My Custom CD Jewel Case Inserts (Fatal Fury 2 Insert)

[IvanBeavkov]

This is a little project I have been working on for myself and I thought it would be fun to share. I have made a Photoshop PSD template file for the back insert for a CD jewel case. (You can open the file in GIMP www.gimp.org and it will work there if you don't have Photoshop.)

It is a cross between the inserts from US Super CD games and the back of later US TurboChip game boxes. I am definitely not going for an exact reproduction with these but more of a custom look the meshes well with the originals.

Here are high quality versions of the jewel case inserts I have made so far and any new ones I make will also be added here.
https://goo.gl/photos/Mc69TSw2EJpXvBq58

This is a sample of what you will see when you first open the TG-16 Jewel Case Back Template file.


I did steal the "This package is not printed on recycled paper." joke from GOT 3 in 1 disc insert I found here. I found it unreasonably amusing.

Here is a link to download the template file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzfHjbqYPxpeTVYwZHIxM2hNeEk/view?usp=sharing

Front Template Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzfHjbqYPxpecHpnbDlMQlVlWkU/view?usp=sharing

I have tried to make it as flexible as possible. You can make the spines look like the original orange US game style or the later Black style, or how about the PCEngine HuCard, CD-ROM2, SUPER cd-rom2, or Arcade card style. You can even make it that weird yellowish/green style they used for 2 of the US CD-ROM releases.

I also added 10 different color bars for the 16-Bit Graphics bar that goes across the back. I think I got them all but if anyone knows of any I missed, or if I got the colors wrong, please let me know. I got the colors from box scans.

I also put lots of things in individual layers so various parts can easily be turned on and off.

For generating the bar codes I used this website:
http://generator.barcoding.com/
Just select bar code type UPC-A and enter the UPC number.

Here are examples of the different styles.

Ninja Spirit - Orange Spine


Ninja Spirit - Black Spine


Ninja Spirit - PCEngine Spine


Ninja Spirit - Yellow-Green Spine


How about we can combine multiple styles in one, and go crazy.
Ninja Spirit - Mix Spine



Here are the inserts I have made so far.

Dragon's Curse - Does anyone have a scan of the back of the box for this game? I tried finding one online and apparently no one has scanned it. I would like to get the text from it. The text I used for this image I got from the Master System version and I modified it slightly.


Order of the Griffon


Neutopia II


Somer Assault


TurboGrafx CD System Card 2.0 - Back Insert

I got the Turbo + CD Unit image from the TG-16 Wikipedia page, because there was no way I was taking a picture as good as that.


I don't have a template for these I just made an image 24 cm wide X 12 cm high at 300 dpi.

TurboGrafx CD System Card 2.0 - Front Insert

I did take the front cover image from the cover project's DVD case insert but I put the rest together myself.
Go here to see the original: http://www.thecoverproject.net/view.php?game_id=4015

Gate of Thunder 3 in 1 - Front Inside


Gate of Thunder 3 in 1 - Front Outside



Edit: Added a couple image attributions I forgot to add initially.

Edit 2: Added Link to Front Template

[IvanBeavkov]

Here are some pictures of the inserts printed out and in cases so you can see how they look. They are not the best pictures but I think they get the point across.

[Necromancer]

Those're pretty neato, and much more universally user friendly that my dwg template.  Thanks for sharing.

[esteban]

The flexibility and variety of these templates is great. Folks can really chose the aesthetic that they prefer. Very nice.

[jelloslug]

That's really cool!

[cr8zykuban0]

that does look really good! a very nice idea and alternative to getting the boxes and/or cic games.

[SuperPlay]

Nice work :-)

[ClodBuster]

Thank you so much for providing your cool templates!

[csgx1]

Very nice!  I like the 2.0 system card inserts.  Awesome work and thanks for sharing.

[Sparky]

Ya they look good, nice option

[Gentlegamer]

Is kredit to team!

[slinkyturd]

Might be a nice alternative to pirating cases for those infamous plastic tray hucards.

[xelement5x]

Awesome PSD!  I may use it to finally put together a back template for my Magical Chase chucard.

[IvanBeavkov]

Glad everyone likes it.

I also want to give a shout out to the people who made the logos I am using in this template. I found them using google image search and this template would not have been as good without them.

In particular I would like to thank forum member Phase. Apparently it is his TG-16 authorized seal of approval that I found. It is very nice and by far the best one I have found.

Here is a link to PNG versions of the logos I used.
https://goo.gl/photos/Aoo1LiqwHQyrs11r5

If anyone makes an insert please feel free to post it. I would love to see what you guys come up with.

Oh, and I have made some small updates to the template since I originally posted it. Nothing big just a couple of color tweaks and cleaning up a few stray white pixels from some of the logos.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzfHjbqYPxpeTVYwZHIxM2hNeEk/view?usp=sharing

[Warbucks]

They look awesome!