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VHS boxes
Arseen:
VHS cases vary in dimnsions, so can't give one measure.
As for the cases, I use Double wide DVD cases with 27 mm spine, and UGC sized covers fit nicely as the DVD cases are only half centimeter taller.
amarthar:
I've made some custom VHS covers for SNES games a while back (here in Poland UGCs are out of the question). 3 for European games and one for a Japanese game. They're all based on the Japanese design though. They pretty much always had better artwork then the US/EUR, and it's easier to make vertical covers. Currently those are all the games I own, but more will come, when I get new games (currently hunting for Zelda:ALTTP PAL in English, which is somewhat a rarity in Poland).
Chrono Trigger NTSC-J: http://www.box.net/shared/2tvsjqrz7n
F-Zero PAL: http://www.box.net/shared/zjg49q0xcq
Street Fighter II PAL: http://www.box.net/shared/z087e3koz5
Super R-Type PAL: http://www.box.net/shared/d3zqayxn54
Arseen:
I repeat: As for the cases, I use Double wide DVD cases with 27 mm spine, and UGC sized covers fit nicely as the DVD cases are only half centimeter taller.
I live in Finland, and ordering them from england is not that expensive, and probably are easy to find in Poland domestically too.
amarthar:
It also depends on the manufacturer. I've got one double wide DVD case and the cart just slides and rattles all over the place. Besides I've already got a nice way to mod the VHS boxes to house SNES carts. And I've got a ton of VHS boxes as opposed to double wide DVD cases.
KaiserWAVE:
If any of you want to go with VHS instead of double wide DVD cases. There's a freeware program called ezCoverMaker. Google it, it's easy to find. It has a VHS template where you just drag/drop the image you want to print and you're done. You can even use the covers formatted for UGCs here and it converts them to VHS. Not a 100% perfectly since the VHS spine is a bit wider, but the difference is minimal. Check my thread in the "Photo Gallery" for images.