Rondo of Blood English Patch (PSP to TurboGrafx-CD).

[Black Tiger]

Very cool, are you still tweaking the "Randa af Blaad" font?  Also, will you be doing the Obi as well?

Thanks

Honestly, the 'Rondo of Blood' in the logo looks readable to me, as is.  Maybe I'm alone in thinking that.  And what's an Obi?

Like I said great work overall, I just don't like the rondo logo.  Old English IMO was the wrong choice font for this and like I said the blood is too distracting; Would have been cool on a couple of letters max.  Old-E reminds me of those "Homies" who put nothing but Old English on their T-shirt's, lowriders, and tattoos...

Homos...

Eh, it seems appropriate enough to me.  We're not talking about 40oz malt liquor and low riders here, we're talking about Castlevania... a game set in the 17th/18th century

It's also the same style as the title screen of the official English version for PSP that this localization is based on.

[fragmare]

"Have you tried these other TG-CD game discs?"

Heh, nice picks.  When will their translations be complete? 

Hehe... I just listed the other Konami CD games.  Maybe one of these days somebody will translate Snatcher somehow.  <sigh>

[Sadler]

Oh hell yes! Thank you guys so much!! Yesterday I got the patch running on my Duo and today I attempted to make a reproduction. I used fragmare's images, with Kinko's printing the rear insert and inlay and a lightscribe drive labeling the CD. I'm a little disappointed with the lightscribe, but it came out pretty good. The jewel case looks more convincing than the pictures indicate. One of these days I'll learn how to take decent photos)...







Thanks again guys, I really appreciate it! 

[Burnt Lasagna]

Wow, that looks great!
I also plan on making one of these as soon as the English manual is ready.

[Keith Courage]

Light scribe comes out better if you set it to make it darker but with longer write speed. The setting is in the options of the light scribe control found on the task bar in windows.

[fragmare]

Oh hell yes! Thank you guys so much!! Yesterday I got the patch running on my Duo and today I attempted to make a reproduction. I used fragmare's images, with Kinko's printing the rear insert and inlay and a lightscribe drive labeling the CD. I'm a little disappointed with the lightscribe, but it came out pretty good. The jewel case looks more convincing than the pictures indicate. One of these days I'll learn how to take decent photos)...

Thanks again guys, I really appreciate it!  

How do they look close-up when printed?  I haven't gotten a chance to try printing them yet.  I tried to make them hi-res enough (600 dpi) to where there would be little to no pixelation when printed in their standard sizes.

Oh, and someone mentioned, one time, that if you lightscribe the same disc a few consecutive times it comes out darker.  Not sure if that's true or not, but it could be worth a try.

[Keith Courage]

Yes, you can run it more than once to make it darker. However, sometimes it comes out a bit blurry the 2nd time around. Also, make sure that if you do plan on running it through a 2nd time that you should not remove the cd from the drive. If you do this it throws off the alignment and then things get really messed up.

[TheClash603]

Wow, that looks really cool.  I have never burned a CD game in my life and don't really know what I'm doing...  or else I'd hop on making one of these myself.

[Sadler]

Light scribe comes out better if you set it to make it darker but with longer write speed. The setting is in the options of the light scribe control found on the task bar in windows.

Thanks man, just found the setting. I'll try burning another one and see how much of an impact it has.

How do they look close-up when printed?  I haven't gotten a chance to try printing them yet.  I tried to make them hi-res enough (600 dpi) to where there would be little to no pixelation when printed in their standard sizes.

Oh, and someone mentioned, one time, that if you lightscribe the same disc a few consecutive times it comes out darker.  Not sure if that's true or not, but it could be worth a try.

They look damn nice. I probably don't have the most discerning eye, but I don't see any obvious pixelation. I think you did a fantastic job!

Side question: I swear I've seen similar packaging for Ys IV somewhere, including a translated manual. I can't seem to find it now, does anyone have a link?

[Sadler]

Wow, that looks great!
I also plan on making one of these as soon as the English manual is ready.

Thanks! It's so awesome playing this! I'm looking forward to the translated manual, keep us posted!

[Burnt Lasagna]

What kind of printer did you use to print the packaging / what paper did you use?
This would be nice to know for anyone else who plans on making there own box.

[Bernie]

They look excellent printed up.  For my set-up, I used glossy Kodak photo paper, with a Canon Pixma MP499 printer. 

[Sadler]

What kind of printer did you use to print the packaging / what paper did you use?
This would be nice to know for anyone else who plans on making there own box.

You know, I don't know. I went to Kinkos, said I wanted to print a rear insert and front cover for a CD jewel case, and gave them the files on a thumb drive. The guy never asked me what kind of paper I wanted. The paper was the same for both the rear insert and the "manual", but I'm not sure that's the best way to go. The paper is fairly thick, so when I folded the manual in half, an obvious white strip formed along the seam. Fortunately this isn't really visible with it in the case, but for the manual I'd probably go with something more, uh, foldable.

I guess it's probably obvious now that I don't know anything about paper.

[spenoza]

You could get away with thinner paper, probably, though you don't want to go too thin, I imagine.

[Burnt Lasagna]

You know, I don't know. I went to Kinkos, said I wanted to print a rear insert and front cover for a CD jewel case, and gave them the files on a thumb drive.

I've never heard of Kinkos into just now, From the looks of it it seems to be part of FedEx.
Does a regular FedEx office do this, or any other post offices for that matter?