NeoGeoCD Cover Thread

[shenske]

The official NeoGeoCD cover thread
by Shenske & Grumbleduke


I've been wanting to work on these for quite some time now.

i've created my own template and i wanted it to be completely original form the other covers out there.
(yes i did use other templates as inspiration ie: wii & dreamcast mostly)

Keep in mind i don't even own the system so i don't have any sort of priority list. 
If you want a cover request it through this thread
(thanks to southtown, i probably don't need raws  ).

My template can be found in the template thread or in the link below
http://www.thecoverproject.net/images/templates/template_neogeocd.psd




Completed covers
Shenske           =   Blue         23+ games
Grumbleduke    =   Red         18+ games


2020 Super Baseball               
3 Count Bout
Baseball Stars Professional
Baseball Stars 2
Burning Fight
Fatal Fury                                 
Fatal Fury 2                               
Fatal Fury 3                             
Fatal Fury 3                           
Fatal Fury Special
Kabuki Klash             
The King of Fighters 94             
The King of Fighters 95           
The King of Fighters 96             
The King of Fighters 97             
The King of Fighters 98             
The King of Fighters 99             
The Last Blade                         
The Last Blade 2
Nam 1975
Neo Turf Masters
Ninja Commando
Metal Slug 1
Metal Slug 1
Metal Slug 2   
Mutation Nation                         
Ninja Commando
Ninja Masters
Puzzle Bobble                           
Real Bout Fatal Fury                 
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2             
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special     
Robo Army                             
Samurai Shodown                   
Samurai Shodown II               
Samurai Shodown III                 
Samurai Shodown IV
Samurai Shodown RPG
Twinkle Star Sprites                 
Wind Jammers
Viewpoint


more to come as time permits 

[The Warlock]

Well, I don't have a Neo CD, but looking at the way that SNK did their covers, it seems like they were really trying to keep the template light to have a lot of room for the artwork. The big-ass curve you have might be a bit much (and you can probably get away with leaving off the stupid ratings, too).

But I don't exactly have the money to go Neo-collecting, so, y'know, whatever.

[Dante_Ali]

Looks very good. As The Warlock suggested, I would make the curve somewhat smaller along with the Neo-Geo logo.

I don't see a problem with the ESRB ratings. I personally would get rid of the black bar with the white stroke - the Wii/PS2/PS3/X360 templates don't have anything of the sort - the ESRB logo is just laid out on top of the artwork.

[KaiserWAVE]

Finally! I've been waiting for someone to tackle NGCD covers for a long time. I really like your template a lot! Great work!!
Like the others suggested I'd say keep the curve but make it smaller, giving the beautiful SNK artwork more room Like Dante suggested get rid of the black bar with the white stroke or make it smaller.

As a personal request, please drop the rating. At least on the front cover. I hate those things, they ruin the beautiful artwork Place it on the back if you feel like you have to have it.
But none of the NGCD games I have, regardless of region, have a rating.

[shenske]

i'll take all the suggestions into consideration and get back to you guys with a revised template tomorrow.

i really like the stroke for some reason, i will make it much lighter though.
i will also get rid of the space for the esrb rating on the front and the # of players on the back.

[KaiserWAVE]

Looking forward to the finished template

[SMMM]

uh, is that Kyo in his 99+ outfit?  Really folks, try to stick to the original artwork...or at least artwork that makes sense.

[shenske]

uh, is that Kyo in his 99+ outfit?  Really folks, try to stick to the original artwork...or at least artwork that makes sense.

its sometimes very difficult to find original artwork for older games at high resolution.  especially for systems that weren't that popular

[shenske]

alright here is round number two for the template.

The King of Fighters 96


(i'm not a hardcore kof fan so i really don't know when each charcter made their first apperance or when they changed outfits so i think this works)

tell me what you think

[SMMM]

well, '96 would be the hardest game in the series to find decent artwork for (used to be '94 until the Rebout).  But I do have something I can scan you tomorrow.

[svrasputin]

shenske, I digg'em.  I love my NeoCD.  I've only got King of Fighters 94-98, Fire Suplex, and Savage Reign, but I'd be more than happy to upload the scans if you'd like...

[shenske]

shenske, I digg'em.  I love my NeoCD.  I've only got King of Fighters 94-98, Fire Suplex, and Savage Reign, but I'd be more than happy to upload the scans if you'd like...

that would be awesome, please do! 

i was planning on making covers for the kof games first.
(plus the back scan i have now isn't very high resolution)

if possible could you scan them in at 600dpi, if not 300dpi will be fine. 

[The Warlock]

alright here is round number two for the template.

The King of Fighters 96


(i'm not a hardcore kof fan so i really don't know when each charcter made their first apperance or when they changed outfits so i think this works)

tell me what you think

I would take off one of the corner curves on each side, if I were you. But that's just me.

[KaiserWAVE]

I second that. I would suggest keeping both curves an the back cover but dropping the lower right curve from the front cover.

If you're doing the KOF covers first you could either have the main characters of each KOF on the front or the newcomers that entered the tournament with every new year (like Iori for KOF '95). If you don't know who that is just ask me or SMMM, he loves the SNK games just as much as I do Or maybe take the covers from the DC ports of these games for reference.

If you need artwork you might look here http://www.fightersgeneration.com/main.htm
If you click on the "characters" link on the left you can browse all sorts of fighting game characters (wheter it be SNK, Capcom, Sammy or a bunch of others) by name and some of them have quite some artwork along with info on their first appearance in the fighting world. Maybe that will help you.

In your elegant black template a KOF '95 with Iori wielding his purple flames on the cover would just look so badass

[shenske]

i know who Iori is and a few others.

thanks a ton for the link 

could you just make a list of who the main character was for each game

ex:
kof 94 = billy
kof 95 = bob
kof 96 = thorton 

etc.