The Box Art Collective

[Mugicha]

^that SFC Dracula X is friggin' gorgeous.


edit: I'm also a big fan of the PCE-CD one, I've always dug that pic. Never had a problem with anime-ish looking Castlevania art

 

[ggallegos1]

Castlevania games have some of the best art, but I feel the US versions are very toned down compared to the JP ones.

 

[Mugicha]

 

[Mugicha]

I think more time was spent drawing this than developing the game

 

[Bonga7]

I think more time was spent drawing this than developing the game

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I'm not ashamed to say that I played this game to death on the TG-16( China Warrior). I absolutely loved this game and I still play it from time to time. I really liked the super moves you can perform, super punch and machine gun punch Attack as I called it back in the day. Blew me away when I figured out how to activate the moves.

 

[Mugicha]

In honor of EllertMichaels' shirt choice this month,




so fuckin badass he doesn't even need to look where he's shooting.

 

[andsuchisdeath]

Haha. You know, there's this one too

 

[Mugicha]

well if it is our Final Mission, then we might as well get some Action in New York.

 

[MidnightMonkey]

 

[PublicEnemy]

Artwork based covers will always be better

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

I've always liked the katamari covers, but this one is my favorite:

that jp strider 1+2 is so awesome as well

The only thing better than that Katamari cover is if the prince was rolling around all the people in that picture, along with the animals and heck, the Namco offices too.

 

[Mac91]

I always wanted to see what was going on behind the logo on this one. It seems a bit more fantastical than the game is.

 

[100proof]

So much good shit in here. Surprised no one's mentioned this one yet. Also one of the few instances where the US/PAL box art was better than the Japanese box art.

 

[EllertMichael]

so fuckin badass he doesn't even need to look where he's shooting.

YES!!! Unintentional foreshadowing?

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Growing up Air Fortress was one of my favourite games and years later when I finally saw the Famicom artwork I nearly fell over.

Fuckin' badass ATMOSPHERE!!

 

[Psygnosis8]

YES!!! Unintentional foreshadowing?



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Growing up Air Fortress was one of my favourite games and years later when I finally saw the Famicom artwork I nearly fell over.

Fuckin' badass ATMOSPHERE!!

That's awesome. I've never seen that before. It represents the game much more than the us art.

Don't know if it's been posted yet, but I've always really like this one:

It's so strange. Up top looks like Apocalypse Now, but the bottom… What the fuck is that thing?

I always wondered if the US Guardian Legend art was related to this somehow.

I know it's not. It's a rip off of that awful sci-fi movie poster. But you can't deny the similarities.

 

[Mugicha]

kind of ashamed to admit this, but I'd never heard of air fortress had to Youtube it, but looks crazy, and that box is fantastic!

also, EllertMichael wins the internet with best fucking avatar of all time.

screen cap for preservation purposes.

 

[LoneSage]

my god shinkiro fucking nailed it.
mike letting loose and obviously caught up in the thrill of it, despite his age (crow's feet around his eyes)
cody's look of 'who's next?'

 

[Opethian]

Giger!

 

[Mugicha]

In addition to having one of the greatest game names ever, I really dig the transformers vibe on Speed Power Gunbike.

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my god shinkiro fucking nailed it.
mike letting loose and obviously caught up in the thrill of it, despite his age (crow's feet around his eyes)
cody's look of 'who's next?'

love that cover, and I never realized that was Poison/Roxy behind Guy's hand.