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Game boxes as Art. Best/Worst of.

post #1 of 26
3/29/07 at 2:01pm
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http://pc.ign.com/articles/776/776398p5.html

There are 25 of these beauties. Numbers 1 and 5 induced an audible chuckle. The Fabio one left me stunned.
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post #2 of 26
3/29/07 at 2:10pm
Shak-Fu? Oh boy ...

I love the Atari gamebox art. The graphics for the system were so bad, they had to make up for it on the box art.

One of my all time favorites ...

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post #3 of 26
3/29/07 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
Shak-Fu? Oh boy ...

I love the Atari gamebox art. The graphics for the system were so bad, they had to make up for it on the box art.
I remember some of these games.....but I'd never know it from looking at these examples of cover art!
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post #4 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:05pm
Another classic, although I always hated that the Bard in the cover seems to be wearing a modern sweater.



Thief of Fate had a really cool cover;

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post #5 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:08pm

the game looks pretty decent too... at least it does for a game from 1991
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post #6 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:15pm
Good choice, the original art for the back cover of this game was recently sold on ebay for $4,550.
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post #7 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:15pm
The Bard's Tale- PHENOMINAL! I had an apple IIc growing up, and it (along with the great games 'Space Rogue' and Prince of Persia) was one of the few decent games available. I remember going to the neighborhood computer store and seeing the Library-of-Alexandria-sized shelves of titles available for the Commodore standing right next to the single shelf of crappy IIc titles. I actually had nightmares about getting 'Mavis Bacon teaches Typing' for Christmas.
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post #8 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
Shak-Fu? Oh boy ...
I used to play Shaq Fu all the fucking time. I remember getting the SNES version and being pissed because some of the features and characters were left out, so I would go over to a friend's house so I could could play the Genesis version.
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post #9 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:25pm
Ninja Golf !
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post #10 of 26
3/29/07 at 3:32pm
Notice how a lot of the Atari box art was signed by the artist (not done at all today)



I think it was up to the artists to interpret what the games "could" stand for. In breakout for example, I don't think there was ever any intent into making it be tennis or any type of futuristic sport. The challenge for the artists was how to represent such an abstract concept, and in the early days, they always tried to make it seem like the game truly represented something that was concrete (a sport, some technology, a story).
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post #11 of 26
3/29/07 at 5:57pm


Name that tune.
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post #12 of 26
3/29/07 at 6:06pm
That's a good one, Warlords, multiplayer fun for the whole family with no need for silly splitscreens!
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post #13 of 26
3/29/07 at 6:14pm
Is Christian Bochner any relation to Hart Bochner?
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post #14 of 26
3/29/07 at 6:31pm
I'm amused by this one:

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post #15 of 26
3/29/07 at 10:05pm
Why is a football game endorsing vikings who pinch a loaf?

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post #16 of 26
3/29/07 at 10:58pm
Classic game, beautiful cover.

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post #17 of 26
3/29/07 at 11:01pm
Was never into these games, but I always loved this cover.

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post #18 of 26
3/30/07 at 12:05am


Theres something.. about that arm..



Featuring Luke Skywalker as the Prince of Persia! -_-
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post #19 of 26
10/5/07 at 5:11am
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Since the Spectrum retro-gaming thread discussed box art...bump
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post #20 of 26
10/5/07 at 7:46am
I actually possess an unopened copy of that Fabio game. I found it buried in the basement of my old workplace. I'm never gonna open it and I don't want to give it away. It just sits on a shelf, flexing its airbrushed muscles at me for all time.
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post #21 of 26
10/5/07 at 9:07am
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Originally Posted by ElCapitanAmerica
Was never into these games, but I always loved this cover.
Reminded me of this...

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post #22 of 26
10/5/07 at 11:50am
The outside cover was pretty weak for Symphony of the Night. I forgave it only because when you open the case, this is waiting for you under the disc;

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post #23 of 26
10/5/07 at 12:12pm
Why is Fabio using a Conan sword?

Also, I like how most of these look like they belong on dime store Novels.
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post #24 of 26
10/5/07 at 12:18pm
"Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty" was a great game and great box art.

I actually did a pastel enlarged replica of the cover art. The school where I did the art wanted to keep it, so I don't have it around to take a picture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageuneiib.jpg

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/du...eCoverId,8687/
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post #25 of 26
10/5/07 at 12:25pm
I always loved that Phalanx cover. What the hell it means, no one knows.
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post #26 of 26
10/5/07 at 2:53pm
Vic Tokai had 2 games on that list. That's awesome in itself. Vic Tokai was one of my favorite publishers on the NES/Genesis era.
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