Best Service for Homebrew Box Printing?

[+Gemintronic]

AtariAge can whip up a cart but what about the box? I've seen CPUWIZ offer a template. I've seen the tutorial on making your own. Is there a service out there that does both box making and printing? If needs be it doesn't have to be Atari 2600 box size - just as long as a cart can fit in it nicely.

Edited July 15, 2010 by theloon

[Mayhem]

Could PM Marc Oberhauser here on AA...

[+RevEng]

Another option might be to use an Ace Case Portfolio and just print inserts, like Byte Knight did with his most excellent Evil Magician Returns.

[yuppicide]

I spoke with Marc once. I forget since it's been awhile, but I got a little confused from the language barrier I think.

 

I believe he said he can't do me a small quantity like 20, but he can do print runs which would be like 500 boxes or something, but I never did get a price.

 

Like I said I forget since it's been awhile, but I think that was it.

[ten-four]

Hi theloon.

 

Try to contact retroillucid or Pixelboy here at AtariAge.

They may also be able to help you.

[Pixelboy]

Hi theloon.

 

Try to contact retroillucid or Pixelboy here at AtariAge.

They may also be able to help you.

You'll have a hard time finding a company that will print boxes for you in small quantities, especially if you're looking for high quality. This year, I'm working with a contact in Germany and the only way I can get a good price is if I have boxes for over 6 games printed all at the same time, each box defined as a professional-grade PDF template. So I'll be paying a bundle of money, but the "per-box" price will be acceptable. If you want to keep things small, I can't really help you...

[ls650]

How about something like a VHS or DVD plastic shell? Cut some foam pieces that fill the shell but have a rectangular hole for the cart. Print off a cover insert with a color printer, and you have a slick looking case that will protect your cart.

[+Gemintronic]

Thanks for more ideas guys! I think RevEng and ls650 have the most practical chance of working for the newbie homebrewer.

 

@PixelBoy: Thank you for the preemptive response! It seems you have to be semi-pro to get real boxes done. With a semi-pro stash of pocket change to boot.

 

From the feedback so far I got away pretty easy by making a cart based off of PANIC INCs mock up boxes.

Edited July 25, 2010 by theloon