17 Reply by WACOMalt

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I went ahead and changed it to DMG-LSDJ-SWE and MADE IN SWEDEN

Good news! I found a company that can do them (I think) I'm getting a quote from them, but it looks promising since they had the proper ink listed on their quote page. For reference, the ink appears to be PMS 877c or PMS877 or Pantone 877c.  The process will be two stage. Lay the silver, then screenprint the full color and text on top. Then gloss is added. The final demensions wind up being 42mm x 37mm with a 1/32" bevel (about 0.8mm) on the corners.  I included a 5mm bleed edge on each side, bringing the total to 52mm x 37m counting bleed.

The company I found is called jakprints.com. I have no idea what this will cost yet, so here's hoping its at a price that I can afford tongue  I don't want to sell these for too crazy expensive,  I have the Print-ready graphics ready and will upload them here as soon as I get confirmation that they are good.

Hope this info helps anyone else looking to make custom prints smile

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18 Reply by WACOMalt

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nitro2k01 wrote:

Please change DMG-LSDJ-USA to DMG-LSDJ-EU or even DMG-LSDJ-SWE. smile

Ah right, I take it that's where he's from?

But sorry, this is a region locked cartridge.

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just kidding, I'll change it to that before I send it to print. Should I change the "MADE IN JAPAN" to "MADE IN SWEDEN" too?

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19 Reply by WACOMalt

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The best thing for removing scratches is progressivly finer and finer sandpaper. Look in the automotive section at a hardware store and you should find some made for removing scratches from car paint. Start with something big enough to make the surface uniform, then work your way down until you get to a perfect surface. then finish up with some buffing compound and a microfiber or cotton cloth.

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20 Reply by WACOMalt

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OK, I contacted PSPrint and Stickermule.  Both said they could match the size exactly, but Neither can do the silvering. PSPrint has a minimum order of 250, Stickermule has a minimum of 50. So for the first run Id choose Stickermule, but I'm still looking for a place able to do the silver pantone.

EDIT: from more searching, it appears the ink used on the edges was likely pantone 877c ink. But I'll be amazed if I can find any place that can do it.

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21 Reply by WACOMalt

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Glitch Militia wrote:

This is funny. I was just talking with a friend, who has a huge printing service, about making custom labels.

Let me know please if this gets anywhere!  The main thing I think will be a challenge is the slight silvering of the left and right borders, and getting the bevel right. I think the printing on the originals was done in two steps, first the silver layer for the borders, and the "Official Game Boy Game Pak" logo, then the actual graphics were screen-printed on top of that base. I think there may also then be a very thin semi-gloss film on top of everything...  It should be possible to replicate, but it definitely would require some control and planning.

kineticturtle wrote:

... We paid to have them make a custom die in the exact size of an original cartridge label, but we were doing a bulk order so it was worth it.

The die looks perfect! Nice label smile I cant tell if the label has the silvering on the left and right borders. Can they do that? Id be willing to pay for a small run for resell to all you fine folks.

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22 Reply by WACOMalt

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I did exactly this. My Derpcart is now in an original gameboy shell.  You'll have to mimic the hole they had for the USB port, but it's not hard to get right. Also there is a small peg on the bottom half (non-label) that will obstruct the board. You can see they removed this in their shell, so do so as well. I drilled a small hole in the front to the left of the logo indent for the LED to shine through. The LED isnt important but it will flash while writing or reading. If you safely eject though, you can ignore it.

Here's how the finished cart looks. I still need to clean up the LED hole.

I'm getting custom labels printed here soon, trying to make this look as much like an official nintendo cartridge as possible (I even included the ESRB rating logo. The old one they used back then. tongue )  Here's a mockup of what I'm getting printed for it.

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23 Topic by WACOMalt

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Hey folks. This is my first time posting here. I just recently got my USB cart for Gameboy (Dreg n Derp Cart) And I want to get a custom LSDJ label printed that I made. The label is made to look like an official gameboy game, and I also swapped the guts of the Derpcart into an official cartridge shell.

I am wondering if anyone knows a place that can print completely custom labels at the proper size and such of the real cartridges?

The real labels are 42mm x 37mm with a slight bevel, and the left and right edges of th elabel where it says the model# and "made in japan" are printed with a silver shimmer. By the looks of it the labels are screenprinted, not dyed.

Anyone know where I could get a high quality print of my labels? Id prefer if I can work closely with the company making the prints.

Once I make my first run I'll share all the graphics with the forum here for free, and offer the high quality ones for a cheap price if I can.


EDIT: I'm going ahead and upload the graphics for you all to mess with. Enjoy! Everything is editable to your liking, so feel free to remove the E rating logo, change the region, or whatever.

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LSDJ Label by WACOMalt

Download PSD from my website | Download PSD from MEGA

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Bonus! "Nintendo GAME BOY" vectors for DMG screenprint (for putting on top of a custom paint job)

Download PSD from my website | Download PSD from MEGA

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