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[Barkley's Justice]

It's like one of the craziest videogame covers ever:

First of all, there's a lady being choked out of a window...as the building burns:

Then you got this dude firing an automatic weapon at whatever:

In the midst of all this mayhem, this shadowy mob encroaches with weapons drawn:

While apparently the entire city is burning:

Which has prompted the molemen to evacuate their underground catacombs:

While this dude's thinking, "Fuck...How did I manage not to get shot up with all these bulletholes around me? And someone STILL managed to rob me for my shirt."

This cover is the videogame art equivalent of the first 10 minutes of Predator 2 meets They Live.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I just realized his shoe says Sega.

 

[Sho Nuff]

This is an amazing deep dive into one of the greatest covers ever made. I approve.

 

[Orakio Rob]

This is brilliant, thanks ^_^

 

[GavinGT]

Well, yeah, they're experiencing rage.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

top tier OP tbh

 

[revolverjgw]

It really bugs me that Blaze looks nothing like she does in the game

 

[Anth0ny]

so much rage on these streets

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Master Splinter is in the trash can

 

[Overside]

A startlingly accurate slice of daily life of New York in the 90's

 

[Vik]

Well, y'know, OP, that boxart has a real street of rage.

 

[Rlan]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

 

[Ronin]

These truly are the streets of rage.

 

[oneida]

I'm having the worst deja vu. haven't I read this thread before?

 

[2+2=5]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

Wow!

 

[Grisby]

Pretty detailed.

Well, yeah, they're experiencing rage.

I know right, this isn't streets of friendship.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

Holy shit!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

Good eye

 

[abbyabs]

love the person peaking out of the drain

 

[Diablohead]

The days when box art was only based on the game by one or two things, then the rest being made up by the artist.

Love it.

"Streets of rage? yeah I can paint that"

 

[KingBroly]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

Wowlol

 

[HueyFreeman]

16 bit games in general had some of the most insane cover art. I think it was the fact the gaming wasn't mainstream yet combined with publishers who had no idea how to market yet.

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

Holy shit.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Good eye

the woman in the background has the exact same jumpkick as NotBlaze on the SoR2 cover, just mirrored

and what is Damned doing back there, he wasn't even in the game

 

[NEO0MJ]

It really bugs me that Blaze looks nothing like she does in the game

I'm mostly confused by her left leg. The proportions feel off.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

LOL holy shit.

I just imagine it being a sunny day and everyone's happy, but then the SOR Boss track starts blaring and everyone loses their minds ala Kingsman

 

[Loona]

It really bugs me that Blaze looks nothing like she does in the game

The cover's probably the prologue and she changed clothes afterwards. Deepest lore. I expect references to all of this in Project X Zone 2 now.

 

[Greg_le_Casual]

Such rage in the streets must be caused by very good music.
I can't see any other explanation.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

If I lived on that street I would move out ASAP. One riot I can tolerate, but two? Nah.

 

[revolverjgw]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

What the FUCK. This is prime material for that Things that Blow Your Mind thread

 

[Manu]

What always bothered me, even as a kid, is that Axel, Adam and Blaze are 22, 23 and 21 and are already retired from the Police Force when the game starts.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

What always bothered me, even as a kid, is that Axel, Adam and Blaze are 22, 23 and 21 and are already retired from the Police Force when the game starts.

If the streets are this bad, I'd retire early, too. Fuck this rage.

 

[Se_7_eN]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

 

[Diablohead]

LOL holy shit.

I just imagine it being a sunny day and everyone's happy, but then the SOR Boss track starts blaring and everyone loses their minds ala Kingsman

The most bad-ass OH SHIT music in video gaming.

 

[Spasm]

I'm on mobile, so it's not entirely clear, but... Is there a dog in the garbage can?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

A startlingly accurate slice of daily life of New York in the 90's

I think you mean Detroit in <any year here>.

 

[Loona]

What always bothered me, even as a kid, is that Axel, Adam and Blaze are 22, 23 and 21 and are already retired from the Police Force when the game starts.

Clearly competing for the maverick cop aware of who gets told to hand over their badge and gun first - or this would be a shoot-em-up.

 

[wapplew]

Street of rage VS Final fight confirm!

 

[Acorn]

Detroit man

 

[KingBroly]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

This is all too much for my mind to handle

 

[sixteen-bit]

What the FUCK. This is prime material for that Things that Blow Your Mind thread

From 4 and a half years ago:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26612101&postcount=7265

 

[Sho Nuff]

What in god's name is in the trash can? Is that a cat?

 

[spindashing]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

YO LOL

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Love it. Great analysis OP.

 

[Stevey]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

What

 

[methodman]

one of the best threads of the year. no doubt about it

 

[F0rneus]

Oh God it's a Covergate. I can't take this. My brain! Clouds were bushes all along.

 

[scitek]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

Same artist, maybe?

 

[Slightly Live]

 

[oneida]

Same artist, maybe?

look at haggar.

 

[thelurkinghorror]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

Mindblowing