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NEC PC-Engine/SuperGrafx => PC Engine/SuperGrafx Discussion => Topic started by: SuperPlay on March 12, 2011, 02:41:22 AM
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In my PCE collection I only have around 20-25 games that are complete with Spine Cards all others are without :-(
Rather than me having to re-purchase most of my collection would there be interest in a collaborative project on this forum to scan and share the spine cards that we own with the goal of creating a complete scanned set?
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Great idea! I'd be happy to add spinecards to my site if we can get a whole lot scanned.
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I'm willing to scan mine. I mostly have common/cheap games at the moment, so I'll wait to see what others post first. Most of my games are back in the US, but now I have these spine cards:
GoTzenDiener
Ys IV
Far East of Eden Kabuki Den
The Legend of Xanadu
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
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I had the same idea a few weeks ago but I d'ont have a scanner :(
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OK I will make a start.
sunteam_paul what resolution would you prefer me to scan these in at? I have been using 300dpi for most stuff.
Also can you let me know where to post/email the scans
Ta
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If you print 'em you should put a "not official" disclaimer like sparky has done with his manual scans.
I've scanned most of my spine cards for gamefaqs http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/63311.html?type=10
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If I have it, it'll be scanned and added to pcedaisakusen.... eventually. I've fallen behind, but I should be back on the stick soon.
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OK I will make a start.
sunteam_paul what resolution would you prefer me to scan these in at? I have been using 300dpi for most stuff.
Also can you let me know where to post/email the scans
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Superplay, let me know when you figure this out if its not posted. I have some I can add.
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I would suggest scanning them at 300dpi. I can always resample down, I will probably drop them to 200dpi so they end up this quality:
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9158/xan2spine.jpg)
If you get a lot done, zip them up and either upload them to megaupload or something, or send via www.yousendit.com (http://www.yousendit.com/) (no registration/payment required on files under 100mb) to paul[at]pcengine.co.uk.
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If I have it, it'll be scanned and added to pcedaisakusen.... eventually. I've fallen behind, but I should be back on the stick soon.
Likewise.
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Uploaded first batch to yousendit.com
Burai
Color Wars
Gambler Jikochuushinha Mahjong Puzzle Collection
Jantei Monogatari 2 - Uchuu Tantei Diban - Shutsudou Hen
Kawa No Nushitsuri Shizenha
Master Of Monsters
Quiz Tonosama no Yabou
Star Mobile
Yokoyama Mitsuteru Shin Sangokushi
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Wow, covers and registration cards as well! I just have to figure out how best to incorporate them in the site now (I could add another index as well as putting links on individual pages, but I'm concerned that I'm going to have too many links on the home page.)
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I sent a single scan for Strider via mega upload. Let me know if it is satisfactory and I'll start sending the rest I have.
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I sent a single scan for Strider via mega upload. Let me know if it is satisfactory and I'll start sending the rest I have.
The resolution is fine, I just want to check the colours. Is the spine faded or is the NEC Avenue logo supposed to have no colour in it (and the Arcade CD-Rom strip at the top looks pale to me but that might be how it is)?
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I'm considering having the registration cards as a list based on Company, rather than game - the two Naxat ones SuperPlay sent me were identical and I guess there are few, if any, game specific ones - unless someone knows differently?
One thing I noticed on your cover scans SuperPlay...do you have a 'descreen' option in your scanning software to minimize the pattern you get when scanning printed matter? I can smooth it out a bit in Photoshop if you don't.
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I currently use the inbuilt scanner driver/tool that comes with Windows 7 64bit as the software that came with my scanner crashes. The standard diver does not have a 'descreen' option :-( However I have upped the DPI to 500 and this seems to have helped. Let me know what you think.
I have upped the following. Some of the cover backs are slightly faded etc. however I though it would be better to have a fade copy than no copy at all ;-)
3x3 Eyes
Advanced VG
Battlefield Wrestling 94
Burai II
Panic Bomber
Ryuko No Ken
I have just also noticed that the reg card for panic bomber has a version number on it.
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Yup, the increased resolution helps. When I downsample them any banding will vanish.
I'll keep the reg cards back for a while until we have a few more of them, then maybe have a good look at how to sort them into the site.
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I sent a single scan for Strider via mega upload. Let me know if it is satisfactory and I'll start sending the rest I have.
The resolution is fine, I just want to check the colours. Is the spine faded or is the NEC Avenue logo supposed to have no colour in it (and the Arcade CD-Rom strip at the top looks pale to me but that might be how it is)?
The Arcade CD-rom strip at the top does look a bit faded. Especially when compared to this one. It also looks like the AV logo is supposed to be white.
http://cgi.ebay.com/STRIDER-pc-engine-turbo-duo-grafx-CD-jp-/350437316302?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item5197b116ce
Edit: I sent some more of them but I'm not sure which ones you received cause Mega upload crapped out. Please let me know what you received. I think I will email them one at a time to you instead of using these upload programs.
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Cool, a lot of spine cards I don't have for the moment. If I had a scanner, I would scan a lot of them but unfortunately...
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I sent a single scan for Strider via mega upload. Let me know if it is satisfactory and I'll start sending the rest I have.
The resolution is fine, I just want to check the colours. Is the spine faded or is the NEC Avenue logo supposed to have no colour in it (and the Arcade CD-Rom strip at the top looks pale to me but that might be how it is)?
The Arcade CD-rom strip at the top does look a bit faded. Especially when compared to this one. It also looks like the AV logo is supposed to be white.
http://cgi.ebay.com/STRIDER-pc-engine-turbo-duo-grafx-CD-jp-/350437316302?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item5197b116ce
Edit: I sent some more of them but I'm not sure which ones you received cause Mega upload crapped out. Please let me know what you received. I think I will email them one at a time to you instead of using these upload programs.
The best thing to do is zip a batch at once and send them to me via www.yousendit.com (http://www.yousendit.com/) (no registration required). That way I don't have to wait for the timer to count down before I download.
The last batch I am currently downloading from you were: BLR, Fatal Fury Special, Lemmings, Power Gold and Schbibin Man 3
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Because these scans are so big, I'm going to host them on imageshack and link with thumbnails to my site: Example (http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/3x3_Eyes.htm). This is actually pretty good because it a) saves me a ton of work, b) saves me getting in trouble due to bandwith usage and c) allows me to put them up at 300dpi - print quality.
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So here is what I have sent so far. Superplay can you keep a tally in the first post of what has been sent so far so we don't double up and for easy reference?
Battle Lode Runner Insert (Front and Back)
Fatal Fury Special
Lemmings
Power Golf 2
Schubibin Man 3
Travel Eple
Strider
Art of Fighting
Fray
Brandish
Gradius 2
Hyper Wars
Final Zone 2
Kunio Soccer
Startling Odyssey 2
Xak 3
If you have any problems with the files let me know.
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Awesome stuff guys, keep 'em coming.
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Senshi, can you use less compression when you save them please (minimum Jpeg compression/maximum quality would be nice). Thanks.
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Cool, a lot of spine cards I don't have for the moment. If I had a scanner, I would scan a lot of them but unfortunately...
If anyone that does not have a scanner wants to (and is comfortable) mail spine cards that have not been done to me, I can scan them and mail them back.
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To add a quick request to the covers, spines and reg cards...how about scans of the CDs themselves?
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Adding to the list I have scanned:
CD Denjin (covers & CD)
L-Dis (covers & CD)
Pop 'n' Magic (covers & CD)
I do NOT have the spine cards for any of these.
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Few More sent:
Bonanza Bros
Davis Cup Tennis
Human Sports Festival
Shadow of the beast
Pachiokun 3 Pachisuro & Pachinko
Bakuden Unbalanced Zone
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Few More sent:
Human Sports Festival
Can you rescan the front cover to this again please? There seems to be an odd horizontal image shift 2/3 down it.
Also - I think your scanner has a scratch on the glass. If you are able, you might want to move the covers to another area of the glass to avoid this:
(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/8872/damageyv.jpg)
It's on a lot of them.
If not, I'll keep Photoshopping them out if I can.
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Senshi, can you use less compression when you save them please (minimum Jpeg compression/maximum quality would be nice). Thanks.
sorry I just saw this...I have it set to 300 dpi currently. Is that what you're referring to? I can set it up to 500 dpi I think.
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(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/8872/damageyv.jpg)
Clearly, that is residue from flattened gummy worms (which have since been peeled off the glass).
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Senshi, can you use less compression when you save them please (minimum Jpeg compression/maximum quality would be nice). Thanks.
sorry I just saw this...I have it set to 300 dpi currently. Is that what you're referring to? I can set it up to 500 dpi I think.
500 would be nice, but that's not what I'm referring to.
When you save a JPEG, you usually have an option/slider for quality. If it's set too low, the scans will have compression artefacts and look poor. If you don't seem to have this, but can save as TIFF or PNG, that is a better way to go.
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Ok I scanned a double dragon disk at 600 dpi and saved it as a TIFF (although I can do PNG's as well). I can go up to 19,200 Dpi on my printer :shock:. I don't see the quality "slider". I'm using a macbook pro with a Lexmark X4580 printer.
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Ok I scanned a double dragon disk at 600 dpi and saved it as a TIFF (although I can do PNG's as well). I can go up to 19,200 Dpi on my printer :shock:. I don't see the quality "slider". I'm using a macbook pro with a Lexmark X4580 printer.
Yeah, that's so much better - super clear now. I think 600dpi is a bit over the top though, you can scan at 500 if you like to make sending them a bit faster.
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My scanner makes me choose between 300 and 600 dpi. I don't mind waiting for it to send. I'll use those settings from now on.
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Hi sunteam_paul
you are not wrong there is a scratch on my scanner! I will scan on another part of the surface for future scans. Thanks for pointing this out.
I think on the Human Sports Festival cover you are seeing resedue from the back page of the front cover. I will have another go.
Also I will get another batch of scans doen for you over the weekend.
Cheers
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super play if you want my scans as well, you're welcome to them.
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Few more sent:
Tanjo Debut
Yawara 2
Inoue Mami Kono Hoshi
Sotsugyou II Neo Generation
Solid Force
Senshi thanks for the offer, I have alrady dowloaded the ones you have sent over at http://www.pcengine.co.uk/ :-)
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I have uploaded scans of the CDs for the covers that I have already sent over.
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I've nto forgotten about these, I'm just switching computers and am temporarily without my usual software...back to normal soon I hope.
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Hi sunteam_paul
Looks like things are drying up on the Spinecard front. (I only have 2 games left to do in my colleciton that have spines!)
Did you get the CD scans that I sent you for the games that I had already scanned the covers for etc?
Are you interested in scans for titles where I do not have the spine?
Cheers
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Yes, I put a few of those CD scans up. I still have a selection of images still to do.
This is starting to build up into a nice collection of high resolution images - so anything more would be fantastic - covers, CD scans, more reg cards etc...it doesn't matter if you're missing spines.
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I will try to get together another batch done for you in the week.
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Thanks. Can you rescan the Human Sports Festival front cover at some point please :)
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Another batch sent. (Including the last ones that I have wtih Spines!)
1552 Tenka Tairan
Alzadick
Aoki Okami
Atrain
Babel
Falcon TG16
Human Sports Front
Metal Angel 2
Ordyne TG16
Sim Earth TG16
Super Real Mahjong PIV
If you add a credit on your site for the batches of covers I upload (Like you have done with the other files sent) I will keep m coming :@)
Let me know what you think about the TG16 samples! I have also rescaned Human Sports Front as requested.
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Let me know what you think about the TG16 samples!
Great idea. I have an appetite for everything!
I just got the scans from Senshi as well, thanks.
Yes, I'm behind again, but I will get them put up as soon as poss!
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No problem. As I get them I'll send them on.
Superplay, for the purpose of the master list I sent the spine cards for "Card Angels" and "Lady Phantom"
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Wow, this is pretty awesome. Everything is hosted up on the PC Engine Bible, right? I'll try and dig through some of my games later and scan and ones that are missing too.
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Uploading:
1941 Counter Attack
Addams Family (TG 16)
Aldynes
Battle Ace
Daimakaimura
Kick Boxing
King of Casino (TG 16)
Madou Granzort
Monster Lair
Monster Lair (TG 16)
R-Type (TG 16)
Sankokushi
Silent Debuggers (TG 16)
Silent Debuggers
Takin It To The Hoop (TG 16)
Yo Bro (TG 16)
As we are now uploading more than just spine cards (And in some cases covers with no spine cards) I think we need a better way to record what has been uploaded. Paul is there a way that you could have a master grid on your site? Or is it just best to let people to look directly at your site to work our what is missing?
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Once I'm up to date (I'm hoping to get some done today) it'll be easier just to look at the site.
I considered a list, but once you reach a certain quantity a list becomes redundant, and chances are people are going to head straight for the game page they are interested in anyway. Hopefully we will get enough that most pages are guaranteed to have the content on.
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Just to keep you busy a few more are on there way ;-)
Lords of the rising sun (TG16)
Magical Saurus Tour
Record of Lodoss War
Rising sun
The legend of Xanadu
TV Sports Foorball (TG16)
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Thanks! Just doing some more now.
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Ah, Silent Debuggers TG-16 box back is all out of focus blurry where the text is, any chance you can rescan it please? I'm guessing the box bowed up on the scanner or something.
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Must have sent you my bad scan by mistake, Re-Sent :-)
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Aside from that last scan, I'm now up to date with everything you sent me.
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In between playing YS 1&2 I have managed to scan a few more
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Browning
Cal II
Death Bringer
Dynastic Hero
Efera and Jiliora
Mashou Denki La Valeu
Oedo 888
YS 1+2
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How I miss this? I just sent some thru yousendit. Conan The Boy From Future including disc, front, and rear scans at 600 dpi. hmm.. Looks like I may take that down a notch to 500 dpi after reading over this. Lemme know how they turn out for ya, they were actually my first scans and I have a bunch more. After the first couple sets, I will adjust my settings to 500 dpi and possibly change the pic format from jpeg to something else. Shoulda read over this thread first I guess.
Conan Boy From Future
Cotton (J)
Dracula X
Dragon Slayer TG16
Dragon Slayer II
Dungeon Expl. II TG16
Gate of Thunder TG16
Gradius II
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Sent front/rear/disc scans for the following:
Implode
Insanity
Loom tg16
Lords of Thunder
Meteor Blaster DX
Prince of Persia tg16
Psychic Storm
Sorry for the double post, the modify feature is causing me issues with the page not scrolling down as it should and jumping up above where I am trying to type. I dunno. :?
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Some scans I have done which are awaiting 'processing':
Kaze Kiri
Hellfire
Legend of Xanadu 2
Lost Sunheart
Doraemon
1943
Shinobi
Tales/Monsterpath
Kung Fu
Dragon Spirit
Space Harrier
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Some more on the way
Daisenryaku II
F1 Circus Special
Godzilla Bakutou Retsu Den
Golden Axe
Gulliver Boy
Neo Metal Fantasy
Snatcher
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Hi sunteam_paul
Did you pick up the above covers?
I also have another set to send over.
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Hi sunteam_paul
Did you pick up the above covers?
I also have another set to send over.
Yes, I have them. They're in the stack of things to do next :)
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Hi
I have sent over:
Final Zone II (TG16)
Kattobi Takuhai-kun
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective (TG16)
Mahjong Clinic Special
Military Madness (TG)
Rastan Saga II
Shaper Shifter (TG16)
Sol Bianca
Super Schwartzschild
TG16 Flyer
World Court Tennis (TG16)
Valis II (TG16)
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Cheers. I have batch 17 & 18 to sort out now. I'll be on it as soon as I can.
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Hi Paul
Just uploaded:
Bonks Adventure (TG)
Bonks Revenge (TG)
Bravoman (TG)
Mine Sweeper
Night Creatures (TG)
Xak 3
Bakushou Yoshimoto Shinkigeki
ChewManFu (TG)
TaleSpin (TG)
Toilet Kids
Yu Yu Hakusho
Zero 4 Champ II
Cheers
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Got, thanks.
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Just sending over:
Andre Panza(TG)
Battle Royale (TG)
Daisenpu Custom
Gunboat(TG)
King Of Casino (TG)
Ninja Spirit (TG)
Racing Spirits
Seiryu Densetsu Monbit
Sexy Idol Fashon Monogatari
Xak 1+2
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Few more en route:
Body Conquest II
Dungeon Explorer (TG)
Rtype Chip (TG)
Taking it to the Hoop Chip (TG)
Tricky Kick (TG)
World Class Baseball (TG)
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Anyone have a scan of the back jewel case insert for Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom)?
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Anyone have a scan of the back jewel case insert for Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (River City Ransom)?
It's not perfect - scanned from outside the box and no spines:
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9904/downtownback.th.jpg) (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/downtownback.jpg/)
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Uploaded Batch 23:
Formation Soccer 95
Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TG)
Neuopia (TG)
Victory Run (TG)
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Uploaded Batch 23:
Formation Soccer 95
Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TG)
Neuopia (TG)
Victory Run (TG)
Got 'em.
I'm going to have to make a medal for you or something. All these scans you are doing, you're definately PC Engine Fan Of The Year!
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Just trying to keep you busy ;-)
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Uploded the following:
Davis Cup Tennis (TG)
Double Dungeons (TG)
Ghost Manor (TG)
Last Armagedon
Ledendary Axe (TG)
Photograph Boy
Pomping World
The Manhole
Volfield
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Will be new year before I put these up, thanks.
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No problem :@) I will be sending some more over to you in the next week as I will have some free time over xmas
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A few more are on their way .... Happy New Year :@)
CD Mahjong Bishoujo
Dead Moon (TG)
Dragon Spirit (TG)
Final Zone II
Forgotten Worlds
Gensou Tairiku Auleria
God Panic
J League Tremendous Soccer '94
Magical Chase (PCE Fan)
Magical Dinosaur Tour
Mamono Hunter Youko
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Thanks.
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Few more on the way
Monster Maker II
Nekketsu KouKou Dodgeball Bun CD Soccer Hen
Space Harrier (TG)
Super Darius
Time Cruise (TG)
Tricky Kik (TG)
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Gotcha. I know I'm hoarding these, but they are not forgotten.
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No worries. There are lots more to come ;-)
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Few more posted:
China Warrior (TG)
Cyber Oedo
Power Golf (TG)
Prince of Persia (TG)
TV Sports Football (TG)
Vigilante (TG)
Yamamura Misa Suspence
Zan Kagerou no Toki
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Thanks. I'll try to start getting some of these up once I finish the latest issue of PCE Gamer, it's taking ages.
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Just a note that imageshack (which I've been using to hold these high resolution scans) are now screwing us all over by deleting pictures if you have over 500 stored.
I'm going to have to go back through everything and move it all onto my site and either remake every thumnbnail or use text links. That might take a bit of time, so the scans not up yet will have to wait for a bit (but they will go up eventually).
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Wow that kind of sucks, shame on you imageshack
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Just a note that imageshack (which I've been using to hold these high resolution scans) are now screwing us all over by deleting pictures if you have over 500 stored.
I'm going to have to go back through everything and move it all onto my site and either remake every thumnbnail or use text links. That might take a bit of time, so the scans not up yet will have to wait for a bit (but they will go up eventually).
Typical. I was searching for a good, hassle free image storing solution since I got tired of photobuckets flashinfested mess of a page and registered on imageshack just a few weeks ago. Guess the search goes on then.
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Typical. I was searching for a good, hassle free image storing solution since I got tired of photobuckets flashinfested mess of a page and registered on imageshack just a few weeks ago. Guess the search goes on then.
I like using Picasa (http://picasa.google.com/) for my photo organizing needs. With my gmail account, I can upload something like 1GB of images for free and the online images can be public or private or public only if you have a direct link.
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So, I was going to try and print out a replacement spine card for one of my games and I ran into an issue. When I opened it up in Photoshop the DPI/size measurements were incorrect. Does anyone know the size (width x height) in inches or mm of a spine card?
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For some reason the dpi gets screwed up sometimes. The spines should be the same height as the CD box, so just measure to whatever it is going onto.
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Well I just pulled out another game that had an obi on it and the measurements I came up with for a single CD case obi are:
7cm wide by 12cm high
Width wise, the obi I was measuring broke down to this:
3cm for the back part with barcode
1cm for actual spine part with name
3cm for the front part which covers the colored (black or white) hinge/inlay thing for the CD on the side
Hope this helps anyone else who might need it.
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Just sent over:
Galaxy Fralein Yuna
Hatsukoi Monogatari
Hyaku Monogatar
Jantei Monogatari 2 Shutsudou Hen
John Madden Duo CD Football
Kagamai No Kuni No Legend
Kisou Louga
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Thankee
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Few more done:
Deep Blue
Neo Nectaris
No-Ri-Ko
Princess Maker 2
Shanghai II
Sotsugyou Graduation
Tenshi no Uta 2
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Downloading
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Few more:
Doukyuusei
Dungeon Master
Final Lap Twin (TG)
GunBuster Vol 1
Idol Hanaduda Club - Big Box
Lady Phantom
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I have not scanned for a while, however there are a few catch up batches on their way just is case you are not busy enough already ;-) LOL
Batch 35:
Arunamu no Kiba
Fantasy Zone (TG)
Galaga 90 (TG)
GotzenDiener
Jackie Chan(TG)
Langrisser
Batch 36:
Lords of Thunder
Magicoal
Monster Maker
Nobunaga No Yabou Zenkokuban
Parasol Stars (TG)
Rainbow Islands
Batch 37:
ROMROM Karaoke Vol1 Victor
ROMROM Karaoke Vol2 Victor
ROMROM Karaoke Vol3 Victor
ROMROM Karaoke Vol4 Victor
ROMROM Karaoke Vol5 Victor
Splatterhouse (TG16)
Super Real Mahjong Special
Tenchi Muyo
Batch 38:
Travel Epule
Valis Visual Collection
XAK III
YS III
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EEK!
Downloading now...
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Batch 39 En-route
Advanced VG (Sample)
Avenger
Hudson 94 OST
Hudson 95 OST
Hyper Catalogue 01
Hyper Catalogue 04
Rayxanber II
Shanghai III
Strip Fighter
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Downloading now...
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So, is there a list of what is missing?
I have a few spine cards, and I'm willing to scan them if they're needed.
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Once I catch up with the recent downloads, the things that are missing will be, erm, missing from my site.
I only have about 210 more scans to put up at the moment O_o
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Once I catch up with the recent downloads, the things that are missing will be, erm, missing from my site.
I only have about 210 more scans to put up at the moment O_o
You are still 500% more productive/efficient than I am (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png). Damn you!