DIY Game Covers (dial up warning:contains pics)

Dr Bob

Since I managed to buy 2 copies of EA hockey earlier in the week I decided I'd give my copy of starflight a new home.

Problem is that there doesnt seem to be a proper cover scan of it anywhere on the net.Eventually I get a copy of the front and back on mobygames.

They're 2 seperate images , and as you might have noticed theres no side scan.

Using a copy of roadrash as a template I get them resized, but now I'm stuck for a spine.After faffing about for a few minutes I end up using a still from the games title screen , its not accurate but I think it looks decent enough.

If you're ever stuck and have to print off a replacement megadrive cover , its handy to know that the dimensions are 27cm Width x 17.1cm Height.

bit of cutting later and voila! ... a copy of starflight I can put up with the rest of my meg games on the shelf!


I'm happy enough with it at least until I can get a proper boxed copy in the future(theres 2 small watermarks from moby games on the back , but I'd nearly rather have an upfront reproduction than trying to "fake" an original)
Places like http://www.thecoverproject.net/ are handy for printing off these kind of things , but theres not much up there , so I might scan and upload the covers I have to my photobucket if they're any use to anyone..

o1s1n

Nice work!

There's a good inlay scan request thread over on Sega-16 if you're ever looking for Megadrive stuff -

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13759

eddhorse

Good job,

Like the title, "dial up warning", real retro stuff

Dr Bob

Heh well it IS Arcade and retro;)

KeRbDoG

eddhorse wrote: »

Good job,

Like the title, "dial up warning", real retro stuff

Should be a 56k warning