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SIDE A
Title Screen1:48
Level One3:02
Crystal Mine3:37
SIDE B
Lava Run2:55
Boss Cave4:10
Game Over1:30
Cave Panic
1986
CASSETTE · 8-BIT
C-46
Cave Panic
Pixel Soft
1 OR 2 PLAYERS1986

Budget Game J-card template

An 80s budget game inlay: a slanted chunky logo, a framed pixel screenshot made from your title, speed stripes and a starburst.

Front
A pixel screenshot (or your photo) with stripes behind it, the title as a slanted logo with a hard shadow, the artist in a publisher-style box and 1 OR 2 PLAYERS.
Spine and flap
The title reads down the spine, and the tracklist runs down the flap, Side A at the top.
Inside panel
A Loading Instructions heading over a dedication, the tracklist and the credits.
Good for
Chiptune, game soundtracks and a gamer's mixtape.
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Four colours

White is an ink saver, light enough to be kind to a home printer. Pick one to open it in the designer; you can change colour there at any time.

SIDE A
Title Screen1:48
Level One3:02
Crystal Mine3:37
SIDE B
Lava Run2:55
Boss Cave4:10
Game Over1:30
Cave Panic
1986
CASSETTE · 8-BIT
C-46
Cave Panic
Pixel Soft
1 OR 2 PLAYERS1986
Loading instructions
PLAY IT LOUD
SIDE A
01Title Screen1:48
02Level One3:02
03Crystal Mine3:37
SIDE B
04Lava Run2:55
05Boss Cave4:10
06Game Over1:30
Compiled and recorded at home.

With an inside panel

Choose With inside panel above the card in the designer and it gains a fourth panel, the same size as the front, that folds in behind the cover. On Budget Game it carries a Loading Instructions heading over a dedication, the tracklist and the credits.

It still prints on one side of the paper, so there's nothing to line up. Add a dedication, notes or lyrics, and credits in the designer's More options.

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