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2638980 No.2638980 [Reply] [Original]

Games with the best covers. I'll start.

>> No.2638983
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2638983

>> No.2639123
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>> No.2639162
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>> No.2639165
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>> No.2639187

>>2638980
good

>>2638983
bad

>>2639123
vanilla

>>2639162
might of been good with richer colors

>>2639165
bad

>> No.2639198
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2639198

>> No.2639202
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2639202

Nothing can ever top this.

>> No.2639204
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2639204

>> No.2639205

>>2639198
>>2639202
Wat?

>> No.2639206

>>2639202
>>2639198

isnt that just a ripoff of the doom cover?

>> No.2639207
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2639207

>>2639198
>>2639202
Aaaw motherfucking yeeeeeah.

>> No.2639212
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2639212

>>2639206
It's actually Army of Darkness ripoff. Doom cover is also influenced by it.

>> No.2639217

>>2639212
Ah, never made that connection.

>> No.2639221

The original NES releases in the black boxes. The only games ever to have enough balls to actually depict what the game actually looked like

>> No.2639227
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2639227

Epic cover for a kind of boring game.

>> No.2639231
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2639231

>"How much more black can this be?
>"none"
>"none more black"

>> No.2639234
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2639234

>>2639212
duke always treaded a thin line between homage and ripoff. A bunch of the graphics in duke 2 were stolen from Turrican

>> No.2639238
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2639238

Old D&D style RPG games usually have the best

>> No.2639240
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2639240

Nothing can touch Jet Set Willy

>> No.2639241

>>2639240
I didn't know Jet Set Radio had a precursor

>> No.2639248
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2639248

>>2639238
Any Ultima game has a cool cover

>> No.2639252

>>2639241
yea it's by the same team

>> No.2639257
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2639257

This.

>> No.2639261

>>2639252
Yeah I remember Matthew Smith being the lead designer of Jet Set Radio.

>> No.2639262

>>2639252
What the fuck, Never ever heard this before.
Thought it was just a Sega team original.

>> No.2639267
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2639267

Looks like some really cheesy B movie poster from the 80s
I love it.

>> No.2639270

>>2639262
No, Jet Set Radio was actually developed in Liverpool, England.

>> No.2639271

in b4 Phalanx

>> No.2639272
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2639272

>>2639267

>> No.2639275
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2639275

Arguably the best
Objection?

>> No.2639283

>>2639272
Oh... wow.

>> No.2639285

>>2639275
You know the city and stuff actually looks cool in that shitty style, the guy though.. good lord.
Didn't inafune draw that himself?

>> No.2639289

>>2639234

Don't defend it. Duke is nothing more than violence and pop culture references. Ill let you decide for yourself if that's good or bad but we're very firmly planted int he rip off category

>> No.2639294

>>2639275
this looks rather like a parody of itself.

>> No.2639296
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2639296

I begged my parents to buy me this game because I thought the cover looked awesome.


Too bad the game was a piece of shit.

>> No.2639310

>>2639296
Why is he balding
He looks rather young
Did he just like go to the barber and say
GIVE ME THE WOLVERINE CUT, I'M BALDING

>> No.2639317
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2639317

this cover makes me laugh everytime

>> No.2639329
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2639329

Always loved this one

>> No.2639354

>>2639294
I don't think the first game in a series can be called a parody of itself.

>> No.2639372
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2639372

>tfw the game's art style isn't actually claymation

>> No.2639375

>>2639275
Christ, the western boxart for the early megaman games was fucking horrible, and not just because the artistic liberties taken, the anatomy and perspective makes no fucking sense.

>> No.2639380

>>2639372
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>> No.2639418

>>2639354
i don't think you're very smart.

>> No.2639423

>>2639380

You're the only user I recognize here without a tripcode.

>> No.2639434
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>> No.2639435
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2639435

You silly people, just post Super Famicom covers, That stuff is always great.

>> No.2639437
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2639437

>>2639435

>> No.2639440
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2639440

>>2639437

>> No.2639446
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2639446

>>2639435
Though systems even artists in the west come up with something good.

>> No.2639463
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2639463

I always liked the cover for Journey to Silius on the NES. It's just... striking. Good use of in game graphics too.

>> No.2639519
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>>2639463
>Good use of in game graphics too.
One of the few games I can think of that does so.

>> No.2639567

>>2639275
I'm still amazed the US MM boxart was so fucking bad when the PAL boxart looked fantastic

>> No.2639576
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>>2639375

>> No.2639578
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2639578

AMELICAN PIGGU WRILL ROVE THIS SHIT

>> No.2639589

>>2639578
Dr Light is the real villain of MM2, just look at that cover

>> No.2639593

>>2639589
Yeah, what the fuck?

>> No.2639642
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2639642

Fantasy cheese perfection. Just looking at it makes me want to grab some friends, roll some classes, and explore a dungeon.

>> No.2639651

>>2639296
this game sucked so hard

>> No.2639656
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2639656

Those captchas with road signs are horrible.

>> No.2639663

>>2639317
Came in here expecting this.

>> No.2639717
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2639717

>>2638983

ah, Blood. I knew i needed to play it in the very moment i saw that box.

>> No.2639768
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2639768

Why are all North American Treasure boxes so lousy?

>> No.2640171

>>2639768
as someone who rented MegaMan 2 because of the box art, its because the Anime style back then was very "wussy" to put it lightly. The average 8 year old American boy wouldn't go for it.

>> No.2640175

>>2639768
That isn't so great either. Treasure's artwork, to be honest, sucks in general.

>> No.2640180
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2640180

>>2639768
Speak for yourself.

>> No.2640181
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2640181

this shit right here. so simple yet aesthetic.

>> No.2640186
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2640186

here's another of my favs... I remember always seeing this game in the glass case of a video games store but it never sold because it was priced at $99.99 and absolutely nobody had a Sega CD around here.

>> No.2640192
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>> No.2640198

>>2640192
COURAGE WOLF!

>> No.2640212
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2640212

I've loved this one since I saw it for the first time back in the day, because of how minimal it is, the great font used and the shiny text.

top 5 for me, easily.

>> No.2640215
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>> No.2640216
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2640216

>>2640186
>$99.99

Jesus Christ. The point of CDs was that the games could be cheaper. Pretty sure the MSRP on that thing is half that.

I remember seeing all those rad SCD and 32X covers at rental places too and wondering what the console that played them was like. I'd played Genesis, but never the addons.

Anyhow, check this shit out. Totally rad fantasy dude with axes and dragons. Gotta be great, right? Well, not really. Kind of dull fully pre-rendered game with hella awkward combat.

>> No.2640218

>>2640198
Get out, meme spewer.
>>>/v/

>> No.2640219
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>> No.2640221

>>2640219
>no console port

You know, Sega really did deserve to fail.

>> No.2640223
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>> No.2640227
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>> No.2640230
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>> No.2640238

>>2640230
Sprite on the spine is a TV capture with scanlines.

Pretty rad.

>> No.2640427
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2640427

>>2639446

>> No.2640457

>>2639187

No one cares about your opinion faggot

>> No.2640483

>>2640181
Have to say that Genesis/ Mega Drive had definitely the best cover arts in 90's. Really made Nintendo look like a childish toy.

>> No.2640507
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2640507

>>2640427

>> No.2640545
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2640545

>>2640507
Are you threating me?!

>> No.2640631

>>2639275
the only thing wrong is that it has shading and a realistic(ish) face

if the coloring was a bit more flat and the face was simplified, it would read as a stylized, abstract illustration

>> No.2640632
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>> No.2640636
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>> No.2640703

>>2640457
lol u mad your cover is shit bro?

>> No.2640709
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2640709

>Skim thread.
>Don't see Psygnosis.

>> No.2640720

>>2640709
That image always blows my mind.
That is a world I want to visit. Looks like a grittier looking District-9 style sci-fi movie.

>> No.2640740
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2640740

The Neo Geo had some really classy boxart for the AES games.

>> No.2640742
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2640742

>>2640545
No, I wouldn`t do that.

>> No.2640743
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>>2640215
>Not having sexy buff Turrican

>> No.2640746
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>> No.2640772
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2640772

>>2640192

>> No.2640776

>>2639248
Why does that cape wizard have three heads?

>> No.2640784

>>2640776
Becky pls.

>> No.2640785
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2640785

You just know you're up for some goofy 90s schlock action when you see cover art like this.

>tfw there will never be HD release

>> No.2640791
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2640791

>radical dude
>ponytail
>cool grunge guy clothes
>round sunglasses
>pet rat
>heavy metal CD included
>muscles
>comics
>Escape from New York reference

Yup, it's the 90s.

>> No.2640796

>>2640772
>JUST

>> No.2640821

>>2639270
No. He's trolling.

>> No.2640942
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2640942

>>2640742
Good

>> No.2641004
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2641004

>> No.2642881
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2642881

>>2641004
>nosferatu
>cover clearly shows dracula

>> No.2643076
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2643076

>> No.2643078
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2643078

Do arcade covers count?

>> No.2643081
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2643081

>>2643078

>> No.2643097
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2643097

>>2640483
damn straight

>> No.2643101
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2643101

Always loved this cover.

>> No.2643109

>>2643081
SPOOKTACULAR

>> No.2644436

>>2642881
"Nosferatu" is just a character used to avoid copyright issues. He's basically Dracula with a different name. I'm assuming you're not being a troll.

>> No.2644505
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2644505

>>2644436

Nosferatu looks significantly different than the figure on the cover, which I believe is what he was pointing out. The cover has the traditional elegant Dracula and not the monstrous Nosferatu.

>> No.2644520

>>2643101
Why is Rolf a deformed old man, though?

>> No.2644704

>>2640230

>zap muthafucka!

>> No.2644893

>>2644520
He is the son of a shepherd no more.

>> No.2644952
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2644952

>>2643078

love all the darkstalkers art

>> No.2644992
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>> No.2645054
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2645054

SKELETONS COMING FOR YOU!

>> No.2645075

>>2639578
Why does John Cena have a drill hand?

>> No.2645094
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2645094

Translation, remake or another Majin Tensei game never.

>> No.2645910
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2645910

Though I prefer playing it on the MegaDrive

>> No.2646286
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2646286

>> No.2646738

>>2639589
i been saying it 4 yrs.

>> No.2646793

>>2640631
The legs, the gun...

>> No.2646827

>>2640791

Never realised how much the protag looks like Lex Luger on this cover until now,

>> No.2646843

>>2640631
>only thing wrong with that is shading
Yeah, sure.

>> No.2647020

>>2639372
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ODKKILZiYY

>> No.2647028
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2647028

>>2639576

>> No.2647043
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>> No.2647156

>>2647043
What facial expression is Crash even making

>> No.2647178

>>2647156
Combination of 'Tude and "I want to fuck that bitch holding the case."

>> No.2647226

>>2647178
I dunno, he also looks kinda scared.

>> No.2647236
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2647236

>>2644505

That's Count Orlock, Nosferatu is what you would call a vampire in the movie. Yes it's a Frankenstein semantics issue all over again.

The 1922 Nosferatu film was originally going to be Dracula but they had to change everything at the last minute when they couldn't get the rights. Keep in mind Nosferatu is mentioned several times in the book Dracula as the locals would call him in Romanian tongue.

>Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss which you know of before poor Lucy die; or again, last night when you open your arms to her, you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have fill us with horror.

(From Dracula)

But actually Nosferatu isn't really the correct term in romanian the actual word is presumed to be Nesuferitu "the insufferable/repugnant one" in Romanian, but basically it's an elegant word Bram Stoker probably made up.

>> No.2648654

>>2639187
>might of

>> No.2648693
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2648693

The Rage Racer cover is really fucking nice.
The text is shiny, too.

>> No.2648714
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One of my faves.

>> No.2648832
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2648832

>>2638980

>> No.2649637
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2649637

here is the absolute GOAT.

>> No.2649667
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2649667

I need like a wall sized poster of this badboy here.

>> No.2649678

>>2647028
Heihachi Mishima is looking pretty worried there.

>> No.2649735
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2649735

Why not Wasteland guys?

>> No.2649836

>>2649735
Was this the inspiration for Fallout?

>> No.2649837
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2649837

>>2640212
I prefer the Shinkawa art, honestly.

>> No.2649848

>>2640180
It looks like the US box art, but with more realistic proportions.

>> No.2649892

>>2649836
Yes

>> No.2650316
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2650316

>no one posted this yet

>> No.2650418
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