themisfit138 | 523 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Japanese Super Mario Bros. Any of this style Atari art. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 11 hours ago, ZeldaFreak said: Yeah, and compare that to the cover art we got here in the states: That's night and day compared to what Japan got. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 hour ago, themisfit138 said: Japanese Super Mario Bros. Any of this style Atari art. Haha why are the toads so happy that they're prisoners? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BouncekDeLemos | 82 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,479 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,935 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Some of my favourites have already been posted, namely SFC Final Fantasy 6, Double Dragon 2, and Famicom Guardic Legend. I absolutely love the artwork on the SNES Prince of Persia, but it's only framed correctly on the Japanese release, which looks gorgeous. Hagane looks so good I wish I could afford owning the box too: Probotector 2 looks amazing too, makes me willing to forgive the "censorship" they did on Super Contra. The Ico box art of course is a classic: The Japanese are pretty amazing at making new covers even for western titles, too. I gues Prince of Persia almost fits into that category also. Edited July 23, 2020 by Sumez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Sumez said: Some of my favourites have already been posted, namely SFC Final Fantasy 6, Double Dragon 2, and Famicom Guardic Legend. I absolutely love the artwork on the SNES Prince of Persia, but it's only framed correctly on the Japanese release, which looks gorgeous. Hagane looks so good I wish I could afford owning the box too: Probotector 2 looks amazing too, makes me willing to forgive the "censorship" they did on Super Contra. The Ico box art of course is a classic: The Japanese are pretty amazing at making new covers even for western titles, too. I gues Prince of Persia almost fits into that category also. Totally forgot about Hagane. Now that is a work of art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,706 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,706 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) On 7/19/2020 at 8:53 PM, ZeldaFreak said: I wasn't alive during the heyday of the 8 and 16-bit eras, so I can't fully vouch for the accuracy of this statement, but from what I know, cover art was actually pretty important to a game's success back in the day. A lot of the time, all a kid had to go off of for what games to rent or buy were the cover art, and the blurb at the back of the box, so it's surprising to me how much bad cover art is out there honestly. It's a good thing we still have examples of good cover art nowadays, since it's far less important now than it was back then. Speaking of good modern cover art actually, here's another one I forgot to mention: Actually, we often didn’t even have the blurb on the back of the box. Back then games were often sold in a video game section of big department stores, locked inside of a glass case (kinda like Walmart still does today). Your parents would let you look at games while they shopped and then come back and tell you to pick a game. You typically didn’t get to even hold the box until after the cashier rang it up and it was paid for. Then you would read the blurb on the back of the box in the car on the way home Edited August 4, 2020 by phart010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,935 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I definitely checked the back of the boxes back then, but only to look at screenshots. Generally what sold a game to me was a cartoony look, hell if it were based of a fun cartoon license that was only a bonus (somehow I got lucky with those, and never burned by the cash grabs). The car on the way back home is for perusing the manual 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croagunk | 798 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak for Game Boy Advance. The art style is so cute. Great cover art for a great game. If only it could have been on the cartridge as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests · Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 These are a couple of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhead123 | 675 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I have a real soft spot for a lot of Atari game box art. So much so that I have several posters of it on the walls of my game room. Stuff like Berzerk, Yar's Revenge, Slot Racers, Asteroids, etc. Another game box I've always had a soft spot for though is: Super Mario Kart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) A PC game for a change. Never played it, but as a kid I always wanted to just because of the box art, even before I saw gameplay footage. Also, I'd like to adopt the cat. Edited November 10, 2020 by sg17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Nothing immediately sprung to mind, although I have a soft spot for the art that adorns many NES boxes. That being said, after perusing this thread, my vote goes to the original Doom. I do not think there is a more iconic piece of videogame art out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P | 6 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 I haven't played it yet, but I got this for Christmas last year and my first thought was "this could be the best cover I've ever seen on a video game" Looking at it now, I dunno. But I do guess I need to make it a point to play it soon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,199 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Anything in the Koei Simulation series: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Nogunaga's Ambition, Aerobiz, Uncharted Waters, Genghis Khan, Inindo, Gemfire...the list goes on. These games have some of the most beautiful and lifelike artwork on any box for any console from any period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I always liked the art for the first Uncharted Waters. That chick looks like she is so over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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