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[pangasinan]

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.atarimani...ERSION_ID=15356

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[Rom Hunter]

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.

[pangasinan]

Rom Hunter, on Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:11 AM, said:

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.

[Omegamatrix]

pangasinan, on Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:31 AM, said:

Rom Hunter, on Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:11 AM, said:

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:

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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

[pangasinan]

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 by pangasinan, Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:29 AM.

[codyr783]

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 by codyr783, Wed Sep 5, 2007 8:31 PM.

[pangasinan]

Here is another set of scans.Below is the link for the scans
http://www.atarimani...ERSION_ID=13013

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[Rom Hunter]

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.

[codyr783]

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

[Rom Hunter]

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.

[pangasinan]

Got these 2 in a lot i just bought,the Time Warp is already in the database but the game title has different writting.

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[Rom Hunter]

Excellent!

Which type of carts were inside?

V-Case or 2600 Compatible?

Skull Rock or Saucer label?

[pangasinan]

Rom Hunter, on Sun Sep 9, 2007 1:24 PM, said:

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 by pangasinan, Sun Sep 9, 2007 1:35 PM.

[Artlover]

codyr783, on Wed Sep 5, 2007 10:20 PM, said:

Little Bear by Taiwan
scan007.JPG

I took a minute and cleaned up two annoying flaws.

[Rom Hunter]

Pangasinan,

Do you also have a scan of the Little Bear cart?

I'm not quite content with the one we have.

[pangasinan]

Rom Hunter, on Sun Sep 9, 2007 2:33 PM, said:

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

[Artlover]

pangasinan, on Sun Sep 9, 2007 4:40 PM, said:

Rom Hunter, on Sun Sep 9, 2007 2:33 PM, said:

Pangasinan,
Do you also have a scan of the Little Bear cart?

That would be Artlover

That would be codyr783.

[Rom Hunter]

I'm sorry, guys.

I mean Codyr783.

[pangasinan]

Im sooo confused

[Artlover]

pangasinan, on Sun Sep 9, 2007 4:56 PM, said:

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.

[pangasinan]

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:

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[Rom Hunter]

Thanks!

They are added:
http://atarimania.co...ERSION_ID=20266
http://atarimania.co...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 by Rom Hunter, Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:55 AM.

[pangasinan]

Another one i have had for a while...its PAL:
http://www.atarimani...ERSION_ID=13539

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[rheffera]

Nice Mate..

[pangasinan]

rheffera, on Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:06 AM, said:

Nice Mate..

Same ones you saw at my place last week