Box Art

Overheat · Post by **Overheat** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:32 pm

looks like Bowser from the Mario movie to me

JetSetWilly · Post by **JetSetWilly** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:40 pm

[quote="Overheat"]looks like Bowser from the Mario movie to me

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Never noticed that before. Where's Bob Hoskins, though?

I quite like these ones, myself:

- I will say, that I do like the UK boxart for this as well.

famicom69 · Post by **famicom69** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:01 pm

JetSetWilly · Post by **JetSetWilly** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:09 pm

Forgot about te Rambo III boxart. And, the best thing is, it doesn't change across the formats, especially on the Speccy and C64.

Vanderkaum · Post by **Vanderkaum** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:15 pm

Megamixer wrote:Some of my faves...

Awesome. NAM 1975 too.

Sorry for the huge pics. It's strange but usually I like the Japanese designs the best.

harlequ1n · Post by **harlequ1n** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:02 pm

I absolutely love Japanese cover art (for the most part), some of my fave:

My favourite classic horizontal (and vertical) STG.

Same as the PAL edition, thank god.

The cover reflects almost perfectly how you feel when you play this game for the first time, defeated and despondent.

My favourite graphic adventure also features one of the best box arts ever.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:08 pm

My first full price game from Ultimate. The packaging was beyond anything else that had gone before on the 8-bit micro scene.

van · Post by **van** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:41 pm

Nemesis wrote:

Awesome.

JazzFunk · Post by **JazzFunk** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:58 pm

Megamixer wrote:

That is one of the most awesomest-looking carts of all, it's why I could never get rid of it.

Gah, the character art is so derivative, Axel *DOES* have Jean Claude Van-Damme's face within his blonde headscape, Skate *IS* a toddler Tiger Woods, the guy at the back *IS* Schwarzenegg crossed with Gordon Kennedy (who used to host The National Lottery), everybody's eyes *ARE* far too big/striking, but the incredible use of red makes it one of the finest retro covers around.

PS: I think that NES Contra/Gryzor cover was by Bob Wakelin, who was an abso-f*cking-lutely incredible game cover artist, he was/is seriously, seriously good, I hope he's still going these days...

RetroMartin · Post by **RetroMartin** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 4:53 am

JazzFunk wrote:
Megamixer wrote:
That is one of the most awesomest-looking carts of all, it's why I could never get rid of it.

Gah, the character art is so derivative, Axel *DOES* have Jean Claude Van-Damme's face within his blonde headscape, Skate *IS* a toddler Tiger Woods, the guy at the back *IS* Schwarzenegg crossed with Gordon Kennedy (who used to host The National Lottery), everybody's eyes *ARE* far too big/striking, but the incredible use of red makes it one of the finest retro covers around.

PS: I think that NES Contra/Gryzor cover was by Bob Wakelin, who was an abso-f*cking-lutely incredible game cover artist, he was/is seriously, seriously good, I hope he's still going these days...

The big guy is Max Thunder :p But you are right they do look EXACTLY like the people you've mentioned.

Devs did that back then though - I mean look at Metal Gear, they based Snake's MG2 look off of Mel Gibson LOL!

van · Post by **van** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:29 am

they obviously got real creative and didn't base this one off somebody real.

JetSetWilly · Post by **JetSetWilly** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:25 pm

RetroMartin wrote: The big guy is Max Thunder :p But you are right they do look EXACTLY like the people you've mentioned.

Devs did that back then though - I mean look at Metal Gear, they based Snake's MG2 look off of Mel Gibson LOL!

Michael Biehn from Aliens & The Terminator, to be precise

But, that cover art is sooooo much better than ours. Why is our boxart always so fudging poor?

Vanderkaum · Post by **Vanderkaum** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:18 pm

RetroMartin wrote:
JazzFunk wrote:
Megamixer wrote:
That is one of the most awesomest-looking carts of all, it's why I could never get rid of it.

Gah, the character art is so derivative, Axel *DOES* have Jean Claude Van-Damme's face within his blonde headscape, Skate *IS* a toddler Tiger Woods, the guy at the back *IS* Schwarzenegg crossed with Gordon Kennedy (who used to host The National Lottery), everybody's eyes *ARE* far too big/striking, but the incredible use of red makes it one of the finest retro covers around.

PS: I think that NES Contra/Gryzor cover was by Bob Wakelin, who was an abso-f*cking-lutely incredible game cover artist, he was/is seriously, seriously good, I hope he's still going these days...
The big guy is Max Thunder :p But you are right they do look EXACTLY like the people you've mentioned.

Devs did that back then though - I mean look at Metal Gear, they based Snake's MG2 look off of Mel Gibson LOL!

Checked out the other Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage cover artworks.

The GG version of part 2 is similar but slightly reduced. Schwarzenegger is missing, as is the bad guy with the many wrinkles.

Gotta love the Western design. I like how the characters sort of hover in the air like action figures.

The EU cover of part 3 is a real disaster though. One of the worst covers ever?

Megamixer · Post by **Megamixer** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:51 pm

Vanderkaum wrote: The EU cover of part 3 is a real disaster though. One of the worst covers ever?

Well at least Blaze is on there - always a plus point

Too bad she's obscured by and old guy (Dr. Zan) and some lightning though. In fact, you wouldn't even know that this is a beat 'em up from the cover. Not the worst cover I've ever seen but nothing very inspiring either

Compare it to the US/Japanese covers...I think it's a toss-up between those two. The Genesis art looks cool (Axel using his Grand Upper) but there's something likeable about the Japanese art too.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:42 pm

Love this one.

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