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[Cropsy]

I wanted to do an Atari related project during my holidays so I've put together an online Label Maker for the Atari 2600.

The Label Maker produces relatively authentic Atari labels with your choice of label image, game title and color. Optionally the Atari Logo and CX Number may be included.

http://www.labelmaker2600.com

I've attached a couple of sample labels to this post. If you have any problems or suggestions for improvements please drop a reply in this thread.

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Edited by Cropsy, Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:57 PM.

[SINGLE TOOTH]

Cool

[BSA Starfire]

That's really smart & even I managed to work it!

[nathanallan]

Really neat! I have a suggestion. Could the background color be made selectable? Other than white?

Other than that I love it!

Nathan

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[Cropsy]

nathanallan, on Fri Aug 3, 2007 7:46 AM, said:

I have a suggestion. Could the background color be made selectable? Other than white?

I'm glad you like the label maker.

The background color is always black because the all Atari picture labels (except some Defenders and Breakouts) have a black background. I did the development focused on making authentic looking labels so it didn't really occur to me that I should offer a different color.

However if there is a demand for selectable background colors I'll look into adding it in the next update.

[jetset]

That is the most awesome thing I've seen in a long time! Great job!!!

[PacManPlus]

Very Nice! This is excellent work!

One thing, though, The picture I used had a mostly black background, and the 'Atari' Logo and CX number was also black Maybe allow the user to specify the color of those two things? Also, I think the CX number was too low.

... You know you need to do a 5200 and a 7800 version now, right?

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Edited by PacManPlus, Fri Aug 3, 2007 6:41 AM.

[PacManPlus]

...a 'stand-alone' version of this program would be awesome!

Edited by PacManPlus, Fri Aug 3, 2007 6:40 AM.

[Cropsy]

PacManPlus, on Fri Aug 3, 2007 12:35 PM, said:

The picture I used had a mostly black background, and the 'Atari' Logo and CX number was also black Maybe allow the user to specify the color of those two things? Also, I think the CX number was too low.

I was having a look through the Atari Age database of picture label carts and some of them do have a white logo and CX number, I'll definitely add that for the next update.

At the moment the Logo and CX number position is relative to its position on an actual Atari label. If the picture you upload isn't approximately square the positioning will be off. Until I change the positioning it's probably best to leave the Atari Logo and CX number off labels with non square images.

[atari5200dude]

[Lord Helmet]

This is really cool

Do you plan on adding any more options? Silver labels?

Great work!

[LarcenTyler]

Now this is going to be a lot of fun.

Edited by LarcenTyler, Fri Aug 3, 2007 8:07 AM.

[Cropsy]

I'm glad everyone is enjoying the Label Maker. I've done a quick update to allow the color of the Atari Logo and CX number to be changed from black (as request by PacManPlus). I'll fix the positioning of the Logo and CX number for non square images when I wake up tommorow (12:30am already here).

PacManPlus, on Fri Aug 3, 2007 12:40 PM, said:

...a 'stand-alone' version of this program would be awesome!

Unfortunately I'm too lazy to port the code to a language suitable for standalone distribution

Lord Helmet, on Fri Aug 3, 2007 1:55 PM, said:

Do you plan on adding any more options? Silver labels?

I'd like to add more of the Atari label types. Getting just Picture Labels to be reasonably accurate was quite time consuming though. Text Labels are the next likely candidate because of the similarity to the picture labels I've already completed.

Edited by Cropsy, Fri Aug 3, 2007 8:41 AM.

[SINGLE TOOTH]

are these the correct dimensions for printing on a cart as well?
Anyway, here is a game starring my father.

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Edited by SINGLE TOOTH, Fri Aug 3, 2007 11:53 AM.

[Nathan Strum]

Nice work! This is going to come in extremely handy during label contests.

[mimo]

awesome
I need to start making some carts now
any chance of silver lables and 7800 compatability in the future?

[zonaps2]

Great app!

My fav game

Edited by zonaps2, Fri Aug 3, 2007 1:56 PM.

[staberinde]

Coooooooooool!

[Tom_Explodes]

This is great fun. Well done, sir.

[espire8]

This is very useful. Nice to see such tools as this to fill that gap for the hobbyist.

[Cropsy]

I've made another small update to the label maker. The Atari Logo and CX Number both appear correctly within the label image regardless of the dimensions of the label image. Previously for non square images the positioning was wrong.

SINGLE TOOTH, on Fri Aug 3, 2007 5:44 PM, said:

are these the correct dimensions for printing on a cart as well?

Yes. The small labels fit correctly when printed at 150 DPI and the large labels at 360DPI. If you're image software doesn't support setting the DPI for printing just set the printed width to 2.733 inches or 6.94 centimetres.

[jboypacman]

Very cool! Well done my friend this is awesome indeed.

[Inky]

Here ya go...

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[godzillajoe]

How about a Keyboard Controllers option?

[Prodos8]

awesome!

Rockstar could probably translate this to the 2600...

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