Ghost Soldier | 24 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 (edited) I saw this cover with a plumber flying and I knew I had to have it. Edited November 9, 2019 by Ghost Soldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memblers | 22 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Castlevania is one of the first games I remember picking out at a store when I was a kid. Had to have been from the cover art, because I'd never heard of it. I couldn't have seen the back of the box either, because they were in a display case. That worked out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,835 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Of course. That was kind of the thing with the aisles of vidpro cards at Toys R Us. If you parents ever threw out a surprise you can pick out a game and you didn’t go in with a plan. You end up with Star Voyager. Always wanted this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,776 Administrator · Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 The cover is basically all we had to go on at Blockbuster, so yes. Yes I have. God I'd kill to get to walk into a Blockbuster right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 All Blockbusters had that same smell. Maybe it was just me. Same with mom and pop rental stores. Maybe it was from all of the plastic VHS tapes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 The box art was enough for me and it turned out that it's a really good game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m308gunner | 352 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 On 11/7/2019 at 10:47 AM, Nightowljrm said: Perhaps a more typical answer, but... Me and my brother fell for this one. Thought to myself at the time "Wow, that looks cool! Huh, no pictures of actual combat on the back. Guess they didn't have room to show them." The disapointment lingers to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 A lot of the stories I'm seeing here are us as children getting duped by buying a lousy game due to an awesome cover. I'll mix it up a bit. In this day and age, Ive definitely bought some games just due to the artwork alone. If the price is right and it looks quite appealing, I might just grab it, even if Ive no intentions on playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bitdontquit | 226 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 This ... And I can battle with the * psyco wave*!!! Hell yes.. Boy.. What a sucker .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, 8bitdontquit said: This ... And I can battle with the * psyco wave*!!! Hell yes.. Boy.. What a sucker .. That box does a FANTASTIC job of selling the game, both the cover and the description on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieTom | 39 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 When I was, like, 7, my parents brought me to Target for my birthday to get a new game and I picked this out. Something about it just seemed cool to me. I got home and I could not for the life of me get past the first level. I was so upset and I begged my parents to exchange it for a different game. We went back, Target actually let me exchange for a different game! I don't remember what game I ended up picking out though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doner24 | 1,195 Moderator · Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 This one definitely got me to rent it right away back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg | 370 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Hell yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, peg said: Hell yes! He uses that sword to spread the margarine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,020 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 14 hours ago, peg said: Hell yes! I wouldn't buy it for the gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesmaster | 402 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Well, and the .99 tag on it. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalT | 161 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Hell yes, dead of he brain 1 and 2 on the pc engine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes_collector | 56 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Pretty recently I found a boxed copy of this at a game store- never seen it before boxed or loose and just had to pick it up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintegageo | 582 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Probably, but nothing really in my mind atm. The problem was we got shitty Western art on so many games and the original was simply better than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfPogs | 29 Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 This cover got me hook, line and sinker. The game portrayed on this cover looks AMAZING. The actual game, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 6:47 PM, doner24 said: This one definitely got me to rent it right away back in the day. Greg Winters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 10:50 AM, snes_collector said: Pretty recently I found a boxed copy of this at a game store- never seen it before boxed or loose and just had to pick it up: Greg Winters strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty | 187 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 1:02 PM, AlfPogs said: This cover got me hook, line and sinker. The game portrayed on this cover looks AMAZING. The actual game, not so much. Winters strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 6:47 PM, doner24 said: This one definitely got me to rent it right away back in the day. This one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugi | 84 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 this. the manliest cover art the NES has ever seen. No idea why people give this so much bad rap really, i think it's amazing, and i've always thought it's amazing. the box art alone is the reason i picked this from the shelf at the store when i was a little kiddo. A decision i do not regret one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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