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[shinobi602]

I thought this was kind of neat from Gamesradar lol.

 

[Cameron122]

I would love to have some of these as printible covers.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I LOVE these! God I miss the old days! *sniff*

 

[jufonuk]

Love some of them, Virtua Tennis and Demon's Souls look amazing, they should do these as alternate covers in some games

 

[ASIS]

These are amazing!

The Soul Caliber one killed me though :lol

 

[PixyJunket]

These are amazing.

 

[Dr. Zombutler]

Even when other people are making it, Rockstar's boxart comes out on top. That RDR cover is so fucking sexy; RNorth could have released it like that and no one would have batted an eye.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Skyrim is my favourite.

 

[Kacho]

Dead Space 2 is amazing. Dinosaur spaceships make everything better.

 

[Ushojax]

This one >>>>>> the actual RDR cover

 

[Blue Ninja]

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This one >>>>>> the actual RDR cover[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that one's amazing.

I've been getting the RDR-itch lately, I'm gonna have to do a replay soon.

 

[DaMan121]

These are amazing!

The Soul Caliber one killed me though :lol

Barbarian cover. Lol. These are great

 

[SmokedMeat]

Mass Effect is my favorite of the bunch. I think that was Space War's box art? My first 2600 purchase and the worst game I've ever played. Returned it for Pac-Man.

 

[spectyre]

Nice. I especially liked the Demon's Souls 360
Uncharted cover made me lol. It's hard to believe that covers like these were my main influence for buying games back then.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Yeah, that one's amazing.

I've been getting the RDR-itch lately, I'm gonna have to do a replay soon.

Just grabbed the GOTY edition for £20 never played it before, pretty excited to sink my teeth into it

 

[Erasus]

Hilarious!

The LA noir one actually looks pretty okay.

The Demons Souls one and ME3 LOLOLOLOL

 

[daviyoung]

That face.

 

[Omikaru]

The Uncharted one looks like it was taken on a porno set pre-coitus.

 

[Aklamarth]

The RDR one is brilliant

 

[Prozel]

The sad thing is that most of these covers are actually way better than those that are used now.

 

[Murkas]

Wait a minute....

Demon's Souls wasn't released on 360!

That cover is fake!

 

[The_eJoker]

Very nice. Now i wanna see classic boxarts in updated versions.

 

[SadAli]

That face.

Peter Crouch moonlighting revealed?

That Barbarian pic takes me way back to when I first got my spectrum for xmas. A quick browse through the games that came with it instantly highlighted this as the one to load "" with its promise of busty women and big swords. When it loaded up I was presented with this:

Which was probably the moment when my childhood idealism was crushed for ever.

 

[Aguirre]

I'm okay with this. In fact, some of these are better than their modern day counter parts.

 

[Jay Sosa]

That's pretty amazing.

 

[DrFunk]

And they still look better than many ones today

 

[Pie and Beans]

Back in my lurking days I remember loving the shit of out some of the Retro boxarts GAF did in this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357607 especially Chittagong's ones:

 

[mclem]

Which of these are actual historical boxarts? I recognise Barbarian, Activision Tennis and (I think?) Rescue: The Embassy Mission. Is that APB right at the top, too?

Edit: I'm sure I recognise Battlefield 3's, too. Trying to place the name of the game I think it is.

 

[test_account]

Haha, this is awesome!

 

[Conciliator]

The Red Dead Redemption one is legitimately awesome.

 

[Jintor]

Back in my lurking days I remember loving the shit of out some of the Retro boxarts GAF did in this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357607 especially Chittagong's ones:

Amazing stuff

 

[SadAli]

Which of these are actual historical boxarts? I recognise Barbarian, Activision Tennis and (I think?) Rescue: The Embassy Mission. Is that APB right at the top, too?

The FIFA 12 one is from the original Kick Off box art.

 

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

I actually dream of a space RPG that would look like that.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Which of these are actual historical boxarts? I recognise Barbarian, Activision Tennis and (I think?) Rescue: The Embassy Mission. Is that APB right at the top, too?

Edit: I'm sure I recognise Battlefield 3's, too. Trying to place the name of the game I think it is.

Dead Space 2 is Demon Attack
Mass Effect is Space War
Red Dead is Outlaw
Virtua Tennis is Tennis

I think most of the others weren't actual game covers.

 

[Bleepey]

Now let's do retro games with modern boxart!

 

[sakipon]

Now let's do retro games with modern boxart!

I'd like to keep my childhood memories intact, thank you very much!

Honestly most of these graphics look so great, better than modern art. But even the die hard fan would have to admit it's a good thing publishers quit using photos of real life people...

 

[Panajev2001a]

Awesome!

 

[WorstUsernameEver]

Weirdly charming actually, and I'd agree that the one chosen for Red Dead Redemption would have actually worked.. well, for me at least.

 

[Bren McGuire]

Dead Space 2 is Demon Attack
Mass Effect is Space War
Red Dead is Outlaw
Virtua Tennis is Tennis

I think most of the others weren't actual game covers.

Actually all of them are. Click the link in the op to get all the names.

 

[deejay8595]

The sad thing is that most of these covers are actually way better than those that are used now.

Co-sign. These are great!

 

[The Elite]

Back in my lurking days I remember loving the shit of out some of the Retro boxarts GAF did in this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357607 especially Chittagong's ones:

I like these a lot more because the actual title font is adjusted to match the box art. The titles in the OP look out of place on some of the boxarts.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

They are pretty amazing, too bad they left the same logo cutted with the photoshop wand.
It would be just the icing of the cake if they change the logo to the 80's style aswell.

Also would be cool to use older consoles for the boxarts.

 

[RedSwirl]

Some of those like ME3, BF3, and R6 actually look better.

 

[DonMigs85]

Nothing beats Phalanx both then and now

 

[Seanspeed]

The Mass Effect one is funny because it looks just like how modern sci-fi book covers still look. Corny and awful.

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Which was probably the moment when my childhood idealism was crushed for ever.

Was there a woman on the cover of the original Barbarian?

I remember Maria Whittaker on Barbarian II but then you could choose to play as a female.

 

[Kyoufu]

These have convinced me we need to go back in time 30 years.

 

[BradleyLove]

It'd be better if they retro'd the rest of the art. I.e. PEGI logo, PS3/360 logos etc.

 

[Log4Girlz]

So unspeakably awesome?

 

[LosDaddie]

good stuff