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Anonymous Mon May 6 13:50:38 2013 No.618158 [Reply] [Original]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_%28video_game%29
>The box art designers later admitted that they had deliberately chosen this theme in order to attract the customer with something original, considering there were many space shooters in the market that looked alike.
For an advertisement this would be brilliant. But for an actual cover of the game? Weird.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 13:53:09 2013 No.618171 It actually worked, though. That game cover is very memorable just because it's such an oddball.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 13:58:38 2013 No.618191 I've been trying to play this game and can't even get passed the first level. Am I bad?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:08:08 2013 No.618251 >>618171 It's now memorable because of its weirdness but how many people bought the game back then because of the cover? I bet some of them would avoid it because of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:08:08 2013 No.618253 >>618158 Nuts to you, sonny! That's a first-rate cover.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:12:08 2013 No.618269 File: 243 KB, 1280x694, ebsac_mail_inside.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Not the worst advertising idea though.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:17:39 2013 No.618297 >>618269 We're talking about its cover. Earthbound's cover was awesome. It was its advertisement that sucked.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:17:39 2013 No.618298 File: 43 KB, 259x282, nodes.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>618269 >scratch and sniff cards with the game

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:23:08 2013 No.618328 File: 56 KB, 640x1138, 852.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>618158 The original space-phallus is better.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:29:08 2013 No.618361 >>618328 Reminds me of that plasma-dildo that came with Revengeance pre-orders

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:30:08 2013 No.618368 >>618328 Oh wow.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 14:44:38 2013 No.618473 Best boxart ever, if you don't like it you're worse than a CODtard

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 15:06:08 2013 No.618601 >>618473 Why should I like a cover which is totally unrelated to the game? "Oh no. The game maybe won't sell. Let's make a fucked-up cover to get some attention".

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 15:10:08 2013 No.618634 >>618328 I'll never unsee it! Argh!

>>	Anonymous Mon May 6 23:52:45 2013 No.621617 >>618473 >if you don't like it you're worse than a CODtard Trying too hard m8. Why even mention CoD here anyway? This is a board for retro games

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