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VHS boxes
Milky13:
Hi, I'm new here so start by saying Hi!
I'm in the UK so can't get hold of UGC and was thinking about using VHS boxes instead. I had the idea to use foam around and behind the cart to keep it held in and modify covers from this site to fit.
I would use this for my NES, SNES and N64 games collection.
Has anyone tried anything like this? How close are the dimensions of the covers to the UGC? and would anyone be interested if I posted some pictures and guide if I go ahead with it? If all goes well and other people were interested in doing similar things I would be happy to upload the modified covers!
KaiserWAVE:
Definitely do!!! I'm in Germany so I can't get a hold of UGCs either. At least not for a reasonable price. Right now I have all my SNES games in clear VHS boxes without a cover so I'd love to see you doing covers for these or convert existing covers to thier proper dimensions.
tiktektak convertetd some N64 covers for me so I could use them. The overall dimensions were 3200 x 2220. So it has similar dimensions as a UGC it's just not as wide and a little bit more height. I could give you the measurements in cm or mm, but I guess you're better off finding out alone. Tell me if you need them.
Bungleboss:
I've been modifying the UGC covers for a while now. Here's my earlier post
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=417.msg2798#msg2798
I've now got a spine style I like so I'm slowly getting them to match up. Should look quite good when its done.
If needed, I've still got about 30 snes covers in VHS size on my hard drive so if anyone wants them, give me a shout.
KaiserWAVE:
What covers do you have? I'd be fairly interested :)
EDIT: Silly me, clicked the link to see what games you have :)
Milky13:
Nice boxes there. Looks like you put alot of work into editing the arts to suit the VHS cases. I was thinking about having the art sideways like the original box art.
I'm home from university today so I've edited the cover for legend of zelda for the NES to fit a VHS box. (I don't have a cart to put in so I'm just guessing the game will fit when I get back later!) I made the cover about 2cm too long so cut abit off each end. I'll need to mess around with dimensions so I can get a perfect fit.
I'll get some pics up later with the cartridge...if it fits! I'll be doing NES covers then SNES then N64. I'm going to experiment with foam to hold the cart at some point aswell. Hopefully if this works I'll make VHS covers and foam inside parts for all my games and some acessories such as gameboy camera and game & watch games. I'll post how to guides on here if all goes well and hopefully I can upload the custom covers for people to use.
EDIT:
Just got back and the NES cart doesn't fit! It's very very close but just doesn't work so looks like I'll have to find something else. Maybe wide DVD cases. I'll still be making covers and boxes for all my SNES and N64 so I'll keep this thread updated with any I make.