Colecovision US Retail vs. CBS Retail Boxes

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Arseen:

--- Quote from: Seraph Man on April 20, 2011, 10:37:39 AM ---Best bet would be to upload to Box.net or something similar and post a link. As long as it's accessible and the quality isn't compromised, you'll be fine, and people will start to do their magical tweaking.

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Yeah box.net or Mediafire.

--- Quote ---Oh, and try to avoid double posts. If you need to say more, edit your last post instead.
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Ten days between posts, don't be so tight. I'd say the accepted time is 24 hours or so, if the posts are otherwise OK. ;)

--- Quote ---And welcome to the site!
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THIS! :)

ckchapman:
Thanks guys.

jeffsgames:
I would be happy to start helping put together real US boxes. I have several already and would love to contribute.

I'll work on one this week and let you know what I come up with. I love the arcade games on the box art much more than the illustrations.

redsox2012:
I'm a U.S. Colecovision collector too, and I've been able to use only a few of the cover scans here. I've been doing Google image searches for U.S. box fronts, then printing them at 5X7 (which will fit into a UGC). Then, I use the side and back of the CBS covers here to make a decent looking cover. The backs of the CBS covers here are pretty similar to the U.S. retail backs, although the sides are quite different.

I did find high quality scans (front, back, and side) of U.S. DK, DK Jr., and Carnival at:

http://www.colecoboxart.com/index.html

Unfortuantely, they're not sized for printing for UGC's, so it takes some trial and error to get them right, As you can see, mine aren't all quite the same size. But, I'd rather have the U.S. covers that I like even if they're not perfect. The Zaxxon was my fault - I missed a step when I printed it. I'm going to re-do that one soon.

Since I don't own any CV games in their original boxes, so I can't scan anything to add to the database. Also, I noticed that the Popeye CV cover here has a picture of the Intellivision version of the game.

jeffsgames:
Yeah I saw that site and asked the guy that runs it for permission to use his art to start working on these. I haven't heard back yet. I'm hoping he does let me, or I'll have to make my own.

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