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February 01, 2007, 08:39:18 AM
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Lish

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I bought a 3DO through ebay a couple of years back which came with about 40 games.  The 3DO was an ex-video store rental machine.  Anyway, its still going strong.  The 40 games all came loose without covers so I developed DVD covers for each of them at the time.  The scans I downloaded from the net were of pretty poor quality (some in 150dpi, some much less), but the remaining areas of the covers are in 300dpi.

two examples of my custom 3DO covers are included below.  If anyone is interested and the site wants to make a 3DO section, I am willing to Upload.  If I did it all again, I would improve the cover design, but at this stage I don't have the time.
No Metroid on N64, What was Nintendo thinking? ;)

February 01, 2007, 09:06:26 AM
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Ok, those covers are really nice..... and I didn't even know there was a 3DO machine....
very nice looking covers.


February 01, 2007, 10:17:14 AM
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Look at that if you like:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer#Processor

Was ahead of it's time when it came out.... but also way to expensive!

Was very hard to get in austria but I was just like 12years old at that time and so could have never afford it anyway. Did take ages to convince my parents to buy me a SNES and that was sooooo much cheaper....  ;D
Yes I know I was way too young for computer games!

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February 01, 2007, 10:22:57 AM
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Oh yeah, I see why i don't remember them ...

----> $699.95  <----  I probably saw them on the shelf and kept moving.....


February 01, 2007, 12:21:31 PM
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2 + 3 = 23

February 01, 2007, 05:09:51 PM
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Could someone make a PC cover out of the Rebel Assault cover? I have Rebel Assault for the PC and would love to put it in a DVD case. Thanks!

February 02, 2007, 03:43:11 AM
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You are in luck, I actually have the original of the CD sleeves for Star Wars Rebel assault.  It for the 3DO but I am sure I can knock something up.  I'll wait for a few days just in case someone has the orginal PC version that they can upload, and then I'll see if theres a PC template here and mock one up.
No Metroid on N64, What was Nintendo thinking? ;)

February 09, 2007, 01:48:54 AM
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Awesome! Thanks!

February 09, 2007, 10:16:50 AM
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Well, I've made a Star Wars - Rebel Assault cover for PC out of the 3DO cover.  Actually, I had a quick look at a low res scan of the PC cover on the net and it's not very much different to the 3DO cover.

I've created custom PC templates for DOS, Windows and Linux, as I couldn't see any on the site.  They are in psd format.

Anyway, here is a small facsimile of the cover.  I don't know how to get this to you so I will simply uploaded the 300dpi version, anticipating that you (as a guru) may have FTP access.

No Metroid on N64, What was Nintendo thinking? ;)

February 09, 2007, 10:25:45 AM
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No Metroid on N64, What was Nintendo thinking? ;)

February 09, 2007, 05:44:33 PM
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Beautiful! That is awesome and exactly what I hoped for!  :) :) :) :) :)

You're correct about the 3DO and PC covers almost looking exactly the same. Sadly, my Rebel Assault game box was thrown out a long time ago, but I still have the manual.