pangasinan Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 My Scanners running hot this week ,here is another lot of scans for the database.Here is the addy for the game,followed by the scans: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=15356 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Added. I want to thank you once again, Pangasinan! One thing: don't make the cart scans too big. Too much resizing often means quality loss. They will be mentioned on our homepage tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Added. I want to thank you once again, Pangasinan! One thing: don't make the cart scans too big. Too much resizing often means quality loss. They will be mentioned on our homepage tomorrow. I can resize the cart smaller if you want just let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Added. I want to thank you once again, Pangasinan! One thing: don't make the cart scans too big. Too much resizing often means quality loss. They will be mentioned on our homepage tomorrow. I can resize the cart smaller if you want just let me know. Pangasinan, here's what I do and it may help you. 1. Scan the cart at 200dpi and crop it. Save it as a PNG file first (or some other format that isn't compressing the image). 2. Resize the bottom of the PNG scan (600 pixels for boxes, 400 pixels for carts, these seem to be the accepted standard for Atari 2600 boxes and carts). This bottom is the what you want to keep constant. Once you choose how many pixels for the bottom the sides will adjust themselves. The amount of pixels on the sides will vary slightly from scan to scan depending on your cropping. 3. Now save it as a JPEG. By resizing your image in a format that doesn't compress the image first you retain better image quality. Resizing it when it is already a JPEG will never be as good. When it all goes good you should end up with something like this: When you look at the black border around the images it tells you how many pixels they are. The bottom of the box scan is 600, and the bottom of the cart scans are 400 each. The sides don't matter (they adjust themselves when you resize the bottom). By keeping the bottoms the same size it allows you to line the images up when the are full size: Hope this helps, Omega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 (edited) Thanks for the advice Omegamatrix im sure it will help.The problem(if there was one) was i posted the cart pic in its native size,i hadnt resized it,but when i went to check the entry in Atarimania the pic looked great there was no loss of quality,i have managed to work out a way of scanning/cropping and resizing pics without any loss of quality, to resize pics im using a program called "Picture Resize Genius 2"works great...thanks again Edited August 29, 2007 by pangasinan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyr783 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 (edited) Here's some scans: MASH by Fantastic Game Taiwan Do you know what the game Snooker is?You'll notice it on the back of the MASH box. Little Bear by Taiwan Thanks, Cody Edited September 6, 2007 by codyr783 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Here is another set of scans.Below is the link for the scans http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=13013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Many thanks for the scans, guys! Please don't scan any Brazilian carts from companies that use exactly the same front label. One such scan is enough. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyr783 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Hey Rom, I noticed on the back of my MASH box by Fantastic Game,in the list of games,one called Scream.I can't seem to find it in the database. Thanks, Cody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Yep, that's right. Scream is still on my Still Not Found game list. As soon as the cart is found, it will be added to our database. BTW: The game is most probably the same game as The Earth Dies Screaming form 20th Century Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 Got these 2 in a lot i just bought,the Time Warp is already in the database but the game title has different writting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Excellent! Which type of carts were inside? V-Case or 2600 Compatible? Skull Rock or Saucer label? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 (edited) Excellent! Which type of carts were inside? V-Case or 2600 Compatible? Skull Rock or Saucer label? V-Case/Skull Rock , definitely one of my better buys,i got 17 boxed games, 2 working consoles and several controllers for $11 Edited September 9, 2007 by pangasinan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Little Bear by Taiwan I took a minute and cleaned up two annoying flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Pangasinan, Do you also have a scan of the Little Bear cart? I'm not quite content with the one we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 Pangasinan, Do you also have a scan of the Little Bear cart? I'm not quite content with the one we have. That would be Artlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Pangasinan,Do you also have a scan of the Little Bear cart? That would be Artlover That would be codyr783. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I'm sorry, guys. I mean Codyr783. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted September 9, 2007 Author Share Posted September 9, 2007 Im sooo confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artlover Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Im sooo confused You're confused? How about you? Codyr783 did the scans. I touched up one of them a bit (mostly to remove a price written in ballpoint pen on it), and reposted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 Here are 2 new carts for the database,they are manufactured by Marta 3600 and are PAL and from Italy,they are not in the database yet so below are the scans: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 (edited) Thanks! They are added: http://atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?MENU...ERSION_ID=20266 http://atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?MENU...ERSION_ID=20267 and will be mentioned on our homepage tomorrow. Pangasinan, one thing: Please don't cut off too much of the cart when scanning. We want to show the cart as complete as possible. Thanks again! Edited September 10, 2007 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Another one i have had for a while...its PAL: http://www.atarimania.com/detail_soft.php?...ERSION_ID=13539 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Nice Mate.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Nice Mate.. Same ones you saw at my place last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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