means....sorry.

google Gimp Image Editing Software, I would grab a link of it for you but I'm on my phone.