Custom Famicom Cartridge labels?

[Flemishdog]

Found out gumshoe was a western only release, and when I found the european box art for it, I knew I had to mock up a Famicom label for it. Tried making it like the other Zapper games (full illustration, red lines on top) but it didn't look good, so I went with the standard Nintendo label design


Enjoy!

[L___E___T]

Looks great!  What font do you use for the katakana?

[P]

Looks good! You probably don't need the mid-dot separating "gum" and "shoe" in the kana written title though. Not even English uses a space between them. Unless this is the official way of writing the games title of course.

[VinylDracula]

That GumShoe label is awesome!!!!! Can you do some other Western only releases? Like Low G Man, Kick Master, Frankenstein, California Raisins, Silver Surfer, Uncanny X Men, and Toxic Crusaders? Those would be really cool to see in Famicom form! 

[L___E___T]

Gumshoe makes sense in this format because its a Nintendo game.  Those others are not, so I think that'd look odd.  Better to follow the publisher norms for those.

First 'FamicomWorld' version of my Everdrive label is nearly done:



The logo needs cleaning up and retracing I suspect, plus a few more details to go in.  I'll update here with final files for everything when finished.  Critique and feedback is welcome - how can I make it better?

[punkpolitical]

Gumshoe makes sense in this format because its a Nintendo game.  Those others are not, so I think that'd look odd.  Better to follow the publisher norms for those.

First 'FamicomWorld' version of my Everdrive label is nearly done:

The logo needs cleaning up and retracing I suspect, plus a few more details to go in.  I'll update here with final files for everything when finished.  Critique and feedback is welcome - how can I make it better?

That label is super clean. Love it.    I threw this one together real quick. thinking about doing a real nice one later on.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Critique and feedback is welcome - how can I make it better?

Remove the "© Nintendo 2013" for starters.

[VinylDracula]

Gumshoe makes sense in this format because its a Nintendo game.  Those others are not, so I think that'd look odd.  Better to follow the publisher norms for those.

Yeah it would look odd, I wasnt implying for him to do it in the Nintendo label style, just make Famicom labels for those games.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Can you do some other Western only releases? Like Low G Man, Kick Master, Frankenstein, California Raisins, Silver Surfer, Uncanny X Men, and Toxic Crusaders? Those would be really cool to see in Famicom form! 

Why in dear God would anyone want to see X-Men for Famicom? Let alone play it? That game is a travesty to Marvel & mutants everywhere.

[VinylDracula]

Can you do some other Western only releases? Like Low G Man, Kick Master, Frankenstein, California Raisins, Silver Surfer, Uncanny X Men, and Toxic Crusaders? Those would be really cool to see in Famicom form! 

Why in dear God would anyone want to see X-Men for Famicom? Let alone play it? That game is a travesty to Marvel & mutants everywhere.

Its quite fun when you get the hang of things

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Unfortunately the cpu never figured out how to get the hang of things.

[Flemishdog]

Looks great!  What font do you use for the katakana?

Think I used Kartika.

Looks good! You probably don't need the mid-dot separating "gum" and "shoe" in the kana written title though. Not even English uses a space between them. Unless this is the official way of writing the games title of course.

Thanks, put gum and shoe into google translate and hoped for the best and didn't bother with removing the dot in case it was important

[P]

I see, then it definitely shouldn't be there. Mid-dots are mostly used instead of a space to separate two foreign words or names (like first name and last name) written in katakana.

First 'FamicomWorld' version of my Everdrive label is nearly done:

The logo needs cleaning up and retracing I suspect, plus a few more details to go in.  I'll update here with final files for everything when finished.  Critique and feedback is welcome - how can I make it better?

I like it! I would add the title in Japanese "エバードライブ" like on real pulse line cartridges. The most common Japanese font is probably "Gothic" (eg. "MS PGothic" that ships with windows). I have no idea what Nintendo used on their cartridges though.

[L___E___T]

I actually already had the title added, I disabled the layer before saving somehow  
I have the same katakana you have there, so good to know I got it right first time (but I should hope so!).

You can see the gap where I left it in. 

Gotta admit though, I wanted to keep the made in Japan and Nintendo copyrights.  Doesn't seem like a proper pulse line cart without them.  I could change the date to 20XX and say 'made in Ukraine' but that seems a bit knock-off.

[famifan]

I could change the date to 20XX and say 'made in Ukraine' but that seems a bit knock-off.

i bet it was made in china, but engineered in another country.

The pulse lines ratio is totally wrong.