Game & Watch - UGC Cover thread

[Arseen]

WITHOUT too much  ridicule .

I see what you did there.

 

[Anubis]

New vertical cover: Game & Watch - Ball





Just one thing, the screenshots are from a video of the game in the Nintendo website. If you take a look at the original box cover, you'll see that the screen of the front of my cover is not the same. I wish someday I could make the same shot as in the original so I'd say that this is like a beta version of the final cover I'd like to make.
As always, feel free to say your comments or ideas.
Regards

[Arseen]

At quick glance: Nice! 

[SonicAdvDX]

New vertical cover: Game & Watch - Ball

My only suggestion would be to change the font used for "BALL" on the spine and the top of the front to the same font that was used for Oil Panic and Donkey Kong. Uniformity is pretty important on this site, so keeping the fonts used for the titles of the games the same for all covers would be a definite good idea.

EDIT: I also did a little bit of tinkering to try and fill up the empty space on the cover, and I slapped this together.



This is, by no means, a high-quality edit, or a final project. But, I basically think that single-screened G&W games, like Ball, are better suited for Horizontal covers, in a style like this. Of course, the font still needs to be changed back to the font that was used for Oil Panic and Donkey Kong, but this is just a rough sketch to give you an idea of what I was looking for. I think using a horizontal template for single-screen games, and a vertical template for dual-screen games would be really great. As long as all the spines for both templates are exactly the same, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference when they are lined up on a shelf.

[Anubis]

My only suggestion would be to change the font used for "BALL" on the spine and the top of the front to the same font that was used for Oil Panic and Donkey Kong. Uniformity is pretty important on this site, so keeping the fonts used for the titles of the games the same for all covers would be a definite good idea.

Well, I used a font similar to the original font of the game, because not all the G&W games have the same font for their names. I tried to do something similar to, for example, what Nintendo does to their Wii titles in the USA (because, al least in Spain, all the Wii titles have the same font for the spine names), just to make the covers similar to the original boxes design.

But, I basically think that single-screened G&W games, like Ball, are better suited for Horizontal covers, in a style like this. Of course, the font still needs to be changed back to the font that was used for Oil Panic and Donkey Kong, but this is just a rough sketch to give you an idea of what I was looking for. I think using a horizontal template for single-screen games, and a vertical template for dual-screen games would be really great. As long as all the spines for both templates are exactly the same, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference when they are lined up on a shelf.

I knew this This is why I made a horizontal template for the Multi Screen series. But I think that I could make the two versions (vertical/horizontal) of the cover and the people choose which cover do they prefer, because maybe someone could like to have all their covers with the same orientation, don't you think so? (although the vertical orientation would suppose a problem for the horizontal Multi Screen games if someday are made )

Thanks 


EDIT: G&W: Ball - Horizontal cover done






EDIT 2: Modified the vertical cover. Now there is less empty space.
Regards.

[Anubis]

Just one question guys: When I post, should I edit the old post in case no one has posted or should I double post s you can see that a new message is in the topic?

EDIT: By the way, I updated all the covers with a few modifications: I noticed that not everything was centered

[Arseen]

Well yyou can always delete the old posts, EXCEPT IF IT IS THE FIRST POST IN TOPIC, as that would delete the whole topic, and we would not want that. 

I'd say that if you have just posted and then come up with something to add, edit your post. But if you want to post something new, let's say few hours later, I think it's OK to just post new post.

[sheep2001]

i'm really loving these covers - but if i case up my G&W, my poor old namco pacland, grandstand pocket scramble, and grandstand mini munchman will be left naked and alone!  (hint hint....)

[Anubis]

OK, thanks Arseen. That's what I've been doing, but as a Newbie, I wanted to know if I was doing it right or not.
Regards.

[Anubis]

@ sheep2001:
Sorry I didn't answer you in the previous post. I also have got a game of this king which is not a G&W (I think it was a Casio game) and without its box. For now I'm only thinking in making the covers for the G&Ws but in the future, if possible, we could try to make covers for the other companies games.
Regards

[Anubis]

A new one: Donkey Kong II





The screens of this cover are different compared to the previous ones because I used a Flash game I found on the Internet.

By the way, forget what I said about the "Beta" version of the Ball covers. I realized that no cover's screenshots are the same as in the original boxes because I don't know how to emulate/simulate the Alarm function

See you!

[Sneak]

Awesome work!  Thanks for doing up that DK II!!

[Anubis]

You're welcome. It's a pity that Nintendo hadn't released all the G&W games in the NDS, the screens would look much better.

Do you think the colors are OK? Because I'm not very sure with the combination of brow and black in some areas of the cover.

[Arseen]

You're right, I think the edges arouns the upper screen flap may cause trouble.

[Anubis]

I'm sorry Arseen, but I don't understand what you tried to tell me . Do you mind trying to explain it to me with other words?