Well, our friends at cdcovers.cc have got us all "covered" (hee-hee.) They have a huge library of game case covers that span from the Nintendo DS to the Xbox 360 in the form of hi-res printable jpgs.

Once you find and save your case cover onto a disk or flash drive, take it to the nearest copy center and print it out on a color laser printer on legal-sized paper (note: some cutting will be required.)

*Update* A lot of these covers aren't the correct size for a perfect fit when you save them. BEFORE taking your cover art to be printed, make sure to open your file(s) using some photo editing software such as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Irfan View is free and will get the job done. In your photo software, resize the image to about 7.5" X 10.8" and 300 dpi. Make sure to deselect any feature that will constrain the proportions of the image and that should give you a nice-looking piece of cover art ready to be printed.

Also, I must stress that you use legal-sized paper on a color laser printer (some places have a nice glossy laser paper that works really well) and make sure that they use a similar photo editing software to print your cover art. The reason I stress this is because most copiers have built in margins and will clip your image even though it should theoretically fit on a letter-sized sheet (8.5" X 11") and if they use the bushleague Windows print wizard, it will "automatically center, flip, crop and/or resize your image to fit the media" and you certainly do not want this. Once you print your sweet new artwork, insert it in the appropriately sized and colored case and you'll be good to go!

If you want to be extra anal about it (like me,) you can buy the official game cases. Links are below.
Official Nintendo Wii cases available here.
Official Nintendo Gamecube cases are here, and GC double-disc cases are available here.
Official Nintendo DS cases can be found here.
Official Playstation and Xbox game cases here.

In case of an especially ugly emergency in which you absolutely cannot wait for your case to arrive in the mail, you can stop by GameStop and buy their cheapest used game of the appropriate console, discard said game and use its case to fill that void on your game rack and in your heart.

Comments

How Written by Guest on 2007-06-04 00:00:00 Im having a hard time resizing the covers. I resize it to 7.5 x 10.8 and 300 dpi but it enlarges it not shrinking. What i am doing wrong.

rip off Written by Guest on 2007-01-20 00:00:00 WAy to expensive. I bought cases in the past for .40 cents each shipped.

Extremely cool Written by Guest on 2007-01-19 00:00:00 Not only console games, but DVD covers, CD covers, etc, etc.

Where? Written by Guest on 2007-01-20 00:00:00 Send us a link as to where we can get the .40 cent shipped cases for games.

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Written by Guest on 2007-01-21 00:00:00 where did you guys find that cover?

But I poop from there! Written by Guest on 2007-01-21 00:00:00 Not right now you don't

Target has cases Written by Guest on 2007-01-21 00:00:00 Target has the white wii cases for $0.01. It has a demo dvd in it. I just tossed the dvd, printed out the cover and voila! Wii Sports case.

Written by Guest on 2007-11-13 00:00:00 what about psp umd movie covers? Ebgames sending me alot of used movies with no covers just there ugly store cover in it...

where? Written by Guest on 2007-06-20 00:00:00 could i maybe do this at the photo mahcine at walmart? i dont have a copy store around where i live.

How? Written by Guest on 2007-06-11 00:00:00 Do I resize the covers on a eMac? I'm using the application Preview.

Old DVDs Written by Guest on 2008-01-27 00:00:00 I have a white case that the Disney movie "The Three Musketeers." Lost that DVD, but still have the case. =)

help please Written by Guest on 2008-02-10 00:00:00 I cant find a cover for world series of poker games! Any helpful suggestions?  cheers

Gamestop Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00 Anyone else REALLY beginning to dislike Gamestop/EB-Games? Why buy used when you can get new for $2-$5 more? Especially seeing as how half of the games come in generic cases/sleeve inserts. Why should I have to pay the same price for a disc only used co

Written by Guest on 2009-05-01 08:18:43

Goozex Written by Guest on 2009-05-23 08:49:30 If you're tired of Gamestop and all that trade-in crap, check out goozex. You send games to get points, use those points to get games. Simple by design. Trades cost $1 each.

gAMEgIRL Written by Guest on 2009-10-17 19:20:32 If you tired of Gamestop or EB Games..Find your local Play N Trade Video Game store. You will not be disappointed!!! Resonable prices on used games and you are gonna love the try before you buy option.

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