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[Jex]

I've got one more.

This took too long to come up.

 

[Noisepurge]

and i counter with:

 

[Synth_floyd]

 

[SolsticeZero]

I might be a little biased, but I always liked the box art for this:

 

[Asparagus]

Also just about anything published by Psygnosis on the Amiga.

 

[CrazyArcadia]

Double Dragon II and the MegaDrive/Genesis boxarts look so awesome!

Gonna add Zak McKracken

still looks awesome. Ah how I wish Telltale would pick up THIS. Or there would be some sort of HD-Remake ^^

also,

Terranigma. Badass Boxart to the best Zelda ever

The old NeoGeo-boxarts were awesome as well :

Samurai Shodown

King of Fighters 97

I could go on with the Metal Slug and Last Blade boxarts, but are they already old enough for this thread?

 

[HYDE]

The Japanese Super Metroid box is another one that still catches my eye:

Thanks... I came in to post this.

 

[ymmv]

 

[HYDE]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...a_SOTN_PAL.jpg/256px-Castlevania_SOTN_PAL.jpg

PAL Castlevania: Symphony of the Night rocks.

 

[EmSeta]

Japanese FF3 and Wasteland are awesome.

Spoiler

Always had a soft spot for Phalanx, too.

 

[Jiguryo]

Gonna add Zak McKracken

still looks awesome. Ah how I wish Telltale would pick up THIS. Or there would be some sort of HD-Remake ^^

That's Steve Purcell's work right there. And yeah, I second that! Zak McKracken seems to be extremely underrated. I loved that game, flaws and all

 

[Beardz]

Double Dragon II and the MegaDrive/Genesis boxarts look so awesome!

Gonna add Zak McKracken

 

[UNCyrus]

All the Ultima covers were incredible.

 

[Drkirby]

*Buh dum tish*

 

[Dog Problems]

I love those Master System covers. Anyway...

 

[Houston3000]

Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny



Click for full-size.

 

[Fritz]

 

[AstroLad]

That's Steve Purcell's work right there. And yeah, I second that! Zak McKracken seems to be extremely underrated. I loved that game, flaws and all

this is my purcell lechuck that i have up in my house

not a cover or anything but i'll take it

 

[gnat_]

Classic

 

[karobit]

Those Psygnosis covers look like they tore their favorite pieces out of an issue of Heavy Metal.

 

[G-Fex]

Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny



Click for full-size.

Nazi treasure vandalism!

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Real Example:

Funny Example:

 

[HYDE]

Mechs never get old it seems.

Tanooki will never get old.

 

[Radogol]

this is my purcell lechuck that i have up in my house

I'm total jelly.

 

[CrazyArcadia]

That's Steve Purcell's work right there. And yeah, I second that! Zak McKracken seems to be extremely underrated. I loved that game, flaws and all

this is my purcell lechuck that i have up in my house

not a cover or anything but i'll take it

Awesome artist. Didn't catch his name beforehands but a quick googlesearch also brought up some Sam&Max comics by him? Cool! Also, nice picture you have hanging there

 

[AstroLad]

I'm total jelly.

Mission accomplished!

Awesome artist.

Yep I think he's my favorite game artist by some margin. Would love to pick up one of his covers or something similar one day but they rarely seem to pop up for sale.

 

[IndieJones]

Awesome artist. Didn't catch his name beforehands but a quick googlesearch also brought up some Sam&Max comics by him? Cool! Also, nice picture you have hanging there

Indeed, he created Sam & Max.

 

[itxaka]

Old PC boxart is fucking amazing for the most part. I've been trying to get my hands on some original Lucasarts stuff forever (though I did happily get a commissioned LeChuck done by Purcell which is nice). So I will post these just because they're great games with amazing boxart. Really evocative for me.

[IG]http://i.imgur.com/EtejK.jpg[/IMG]

[IG]http://i.imgur.com/0UJUt.jpg[/IMG]

Fuck yeah they are lovely. My own collection:

Would love for Ron Gilbert to sign some of them or sent me a sketch or something..I think he posts on Gaf....wink wink.

 

[gnat_]

http://images.wikia.com/mario/images/d/d2/Super_Mario_Bros_3_boxfront.jpg

Tanooki will never get old.

This is NOT the Tanooki suit. The picture on the cover is just the super leaf power up.

This is the Tanooki suit.

 

[richiek]

Westernized box art for Japanese games can be so cheesy:

 

[G-Fex]

 

[RZI]

Play these games!

 

[RedSwirl]

Was going to post this one after the other great Konami covers. Does anyone know the name of this artist? His covers were bad ass as shit. Here are some more of his (I'm assuming)

This one doesn't seem to be by the same artist, but it could be

Old Konami covers were so good.

Continuing the theme of awesome Konami covers taken from the same angle a la Castlevania and TMNT lol.

Yeah we need to identify this artist.

The most badass thing of all: Those box arts are entirely comprised of shit you actually do in the game.

God I miss hand-painted box arts. Back then I would look at a box art and actually want to see what the game was about.

 

[Salmon]

 

[thetrin]

Man, I liked box art more when publishers hadn't learned about CG yet.

 

[Trojita]

Nostalgia! I completely forgot about this game.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

 

[oracrest]

 

[outunderthestars]

 

[killdatninja]

I reckon if they used blue and orange, chances are it's probably an awesome cover.

 

[itxaka]

This is how I actually felt the first time I got the GB + tetris in my hands.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

I might be a little biased, but I always liked the box art for this:

the box art for solstice 2 is just as epic

and my all time favorite box art of all time for me is ghouls n ghosts

 

[NekoFever]

+1 on Doom and Secret of Mana.

This one has always stuck with me for some reason:

 

[Grisby]

God, this thread take me back.

That Double Dragon art is amazing.

 

[Gummifaust]

I like the horizontal arrangement of those Super Famicon catridges a lot.

 

[Storm Prelude]

Princess Peach looks like a tranny.
Also this:

It was horrible in 1995, but it's still in my heart.

 

[Struct09]

I came to post the MK2 box art, and am pleased to see it in the OP

I made this background for my iPhone 4 a while back: http://i56.tinypic.com/2nrkosy.jpg

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Nearly forgot some of my fav PC games:

 

[HYDE]

This is NOT the Tanooki suit. The picture on the cover is just the super leaf power up.

This is the Tanooki suit.

I know, but a Tanooki is a raccoon, and even with the leaf power up, mario still clearly has ears and a tail. He is basically a tanuki without the complete suit. And yes I know it can change into a statue.

 

[Jokergrin]