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Anonymous Fri Oct 2 07:52:13 2020 No.6948625 [Reply] [Original]

ITT: your favorite box cover art, bonus if you add why

I love pic related because I feel like it sums up quintessential qualities of what games used to be like, fun, adventurous, colorful, quirky, whimsical, but with an edge to it

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:21:42 2020 No.6948649 File: 103 KB, 640x645, V1_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Early 90s platformer covers are burned into my brain. Watching all those colorful enemies jumping around a toy world was like visual candy for kid me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:23:42 2020 No.6948651 File: 16 KB, 280x276, 1601641394143.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6948625 GIVE ME BACK NEVERSOFT!

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:30:06 2020 No.6948662 File: 75 KB, 564x351, 37ff874327b8ebc8eb040315e8ca35db.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] we were really robbed from these beauties in the west

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:31:53 2020 No.6948663
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>>6948662
and this is my favorite, love how dynamic it looks, but it is one of those covers that pretends the game is better and more badass than it actually is

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:36:30 2020 No.6948667 File: 45 KB, 258x231, mm2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6948649 Gameboy had the most kino cover art of any system. Something very charming about them, maybe given their form factor.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:38:05 2020 No.6948668 File: 206 KB, 500x500, Aria_of_Sorrow.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Deeply love this cover, used to stare at it for a long time I was so mad when they turned the dawn of sorrow cover into anime-shit

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 08:42:56 2020 No.6948678 File: 4 KB, 303x243, wario_thumbs_up.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] based af

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 09:19:33 2020 No.6948747 >>6948651 I've never been into superheroes, but I've always had a soft spot for Spidey and this cover is why.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 10:36:19 2020 No.6948858 File: 216 KB, 620x1167, popsfc.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The SFC cover of Prince of Persia was made by one of my favorite artists of all time (Katsuya Terada) and I love how detailed it is.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 10:45:50 2020 No.6948873 >>6948662 >>6948663 I love how Sega was so into Memphis style in the day. They also did some insane stuff at their japanese game centers. I once saw somebody post a gallery of pics from a Sega place in, I think fukuoka? Looked great. Wish I could go.

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 10:51:30 2020 No.6948884
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>>6948625
I remember seeing these covers as a kid. The art was so good, it intrigued me. I needed to play that game. I have come to love the series, though the pre cd era of games were tough to play back then. Also other koei games of the genre like Nobunaga, or Genghis. Also shout out to all those old atari covers with a similar painted style. Great box art

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 10:52:58 2020 No.6948889 >>6948858 beautiful

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 11:01:19 2020 No.6948898 File: 699 KB, 800x751, 1580332553725.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Same reason

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 11:32:02 2020 No.6948954 File: 239 KB, 960x975, som.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6948625 I fucking adore the Secret of Mana boxart. Reminds of all the creeks and forests I used to play in as a kid.

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 11:41:53 2020 No.6948973
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>>6948649
I feel like Gameboy games had some of the best box art. Probably because the games themselves are so rudimentary, a lot of imagination had to go into it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 11:45:42 2020 No.6948991 File: 70 KB, 474x466, 61Gz9Zx5YtL._AC_SY450_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 12:07:30 2020 No.6949042 >>6948625 >>6948649 That was the peak of Super Mario artstyle

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:29:47 2020 No.6949336
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It's simple, but I was always partial to the EU cover of OOT.
There was something special about receiving the game for christmas and holding this black and gold box. The lack of art somehow made it look like something that was full of mysteries to explore.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:32:56 2020 No.6949357 >>6948973 I have that game. It seemed like kinda Shit, but not Contra Force / Contra Playstation Shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:35:52 2020 No.6949364 >>6948625 Good taste, Anon. My pick would be either that one or the first two SML games for the same reasons you mention

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:37:01 2020 No.6949368 >>6948873 >Memphis style Elaborate?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:39:59 2020 No.6949376 File: 203 KB, 1920x2716, 4928bc84daee387b4754db62ba60ceac.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6949368 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Group

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:43:09 2020 No.6949387 File: 475 KB, 2048x1365, Memphis-Milano_Movement.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6949376 Thanks! Yeah, pic related definitely reminds me of that early Sonic game aesthetic. Cool.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:43:53 2020 No.6949390 >>6949357 I actually really like that game. The colour version is better.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 13:44:59 2020 No.6949392 >>6949368 90's wiggly squiggles.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 14:59:14 2020 No.6949672 >>6948954 /thread

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:00:17 2020 No.6949681 File: 111 KB, 330x330, feelsbad.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6949336 >There was something special about receiving the game for christmas and holding this black and gold box bring me back to 1997

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>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:02:24 2020 No.6949692 File: 554 KB, 589x648, Doom2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:04:38 2020 No.6949704 File: 1.15 MB, 1981x2445, Duke3D_BoxArt_small.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:05:40 2020 No.6949707 File: 87 KB, 516x648, PowerslaveExhumedCover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:06:48 2020 No.6949710 File: 337 KB, 948x1200, Doom2unusedcover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:07:50 2020 No.6949716 File: 299 KB, 781x1181, h638xdC.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:11:13 2020 No.6949727 >>6949692 That green monster on the ground is not facepalming

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 15:52:52 2020 No.6949820 >>6948991 best cover in the franchise, although 3 is close

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 17:42:52 2020 No.6950165 >>6948625 Yōichi Kotabe. Just post all his shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 18:44:34 2020 No.6950359 File: 36 KB, 300x300, On_Top_of_the_World_(8Ball_&_MJG_album_-_cover_art).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6949368

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 20:11:02 2020 No.6950584
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I really like the color composition here, it's dark but it has a logical nuance when it comes to color balance. The super stylized action poses also make the image really come alive, and last but not least, the super chill as fuck frog just standing there.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 07:56:16 2020 No.6952106 Hah i have this box and have never noticed the frog til no.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 07:58:41 2020 No.6952112 Bump, I'll post something later

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 08:28:10 2020 No.6952168 >>6949716 incredible, thanks for posting , death of adder? golden axe?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 12:39:40 2020 No.6952716 >>6948668 Ayami Kojima is a wonderful artist.

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