Spine Card and Cover Scans

[SuperPlay]

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.

[sunteam_paul]

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.

[Senshi]

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.

[shubibiman]

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...

[sunteam_paul]

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 (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

[sunteam_paul]

Because these scans are so big, I'm going to host them on imageshack and link with thumbnails to my site: Example. 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.

[Senshi]

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.

[sunteam_paul]

Awesome stuff guys, keep 'em coming.

[sunteam_paul]

Senshi, can you use less compression when you save them please (minimum Jpeg compression/maximum quality would be nice). Thanks.

[Senshi]

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.

[sunteam_paul]

To add a quick request to the covers, spines and reg cards...how about scans of the CDs themselves?

[sunteam_paul]

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.

[SuperPlay]

Few More sent:

Bonanza Bros
Davis Cup Tennis
Human Sports Festival
Shadow of the beast
Pachiokun 3 Pachisuro & Pachinko
Bakuden Unbalanced Zone

[sunteam_paul]

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:

It's on a lot of them.

If not, I'll keep Photoshopping them out if I can.

[Senshi]

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.