/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5170674
>I bet those were like that because it was cheaper than getting original artwork done.
The usual case of "not invented here" sperging?
I get the idea behind wanting uniform style box art, but who the thought the pixel mess style box covers looked good... Or, then it was a conscious choice of wanting to show how the actual game graphics where going to be, as opposed to the early 80s days where video games tended to have super cool and elaborate cover art, and the games themselves looked like absolute dogshit?