EASTWOOD2002

Overview:
In 2021/2022 the MAME team made available all 60 G&W Games and provided amazing unit artwork. That inspired me to recreate all 60 boxes in 2022-2023 - in 4K -  in PowerPoint. 3 years later (in 2026), I’ve recreated – entirely from scratch again - all 60 boxes in 8K in Photoshop
(Note: the banner examples are not 8K as there is a max resolution limit to what I can post…but the main sets are definitely 8K!)
Main Set (2026, 8K):
Recreations of all 60 G&W games in Photoshop. Max 7680 wide (or tall). Includes fronts, backs, spines and clear logo’s (though Logo’s are Max 4000 wide). Generally, I’ve gone with 1st Issues / Releases, but for Ball and Flagman I’ve gone for 2nd Issues (as these are in keeping with the rest of the Silver Series) and some backs are 2nd Issues as I don’t have good source images for 1st Issues
01a. MAIN SET - Box - Front - Reconstructed (2026).7z 01b. MAIN SET - Box - Back - Reconstructed (2026).7z 01c. MAIN SET - Box - Spine (2026).7z 01d. MAIN SET - Clear Logo (2026).7z Alternate Issues (2026, 8K):
Recreations of 1st, 2nd, 3rd issues that differ to the main set…notably includes Ball and Flagman 1st issues and Judge 2nd issue (but also some 2nd Issue backs from the Wide Screen and Multi Screen series)
02. ALTERNATE ISSUES (2026).7z Extras (2026, 8K):
Recreations of the left, right, top and bottom sides of all 60 G&W games. Not possible to use them currently in LaunchBox (but maybe one day we will be able to….hopefully).
03. EXTRAS (2026).7z Region Sets (2023, 4K):
These are my 2023 PowerPoint recreations of as many of the regional sets (Argentina, Australia, France, Germany and UK) as possible, all based on images and evidence from the net. Mostly fronts and backs only. I am hoping to work through these and re-create them in Photoshop too one day!
04a. REGION SET Argentina (Electronica Status) (2023).7z 04b. REGION SET Australia (Futuretronics) (2023).7z 04c. REGION SET France (J.i21) (2023).7z 04d. REGION SET France (Nintendo) (2023).7z 04e. REGION SET France (Videopoche) (2023).7z 04f. REGION SET Germany (tricOtronic) (2023).7z 04g. REGION SET UK (CGL) (2023).7z Fan Art Set (2023, 4K):
Recreation of the Gold Series fronts without the Japanese writing (aka pseudo North America). Again, these are from 2023 and created in PowerPoint.
05. FAN ART SET North America (2023).7z BixBox Settings:
If you want to get as close as possible to how the boxes should look, then:

Edit Game>Media>3D Model Settings...



Ensure you tick / untick the boxes above, then:

For the "Force Model Size" (needed if you want to use the Spines and have them display at the correct aspect ratio):
For the "Force Box Background Color" (needed if you want the main box colour to match correctly. If you do, you'll need to check the box "Force Background Color" to use these):
Finally, Acknowledgments!
@hydef, algestam and the broader MAME Team The amazing full box scans from the French NintAndBox website (unfortunately no longer in existence) Without either of these, none of this would have been possible. I hope the MAME team – if they ever see these – are happy that my box sets compliment their amazing artwork.

I would also like to state that none of this artwork is to be used commercially...I just wanted to create great artwork for use in BigBox!
 
 

As I own a European Dreamcast, this started as a project to get the EU covers sorted out so that BigBox would look good. There are a lot of good quality scans in the LB db and online, but most of the backs have the spines attached and a notch where the back slotted into the EU case. As we don't yet have an EU case (deeper than the NA and JP cases with a notch where the hinge is) - I decided to split the spines out and fill in the notches. 

This isn't limited to just EU, I have also tidied up the North American "Exclusives" that the EU didn't get, and included some notable Japanese games that are English "friendly"  


Specifics:
(noting that for the default EU, NA and JP cases to work by region, you'll need to set the region within the games metadata first)

European
Where necessary, front covers have been tweaked to remove damage and roughly colour matched Backs have had their top/bottom right "notches" filled in Spines have been separated out and edges cleaned up A lot of logo's created / modified to match the EU fronts
  Shenmue and Shenmue II became a sub-project to get their spines to accurately reflect the box end showing the 2x cases inside (thanks to @goofers for your template assistance). I've included a separate 7z with the other end of the Shenmue cases if you prefer the flat edge version i.e. not the 2x jewel cases inside end (hopefully one day we'll be able to assign left / right / top / bottom images to boxes and then you can use both).

If you do want to replicate the look - override the default case to a box, force the Box background colour [ R:65 G:106 B:160 ] and uncheck the "draw image logo" top side option...oh, and don't convert the front / back Shenmue / Shenmue II box images to jpg (from png) otherwise you'll lose the transparency effect of the cut outs
  ...and finally - I've modified the LB Platform Dreamcast logo to have a blue pixel to reflect the EU console model look  
  North American
Not a lot done with the fronts or backs Spines cleaned up - or where the resolution was low - recreated in PowerPoint A few logo's created / modified
Japanese
Fronts and backs colour matched. Some AI upscaled Spines cleaned up - or where the resolution was low - recreated in PowerPoint A few logo's created / modified

Japanese game specifics: Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon DX - should have the default case over-ridden to a Jewel case with Solid Spine
Cosmic Smash / Karous / Triggerheart Exelica / Under Defeat - all should have the default case over-ridden to a DVD case
Last Hope: Pink Bullets - should have the default case over-ridden to a DVD case and force the background colour [ R:235 G:67 B:158 ]

Ad-hoc Updates
For the odd update - such as the updated "NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC" logo - I've added it to the screenshots to save re-uploading the whole Clear Logo 7z (plus saves everyone from having to download the file again for one new logo) 15th August - added Nightmare Creatures II updated logo to the screenshots 16th August - added a separate 7z file for "Golf Shiyouyo: Kouryaku Pack" as (I believe) you would need this game to access the "Golf Shiyouyo: Course Data Shuu: Adventure-hen" course data disc
EU Games List:
NA Games List:
JP Games List:
 

I've spent a couple of months recreating / upscaling the Pinball Logo's....it started as an exercise to see if I could get to grips with Photoshop - but became an obsession. I've now completed the logo's for the games in my collection. I've included 2 files:
Pinball - Clear Logo: "Good to Go" - Just drop in your LB folder Pinball Logo's Recreated: Includes variations

...and as of 6th August
  Pinball Front + Back AI upscaled flyers Pinball Video Snaps