/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2282214
Dem Nei legs

Megadrive keeps rocking the box art game

They must have reused the same model set for a different angle.

comfy cover for comfy game

1984 was a good year.

>>2282253
So very Gundam.

>>2282253
>>2282260

>>2282262
(JP version)

RIP Designer's Republic.

>>2282289
*Designers Republic

>>2282308
nvm that's a fan cover

>>2282446
I wish this was Septentrion/S.O.S.'s cover too.

>>2283031
The flyer art is pretty good. Wish they had kept the name of Super Street Fighter 2X instead of that Turboshit.

Godly.

>>2283082
PSX cover is rad too

I fucking love this cover art, shame it was only for japan, Europe and America got some spooky ghost faces

Why did japs always get fancy artistic cover art, then for the NA release they're replace it with saturday morning cartoon garbage designs?

>>2283217
They probably wanted to cater to western kids instead of japanese ones.

>>2283219
More like cater to their parents. Something like >>2282214 would've scared away most 80s/90s parents, thinking it' some kind of porno.

>>2283220

Now that I look at it again, yeah, it's very porno with that phallic gun between her arms.
Anyway Phantasy Star II's US cover looks like it's some satanic shit, so it would have scared parents anyway.

Plus Nei is on the back cover.

It's the shrug I like, and the packaging.

>>2283201
>Not posting a cleaner version.

Cleaner version of the Shinobi art from the last thread. Wish they had put the Sega copyright text in the other corner though.

>>2283767
Reposting from previous thread.

>>2283797
And the PCE version.

>>2283805
I always find it funny how the cover artist of Kidd Shinobi spoofed the JP cover of the original.

>>2283751
>box art thread
>grr you posted the box art

>>2283814
>Not wanting more emphasis on the "art" than the "box."
Also, those big white labels on the US Saturn packaging were ugly as sin.

>>2283823
>Wanting equal emphasis
The intention was clear. Thanks so much for your generous contribution, though.

>>2283751

I was about to post the arcade poster, but yeah, this is a boxart thread after all.

Holy shit, I wish this was in the game.

The Double Dragon cover art for the NES, which was also used for other PC versions. Pretty iconic, even though it's rather ambiguously gay.

This one's also from ~1984, with a neat handcrafted box-art cover. Game itself's an old single-screen multiplayer fighting STG of sorts.

Final Fight arcade flyer. I think it was done by Shoei, who did lots of Capcom art at the time, but I'm not sure.

I really love Jay's expression at seeing Cody's bloodied fist with Andore lying on the floor over a pool of his own blood.

>>2282223
Wow neat.
Is there a version of this without moonrunes?

Like a roadie at a light-show gig.

Ninja Ryukenden III with anime tie-in cover art.

And Ninja Ryukenden GB.

And the Ninja Ryukenden anime laserdisc with the odd English title.

Really hate using a scan with Y. ROMI's watermark, but oh well.

Am I the only one who never liked the pixel-style black boxes for the early NES releases. I always thought they were rather pretentious.

>>2284297

I grew up with a famiclone and famicom-style labels and art, always thought that these NES boxarts look like something done in the 00s, in a sort of "wow SO RETRO!"

But thinking about it back then, it was very honest on their part. They showed you actual sprites from the game rather than epic artwork that barely resembled what you got in the game, so at least I'll credit them for that.

>>2284264
Tecmo was seriously metal.

>>2284313
Nintendo was deliberately trying to avoid "deceptive" box art. They thought that was one of the factors that contributed to Atari's cash and burn during the early 80s.

>>2284359
That's one way of phrasing it, I guess. But specifically they wanted to highlight the fact that the graphics were so much better than anything else available at the time. These boxes were meant to impress.

>>2284373
Maybe by 1983 standards, but there were already much better looking arcade games by 1986 when the NES was released in America.

>>2284379
True, but you couldn't play arcade games in your home, and that was the entire point

I've been on an Alien fix lately and remembered that Giger did the cover art for this computer game. Pretty tempted to track down a physical copy just for the box alone.

Still need to read more on this game, only a single review that I know of.

>>2284562
Looks like an AUM recruitment poster.

>>2284564
Funny you mention that, cuz I think some doujin made a game for the PC-98 based on Aum Shinrikyo. This was around or before 1995 IIRC.

>>2282223
Great cover!

>>2284113
Yup! Here you go:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/traysia

I love PCE boxart, especially Namco's

>>2285185
The interior art for that is great too.

>>2284817

actually kind of creepy, not bad

>>2284297
Pretentious? The whole point was that they wanted to avoid catching flak other video games companies in the past were recieving as many people felt they were being decieved.

>>2284313
You always thought NES blackbox art looked like something done in the early 2000s back in the 80s or 90s, the era you've claimed to grow up in? Are you psychic? Were you some how clarvoyant enough to see that the future would be filled with game developers trying to cash in on nostalgia? Please tell me, what else your crystal ball has revealed to you, oh wise sage. REVEAL TO ME YOUR SECRETS

>>2284035
The guy on the right, his bicep always bothered me when I was a kid. It's totally wrong, just like a weird pile of meat on top of his arm.

>>2284297
Boring? Yeah, but pretentious? How?

>>2284564
apt observation.

I have a thing for Susumu Matsushita's work.

>>2285337
>kind of creep
Isn't that the point?

>>2282214
>PS2
>Nei
>the feels

>>2285493
He's the guy who did Famitsu's dog mascot, right?

>>2285524
He also did the JPN covers for the Adventure Island series and both Maximo games.

Speaking of box art, does anyone here have a recommended printer/scanner that's good for capturing box art or cartridge labels? Or am I better off just taking it to a staples and having them scan it for me?
I decided to take a look at some of the box art on Thecoverproject, and it turns out their database is a lot skimpier than I thought it would be. I thought I might as well contribute scans of games I already own.

>>2285493
>Susumu Matsushita
I can't say I care for his style all that much, but there's a lot of craft to it. He airbrushes everything, which is quite skillful, not much room for mistakes.

Game kinda sucks, but I would buy it just for the cover.

Not the best in the series, but it certainly has a nice cover.

>>2285147
Thanks!
The cover certainly isn't as great but it is still rather interesting.

>>2282214

Senjō no Ōkami II for the Mega Drive

>>2286456
Shit, guess thats not really /vr/ yet

The Vigilante cover/flyer art looks more fitting for a slasher flick.

>>2286456
That cover art almost makes me want to play that game. Almost.

I'm not fond of the American version of the covers of the Genesis games. However, the one of Shining Force 1 is an exception.

>>2287006

Way to fuck up with the upload of the image.

>>2287008

And while still in the subject of Japanese vs. American versions, the Japanese cover of Wonder Boy 3 is quite sweet.

>>2284035
The Japanese flyer art for Double Dragon 1. Probably the most accurate representation of the game, even though it's oddly proportioned.

>>2287006
What about Boris Vallejo covers like ecco or Golden Axe 2 ? That shit was sweet.

Fucking amazing box for this Megadrive shmup.

>>2287278
Here's a decent scan, best I could find

Moebius basically gave Japan a huge hard on for his style with stuff like these

>>2287018
And here's the cover art for the Famicom version.

Nice collage style here.

>>2288935
That's gorgeous and eye-catching.

BTW, I wonder if >>2285716 was embossed or something, or if that was just the canvas texture. Either way, another nice cover.

>>2288976
Huh, that might be the case. Weird line pattern if that isn't a cover with some effect applied.

Credit goes to sharc for stumbling upon this.

>>2288980
Anything with winged god tigers is groovy in my book.

Ganbare Goemon Gaiden for the Famicom. Been playing the raw ROM of this lately.

>>2288995

Love it

>>2289010
I serious wonder what kind of paper they used for these Goemon covers.

Amerilards ruin everything.

>>2289079
Sega insisted on putting Sonic into fucking everything.

We almost had to endure Popful Mail being localized as a Sonic game.

>>2289079
>>2289440
but it would be okay if literally any other franchise was plastered on to it amirite?

>>2289440
This is the first time I've ever heard that, can I get a source please?

>>2289440
It wasn't a localization thing, the Mega CD version of Popful Mail was planned to be a Sister Sonic game in Japan too.

>>2289447
I read it on an issue of EGM once.

>>2289079
Mean Bean was sort of okay, and Puyo Puyo was one of those titles that is so damn weird that you can't really localize it.

The real problem was that Sega shat on the puyo puyo series once they stole it from Compile. All the character rights are still at Sega, so Compile can't make a new rpg game with their original cast, they had to invent stand-in characters who assume the same roles, but have different names and looks.

>>2289447
http://info.sonicretro.org/Sister_Sonic

>>2289446

that silence tho. it's as if someone told the truth

>>2290364
they did just that with kirby avalanche

>>2289460
ok first off they bought the rights not "steal"
secondly fever is far far better than anything compile did with the franchise past tsuu
third compile heart is NOT the old compile, none of the old team is involved, they share the same name only

>>2290371
I know but they're complaining about mean bean machine and popful mail nearly becoming sister sonic but not a word was said about avalanche. my guess it's because HURR DURR LE A*T*SM MEEM! That post is pretty much exactly what they think

I mean jesus fuck I know people love shitting on sega but you've triggered me so hard here, well done

>>2290376
>triggered

YOUR BUSINESS IS APPRECIATED

>>2290380
I use it ironically, shitlord.

>>2290372
>secondly fever is far far better than anything compile did with the franchise past tsuu

Fever is flash game tier.

>>2290413
You seem to be basing your entire opinion of it on the art style.
Not like it matters since puyo is dead.

Stop sperging about Sonic fans and post some more box or flyer art.

>>2284110
It was done by Akiman. It's not really well drawn, but still looks good, like many early Akiman covers.

>>2284035
>>2287018
>>2288470
The "Hammer and Spike" depiction of the Double Dragon protagonists looks pretty weird in retrospect when most of us are used to knowing them as Billy and Jimmy Lee. They're look way too thug-like and wonder how much of the backstory was actually conceived for the game when they made the arcade original.

Nampurrow's artwork is neat sometimes.

>>2290375
Christ, dude. I posted >>2289440
because it was relevant to the conversation, and it is something Sega does constantly.

I like Sonic. I just think Sega is a bit overeager to exploit the franchise.

>>2290375
did you really have to star out autism?

>>2284461
It used existing work. That wasn't done fir the game

Really enjoy the composition here.

>>2290375
I smell a*t*sm

>>2290436
>Not like it matters since puyo is dead.

Yeah, and guess who fucking killed it.

Hint: it wasn't compile.

>>2291173
Isn't it just dead in the west? Wasn't there a 3DS game?

>>2291132
Outrun has the best posters

>>2291893
Is that a map of Chicago?

>>2282214
Is she a lefty?

>>2291881
>dat undercarriage detail

>>2291939
>Carkeek Park
Looks like its Seattle, Washington.

>>2290729
..That's Arnie's mad grimace in the background isn't it?

>>2292019
Yeah, and Axel has a JC Van Damme vibe.

>>2292060
Is that sum Bisley?

>>2292072
Oh yes

>>2292075
The Rastan games are kind of hot garbage but I like 'em.

>>2292085
I really liked the SMS one even though it's borderline broken

>>2292089
>"Soon to be a major motion picture"
It would have been terrible anyways.

>>2292089
How the fuck is Rastan on the SMS borderline broken?
>>2292085
That flying space vagina is hot

>>2292098
You can cheese a lot of bosses by just standing around in one spot and doing a very specific thing. Mobs spawn and disappear in random places, sometimes spawning in midair and dropping to chasms. It's just glitchy as fuck generally, you can tell it was rushed out the door, but hey I loved it.

>>2292085
The only one that was garbage was the second one. The first Rastan was awesome and the third one is a passable Golden Axe clone.
>>2292089
Those in-game graphics look disappointingly bleh next to the cover.

>>2283751
This was the source of such a let down for me. Akuma looks like such a beast in that picture, but in game he's exactly the same size.

>>2292378

>>2292396
Neat

>>2292396
>>2292404
I forget who said it, but someone mentioned mentioned the name of the fellow that did this painting, and upon a Google search it looks like he also did the illustrations/paintings on various war model kit packages.

>>2292446
It was Yoshiyuki Takani who did the Metal Gear 2 cover art. He also did this artwork for the Metal Slug compilation.

>>2292457
That is badass.

>>2292457
Fuckin' saved

>>2292754
nice! Keita Amemiya's another fantasy artist that's done cool game-related stuff (but not enough).

Oh, we reposting from the last thread?

>>2292963
It's still up, but I guess it'll let us repost anyway?

>>2291954
Judging by the way she is holding the gun, yes.

Does anyone know who did this cover?

Final Fight: The Non-Guy Edition for SFC.
Fuck the haters. I like this version.

>>2293435
poison is on the cover but not on the game?
or that was just the american version?

>>2293440
Sid and Billy were only in the export versions. Nintendo of Japan had no problems with people punching transgendered punks.

>>2291896
Mega CD version, which I like better.

>>2293624
The Japs were really well served in their MEGA CD covers

It would be neat if someone applied the SNES patch to the MEGACD SMT, but sadely sega cd romhacking is still in its infant stages. Pic related, one of the few if not the only on-going translation projects.

>>2293624
Better quality

>>2293671
Soon to be a major comic book! (not really).

>>2293723
I have no idea who's handling that comic but it just looks like shit. What a shame, because stylistically the game is one of the most unique, but that kickstarter shit just looks like a terrible deviantart fanfiction

>>2293671
>>2293723
>>2293806
They should've stuck with the League Man name everywhere. Ninja Baseball Bat Man is one space away from a lawsuit with DC Comics.

>>2293924
They changed it to Ninja Baseball Man though. Referring to the kickstarter comics I mean

>>2293934
Yet, it feel some empty with just "Ninja Baseball Man." League Man as a nice ring to it.

>>2293806
>>2293924
>>2293934
It seemed kind of like a weird money laundering thing to me. Shame, Irem games deserve all the love they can get.

Speaking of which, I like the Ninja Spirit flyer/cover design that Japan got - it reminds me of the Ninja Wars movie poster/cover.

>>2293945
Except I don't really associate League Man with anything. If I heard someone say
>I heard they're making a League Man comic
I wouldn't even care or associate it, I had no idea honestly it was called League Man in Japan. Although if I heard
>they're making a Ninja Baseball Man
I would just assume they mispronounced it, but I would definitely engage in finding out if they were making a comic. It was the right choice of title imo. Just a shame the art is really subpar, if you can't get the original artist at least this needs a Japanese touch or someone with a more expressive style.

>>2293959
Come on Joe boy, that's a little too tinfoily hat. The dudes asked for 1K and got a little over that, if that's money laundering it's some pretty kiddy league operation

>>2293960
I'm saying they should've just leave it Ninja Baseball League Man for the international title, even for the game.

Also, that's not the Super Famicom version of Super Street Fighter II.

>>2293975
Neither is this one

>>2293979
Super X > Super Turbo

>>2293981
Psht, move aside to the superior Street Fighter, kiddo

>>2293965
Yeah I was just talking out my ass.

>>2284197
my entire childhood I used to fantasize constantly about how awesome a 'ninja gaiden cartoon' would be

And then when I finally saw it this anime was lame af, especially Irene's characterization.

>>2289079
If this was 1995 me who just discovered what anime was and wanted anime on -everything-, I'd agree wth you.

But I can see today that objectively the Robotnik cover is far better.

Art from the US port of Kid Niki: Radical Ninja, far better than the game deserved. [SPOILER]I still love it, though[/spoiler].

Art from the US port of Kid Niki: Radical Ninja, far better than the game deserved. I still love it, though.

>>2294101
>Yeah I was just talking out my ass.
You do all that all the fucking time.

>>2282265
>>2282262
>>2282253
>>2282228
these are all awesome, lemme add one more

>>2294283
And that's why you love me.

>>2294293
and another

>>2287794

>>2294317
Actually, I'm more indifferent towards you.

>>2291886
Now that is beautiful.

>>2294475
god damn that big hair

it's like a southern preacher's wife

>>2294449
Not indifferent enough, apparently...

>>2294541
Yeah, but you're influence in my life is pretty negligible. I just like messing with you.

>>2294541
Yeah, but your influence in my life is pretty negligible. I just like messing with you.

>>2294609
That's cool, I enjoy the attention.

>The guerrilla expertise of Rambo meets the destructive force of Commando.

What's with the automated image dump?

/r/ high res

>>2295173
>what is reverse image search

>>2295152
>waahh don't contribute to the thread

>>2295173

Boris Vallejo

>>2295732
>Dreamworks

>>2295746
I don't think they had anything to do with the animation company other than the name.

>>2295763
http://segaretro.org/DreamWorks

Guess not, but I've seen some unlikely publishers before.

>>2283963
Suemi? I know First Queen has Amano's covers.

>>2294656
Bob Wakelin's Gryzor

>>2295850
>that unfortunate lettering
>dat obvious trace

>>2295853
It's a wonder how they didn't get sued.

>>2295861
Cuz it was Europe.

>>2295864
Yeah, but Konami used the artwork for the NES Contra in America.

>>2295864
No one sues Europe

Kaze Kiri for the PC Engine. Game is kinda mediocre, since it's just Kung-Fu Master with ninjas.

>>2295867

Contra was never released in Europe, it was PROBOTECTORS, the superior version.

>>2295879
Gryzor was though, if you owned a home computer.

This is a thing

>>2295916
Starship Titanic. :0

>>2295916
>>2295920
Game designed by Douglas Adams. Neat.

>>2293959
Supposedly the title came from someone looking at a list of things popular with young American boys at the time, and simply combining the first three items.

>>2295996
That's hilarious and makes perfect sense.

>>2296180
WAKKA WAKKA I'M COMING FOR THAT BOOTY

>>2296083
Cool inspiration, mang

What % of these art/covers are better than the actual games?

80? 90?

>>2294482
>Nope!

Taken from an issue of MSX Magazine. Didn't say the title of the game though.

>>2294428
my nigga

>>2292378
>tfw Kojima still owns those figurines.

>>2297686
What I wouldn't give for one of those
I'm not even a figurine guy

>>2297689
He still owns the Metal Gear D kit from the print ads too.

>>2297686
I love the iris details.

OT, but anonymous sources have tipped off that Koji Pro's all been demoted to contractor status and shit. I wonder if Konami's video game department might be imploding (Yu-Gi-Oh and gambling should be okay).

>>2297698
They shut down the Kojima Productions website and turned it into a general Metal Gear site. His name isn't on the MGS V website anymore.

>>2293442
us boxart

>>2297717
I never understood the point of putting all that Japanese text there.

>>2297720
Blockbuster wanted to make it special saying that it was "directly from japan" even though the box is completely different.

>>2297725
I just find it hilarious how even the address to Capcom's Californian offices is written in Japanese.

>251 images
well that's that
gg thread
RIP

>>2298124
Start a third one.

>>2298127
Done

NEW THREAD
>>2298139
>NEW THREAD
>>2298139
NEW THREAD
>>2298139
>NEW THREAD
>>2298139
NEW THREAD
>>2298139
>NEW THREAD
>>2298139

>>2294475
I love how suggestive they made this,the outfit, the way she grabs the sword,dem feet. That poster makes my dick diamonds once i forget about the ''totally not conan'' dude

>>2294478
>that dino
Fucking radical.