Game CD cover and art?

[KenaiPhoenix]

Hi, I recently decided to add cover and a proper case to all my "backup" games. I would love to just get the originals, but some are fan-translations, other never released and many... well are just too expensive to get there (I live nowhere near many places that have decent prices, so everything starts with a 20-25 bucks shipping, and now my government put a +20% tax on everything).

I got the material and even managed to get my Half-Life for the Dreamcast a nice case, however Im finind quite difficult to find the same for other games, most only have the cover or just the cover and the back at best (missing the "other side" of the back paper).

Does anyone knows where is a good repository of box/cover/art/CD art of games? For now Im mostly working for some of my DC games and PlayStation 1 ones.

thanks

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

MobyGames and LaunchBox are my go to for general box/disc/cart scans. Sometimes they even have some nice promo material as well. Manual scans on the other hand are harder to come by, generally I just have to rely on google for those.

https://www.mobygames.com/

Platforms List - LaunchBox Games Database

The LaunchBox Games Database aims to provide perfect game images and metadata for all known gaming platforms. Content is best viewed in LaunchBox.

gamesdb.launchbox-app.com

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also specifically for Dreamcast stuff, Segaretro is good.

https://segaretro.org/Main_Page

 

[Blamhammer]

+1 for https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/

Manual scans, you might get lucky on archive.org. For example I found the MGS1 Spanish manual on that site, but sometimes the scans require a bit of editing work and organising to get good printouts.

 

[SpcDaicon]

Maybe https://www.thecoverproject.net/index.php could be of use

 

[Clippy]

Manual scans on the other hand are harder to come by

This site has quite a few manual scans available. A far cry from a complete database but it's better than nothing, especially if you're looking for PC stuff.

 

[Ezri_Muldoon]

Hi, I recently decided to add cover and a proper case to all my "backup" games.

That's a Nobel endeavour
I used to do the same. From printing out stickers for my Sega Saturn back ups discs to going as far to make an entire Pal region Dreamcast case for the Half-Life beta leak.

It takes a lot more effort than people realise. Stay strong, when its all done it will look amazing.

As for archives for cover art? Archive.org has a crazy in depth repository.
Even if the game itself has been taken down (Thanks Nintendo) the cover art & manuals scans remain.