Sega Scans

Over at SegaFans I've been slowly adding entries to what I'm calling the
"Sega Buyer's Guide". In these entries I've included moderately sized
scans of the cover, manual, and disc (and sometimes more) whenever possible.

I've been considering doing a couple of related things as far as scans
go, but I wanted to see if there's any interest in it first.

First, I'm considering making high resolution scans (300 dpi or so) of
the front and back covers for each game, so people who might be missing
the manual or case or whatever will at least be able to have something
that they could print out and use to make it look nicer. Due to the
size of high resolution scans, I would still use the smaller ones for
general purpose stuff, but have the high res ones in zip files (one zip
per game).

The other thing I've been considering is making jewel case or dvd case
style inserts for US Sega CD and Saturn games, since those big plastic
cases tend to break so easily. It would save space and save worry about
breaking cases, but still give the games a nice professional looking
place on a shelf. They might be cropped or resized versions of the
original, or possibly even a brand new cover entirely.

Is there any interest from you folks in either of these projects?

And by interest, I mean interest in downloading these scans/inserts or
possibly even creating some yourself.

Also, is there anyone else already undertaking a project similar to
either of these?

benstylus wrote:
> Over at SegaFans I've been slowly adding entries to what I'm calling
the
> "Sega Buyer's Guide". In these entries I've included moderately
sized
> scans of the cover, manual, and disc (and sometimes more) whenever
possible.
>
> I've been considering doing a couple of related things as far as
scans
> go, but I wanted to see if there's any interest in it first.
>
> First, I'm considering making high resolution scans (300 dpi or so)
of
> the front and back covers for each game, so people who might be
missing
> the manual or case or whatever will at least be able to have
something
> that they could print out and use to make it look nicer. Due to the
> size of high resolution scans, I would still use the smaller ones for

> general purpose stuff, but have the high res ones in zip files (one
zip
> per game).

I'd say that for Genesis and 32X games this would be *very*
usefull, since most idiot consumers through away the perfectly good
boxes. As for Sega CD and Saturn, I agree with Ted, that it'd be
neater if the images fit in a jewel case rather than being full sized,
since nobody's going to have the case without the box art for more than
one or two games.

> The other thing I've been considering is making jewel case or dvd
case
> style inserts for US Sega CD and Saturn games, since those big
plastic
> cases tend to break so easily. It would save space and save worry
about
> breaking cases, but still give the games a nice professional looking
> place on a shelf. They might be cropped or resized versions of the
> original, or possibly even a brand new cover entirely.

If you could figure out how to do this *and* have room in the case for
the manual without folding it, you'd be a the coolest fella on the
Internet.

> Is there any interest from you folks in either of these projects?
>
> And by interest, I mean interest in downloading these scans/inserts
or
> possibly even creating some yourself.
>
> Also, is there anyone else already undertaking a project similar to
> either of these?


-
Scott