Man... that Super Bust A Move cover. It's so terrible! Even knowing that I like the series, I've neglected to pick that one up and I think it's because of the cover art.
With Phalanx, I know everybody comments on how ridiculous it is.... and that's true. But, I have to say it never threw me off from what the game actually was, nor made me avoid it. With the ship in the background, I just had a feeling it was a shooter the first time I saw it, and I knew the old man was just the oddball art direction of the cover. It kind of follows the trope of clueless hillbilly farmer vs high tech space craft alien abduction. I don't think a lot of people really connected those dots, but it still doesn't accurately represent the game either.