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Hi Besli, I guess it would be great to introduce the topics so users can undertstand what is it all about and what is the goal of the thread.
I understand it's a thread about original artwork of video game restoration right ? I might have good ones too ! (I'm finishing Golden axe poster)-
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On 11/5/2023 at 11:00 AM, Besli said:
There was a cleaned version on SteamGriddb, posted by Retro-Man:
Original clean art could be found in this book:
I have quickly upscaled it by 4x if needed
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28 minutes ago, Thrik said:
Did you forget the link?! 😅
Haha my bad!
fixed now!
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Hi all !
Following the "hot" discussion last month on the thread "Project Big boxes", I decided to create a small website called Big Box Love to share my work on some bigboxes restoration.
You'll find manuals, logos, big boxes in TIFF file and more. I mainly share 600 to 1200DPI PNG , JPG and Tif files.Be gentle, I'm not a designer and I don't have the skills of @Laserschwert but its my contribution to the preservation of those wonderful years of gaming !
My first idea was to share it as a Pack.ly ready-to-print file but the raised their price and I didn't find a easy way to flatten all layers in one so I decided to share TIF files for the boxes.
But my first work was on manuals restoration and I'll keep adding more medias.
Positive feedbacks are appreciated so I can improve the website according to your ideas and my time.Hope you'll enjoy it ! Have a nice day !
PS: Nearly finished the golden axe poster and heretic box restoration
. Stay tuned !
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Hi @Laserschwert,
EDIT: @Laserschwert Just added a new scan version of Front and Back because I saw the first versions were cropped
Here you can find my scans of the Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe box
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pZb6H0fD7wQMKbK_ddVKB-XCWXFp5kcb?usp=sharing
I have included
* Front part of the box
* Back part of the box
* Back part of the manual so the background pattern can be easily cleaned and expanded I guess
* Wheel
I can do other scans today if you want since I'm at work with good quality copy printer.
I have quickly compared the poster you posted few days ago and my box and I think it's pretty much the same except for the colors. Mine are a bit "greener" than the poster you have. (which, for me, feels bluer)
Let me know what you think !
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10 minutes ago, Laserschwert said:
Thanks for the offer! I already have a few scans for SWOTL, but none of them are really clean. If you manage to make a good quality scan, I'll happily take it.
My current best quality version of the artwork is the one featured on The Adventure cover, which I've already started cleaning up, but the box might provide some more detail for some parts:
And the logo is pretty much done as well:
"Their Finest Hour" is more problematic, as the quality of the art on the boxes is really bad. I got a photo of the original painting hanging at Larry Holland's place, but he stopped replying to my mails, so I guess he's not interested in supporting the poster project.
The logo is done, though (with high-res assets - minus the Swastika):
Oh yeah, you've already have a good poster and hig-res assets ! I'll will do it by the end of the week and then you'll see if it fits for you.
The wheel is pretty fun to and the manual is..... MASSIVE !
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21 hours ago, Laserschwert said:
Regarding the code wheel, anybody got clean 600dpi (at least) scans of each wheel?
I don't (just have MI2 one if needed) but I have recently bought "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe" in a very good condition for PC if you want to add to your poster collection (I didn't see it).
I can scan it in 600 DPI if needed
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On 9/6/2023 at 10:20 AM, Laserschwert said:
I know, AI is a controversial topic, and for many things, I'm really hesitant towards it as well. But when it comes to image restoration, it feels like it's a blessing. Will it bite me in the ass in the long run? Let's hope not!
With the help of AI, I was able to reconstruct the Last Crusade box background image (a blurry desert shot, for which I never found the original source) a lot fast and cleaner than before. Furthermore, I've utilized the original promo photo of Ford and Connery, extending it ever so slightly on the right side via AI (the original photo ends pretty much where it does on the original box). Of course, there's still a lot of manual clean-up, masking and color-correction involved, so thankfully this hobby is still giving me something to do.
Edit: I've included the sources I've used for the logo, a floppy scan from the LC Action Game (utilizing the same INDY logo as the Adventure Game), and the FM Towns version, for the full logo. Both found on Mobygames (scans by Servo and hoeksmas). The original box scan was provided by TomVDJ years back in this thread.
The next step will be adding the marbled paper frame and building several different versions of the poster.
Edit: What the hell, here goes.
With the tagline rebuilt from scratch (That's "Matrix II Bold" at 45% width, by the way):
Well I think AI tools are a real good help at some point where you can't find the orignal artworks or when it's low quality. I have used Topaz lab for a while just to upscale images and it's pretty impressive.
Good work btw !
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On 6/6/2023 at 1:02 AM, Lechuck said:
This may not be the right place to ask this, but are there any high quality preservations of the art in the code wheels?
I have made a new vector version of it in PDF if you want !
Enjoy ! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALusH2S2OGmNfBvzwv7iigVMqxQkSfst/view?usp=sharing
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On 2/22/2023 at 10:26 PM, Nfsfan83 said:
Hello to all big boxes lovers
Guys I work on my replicas LucasArts big boxes (from Manic to Fate) nice photos soon... but need Our help... I need help with bottom sides for Maniac need HQ scans or something. I need this texts only:
I made it with using this page https://bigjpg.com/
I work in gimp
and my final project size is 3369x3915 so I use upscaling to make it side patter a little smoth... feel free to use in your own project !!!
Watch out for the top side, you need to rotate to 180°,
If you print like this, the logo will be inverted when you will assemble the box.
On 2/25/2023 at 3:31 PM, Nfsfan83 said:Guys, anybody still working on big boxes replicas??? Show your work
Finishing this one: Lure of Temptress
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23 hours ago, NGKS said:
I'm interested in this project as well. But due to concern of someone using it fraudulently, is it possible to share just the box size and measurement without the print art? For me the difficult part is to get the box size right, print art can get from other sources.
Mine is 233x180x41mm. Measures taken from my original DOTT big box.
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2 hours ago, Ramen said:
Why not share the art files, like Laserschwert has done with his work? That way, anyone who would like to make their own box could just do it themselves.I thought about it. Directly share the pack.ly template made but I think it will be easy for someone to use it fraudulently.
Anyone can take the whole PDF, delete the repro sentence and use it to flood auction.
What do all of you think about it ? But it's clearly an option
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15 hours ago, Laserschwert said:
Are you kidding me? HERE you are offering a pre-order form for your Zak boxes. Which part of "don't sell boxes with my restorations on it" did you have trouble with?
Hi laserschwert, I'm not offering anything at the moment and won't.
I was just polling the community before going to this last step but regarding the reactions, I just edited my article and remove the form.
Case closed.I thought it was a good idea to make those boxes with crazy prices affordable for everyone (with all content) sold as REPRO but I guess I was wrong.
I will keep recreating it for myself !
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On 1/10/2023 at 7:18 PM, TimeGentleman said:
There are a few more: on the front, "galatic" should be "galactic"; on the back, "environment" should (I think, though any reference pics I found had different text here so I can't be sure it's not just odd phrasing) be "environments", "others systems" should be "other systems", and I think the colon just before that last one should really be a semicolon, but that's being rather picky!
Thanks for the feedbacks ! Corrected !
Will have some serious sessions about corrections before going live
@ThunderPeel2001 Well it feel the same and even more solid really ! It comes from a company in Spain. I had a second one from them and it looks even way better than the first one. They admitted there was a printing problem with the first one, send me another one free and it looks incredible and really strong ! But as said, you have to order 100 (but the prices are really correct !)
I didn't find any online service where you can buy those big boxes as trong as this one (2mm thick). Pack.ly only propose 0.5mm.... And I didn't hear it was enough quality for big boxes.
I'm finishing another one
On 1/10/2023 at 7:18 PM, TimeGentleman said:There are a few more: on the front, "galatic" should be "galactic"; on the back, "environment" should (I think, though any reference pics I found had different text here so I can't be sure it's not just odd phrasing) be "environments", "others systems" should be "other systems", and I think the colon just before that last one should really be a semicolon, but that's being rather picky!
Just checked the back and the DOS version is 'environment' without S...I agree it feels weird
The Amiga and Atari versions have other texts as you mentioned ! (Didn't even see this since I'm working on DOS version)
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38 minutes ago, TimeGentleman said:
Looks great! There are a few typos, though...
Hi time ! Sorry I guess the images upload didn't go well so I have uploaded them again. Go it about the typos in Front box (Yale and . at the end)
It was a POC so I will have another one fixed soon ! Stay tuned !
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Hi all! Wish all the best for 2023 !!
Here are the printed version
Hope you'll like it ! The stickers, manual and newspaper will follow
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Hi all,
Quick update about the Zak McKracken manual... Part 1 done !
It's an A5 format like MI1.
https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:bb2b5c8e-22eb-4eac-83ac-ef2c4e0aa42e?view=publishedAny feedbacks will be appreciated until V1.0 is released !
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On 11/28/2022 at 2:16 PM, Laserschwert said:
Just so we're on the same page, don't sell anything with any of my restorations or pattern recreations on it. Feel free to share your files for everybody to print them themselves, though, of course.
Hello @Laserschwert, of course I won't unless I have approval for it
If I wanted to do it without approval, I wouldn't have shared the project with all of you in this forum !
My first goal was to do it for myself so it is. I just want to see what will be the result from the spanish printing company and the average cost of a print.
I will surely try pack.ly to have a comparison.
And for the files (to answer @ThunderPeel2001), I'm thinking about creating a Git repo or something like that with all files (manuals, PDF, etc) for the different boxes I will recreate so everyone will have access to. I already done it for the MI1 manual.
Stay tuned, results in 2 weeks ! (box printing is launched)
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On 11/22/2022 at 6:59 PM, Jenni said:
I'd definitely be willing to buy some of these for the games I own without big boxes.
Do you know a good printing company that can manufacture these big boxes? I'd love to get some made for older consoles I own like the CoCo. There are so few good boxes left in the wild since the originals were extremely flimsy and poorly made.
Well, I guess pack.ly would fit your needs. I'm working right now with a spanish company but you have to order 100 boxes min to have a decent price.
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Another try with maniac mansion
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Hi all,
Juste update the back with some in-game images I've taken.
I think it's the final version !
Next step: printing the box !
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On 11/15/2022 at 11:43 AM, Laserschwert said:
Hot on the heels of my Zak McKracken posters, I've finished my re-do of the Maniac Mansion artwork as well. Provided with two different logos and a marble frame version, there's a lot to choose from. Enjoy!
Hi Laserschwert,
I have notice some little differences in width between the new framed/clean versions and the others with text
It seams the framed and marble one looses some width. If you see what I mean
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Hi all,
Quick update, I had few hours to work on within the last weeks on back part of the box.
I'm pretty happy of what I have done regarding my skills. Again, everything except the paper background is made using vectors in Illustrator.
Spent a lot of time to try to find the right fonts in this part.... really time consuming even with platform like Whatfontis, etc
If someone has an idea of what are the real fonts I'm missing, I will really appreciate !!!
To fix:
1°/ Find the right fonts for the back part. Some I'm pretty sure of the names but some I couldn't find the right one
- Title "National Inquisitor" => Engravers Old English (100% sure)
- Sub-title "March 29" & price (12$50) => Minion Variable Concept - Italic - (feel the same but it's not I think)
- Title "Worldwide..." => Enge Etienne (100% sure)
- Title "Could they be space cowboys" => Aver (feel the same but it's not I think)
- sub-title "Brain-Boggling...." => Acumin Variable Concept (feel the same but it's not I think)
- Sub-titles "A typical day...", "another comedy...", "Porky..." => CandidaEF RegulardCond (pretty sure at 99%)
- Body text => Classic Times new roman (sure at 60%)
2°/ Put the right in-game images for the 3 black boxes. I was thinking putting some existing screenshots of the FM-Towns version which looks better but it won't match the subtitles then ! If not I will have to play and make screenshots
Any feedbacks are welcome !
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Haha my bad ! What an idiot !
I already had it since the beginning ! 🙄
Just picked up the wrong one I guess ! Just fixed it, way better !
I owe you a beer on that (and a belgian monk beer for sure) 😛
Anyway, again, amazing work from you @Laserschwert, thank you
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Project Big Box love: Recreating the boxes of Lucasarts games with the whole package: floppy disks, manual and wheel
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What game ?