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4624984 No.4624984 [Reply] [Original]

Let's share the worst boxarts out there.

>> No.4624993
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>>4624984

>> No.4625001

>>4624993
It was bound to happen...

>> No.4625004
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>>4625001
I had to get it over with

>> No.4625047

>>4624993
Yeah, hopefully we'll share anything BUT the usual suspects.

Seriously, let's avoid the usual ones.

>> No.4625115
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featuring Roberta Williams titties

>> No.4625120

>>4625115
OP said bad box art

>> No.4625126
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>> No.4625171
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>> No.4625180
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>> No.4625182
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4625182

>> No.4625196

Phalanx NA boxart is hilarious and mind-boggling.

>> No.4625202
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>> No.4625228
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4625228

>Western artist does the cover art

>> No.4625247
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4625247

I feel like posting master system boxes is cheating but this one just amazes me to this day.
>>4625228
That one sort of has a charm to it, I wouldn't say it's great art but it has a 90's charm to it.

>> No.4625249

>>4625182
you know, i never noticed just how bad that is because the half way decent knight distracts from all the kindergarten art behind him

>> No.4625285
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>> No.4625289
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4625289

>>4624993
Babby's First Bad Box Art

>> No.4625294

>>4625115
I never noticed but is he actually IN the hot tub? I always thought he was standing behind it but now that I look closer it looks like he is in there.

>> No.4625297
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>>4625180
>FUCK YOU, LEATHERNECK

>> No.4625318
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>>4625285

>> No.4625338

>>4625171
I want to play this shit

>>4625285
What is this?

>> No.4625339
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>>4625297
>tfw /vr/ doesnt have dubs

>> No.4625359
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4625359

>>4625285

>> No.4625362

>>4625338
>I want to play this shit

I had it when I was a kid, it's not terrible., of the 50 or so 2600 games I owned I'd rank it in the top half.

>> No.4625446
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>> No.4625448
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>> No.4625449
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>> No.4625451
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>> No.4625452
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>> No.4625457
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>> No.4625459
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>>4625338
>>4625359
"Gay-Aries"

>> No.4625461
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>> No.4625464
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>> No.4625469
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>> No.4625470
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>> No.4625478
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>> No.4625489
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>describe_your_genitals_with_a_game_title.jpg

>> No.4625491
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>> No.4625521

>>4625489
Sick cuphead reference.

>> No.4625547

>>4625115
how come a woman who was put in the boxart as an sexual gratification object became soon an influental game designer? SJWs btfo

>> No.4625941

>>4625547
Yeah. Now if only someone would post some baf MS-DOS or Atari ST Boxart.

>> No.4625946

>>4625941
*bad

>> No.4625950

>>4625452
>______ Simulator was a thing even in the 80s

Are we in a time loop?

>> No.4625958

>>4625950

Well, I DO remember doing the Time Warp.

>> No.4625960
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4625960

>>4625547
>women who show titties can't also be creative, successful, influential, or otherwise empowered

>> No.4625962
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4625962

>>4625960
Oops, not /vr/. Here's one /vr/ boxart to offset it.

>> No.4625967
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>>4625960
>one game disproves everything other anon said

>> No.4625974

>>4625962

Apart from the off-model Goemon this is a GREAT box art. Perfectly shows off the insanity you're in for with this game.

>> No.4626175

>>4625115
Why is uncle Rico a butler

>> No.4626205
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4626205

amagon

>> No.4626259
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>>4625126

>> No.4626275

>>4624984
I'm not defending that box art, but really, what else could they have done?

>> No.4626282
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>> No.4626308

>>4625180
Devs: Airbrush us a cover for this game.

>Artist: I've never airbrushed anything in my life.

Devs: The game is called LEATHERNECK and its about military combat. *Click

>> No.4626315

>>4625359
Is that a tear in his eye?

>> No.4626441

>>4625461
Is there anything Rob Liefield can't make worse?

>> No.4626482

>>4624984
>worst boxarts
>posts box art of a classic c64 title that looks pretty good for the time
> BOXARTS

you've already failed, OP. this is what happens when 12yo kids create threads about things they know nothing about.

>> No.4626531

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUMBzUAldE0&list=PLbQ-gSLYQEc6uQ7QOqrV8fdQ8o6bNBtbR
Why don't you just watch all AVGN's entries about this all together instead?

>> No.4626536

>>4624993
Reminder that this box art looks fucking cool.

>> No.4626575

>>4624984
How's that bad? It's called Clowns and it has pictures of clowns on it.

>> No.4626580
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>> No.4626583

>>4626531
>if I wear a hat nobody will know how bald I am

>> No.4626637

>>4626580
Actually good box art

>> No.4626643

>>4626580
>>4625962
>>4625228
>>4625182
Those aren't bad.

>> No.4626650
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>> No.4626661
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>>4626650
Also fine for what it is.

>> No.4626675
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>> No.4626791

>>4625960
too bad its a pretty good racing game

>> No.4627016
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>> No.4627020

>>4627016
>tfw you will never be a ripped nordic wizard quaffing energy potions and lifting blocks

>> No.4627021

>>4626661
that dude is kinda hot

>> No.4627035
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>> No.4627038

>>4627035
holy shit why

>> No.4627043
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4627043

>>4627038
Does this look like the face of someone who gives a fuck?

>> No.4627045

>>4627035
Looks like a retarded crack-baby version of Caillou

>> No.4627051

Looks like a creepypasta.

>> No.4627053

>>4627043
>text
Either thats Hebrew or Aramaic.

>> No.4627056

>>4627045
I'd say more akin to Tommy Pickles. And his mom did every hardcore drug to try to abort the thing.

>> No.4627057
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4627057

Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's

>> No.4627058

>>4625547
>The game's box cover and advertisement features three nude women and a male waiter in a hot tub, shot at Ken and Roberta Williams's home. From left to right in the hot tub are Diane Siegel, On-Line's production manager; Susan Davis, On-Line's bookkeeper and the wife of Bob Davis, the creator of Ulysses and the Golden Fleece; Rick Chipman, an actual waiter from a local restaurant, The Broken Bit; and Roberta Williams.
They basically got three female colleagues to pose nude.

>> No.4627062
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>> No.4627063

>>4627035
>>4627043
>>4627057
The worst thing about this is that this appears to be an educational game for children.

>> No.4627097

>>4627062
for
GIRL

>> No.4627106

>>4627097
girls can play video games too silly boy ;^)

>> No.4627182

>>4627057
oh god it gets worse

>> No.4627192

>>4627035
>>4627043
>>4627057
Why does he have eyes on the cover but black pits in the game? Do his eyes get gauged out during the game in some kind of Jewish ritual?

>> No.4627283

>>4625359
I wonder what happened to Jamie Bunker. Did he become a raging alcoholic or a depressed loner who later committed a suicide? Life is so fascinating but when you start gaming at young age you are bound to your demise.

>> No.4627284
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>> No.4627374

>>4627053
>Aramaic
>A language associated with the occult and magick

Unsettling

>> No.4627392
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4627392

I dare you to find a worse box art. Look at this shit. It's all... Japanimation and shit. Who wants to look at video games and see Japanimation? They should have changed that guy, have someone redraw him.

>> No.4627402

>>4627043
I’ll bet the Jews are behind this.

>> No.4627413

>>4627035
>Hey, Bob, how's that character art going? Not so good? Maybe some reference will help. Here's a blurry, postage stamp sized image of some baby from that kid's cartoon called Rugrats. Draw something like that.

>> No.4627523

>>4625464
wow thats really terrible!!!

>> No.4627659

>>4627392
Jesus christ how disgusting. He should at least be wearing a backwards ball cap or something COOL. How do they expect us Americans to relate?

>> No.4627932

>>4627659
I know and that animu shit. So gay! Animu is chink shit for little girls, they should hire someone more like Boris Vallejo or the very least a cheap short notice airbrush artist from the local community college to design the cover.

>> No.4627940

>>4627043
>>4627057

Anybody else notice the unbridled look of terror on the kid's faces?

It's like they wanna scream or run away but are somehow restrained perhaps by that disturbing creature's sadistic whim

>> No.4628046

>>4627058
Production and ad budget: $0

>> No.4628056

>>4624993
Look at that tipped helmet. Mega Man used to be so suave

>> No.4628059

>>4625459
Guys 'r' Us

>> No.4628062

>>4625180
>microdeal
>that's what she said

>> No.4628069

>>4626315
No. Eyes are naturally wet and reflective. You idiot.

>> No.4628078
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>>4624993

>> No.4628086

>>4628078
Looks like Sgt. Hatred from the Ventures Bros in a Tron costume

>> No.4628093

>>4627035
Related to rugrats?

>> No.4628094

>>4626580
This is fucking great

>> No.4628104

>>4627016
Also not bad at all, especially for when it came out
Too many underage in here.

>> No.4628117
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4628117

>>4627035
IM NOT TOMMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLlrfETx4Q0

>> No.4628180

>>4628117
sorry for the gay commentary

>> No.4628278

>>4627392
>worse box art
I can name some: Phalanx NA boxart, Bust-a-move's western Saturn boxarts, and the NA boxart for guardian legend.

>> No.4628337
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>>4628117
It's like Lovecraft made an educational game for children

>> No.4628427

>>4627043
>>4627057
you can't convince me these aren't just flavor pics for one of those retarded haunted game creepypastas

>> No.4628663
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4628663

>>4628278
>Phalanx NA boxart

But that's not bad, in fact it's great. Nobody would have ever given a damn about Phalanx if it wasn't for Banjo Grandpa.

>> No.4628681

>>4624984
That’s not even close to the worst box art. Maybe you don’t like clowns, but it’s drawn well, and captures the spirit of “clowns”. I’m going into this thread with a high level of skepticism due to your lack of judgement.

>> No.4628689

>>4627043
>>4627057

Red head's kinda cute.

>> No.4628694

Pretty poor representation of what's in the game. should have used the official art of bald bull and Mr. Sandman on the cover, but I honestly would have preferred another black box over this.

>> No.4628695
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>>4628694
Forgot pic, whoopsie.

>> No.4628739

>>4628337
>ages 6-9

>> No.4628740

>>4628663
Shit man, this is the first time I ever find someone with the same opinion as I...

>> No.4629037
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4629037

shameful

>> No.4629050

>>4629037
Please tell me that's a chink knockoff

>> No.4629063

>>4627284
> In association with CNN

Oh god no

>> No.4629094
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>>4627035
oooooooooooooooooooooh myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy deeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar loooooooooooooooooooooooord

>> No.4629096

>>4625247
but this one is good

>> No.4629128

>>4625478
I do enjoy the concept of Death driving a combine harvester.

>> No.4629162

>>4628337
T̮̺̠̠͔̯o̤̘̖͖͎̮̪ ̜inv̖̠̻̹o͎̟̮̱̖͉k̺̖͓͓e̪̞̗̭ ̘̺̘̜̝͕̕ț͖̜h̨̥̫̖̰̳ͅe̛̤ ̗h̳̣̫̗̫͓͢iv͠e̯̳͙-̝͍͔͝m̞ͅin͓̱d̡̺̜̗̥̳͕̻ ̭͕̥r̤̼͇̳͎̰̥͘e̖͙p͔̯̩̘r͎͓̫̻e͉̠̯s͚̮̟̗̗̤é̩͇nt̪̟i̝̠̹̦͢n̖̝g͖͍͔̀ ̭̣̹ͅc̴̝̻͖͙h͈͎͍̮̙a͔ós̞͖̼̘̠.̩̱
͉̪͙͖͜I̱͡n̰̟̪͈̪v̸̜̙̗̳͖ͅǫ̳͚̳͙̜͎k̴̟̯͚i͍n̰̰͉̬g̶̜ ͝t̻̖͙̻͉h̻͕͉̺͝e̩̼͕̘̣̻ ̠f̹̱̕è̦̺̩͎̝͍ͅe̗̝͍͕̼̟̖͝l̦͈i͇͕͈̭̮̪n̫͎̥͚͖͢ͅg ̱o͍̞̱f̸̯͖̦̟̪̤ͅ ̝̦̪̺̤̤c͙̤͕h͓a͎os.̶̝̫
̜W͜i͡t͈̮̮̬͚h̠̜͚͎͕͞ͅ ͉͚̻͞ͅo͈u̩̕t̺͕ ̥̭̭̳͕̘̻or̮͈͔̟͖d͕̥̹̱̠̹̗͢ȩ̩̗r̜̤̭̟͓.͓
̫Tẖ̥͚̫͔ę͙͉̙̹ ̦̱̝̗̯̗͓̀N͙͈e̬̙̗̳̜̳͎z̨̪̞̠̙p̜͙̦̙̭̣e͉̣̮r̬̘d͔̹̝̣͞i̵̗͙̩̝̝a̞̜͍͎͔n̢ ̵͉h͙̙̟͖̠ì̮͈͈̞̰ve̛̗͈̫̤̤-̢̤m͢i͖̩̖̦̞ͅn͔͖͉̠d̢͙̫̬̬̦ ͉͇͎̟̜̘̘o͔͚̭̬͟f̮̭̪̪̱̝ ̜̹͈́c͙̙͡ͅha̞̳̬̱̹̮o̵̤̜͉s͉̻̠.̪̹̤͇͇̠ Z͉̘a͟l̳͓͙g̨̭̪̙o̳̭͖̤͖̮͢.̸͇͈̫͚̙ͅ
̸̬̟̩͉H͈̹͇̮͖͟ͅe ̶͎w̡͕͙̫h̦͍̹̬̖̖̘͘o ̬̗̱̫̩W̵̥̭̼̫̳̤a̘̥͝i̢͔̫̭̙t̡̗̖̫s͈ ͍͈͎͞Ḅ̸̹̟̫͉̻e͠h̹͚̦̱̦̕i̖͓n͈d ̡͎̟T̸̬̝̭̩͓̪ͅh̰̗͞e͕͈͕ ̳͚̘̳̕ͅW͕̜̼̜̪̻̮a̠̗̜͓̣͈͍͘l̪̱̟̙̰̣l̢̤̗̹.̥͈̦͈
̪͖̭̗Z͍̞̬̘A̗͎̳͈̦͔͢A̺̖͉͓̺̱̟R̴̩̦͓̯K͈̙͈͞!̨̫̖̳

>> No.4629543

>>4629050
Euro release.

>> No.4629552

>>4629162
Now where's my pipe

>> No.4629557

>>4628078
THICC

>> No.4629596

>>4628278
>NA boxart for guardian legend
I'll fight you
>>4629162
He comes

>> No.4629620

>>4625339
That's like something you'd see on a North Korean propaganda poster like they're pointing up in awe and wonderment of dear leader.

>> No.4629636

>>4629162
It's Zalgo you shit idiot bastard

>> No.4629707

>>4629636
ZAARK

HE COMES

>> No.4629986
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>>4628663

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>>4628663
>>4629986

>> No.4630137

>>4629037
>RYU , LOOK !

>> No.4631503

>>4628337
What. The. Fuck.

>> No.4631517

>>4625115
>butler standing IN the hot tub
>shitty little TV in the background
awesome

>> No.4631519

>>4626259
Honestly, every single Master System game could be posted on here. The always pervasive minimalistic style and lack of good product representation make them all groaners.

>> No.4631520

>>4625171
>actually looks like a Megadeth album cover that has taken it's meds

>> No.4631525

>>4631520
So...a Rush album cover?

>> No.4631550
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>> No.4631570

>>4627021
Mick Jagger Face

>> No.4631667

>>4628663
This is one of the few boxarts I remember seeing in ads and catalogs back in the day. It was just so out-of-place and baffling. So on one hand it was "effective" as an attention-getter, but it never got me interested in playing the actual game.

>> No.4631816

>>4625171
look like a childrens book cover

>> No.4631854

>>4626259
Ok but seriously, is there a story behind this one? Like, yeah, the old Master System covers were all bad, but this one is just inexplicable.

>> No.4631865

>>4628337
el ogro

>> No.4632361

>>4625115
Which one is Roberta?

>> No.4632405

>>4631854
I always just feel like all Master System game box art is comprised of out-of-context panels from comics in the Hungarian funny pages.

>> No.4632467

>>4631550
Also genuinely good, although I could do without the EA framing. Are most of you underage and allergic to 80s/90s graphic design and painted art?

>> No.4632686
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>> No.4632789

>>4632361
see
>>4627058

>> No.4632824
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>>4628663

I fucking loved the box art for Phalanx as a kid. I thought the image of an old guy on a farm watching a spaceship zoom by was striking.

Though the actual game doesn't match it at all.

>> No.4632875

>>4632686
>the secret is everyone has downs

>> No.4632892

>>4632824
>Though the actual game doesn't match it at all.

Well no, but the actual game is so generic it was impossible to advertise. That's why they had to come up with some off the wall shit to grab people's attention. People are still talking about it almost 30 years later so I guess it worked.

>> No.4632915

>>4632892
>but the actual game is so generic it was impossible to advertise.
Phalanx isn't the best shooter ever made, but it's still a decent shoot em up and is far from being """generic""".

>> No.4633703

>>4632915
It's generic in the sense that the SNES had no shortage of shmups. Hell, it had like ten within a year of launch.

>> No.4633717

>>4633703
I don't think you knw what generic means then.

>> No.4633745

>>4632915
> is far from being """generic""".

It's literally the most standard side-scrolling shmup possible. There's nothing about it that makes it stand out from the hundred other SNES and Genesis shmups available at the time. It is in fact the definition of the word generic no matter how many scare quotes you use.

I didn't even say it was bad. It's okay. It's just completely, thoroughly average and unremarkable in every way.

>> No.4633772

>>4633745
>the most standard
That doesn't make sense either.

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>> No.4634197
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4634197

>Just a sprite
Sonic beats Mario in boxart just like everything else.

>> No.4634230

>>4633745
it has good music and it pretty competently made, and I don't really care if you think that means it's generic.
also Zoom is a cool company that deserves a thread of their own sometime

>> No.4634286

>>4625182

What the fuck is he trying to do with that sword?

>> No.4635137

>>4625489
Remembers me to LSD

>> No.4635731
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>>4625228

This is a good cover, but it's the desperate de-anime-fication that's kind of silly. Like, instead of cute anime face, we get 90's cartoon asian woman face.

>> No.4635749
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>>4629063

i found your game

>> No.4635757

>>4635749
CNN had some of the lowest trust ratings of all news outlets for years before their anti-Trump campaign blew up in their face.

>> No.4636615

>>4632824
They had to make it stand out though.

>> No.4636632

>>4634197
Isn't Mario about to fall to his death into a fire pit on this cover?

>> No.4637181

>>4625202
This company made fuckin amazing game (little Samson) but god they can't make a cover to save their lives.

>> No.4637194

>>4625452
That's actually pretty good. Looks more like a painting than a cover I suppose.

>> No.4637195

>>4625126
Fuck you, that's good.

>> No.4637213

>>4637195
not that anon, but please explain what is good about it

>> No.4637220
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4637220

>>4637213
Alright, no problem.
I'd rather have that Alex, than.... other versions.

>> No.4637229
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4637229

Basically any NA boxart. I was looking through Dreamcast games and the american boxart is the worst in every single case.

Compare this

>> No.4637231
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4637231

>>4637229
To this

>> No.4637658

>>4625115
They're all pretty hot for a bunch of game industry women.

>> No.4637671

>>4628663
>Nobody would have ever given a damn about Phalanx if it wasn't for Banjo Grandpa

This was exact reasoning the marketers put him on the cover.

>> No.4637948

>>4637110

>> No.4639418

>>4637658
Anyone can be hot if they get nude.

>> No.4639421

>>4625228
That one is pretty alright.

That's the face of an adult n the one of a kid but look at everything else.

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>>4625461

>> No.4639790

>>4625339
someone please replace the logo with DUBS

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4639803

>>4634197
The European black box games used actual artwork. Not sure why burgerland wanted to re-create the sprites on the box. Half the time they weren't even accurate.

>> No.4639816

>>4639803
It was supposed to be a better representation of what was in the game mean to assuage fears following the console crash of '83.

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>>4635731
The 90s and its attempts to de-animefy everything were quite something.

>> No.4642303

>>4637181
Little Samson was developed by Takeru, the Cocoron guys. Taito just published it.

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>>4642319
WTF is up with this picture? Would have never played that, looks super generic.

Also, all these faces look like american celebreties from the 80s, left dude in the middle looks like dan akroyd and the guy on the top right like Michael J Fox (or maybe even a bit like ash from evil dead)

The guy on the top left as well as the girl in the bottom right are super familiar too, just can't get my train of thought where I have seen them before. Maybe you guys have a clue

Pure coincidence of marketing geniouses?

>> No.4642720

>>4625478
This shit is so surreal.

>> No.4642729

>>4627392
I kind of love this one. It's very fist of the north star in spaaaaace

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>>4642659
>Pure coincidence of marketing geniouses?
It was very common back in the day

>> No.4642823
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>>4639803
Because Atari basically had professional paintings for all their box art, so no one knew how shitty the game they were getting was going to look.


Thanks to that, NoA decided that the first NES games needed to have sprites from the game on the cover, that way you'd actually have an idea as to what the game looked like.

>> No.4642827

>>4637231
Blame Burgerlanders for sperging out at the sight of anything NOT 3D between 1995 and 2005. Since 3D was "THE FUTURE OF GAMING", no one would buy a game that had just 2D art on it unless it was something established, like MegaMan X or a Squaresoft game.

>> No.4642840

>>4642827
PC gamers appreciated glorious high resolution 2d graphics. Most late 90s PC classics, other than FPS games, are 2d.

>> No.4642875
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>>4631519
Games after 1990 aren't like that, retard.

>> No.4643232

>>4642827
I only just learned about the butchering of Panzer Dragon today.

>> No.4643313

>>4642827
All Squaresoft releases had 3d models of the characters on the cover.

>> No.4643416

>>4635749
How to win:
>laundry money for oligarchs
>successfully maneuver all your properties into bankruptcy
>never pay your contractors

>> No.4644718
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>>4624984
sexy space vixens

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4648163

this game raids my balls

>> No.4648170
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4648170

no need to be upset

>> No.4648221

>>4624984
Looks scary, did John Wayne Gacy pose for cover art?

>> No.4648238
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4648238

>>4648156
hey Arnold

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>>4648238
sup

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>> No.4649329

>>4632686
when i was a kid that box art screamed "dont play me." never did.

>> No.4649978

>>4625004
You absolutely did not. You are just an unoriginal fuck.
Why lie? Just don't post at all, holy fuck, you are moron.

>> No.4649981

>>4637220
That still doesn't make it good. Just less shit.

>> No.4650320

>>4627392
Every fucking anime has faggy looking "males" doing that same pose.

Holy shit, Japan ran out of originally 40 years ago. It's all the same shit now.

We get it! You like rice cakes, or whatever you call it!

>> No.4650324
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4650324

I absolutely loathe the Rendering Ranger boxart, especially that half-assed "R2" image that looks like someone just slapped a picture onto the cover and couldn't be bothered to add a transparency layer.

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>>4648246
>>4648156
HOLY FUCK

>> No.4650586

>>4634197
>Sonic beats Mario in boxart just like everything else.
Lol. That why people still enjoy Mario, while Sonic/Sega has had more failures than anything else? As well as a diminishing fan base filled with edgy children and furries?
Come on, I know Sega fanboys are delusional, but get a hold of yourself.

>Sega shits still salty over their absolute destruction.

Face it, the only people who give a shit about Sonic/Sega are contarians or hipsters. So, which are you?

Oh, and by the way, the Genesis collection thing is selling for like $30 and has always been in stock, while the snes classic is constantly sold out, despite costing $200+

The Genesis has a horrid sound card, or whatever tin can and fart noise generator it used.

You lose.

>> No.4650659

>>4625449
what the fuck

>> No.4650681

>>4650586
Somebody needs to put this nintendobaby back on his leash and cut his screen time.

>> No.4650685

>>4648246
Smug Satan is best Satan

>> No.4650696

>>4627392
>>4650320
Modern anime has bland black haired MCs and 80s mecha got blue haired man.

>> No.4651538
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4651538

pump the dragon
dragon ball z

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>> No.4651560
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4651560

Top of the morning to ya ladies

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>> No.4652402
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HBB

>> No.4652830
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4652830

The cover to the American version of Barbarian II (retitled Axe of Rage for some reason) is one of the all time lows. Behold Billy Bob from the trailer park on cover and compare it to...

>> No.4652834
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...the European version's cover, featuring the incomparable Maria Whittaker and future Wolf the American Gladiator with a giant fuck-off axe.

>>4626675
>Mills & Boon present: The Monster Slayer

Can't say I was surprised to see this. Sad that the game was so repetitive, not to mention a real bastard to play off cassette. The music was ace though.

>> No.4652956
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>>4652402

>THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017)
>DP: Dan Laustsen
>Director: Guillermo del Toro

>> No.4653176

>>4648249
Is that Robin Mask in the background there

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>> No.4653991
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>>4652402
HOT-BOY

>> No.4654000
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>>4653991
Hot-Benis

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>>4625470
>the final boss is a dragon dildo

>> No.4654125

>>4645661
Is that Warwick Davis?

>> No.4654135 [DELETED] 

>>4628069
Shut the fuck up newfag I'll fucking curb stomp you if you insult someone here again you dumb nigger.

>> No.4654136
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A bootleg I know but how do people draw like this?

I'm starting to get an interest in art that looks this off-putting.

>> No.4654138 [DELETED] 

>>4628069
You hear me fucker? I will fucking destroy you. I will beat you within an inch of your life which is roughly half the size of your dick cause that's like two centimeters long lmao fuck yourself bitch you're fucking done kid you messed with the wrong guy I'm the god damned king of this board you dumb faggot I'll fucking fuck your gay faggot ass all night long and make you humble you fucking jabroni nigger kike jew son of a bitch faggot cunt kill yourself asshole you're nothing but an aids infested mongrel you have contributed nothing and I mean nothing to the human race you're nothing but a blight on humanity I hope you get syphilis from a chain smoking tranny you god damned queer.

>> No.4654141

>>4624984
xD What is this?

>> No.4654149 [DELETED] 

>>4628069
You think I'm mad huh? Yeah I'm mad alright, fucking fuming. You wanna know why? Because we live in an age where dumb faggots like you can just waltz on in and run their fucking mouth off without any consequence back in my day we'd fucking lynch a dumb retard like you for thinking they have any place in society you're nothing kid bottom of the barrel trash the nazis made a mistake they shouldn't have gone after the jews you were the subhuman degenerate scum they were worried about every time you flap your lips we all have to be reminded of how much you set humanity back god I fucking despise you fucking monkey loving gorilla fucking candy ass bitch. I hope you die in a fire asshole you're just fucking.... pathetic. God. Fuck off. Now. If this were prison you'd have to be one of those fags who pretend to be a woman because it's the only way for a pansy like you to survive in the iron jungle you're fucking lucky you're not in a cell with me kid I'd pound your ass so hard you'll be bleeding out your butthole for a month you fucking faggot.

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>>4641527
>>4632686
not so true in this example

>> No.4654378

>>4654125
It actually is him also that game is better then zelda DESU

>> No.4654402 [DELETED] 

>>4654125
You never seen Willow? Cause you should.

>> No.4654490

>>4654136
Looks like it was made by a man who learned to draw by brute force and never learned a single fundamental.

For some reason it reminds me of this weird Chinese cartoon I once saw where it was very obvious the animators were trained in an abstract Soviet style but were ordered to copy shonen anime and the result did not mesh well at all.

>> No.4654575

>>4631550
That's one way to throw a spear

>> No.4654580

>>4648156
This one's perfect. That face just screams "Suck it down".

>> No.4654601

>>4654378
Hell, I never knew there were so many Willow tie-in games. I only played the crappy C64 version with all those minigames. The NES game actually looks fun.

>>4654402
The film is ace. Also, Sorsha was and still is one of the great cuties of the silver screen.

>> No.4655017

>>4648249
that is the look of a man who sharted

>> No.4656427

>>4654490
Found the cartoon with a bit of Google Translate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K8HvCIS6og

Blonde Hamma a cute

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>>4645661

>> No.4656821

>>4645661
I will never not laugh at this.
The longer you look, the better it gets.

>> No.4657841

>>4629636
J I N K I E S
ITS LE ZOOPO!1!

>> No.4657894
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expand dong

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>>4657894
kurt russell

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>>4657901

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>>4657904

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>>4657914

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>>4657919

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>>4657920

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>>4624984
KLOWNZ

>> No.4658024 [DELETED] 

>>4657919
CAUSE THERE'S THUNDER IN YOUR HEART
EVERY MOVE IS LIKE LIGHTNING
IT'S THE POWER YOUR FEEL WHEN YOU GET YOUR TASTE OF GLORY

>> No.4658037

>>4631550
This title sounds so familiar, must have played this game back in the day, can't remember anything about.

>> No.4658572

>>4625446
I like this one

>> No.4658573
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>>4626205
If only Amagon was a girl :(

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>>4656586

>> No.4658594

>>4645661
>>4648249
>>4624993
>>4625182
Seriously Capcom, why? And how?
What was the thought process behind approving these?

>> No.4658605
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4658605

What about title screens?

>> No.4659543
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>>4658594
crapcom wanted some of that USA GOLD

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>> No.4664027

>>4625452
This one is bad but good. It's scary.

>> No.4664037

>>4625461
>Liefeld-tier art
>dildo guns
>LONG HAIRED DUKE

>> No.4664481

>>4663820
This is a thread about bad box art not rad box art.

>> No.4664501

>>4663820
8 disks of pure rad

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>>4644718