HELP WANTED: INQUIRE WITHIN (compensation too!)

[16bit]

i have many Famicom Disk System games, still can load them up flawlessly (very lucky!), can u accept me as contributor? :)

[DogP]

Okay... I'll take Virtual Boy then... I'll try to get a bunch done over Thanksgiving break since I should have a little bit of free time then :) .

DogP

[Flack]

Joe,

Can you confirm that I'm heading in the right direction with these?

http://www.reviewtoakill.com/psx/

[digitalpress]

Joe,

Can you confirm that I'm heading in the right direction with these?

http://www.reviewtoakill.com/psx/

Lookin' good, Flack!

When you've reached a checkpoint, please email me - you can send the link if you'd like.

Thanks again.

[digitalpress]

i have many Famicom Disk System games, still can load them up flawlessly (very lucky!), can u accept me as contributor? :)

Sounds cool, and I can definitely use them somewhere - just not in THIS book. I will honor the offer of a DP Guide 7 and T-Shirt, though. If you're interested just stick to the guidelines and send them to me when you're ready.

Thanks!

[digitalpress]

will we have are names somewhere saying contirbtuting writers or something

Yes. Specifically it's a list of "contributors" that is always found on the colophon/copyright page at the front of the book.

[digitalpress]

Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and PlayStation sections have had pretty significant contributions so they're linked at the top of this thread as well. I've gotten some drips and drabs of Dreamcast, Jaguar, N64 and Pico too. No hurry but I'm *always* ready to receive.

[Lady Jaye]

I promise I'll send you more GBC screenshots this weekend! I'll find the time, somewhere between the Christmas party at work, the freelance translation gig I'm doing and sleep (which I need, after the grueling week I've had at work).

[leonk]

Hey Joe,

I'm SHOCKED and HORRIFIED that you completly forgot about the NES!!!

Are you planning on just sticking to the scans I sent you for the last book??
Because if you need screen shots for the NES, I'd be more than happy to do it!

[Mr-E_MaN]

Hey Joe,

I'm SHOCKED and HORRIFIED that you completly forgot about the NES!!!

Are you planning on just sticking to the scans I sent you for the last book??
Because if you need screen shots for the NES, I'd be more than happy to do it!

I believe he is asking for the screen shots for 16 bit consoles only... for the new book...

[leonk]

Since when is the gameboy or virtual boy 16bit??

As far as I remember, they weren't even 8 bit looking! Maybe the GBA but not the original.

Oh well..

[digitalpress]

Since when is the gameboy or virtual boy 16bit??

As far as I remember, they weren't even 8 bit looking! Maybe the GBA but not the original.

Oh well..

The book is called "Advance Edition". It's for the systems that came AFTER the ones in the original guide. If it's 1989 or later, it will be in this book (minus the very active systems: Xbox, PS2, GBA and GameCube).

[kai123]

Hey Joe could I just name a directory what the game is rather than rename each file? BTW I am working on the n64 right now. Hopefully not stepping on anybody's toes.

[Parodius]

Do the pictures have to be an exact screenshot, or can they focus on a neat or interesting detail?? Like the small Yu Suzuki logo on screen before Yu Suzuki gameworks vol. 1 starts??

OrTHIS (http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/md_saturn_dc/detail?.dir=/Games&.dnm=SAT-SexyParodius-LVLbackground.jpg) detail from Sexy Parodius?? (btw: notice Alex' gawking? :) )

Also, how big can the attachments be? per email.

[digitalpress]

Hey Joe could I just name a directory what the game is rather than rename each file? BTW I am working on the n64 right now. Hopefully not stepping on anybody's toes.

It's pretty important that the pictures have the game title in the file name. If you don't do it, I'll have to anyway!


Do the pictures have to be an exact screenshot, or can they focus on a neat or interesting detail?? Like the small Yu Suzuki logo on screen before Yu Suzuki gameworks vol. 1 starts??

That might be interesting - a few of these would be OK but covering as many games via screen shots is the project du jour so try to stick to that as as much as possible.

With the amount of help I've gotten here (thank you ALL very much, you'll be taken care of!) I'll likely extend this to other graphical areas of the book as well, like cover scans and memorabilia photos - that's all down the road but if you're just itching to help out but are better with a camera than an F12 key :) just e-mail me.

NOTE: I've mentioned this before but a reminder that the book will use a larger palette of screens than you see online - for space and efficiency purposes most of the games in the online galleries here will use no more than two of the screen shots.

NOTE: Devilman sent in a significant number of CD32 scans so I've linked his work to the gallery page and to the initial post in this thread. Or you can just jump right to it, here: http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/cd32/

[hydr0x]

hey joe, if u want cover scans you should check www.segaliste.de , they have scans of every PAL Dreamcast game

[maxlords]

I've taken all my Saturn stuff and I'm working on editing them all. I should be done with taking 3D0 shots by the end of this week or early next week! That's a shitload of screenshots! :D

[sisko]

Unfortunately, my 3DO crapped out on me, so I won't be able to get as nearly as many as I thought I would.

I've got quite a few PSX games that aren't listed though so I'll take them anyway. If you don't want to use them, that's fine too.

I've also just got my scanner back up and running, and cover shots would be a snap. What size are you looking for those to be?

[Keir]

NOTE: Devilman sent in a significant number of CD32 scans so I've linked his work to the gallery page and to the initial post in this thread. Or you can just jump right to it, here: http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/cd32/
Sweet! I guess I can stop trying to get my CD32 games to work in WinUAE now.

[Ed Oscuro]

Argh, what's this...JPEGs? The screenshots don't look that hot as JPEGs. I'd be happy to take them as BMPs and convert 'em to GIFs. Look better and some (especially GameBoy Color and earlier) would be smaller in size. Wouldn't take me long at all.

[sisko]

Argh, what's this...JPEGs? The screenshots don't look that hot as JPEGs. I'd be happy to take them as BMPs and convert 'em to GIFs. Look better and some (especially GameBoy Color and earlier) would be smaller in size. Wouldn't take me long at all.

I don't understand how images with less color data look better than images with more... Maybe its a matter of preference, but I think jpg looks far superior to gif. Smoother color transitions, no speckling, etc etc..

[Lady Jaye]

Hmm, Joe did say JPEG as one of the acceptable formats. If he had any problem with the format I chose or the size of my pics (Game Boy Color), he would have let me know by now. Besides, the JPEGs are at the highest quality possible (for printing purposes), which explains their size.

[Ed Oscuro]

Take another look at those images. Lots of specs, especially around lines, introduced specifically from the JPEG compression. Less colors? No, and using JPEG is going to introduce artifacts and other "goodies" that make the image harder to see. I can't remember if I've used GIF for GameBoy Advance images (use PNG for them), but it'll reproduce anything from Game Boy to Genesis and probably SNES (since the palette is still well within range of the 8-bit color limit) perfectly. If you're having trouble with GIF images, it could well be the software. MSPaint got better in WindowsXP but it's still not brilliant at exporting GIFs.

Hope that answers your question.

[Lady Jaye]

FYI I'm using Photoshop Elements. Anyway, it's Joe's call, not yours.

[Ed Oscuro]

I use Photoshop 7. Your point? I just know how to use my software well. I don't post a lot of GIFs, but I'd point you towards my website. Most of the company logos I've created myself from larger size originals (and gotten most down to merely a few hundred bytes in size).

Yes, it's Joe's call all right, which is why I offered to do it nicely. I didn't demand anything o-O. I'm still not that happy with the way it came out, and I didn't have the feeling an innocent complaint from somebody who's been working with Photoshop for a couple years and knows the file format inside out would garner this sort of response.

[digitalpress]

Generally I use JPG for high-color games (anything from the PlayStation era and up, for example) and GIF for games with a limited palette. JPG images that are 640 x 480 look fine when reduced and printed.

I'm also not sure if you're referring to the JPG THUMBNAILS, which in general look awful but they're not the final product. If you just opened a gallery all of those images are clickable - just in case you hadn't noticed.

[Ed Oscuro]

I see about the thumbnails. I suppose if you recieved the screenshots as JPG...can't do much unless you've got a BMP to start with. Still, if anybody wants images made into GIF I'm still offering to do that (macros are wonderful :)

[digitalpress]

A little status update here.

I've received a tremendous number of screen shots over the past week - thanks again to everyone who is participating! In particular, this week finds the N64 and Neo-Geo online galleries actually looking lilke galleries now.

There is still much to be done and though there is no hurry there are a few of you I haven't heard from at all since "signing up". Keep me posted and I'll do likewise!

[hu6800]

Last year i took snapshots of every title screen i have of duo cd's...
thats like 460 games i have ready in 352X240

I also have scanned docs of the turbosystems..
i did them myself so i guess if ya want em, take em.

I dunno give me something to do haha.

I have like 900 psx games , 300 saturn, 90 sega cd games i think (one prototype) 100 3do games , pcfx, scd , neo geo cd..
and i think i could get some of marty towns (if i get ahold of damon)

[digitalpress]

Last year i took snapshots of every title screen i have of duo cd's...
thats like 460 games i have ready in 352X240

Sounds convenient and PC Engine/Duo games are still very "light" here - but title screens are the least useful of all screen shots for our projects. We're using them to show what a game in play looks like or to jog someone's memory about the games they used to play, should they stumble into the picture. If you have in-game screens, I'd gladly use them.


I also have scanned docs of the turbosystems..
i did them myself so i guess if ya want em, take em.

Manuals? Those would be very useful down the road.


I have like 900 psx games , 300 saturn, 90 sega cd games i think (one prototype) 100 3do games , pcfx, scd , neo geo cd..
and i think i could get some of marty towns (if i get ahold of damon)

PlayStation is going to be a bear no matter how you slice it! If you'd like to assist with those, let me know (PM me).

Thanks!

[hu6800]

never mind , none of your contact info is working.

How do i submit photo's ?

[hu6800]

Yeah i hooked my duo up to my asus card and snapped stills.
I have like 250 stills ready.
even a nice little snatcher setup.
Nope, i dont use magic engine, so there is no limit as to where i can snap the pic.. hahah.

Also
Yeah i have docs of stuff i havent even been able to find on the net.. haha.

Oh yeah one more thing.

I ripped the entire LORDS OF THUNDER vhs promo tape to video cd format.

[hu6800]

Tell me what you think of this?

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hu6800/lst?.dir=/DIGITAL+PRESS+DEMO&.view=t


nothing from the net.... all snapshots of games i own.
free and clear for you to use.

Im working on the psx stuff you asked for right now...
i have like 900 , so i wish i knew exactly what you needed.

also,,,

I have 3DO , Sega CD , Mega CD , SCD, PCengine CDrom, Neo Geo CD,
PCFX, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Gamecube,

I can also do ...

TG16
SNES
NES
MASTER SYSTEM
Sega genesis
FM marty towns
Atari 2600
N64


... PS.....
i work really fast too... so let me know asap.


steve.

[hu6800]

sorry for the double post...

here this should make up for it...

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hu6800/album?.dir=/Thrill+Kill+captures

pretty clear huh?

the rest im gonna put into thier own folders and zip
so i can send them when digital press is ready to take em.

[AB Positive]

I'm going to give this a shot, shoot me because I hate this system so but if it helps out...

I'll take the R-Zone

-AG

[digitalpress]

Your pics look great, HU. Just let me know when and where you've got them, I'm ready for them any time.

@AdamG: you're a brave man! I'll plug you into the list at the beginning of this topic.

Thanks, all!

[hu6800]

I cant wait to see what they look like when they are up.. or something.
I had to take a break from it for a while because i had to go to the mall
and look at hot chicks and and and,, ok i just took a break.. haha.

I had to pull my other machine out of the closet to do the stills with,
at least i only have one system to tackle .. but thats alot of goddamn cd's
i got 3 huge wallets and 3 spindles full of playstation cd's.

I think im gonna do the power puff girl game next haha.

[hu6800]

(double post again)

[AB Positive]

Hmmm, I'm not finding any R-Zone emulators so far, this may be a project and a half...

-AG

[AB Positive]

Hmmm, I'm not finding any R-Zone emulators so far, this may be a project and a half...

-AG

[kainemaxwell]

I'd still possibly like to help...

[kainemaxwell]

I'd still possibly like to help...

[Duncan]

Wish I could help out more, but I honestly haven't got enough games right now to be useful...I'm willing to write, if that helps. Descriptions, anyone? I was also planning on building up some good cheat lists.

Also, I've got literally tons of Official PlayStation Magazine demo discs (and the magazines to match) from roughly 1998 up to the intro of the PS2. I'll be going through them soon, so if I find anything interesting I'll let you know. Or let me know what you need... :)

[Duncan]

Wish I could help out more, but I honestly haven't got enough games right now to be useful...I'm willing to write, if that helps. Descriptions, anyone? I was also planning on building up some good cheat lists.

Also, I've got literally tons of Official PlayStation Magazine demo discs (and the magazines to match) from roughly 1998 up to the intro of the PS2. I'll be going through them soon, so if I find anything interesting I'll let you know. Or let me know what you need... :)

[TRM]

Joe --- I am interested in doing the SuperVision. Thanks bud.

[digitalpress]

I cant wait to see what they look like when they are up.. or something.

They're up now - check the art gallery page http://www.digitpress.com/art.htm

Note that I'm trying to limit the online screen shots to one or two, but have saved anything sent to me in the "for future projects", including the next book of course.


I'd still possibly like to help...

You still can! consider the massive libraries of emulatable systems like Game Boy, Super NES, PC Engine, PlayStation... If you can work with the emulators of pretty much any system, there's still plenty of room for you. We'll just need to coordinate.

Anyone interested in jumping in, just e-mail me at digitalpress@email.com and let me know what you'd like to work with, I'll coordinate with the others working on that same system to avoid any duplication.


Hmmm, I'm not finding any R-Zone emulators so far, this may be a project and a half...

I've given this a little thought, because eventually we're gonna need them. There's two ways I can think of handling R-Zone, both require owning the variations of the system. Both require a camera and a tripod (or an unusually steady hand). If you have the "Super Screen" version, taking the picture in a dark room with no flash should work, though I wonder how well the details will show up - the pics would probably have to be very high resolution. Alternatively you could try the camera/tripod set-up with the XPG handheld version, this would be even tougher because a) you'd have to hold the unit steady or fasten it somehow so the picture stays in the shot; b) the lighting could be very tricky, I'd start with external lights on but you might have to take these in the dark too.

It's a challenge, but it may not be a project and a half. :)


Joe --- I am interested in doing the SuperVision. Thanks bud.

Excellent. I've listed you at the top of this thread.

Thanks again, all! Keep up the great work.

[hu6800]

How many more psx screens would you like?
do you want,, first gen? import? rare>?
i have way too many to try and guess what one would like to see most.

[hu6800]

i have a shitload of ads i scanned.

[NoahsMyBro]

the links to the screenshots don't work.

-- Steve

[asharru]

I think they are experiencing technical difficulties.

:(

[hu6800]

I think they are experiencing technical difficulties.

:(

it wasnt just with the gallery link,,, it happens sometimes when entering
a post reply or editing one.
You take the bad with the good i guess lol.

[TRM]

@Digital Press (Joe): I sent you an email containing the screenshots as promised. Please let me know if everything is A-ok or not. Thanks.

Dave

[kainemaxwell]

Any SNES games in particular you still need caps for I can do? I could likely pull off some Jap titles (Tales of Phantasia) or others if need be. Toss me a IM or PM, Joe.

[Slipdeath]

joe did u get my nuon pics?

[Videogamerdaryll]

I just read the topic..not all the posts..so I may be lost/too late or questions I ask may have been answered.....


R-Zone



I have a Digital Camera and Scanner..will that be appropriate..?

R-Zone ..........
I have two head units with different straps for the R-Zone ..(One strap has lettering one doesn't)

I have the R-Zone Superscreen/Tabletop unit..

I have the R-Zone X.P.G Xtreme Pocket Game..handheld..
I still have it's packaging saved..but It's not in it..I can put it back in it....

I have 6 loose Carts and one Sealed Daytona USA game with a price tag on it..
I also have the small black piece that is used to put carts in the R-Zone Superscreen for a different view..

I'll do whatever it takes to help..I'm not sure if someone else has taken charge of the R-Zone..

[kainemaxwell]

Oobgarm or hydr0x, please PM me. I'd like to assist with screenshots.

[digitalpress]

Look at how great just the ONLINE gallery has gotten, let alone the fantastic contributions we're getting for the book.

Updated the primary link in this thread to include NUON, Pico and SuperVision screen shots, thanks to a plethora of excellent contributions from those section "leads".

Thanks again, folks! And keep 'em comin' :)

[kainemaxwell]

I hope oob contacts me, i really want to finally contribute to the books...

[kainemaxwell]

Oobgarm, please check your PMs.

[Slipdeath]

sorry ive been gone...whats up with the lists?

[kainemaxwell]

Still doing the SNES shots.

[Mr-E_MaN]

I submitted 25 games, and had done 7 more, but I screwed up on the sizes of the pics.... so now I have to do those 7 games over again. :(

[nesman85]

i'd like to help thevideogamemaster out on the genesis. i just sent an email to him.

[§ Gideon §]

It would be both an honor and a privelege to be regarded as a contributor to something so great. :D I'll contact the appropriate people. Hopefully, I'll be lucky enough to slip in right during crunch time, and someone'll need my help.

[digitalpress]

sorry ive been gone...whats up with the lists?

Seek out the thread "Collector Lists: IMPORTANT", found in the main video game forum, for details.

I'm going to unsticky this for now since there are a wealth of contributors and many of the systems are well-covered. At least to the point where they can be properly represented. I'll touch base with some of the members here if anything looks "thin" as we progress.

Thanks to everyone for the help!

[nesman85]

i'd like to help thevideogamemaster out on the genesis. i just sent an email to him.

woa! he already did screenshots for every genesis game except for a couple. very impressive!

[Slipdeath]

sorry ive been gone...whats up with the lists?

Seek out the thread "Collector Lists: IMPORTANT", found in the main video game forum, for details.

I'm going to unsticky this for now since there are a wealth of contributors and many of the systems are well-covered. At least to the point where they can be properly represented. I'll touch base with some of the members here if anything looks "thin" as we progress.

Thanks to everyone for the help!
i just couldnt take game.com pics...i got the nuon ones tho

[Slipdeath]

sorry ive been gone...whats up with the lists?

Seek out the thread "Collector Lists: IMPORTANT", found in the main video game forum, for details.

I'm going to unsticky this for now since there are a wealth of contributors and many of the systems are well-covered. At least to the point where they can be properly represented. I'll touch base with some of the members here if anything looks "thin" as we progress.

Thanks to everyone for the help!
i just couldnt take game.com pics...i got the nuon ones tho

[Ranger-X]

I'd love to help, I could do any system that I can take pictures using an emulator, preferably NES, SNES, or Genesis; if those haven't got a ton of people following them already.

[dogbowl2]

I can help out with Pippin screenshots - that is if its going to be included in the advanced guide. Where's the @world love??

An of course, I'm willing to help out as well, but I'm sure most everythign has been covered. Is there a list of needed games?

[autobotracing]

hey dp let me know if you need any game gear cart pics.

[FABombjoy]

A little birdie told me there may be a want for a VIS screenshot section. I have lots of wonderful, quality VIS titles & some pro video capture equipment. Please give me a reason to justify my VIS purchases.

[Ed Oscuro]

http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/genesis/artalive_2.jpg

What's this? It's in the Genesis section. Doesn't look like any game I know...

Also, would've been nice if more of the Genesis screenshots were *.png or *.gif files...if anybody's got *.bmp files I'd be willing to get those converted over for ya...because the JPGs are slow. SLOW.

[Ed Oscuro]

Double post, I'm daft.

[anagrama]

What's this? It's in the Genesis section. Doesn't look like any game I know...


Art Alive, I'd assume.