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[EliteClarity]

Back in the day, us old folk (~30+) had to either wait a fortnight/Month for your Local Newsagent to get their gaming magazines in OR you just went to town and decided how to part with your hard earned cash by aimlessly looking at the boxes. Naturally, the first thing your eyes were drawn to in the 80's/90's was the front boxart.

Seemingly, after over 30 years of gaming, SOME games are synonymous with the console for my own personal reasons. Not so much the game at times, but the memories associated with the case.



Gameboy

First game I remember Opening for Xmas. Finally, My own Gameboy!



Master System

The first Master System game I personally remember having full colour box art, not just a clip art figure standing in front of graph paper (As iconic as it is)


Megadrive

First game I played at a friends house. I remember staring at it, waiting for him to finish Sonic wso I could be Papa Shango



Nintendo 64

Had a Blast (No pun Intended) on this. Inexplicably one of my favourite N64 Games


Playstation

Feburary 1998, I was laid up in bed with Glandular Fever and could only really muster the energy to pay curling on this for 2 weeks solid.



Dreamcast

Bloody Awful game, but I played the hell out of it. Kinda scratched the "Streets of Rage itch". Kinda.

 

[01011001]

PS1

 

[Thebonehead]

None as I have Aphantasia ( No visual memory )

 

[rodrigolfp]

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Playstation 6

 

[German Hops]

Playstation 6

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[mrmustard]

Both shitty games, but i loved the boxes:

 

[AV]

 

[kanjobazooie]

N64 - Mario Party
PS1 - Metal Gear Solid

NGC - Metroid Prime
PS2 - Ratchet and Clank
XBOX - Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Wii - Twilight Princess
PS3- Uncharted
X360 - Viva Pinata

 

[Pelta88]

Truth be told, I don't remember much of the box art. Just the energy amongst friends. An energy that made my young impressional mind believe I needed to play whatever that new hotness was.

 

[TintoConCasera]

 

[01011001]

Playstation 6

 

[EverydayBeast]

Everyone thinks of mgs4 with ps3, I’m not a huge old snake fan but I love mgo.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[adamsapple]

 

[EliteClarity]

Both shitty games, but i loved the boxes:

That Reminds me...

I hated this game with every fibre of my being. Them bees, The cafeteria level, The music, Bloody boomerangs . It literally haunts me to this day

 

[German Hops]

 

[TheTony316]

 

[64bitmodels]

god the Super Nintendo boxart was just so.... weird.... like what the fuck are those 12 dots on the side for? why is there a random triangle that points to nothing? what's with the red bar above the game logo?
shit was haphazard as hell

 

[Three]

Edit: image upload fail

 

[mrmustard]

That Reminds me...

I hated this game with every fibre of my being. Them bees, The cafeteria level, The music, Bloody boomerangs . It literally haunts me to this day

Funny, that is in my top 3 Game Boy games and i'm playing it at the moment. I really love it and can beat it to this day.

 

[64bitmodels]

State-of-the-Art
High Resolution Graphics

 

[EliteClarity]

Funny, that is in my top 3 Game Boy games and i'm playing it at the moment. I really love it and can beat it to this day.

You're a Wrong 'un

I probably dislike it as I never came close to finishing it. Frustrated the life out of me.

 

[German Hops]

god the Super Nintendo boxart was just so.... weird.... like what the fuck are those 12 dots on the side for? why is there a random triangle that points to nothing? what's with the red bar above the game logo?
shit was haphazard as hell

That's the pal version, so the 12 dots represent the languages that the game are translated into.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Coolest PS4 box coming through.

god the Super Nintendo boxart was just so.... weird.... like what the fuck are those 12 dots on the side for? why is there a random triangle that points to nothing? what's with the red bar above the game logo?
shit was haphazard as hell

The red bar at the top is aligned with the one at the bottom, so I guess it's because of that. The dots and the triangle... no idea, but won't you tell me they don't look cool.

 

[SEGA_2012]

SMS = Sonic 1
Mega Drive = Sonic 2
Saturn = Nights Into Dreams
Dreamcast = Shenmue
PS2 = Yakuza 1
PS3 = Yakuza 4
PS4 = Yakuza 6

 

[German Hops]

SMS = Sonic 1
Mega Drive = Sonic 2
Saturn = Nights Into Dreams
Dreamcast = Shenmue
PS2 = Yakuza 1
PS3 = Yakuza 4
PS4 = Yakuza 6

 

[Mr Hyde]

Pretty synonymous with the DS as far as I'm concerned.

 

[64bitmodels]

The red bar at the top is aligned with the one at the bottom, so I guess it's because of that. The dots and the triangle... no idea, but won't you tell me they don't look cool.

sega always had the better boxes imo

 

[01011001]

Everyone thinks of mgs4 with ps3, I’m not a huge old snake fan but I love mgo.

disgusting...

PAL cover ftw!

 

[LordOfChaos]

N64, I believe I got it as a pack in

Xbox...Soo, you beat the Halo Demo...

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Playstation 6

LOL

 

[Kvally]

 

[rodrigolfp]

State-of-the-Art
High Resolution Graphics

Plus the Nintendo Seal of Quality. Imagine someone at Nintendo seeing that "State-of-the-Art" on the box and approving it.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

State-of-the-Art
High Resolution Graphics

I read the guy commissioned to draw that had like an hour before it had to be sent off for printing.

 

[64bitmodels]

Plus the Nintendo Seal of Quality. Imagine someone at Nintendo seeing that "State-of-the-Art" on the box and approving it.

not gonna lie, the later games actually did live up to that title. megaman 3-6 are some of the best looking NES games period.
but megaman 1 is just.... lol

 

[EliteClarity]

I read the guy commissioned to draw that had like an hour before it had to be sent off for printing.

That looks highly believable

 

[drganon]

 

[64bitmodels]

I read the guy commissioned to draw that had like an hour before it had to be sent off for printing.

he predicted what AI generated artwork would look like 30 years before we got the technology

 

[rodrigolfp]

not gonna lie, the later games actually did live up to that title. megaman 3-6 are some of the best looking NES games period.
but megaman 1 is just.... lol

I meant the box picture itself, not the game.

Because this is the japanese box:

 

[64bitmodels]

I meant the box picture itself, not the game.

Because this is the japanese box:

wonder why they couldn't just translate rockman to megaman and use that....

 

[mrmustard]

In Europe we had:

 

[rodrigolfp]

wonder why they couldn't just translate rockman to megaman and use that....

US being US. See Power Rangers vs Sentai. -_-'

 

[64bitmodels]

In Europe we had:

ah yes the live action netflix adaptation of Megaman

 

[EliteClarity]

wonder why they couldn't just translate rockman to megaman and use that....

Apparently..."The word "Rock" in Rockman is a reference to the music genre rock and roll, and is meant to work in tandem with his sister robot, Roll. However, Capcom Consumer Products Division president Joe Morici changed the name from Rockman to Mega Man because he felt "The title was horrible."[9] In addition, the original Mega Man titles intentionally incorporated a "Rock, Paper, Scissors" gameplay mechanic into defeating certain enemies"

 

[01011001]

wonder why they couldn't just translate rockman to megaman and use that....

nah, they should have used the PAL cover! look at this beauty!

 

[Umbasaborne]

Snes:

 

[jaysius]

SNES: Super Mario World
N64: Super Mario 64

 

[EliteClarity]

US being US. See Power Rangers vs Sentai. -_-'

Hero Turtles > Ninja Turtles