Genesis cover and manual request thread...

[The Coop]

Ever since the idea of hosting Genesis covers was put forth in a different section of this site, I've kind of wondered why there was no thread made for such requests. When the M.U.S.H.A. cover/manual thread came along, it basically put the idea in my head more firmly. So...

In this thread, you can request manual PDFs and Genesis/MegaDrive cover art scans. This isn't to make an archive, but simply to help folks who have a ruined or missing art cover for their games, or would at least like to own some version of the manual.

Here are some basic guidelines...

For covers...

- Covers should be scanned at 300 dpi so that they're printable. You can save them as a PNG-24, but the file size will be huge. Instead, try going with a jpg at somewhere between 60-80% quality (making them between 3 and 4MB). Any compression artifacts at this quality level will be virtually unnoticeable at actual printing size, and if anyone wants to do a little cleaning up (removing missed hairs/dust, getting rid of the fold lines on the cover, etc.), they can do so quite easily.

- For manuals, scan then in at 300dpi, then once you've gotten all the pages ready, reduce the document size by 50% (you can leave them at full size if you wish, but the finished product will be quite large). Just save each page scanning as a 100% jpg before you convert everything to a PDF and they'll look fine. I can't imagine anyone will print them out (double-sided printing's a bitch), but if they want to, they can import the finished PDF into Photoshop, up the resolution to 300 dpi for each PDF page and they'll still look all right to print. Oh, and be sure to turn any pages that are black and white to gray scale ("desaturate" in Photoshop). There's no need for color profiles on those pages, and it'll help make the PDFs smaller. Do not scan them in gray scale, as it makes what's on the other side of the page more visible than if you'd scanned it in full color.

For those that do try to print these, just make sure everything's the right size in measurements before you do. For example, mine PDFs are a bit too big and need to be shrunk in Photoshop for them to be the right size. For reference, when you select "print size" in Photoshop, the measurements should read roughly 7 9/16" wide (double pages), by 6 9/16" high.

- Try to get each scan as straight as possible. Once you've scanned it, if it's still not straight, please do the minor rotation needed in Photoshop or whatever graphics software you have before uploading onto someplace. The scans and manuals will look much better if they're not lopsided or have corners partially cut off.

- Be sure to "descreen" the printed originals when you scan them. There should be a setting for this in your scanner's software. It makes the scans look a bit better when they're gotten off of printed art.

- When you're scanning, put something nice and heavy on the scanner's cover so the cover art will be as flat as it can be. Nothing grotesquely heavy, but a good 5-10lbs.

- If the bends in the cover art (where it goes around the sides of the clamshell spine) are too difficult for you to get rid of because of the artwork being the way it is, don't worry about it. Let the one DLing it take care of it. But if it's pretty simple (like the Awesome Possum box I did), try to get rid of them if you can. It'll make the finished print look nicer.



Oh, and some handy software for anyone wanting to help...

http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx

If you have a printer and scanner, right there's a nice little program. Install and follow the instructions. It's quite simple to use, and I always use the "print" option to keep the images looking well. If you have any questions, I'll try and help. But you guys should be able to figure it out pretty quickly.




And as a special note, please, no cartridge label scan requests. Those things are a pain in the ass to do. If you need a replacement for them, go to mrbigreddog's thread here and request it. Also, no "could you make me a special version of this cover/manual?" requests. I'd prefer to keep this thread for scanning preexisting covers and manuals, as mrbigreddog's doing the tweaked and adjusted/original works for box inserts and cart labels/spine decals.

Hopefully I won't be the only one doing these, but I guess we'll see. And for those requesting, be patient. This stuff doesn't happen in 10 minutes. A good manual scan will take several hours (scanning, rotation fixing, cleaning, lining up, etc.), and cleaning up a cover can take just as long sometimes. So don't throw a hissy fit if it isn't posted right away. As the ad once said, "Patience is a virtua."

So... any requests?



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Here are some sites provided to check through first before asking. You never know, they might have what you're after...

http://www.digitpress.com
http://www.emuparadise.org
http://www.gamesdbase.com
http://www.replacementdocs.com
http://www.smstributes.co.uk
http://www.segafans.com
http://www.replacementdocs.com/news.php
http://info.sonicretro.org/Main_Page
http://www.yagrs.com/Sega/Genesis/Genesis.html



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-Covers Done-

http://thecoop.110mb.com/Alien_Storm_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Awesome_Possum_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/El-Viento_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Elemental_Master_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/F-117_Night_Storm_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Flicky_Cover_Touchup.txt (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Forgotten_Worlds_Cover.jpg (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Mega_Turrican_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Monster_World_IV_Cover.txt (Jap)
http://thecoop.webng.com/MUSHA_Cover.jpg (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Shadow_of_t...t_II_Cover.jpg (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Shining_Force_CD_Back.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Shining_Force_CD_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Sol-Deace_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Sparkster_Cover.jpg (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Technocop_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Traysia_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/VaporTrail_Cover.txt (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/WarpSpeed_Cover.txt (US) (custom cover)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Whip_Rush_Cover.txt (US)

Alien Storm_and_World of Illusion covers (US)
Alisia Dragoon (US)
Bonanza Bros. (US)
Contra Hard Corps (US)
Decapattack and Rolling Thunder 3 (US)
Double Dragon (US)
Star Trek: TNG (US)





-Manuals Done-

http://thecoop.webng.com/Air_Buster_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Alien_3_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Alien_Storm_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Batman_manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Battle_Squadron_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Burning_Force_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Contra_Hard_Corps_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Dahna_Manual.pdf (JAP)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/ESWAT_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/F-15_Strike..._II_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Fatal_Fury_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Fatal_Fury_2_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Fire_Shark_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Gaiares_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Galaxy_Force_II_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Ghouls_N_Ghosts_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Golden_Axe_II_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Golden_Axe_III_Manual.pdf (JAP)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Gunstar_Heroes_manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Hellfire_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Herzog_Zwei_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Jungle_Strike_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Kid_Chameleon_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Kolibri_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/The_Lost_World_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Mega_Turrican_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/MUSHA_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Phantasy_Star_IV_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Quackshot_Manual_Fixed.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Ristar_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Sagaia_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Scooby_Doo_..._touchedup.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Sonic_3_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Sonic_3D_Blast_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Sparkster_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Spiderman_manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Street_Figh...SCE_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Streets_Of_Rage_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/Streets_Of_Rage_3_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/SuperHang-On_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Technoclash_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Tempo_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/ToeJam_and_Earl_manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/TMNT_Tourna...ers_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Turrican_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Vapor_Trail_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Vectorman_Manual.pdf (US)
http://thecoop.webng.com/World_Heroes_Manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/Worms_Manual_English_Fixed.pdf (PAL)
http://thecoop.webng.com/X-Men_manual.zip (US)
http://thecoop.110mb.com/X-Men_2_Manual.pdf (US)

Bare Knuckle III (Jap)
Robocop vs Terminator (US)
Strider (JAP)
Wonder Boy in Monster World manual (US)


IMPORTANT NOTE: The cover scans I've done are in ".txt" format because of 110MB's anti-hotlinking setup for images. To get them, just download them with a "right click/save link as" and save them to your PC. Once you have them, change the extension to ".jpg" and you'll have the image. It seems dumb, but you can't even "right click/save link as" with a jpg from there, so I had to do this.



...=Still Open Requests=...

Alien Soldier (PAL) - cover
Bare Knuckle 3 (JAP) - cover
Bible Adventures - cover
Chase H.Q. 2 (US) - cover
Dick Tracy (US) - cover
NHL 96 (US) - cover
Two Crude Dudes (PAL) - cover
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (PAL) - cover
WWF Raw (US) - cover



Alien soldier (PAL/JAP) - manual
B.O.B. (US) - manual
Castle of Illusion (US) - manual
Chuck Rock (US) - manual
Columns 3 (US) - manual
Forgotten Worlds (JAP) - manual
Ghouls 'N' Ghosts (JAP) - manual
Megaman the Wily Wars (PAL) - manual
Michael Jackson Moonwalker (US) - manual
Micro Machines 96 (US/PAL) - manual
Mutant League Hockey (US/PAL) - manual
New Zealand Story (JAP) - manual
Super Hydlide (PAL) - manual
Super Street Fighter II (US) - manual
Syndicate (US/EU) - manual
Tyco Power Plug ??? - manual
Weaponlord (US) - manual



Mutant League Footbal (US) - cover and manual
Rocket Knight Adventures (PAL) - cover and manual
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys ??? - cover and manual

[ThugsRook]

all Sega CD/CD 32X manuals are already available over the net, there shouldnt be any requests for these. (SegaFans, Emuparidise, Game Database, etc)

So... any requests?

hell yea!

Genesis - Sonic 3D Flickys Island - manual
Genesis - Wonderboy in Monster World - manual (SCANNED)


please and thank you

[Pulstar]

Sonic 3 PAL please, as only NTSC scans are available. /finnicky

[YAGRS]

I believe I have the cover art to all of my Genesis games uploaded on my website. If anyone goes to check it out, keep in mind that I'm in the beginning stages of designing that site and continue to post my updates on my Wordpress blog.

I have Wonder Boy in Monster Land, so I'll go ahead and scan the manual for you. Once it's done, I'll edit this post and put in a link to it.

[villahed94]

World of Illusion(USA) and Alien Storm (USA) please.

[The Coop]

Hmmm... of the requests so far, I only have the Alien Storm NTSC cover, so I'll take care of that one.


All my games are US and Japan releases, so I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of any PAL requests. But I know there are a lot of PAL users here, so hopefully a few will join the cause

[YAGRS]

Okay, you can download the Wonder Boy in Moster World manual here. I would right click and Save As.

By the way, I was mistaken about the covers I have uploaded. I have most of them scanned an uploaded to the server; however, I only have a few of them linked right now. I need to get around to making pages for all of the games with all the art linked.

I have a list of games I own on my blog (I provided a link in my previous message), so if you would like any materials from those games, let me know. When you go to my blog, just look in the left column under "My Game Collections."

By the way, does everyone know about ReplacementDocs? It's a good place to start when looking for a manual.

[konio38]

Great thread, its a shame i dont have a scanner or i could scan PAL cover. Anyway i hope people join to the cause, and for the record i thing this thread should be "sticked".

[Karr80]

The only manuals I need, and these are not available at ReplacementDocs,
are;

Alien 3
Dick Tracy
NHL 96
Star Trek Next Generation Echoes From the Past
WWF Raw

Oh, and many covers can be found at GameFAQs, albeit in pieces.
Here is the Alien Storm covers
And Here is the EU Sonic 3

[ThugsRook]

Okay, you can download the Wonder Boy in Moster World manual here. I would right click and Save As.

very nice, thank you




here are some links for sites offering SEGA manuals for download...

http://www.digitpress.com
http://www.emuparadise.org
http://www.gamesdbase.com
http://www.replacementdocs.com
http://www.smstributes.co.uk
http://www.segafans.com

[KillerBean2]

World of Illusion(USA) and Alien Storm (USA) please.

Here's the covers:
http://rapidshare.com/files/41767551...usion.zip.html

[bohokii]

i'd love to have man scan of the english section of mega drive worms

[The Coop]

... and Alien Storm (USA) please.

http://thecoop.110mb.com/Alien_Storm_Cover.txt

Damn internet kicking me off all the time...

"Right click/save link as," save it to your PC, and change ".txt" to ".jpg".

[The Coop]

...Alien 3

I have this game. I'll do the manual.

[villahed94]

Thanks Coop and Killer Bean 2, you´re awesome