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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: gf78 on March 10, 2015, 02:35:44 pm
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For whatever reason, bad box art happens. So why not have a fun thread about it? I'll kick off with any original Xbox 360 Platinum Hits title as my most detested. They shrunk the art down to about 3/5 it's original size, with big gaudy PLATINUM HITS above it and a gray background with green circles. Ugh.
A close second would be the PlayStation (one) Greatest Hits line. Not only did they make the "PlayStation" banner neon green, it has "greatest hits" diagonally all through the background. Double ugh...
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Honestly I think all "GH/Best" variants of box art is horrible. There is a reason everyone goes for the originals. haha. Only good one is PSP Favorites.
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Only good one is PSP Favorites.
Definitely! It's not intrusive at all, I love how it looks. :)
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The front cover for Suikoden immediately comes to mind. Just...I can't. Awful faces, awful hair and awful outfits. The design looks like it came from a bad, American comic series. None of the characters look like their anime counter parts.
Thank the GODS they stopped that tradition with Suikoden II and onward.
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
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This ranks up there:
(http://tecnoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/karnaaj.jpg)
If you want to be a drugged-out punk like this guy, than play Kaarnage Rally!
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
They did a similar thing with all of the PAL Nintendo 64 game xoxes, every single game box art has a thick black boarder. Just doesn't look as nice as NTSC designs.
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Look at this disaster lol
(http://i.imgur.com/t14VS35.png)
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Also, Doom on the 32x ... this picture explains it all.
http://www.digitpress.com/images/32x/32x_07.jpg
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The only good thing I can say about this box art is that it accurately represents the game:
(http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/5961/637006-irritatingstick.jpg)
...what? :o
(http://im.ziffdavisinternational.com/ign_es/screenshot/l/las-peores-caratulas-de-videojuegos-de-la-historia/las-peores-caratulas-de-videojuegos-de-la-historia_8qn1.jpg)
If you hold this box art up to a mirror, the world will end:
(http://i.imgur.com/gwC5JJ6.jpg)
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Also, Doom on the 32x ... this picture explains it all.
http://www.digitpress.com/images/32x/32x_07.jpg
Holy crap, it's one of those "Find the error" pictures LOL!
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If you hold this box art up to a mirror, the world will end:
(http://i.imgur.com/gwC5JJ6.jpg)
I honestly don't mind the PlayStation 2 Platinum look, but this just looks like it was destined for the bargain bin. Come on Konami, is that really the 'best' you could do???
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Honestly I think all "GH/Best" variants of box art is horrible. There is a reason everyone goes for the originals. haha. Only good one is PSP Favorites.
I'd say the GH box art here is better than the original.
original
http://vgcollect.com/item/14478 (http://vgcollect.com/item/14478)
GH
http://vgcollect.com/item/25245 (http://vgcollect.com/item/25245)
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ahh man, Midas entertainment is haunting me once again
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51S4T20WV9L.jpg)
This one isn't necessarily all bad, but the face on that body just makes me feel uncomfortable. Oh and there's a dumb border for no particular reason
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ahh man, Midas entertainment is haunting me once again
This one isn't necessarily all bad, but the face on that body just makes me feel uncomfortable. Oh and there's a dumb border for no particular reason
I'd say it was pretty bad. Looks like incredibly half-assed photoshop art. No sense that anyone making it had any idea what they were doing lol
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Blackbeltgame.jpg/220px-Blackbeltgame.jpg)
Generally Master System covers are pretty bad but this one is just hilarious.
(http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ninjafive/ninjafiveo.jpg)
Someone took some OKAY concept art, slapped it into Photoshop and played around with glow and bevel effects on the text. I never played it but apparently it's considered a hidden gem by most accounts.
(http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/legacy.images/smosh-pit/052011/bad-box-8.jpg)
Nightmare fuel.
(http://0.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/46/33/df85161096d4da2defc3fec59edf8c5a-20-more-of-the-worst-videogame-covers-of-all-time.jpg)
Thankfully North America never bore this monstrosity.
(http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/worst-game-covers-5.jpg)
This just screams early 90's.
(http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/worst-game-covers-12.jpg)
Pretty sure most people have seen this one by now. -Decent game by the way.
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(http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/worst-game-covers-5.jpg)
This just screams early 90's.
If it was 1991, that would be awesome.
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
Still a little bothered PS3 couldn't just pick a logo for the system and stick with it. They started out red, then they had to look like PSP games, now they need to look like PS4.
I'm not a fan of the Sega Master System boxes either. They all start to blend together.
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I'd say it was pretty bad. Looks like incredibly half-assed photoshop art. No sense that anyone making it had any idea what they were doing lol
I don't know why I second guessed myself their, I though maybe I would be exaggerating
that character model... EURGHH!!
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It starts.....
(http://i.imgur.com/D3SHhXY.jpg)
How has this one not been mentioned I mean Mega Man with a gun?
(http://i.imgur.com/L3nkSam.jpg)
The 90's were a radical time....
(http://i.imgur.com/meGkD8D.jpg)
When I first saw this I thought it was a game about Customer Service. Lol.
(http://i.imgur.com/BTUS3DM.jpg)
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The only good thing I can say about this box art is that it accurately represents the game:
(http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/5961/637006-irritatingstick.jpg)
...what? :o
(http://im.ziffdavisinternational.com/ign_es/screenshot/l/las-peores-caratulas-de-videojuegos-de-la-historia/las-peores-caratulas-de-videojuegos-de-la-historia_8qn1.jpg)
If you hold this box art up to a mirror, the world will end:
(http://i.imgur.com/gwC5JJ6.jpg)
Haha, the first thing I did was search to see if anyone has "Irritating Stick" on VGCollect
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Honestly I think all "GH/Best" variants of box art is horrible. There is a reason everyone goes for the originals. haha. Only good one is PSP Favorites.
^^^^^^
Someone else also mentioned 'favorite' or 'unique' box art in another thread... we should do this for a podcast sometime! C:
But yeah, greatest hits and stuff is just so annoying. >.<
I'll just say sports games in general, because they're not very creative, usually. xD
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Blackbeltgame.jpg/220px-Blackbeltgame.jpg)
Generally Master System covers are pretty bad but this one is just hilarious.
(http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/ninjafive/ninjafiveo.jpg)
Someone took some OKAY concept art, slapped it into Photoshop and played around with glow and bevel effects on the text. I never played it but apparently it's considered a hidden gem by most accounts.
(http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/legacy.images/smosh-pit/052011/bad-box-8.jpg)
Nightmare fuel.
(http://0.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/46/33/df85161096d4da2defc3fec59edf8c5a-20-more-of-the-worst-videogame-covers-of-all-time.jpg)
Thankfully North America never bore this monstrosity.
(http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/worst-game-covers-5.jpg)
This just screams early 90's.
(http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/worst-game-covers-12.jpg)
Pretty sure most people have seen this one by now. -Decent game by the way.
I almost spit my drink out when I saw the Black Belt cover! My kids could doodle-up a better drawing than that in about two minutes!
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It starts.....
(http://i.imgur.com/D3SHhXY.jpg)
How has this one not been mentioned I mean Mega Man with a gun?
(http://i.imgur.com/L3nkSam.jpg)
The 90's were a radical time....
(http://i.imgur.com/meGkD8D.jpg)
When I first saw this I thought it was a game about Customer Service. Lol.
(http://i.imgur.com/BTUS3DM.jpg)
LOL...I figured I would leave that one for someone else. Mega Man 2 wasn't much better either. Instead of a geezer with a gun, it's a fat guy with a gun. Big improvement. ::)
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Anticipation for the NES. Nothing like bad 80's clothes & hairdo's for the cover of your game!
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Most Sega Master System cases are pretty damn bland looking.
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The only good thing I can say about this box art is that it accurately represents the game:
(http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/5961/637006-irritatingstick.jpg)
...what? :o
(http://im.ziffdavisinternational.com/ign_es/screenshot/l/las-peores-caratulas-de-videojuegos-de-la-historia/las-peores-caratulas-de-videojuegos-de-la-historia_8qn1.jpg)
If you hold this box art up to a mirror, the world will end:
(http://i.imgur.com/gwC5JJ6.jpg)
And Acclaim wondered why they went out of business????
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
Still a little bothered PS3 couldn't just pick a logo for the system and stick with it. They started out red, then they had to look like PSP games, now they need to look like PS4.
I'm not a fan of the Sega Master System boxes either. They all start to blend together.
I can tell from your posts that changes like these and/or having a non-NTSC version of a game really bothers you. I get it, I'm pretty anal retentive and obsessive compulsive myself.
Sony had a bit of an identity crisis with the PS3. I thought it was stupid they abandoned the "PlayStation font" for the PS3 and went with the Spider-Man movie one, but I dealt with it. Then they changed it up and I was fine with the "PS3" logo and look. And now I see what you are talking about with new PS3 releases sporadically having a blue banner and looking like a PS3 title at the top...and some don't. I'm glad they did the box art and fonts for PS4 games as they did. It should remain consistent throughout the system's lifespan and they also coordinated it with the PSVita cases.
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The front cover for Suikoden immediately comes to mind. Just...I can't. Awful faces, awful hair and awful outfits. The design looks like it came from a bad, American comic series. None of the characters look like their anime counter parts.
Thank the GODS they stopped that tradition with Suikoden II and onward.
Yeah...that art is horrible. It goes back to what I was saying about Japanese games getting a "makeover" with their artwork when they made their way out of Japan. Suikoden like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest had it's beautiful artwork removed for crap.
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I always thought the box art for R-Type on the TG-16 was pretty uninspired to say the least. http://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo-grafx/r-type/cover-art/gameCoverId,71238/ (http://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo-grafx/r-type/cover-art/gameCoverId,71238/)
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(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.607990636002347540&pid=1.7)
The more that I look at this mess, the more I realize that none of these visions of loveliness look like anyone from the entire game. There is no humpbacked sword wielder. There is no Fabio-esque archer. There is no sluttastic sorceress. Is that guy with the wand supposed to be...Toma? I hope that the other female isn't supposed to be Odessa. That face that she's giving is nothing fitting for a leader of a revolution.
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Looks like pinball art
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(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.607990636002347540&pid=1.7)
The more that I look at this mess, the more I realize that none of these visions of loveliness look like anyone from the entire game. There is no humpbacked sword wielder. There is no Fabio-esque archer. There is no sluttastic sorceress. Is that guy with the wand supposed to be...Toma? I hope that the other female isn't supposed to be Odessa. That face that she's giving is nothing fitting for a leader of a revolution.
The one with a cape looks like Dan Akroyd, and the girl on the bottom right has chronic b***** face lol
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
I doubt companies are deliberately "trolling" fans. I just don't think they take anal-retentive collectors into account in their marketing meetings ;)
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Being more familiar the with pre-crash era, I'll add a game that I used to own for the 2600 - Spider Maze (and Vulture Attack) which used a confusing array of disjointed and unrelated images on the cover. The cover was almost as bad as the games they contained (almost)
(http://atariage.com/2600/boxes/b_SpiderMaze_front.jpg)
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(http://pics.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1058775818-00.jpg)
Strider Hiryu... You've, uh, changed.
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(http://pics.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1058775818-00.jpg)
Strider Hiryu... You've, uh, changed.
Looks like Craig Sheffer when he was in "Some Kind of Wonderful". "I didn't know Jenns' (with two N's!!) lived in a hen house. This must be a hen house, cuz I don't see nothing but chicken s...".
(https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/Lrhkl0Re8.M7fDOJW03KHg--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9MTQ3NTtxPTk1O3c9OTUw/http://images.cinemaring.com/upload/upload_screenshots/images/cr_actors/4/4/4/76dfc7524b6c6d3cfd188ed82386fc43.jpg)
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Whenever I hear talk about box art, the first thing I think of is the Angry American Kirby vs. Happy Japanese Kirby:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/09/box-art-battles-the-kirby-series
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Pro Wrestling for Sega Master System is hilarious! Did he pop his own head off and put it in a headlock?
(http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Sega_Master_System/Box/big/Pro_Wrestling_-_1986_-_Sega.jpg)
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
I doubt companies are deliberately "trolling" fans. I just don't think they take anal-retentive collectors into account in their marketing meetings ;)
Yeah, when you think about how many games get traded into stores like GS without any case at all, it's clear that Joe Public doesn't care what the case looks like. The red probably makes the GH games stand out, so from a marketing perspective I'm sure it works well.
Here are 3 more hideous covers I found in my collection:
Look, it's Not-Jimmy Hendrix, Not-Slash and...ok, you got me. ???
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oISwmgUcL._SY550_.jpg)
I'm not sure what freaks me out the most on this cover - the guy on the left's creepy stare, the girl next to him's mouth or that arm. OK, it's definitely the arm. :o
(http://media.ign.com/games/image/object/853/853873/blokus_portable_PSP.jpg)
"What? I have to have that cover done TODAY?!? But it's 4:30, and I have a full night of hookers & blow lined up. Ok, Ok...grab some clip art and...DONE!"
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/2d4219394f3690b5fb7d9959d067c391/tumblr_mnd3ezZlYT1rtobu5o2_500.jpg)
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Would you believe me if I said that the cover art for Eternal Eyes was better than the game?
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Would you believe me if I said that the cover art for Eternal Eyes was better than the game?
Yes, which is why I've never played it. ;)
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Oh Fabio!
(http://i.imgur.com/oZVUq9k.png)
RADICAL!
(http://i.imgur.com/kKEdk1d.jpg)
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
I doubt companies are deliberately "trolling" fans. I just don't think they take anal-retentive collectors into account in their marketing meetings ;)
Yeah, when you think about how many games get traded into stores like GS without any case at all, it's clear that Joe Public doesn't care what the case looks like. The red probably makes the GH games stand out, so from a marketing perspective I'm sure it works well.
Here are 3 more hideous covers I found in my collection:
Look, it's Not-Jimmy Hendrix, Not-Slash and...ok, you got me. ???
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oISwmgUcL._SY550_.jpg)
I'm not sure what freaks me out the most on this cover - the guy on the left's creepy stare, the girl next to him's mouth or that arm. OK, it's definitely the arm. :o
(http://media.ign.com/games/image/object/853/853873/blokus_portable_PSP.jpg)
"What? I have to have that cover done TODAY?!? But it's 4:30, and I have a full night of hookers & blow lined up. Ok, Ok...grab some clip art and...DONE!"
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/2d4219394f3690b5fb7d9959d067c391/tumblr_mnd3ezZlYT1rtobu5o2_500.jpg)
The third guitar player is Zakk Wylde who plays for Ozzy and his own band Black Label Society. ;)
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Having labels that say greatest hits and are ugly are one thing! Having an entire case that is another color is worse imo. The bright red PS3 greatest hits cases make me want to stain everything around me with my own matching blood (of course I'm kidding). Seriously though, what goes through their head that says, "Hey, this is a great idea! This will really make fans happy". It's almost like they are trolling us. I can handle game cartridges, like DOOM on SNES being a different color, but if I'm paying for a case, it better GD match my others ones lol. This might be a topic for another thread, but I even get bothered that some of my PS2 cases are slightly blue and others are black.
I doubt companies are deliberately "trolling" fans. I just don't think they take anal-retentive collectors into account in their marketing meetings ;)
Yeah, when you think about how many games get traded into stores like GS without any case at all, it's clear that Joe Public doesn't care what the case looks like. The red probably makes the GH games stand out, so from a marketing perspective I'm sure it works well.
Here are 3 more hideous covers I found in my collection:
Look, it's Not-Jimmy Hendrix, Not-Slash and...ok, you got me. ???
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/91oISwmgUcL._SY550_.jpg)
I'm not sure what freaks me out the most on this cover - the guy on the left's creepy stare, the girl next to him's mouth or that arm. OK, it's definitely the arm. :o
(http://media.ign.com/games/image/object/853/853873/blokus_portable_PSP.jpg)
"What? I have to have that cover done TODAY?!? But it's 4:30, and I have a full night of hookers & blow lined up. Ok, Ok...grab some clip art and...DONE!"
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/2d4219394f3690b5fb7d9959d067c391/tumblr_mnd3ezZlYT1rtobu5o2_500.jpg)
The third guitar player is Zakk Wylde who plays for Ozzy and his own band Black Label Society. ;)
And the first one isn't Hendrix, it's Bootsy Collins lol. Parliament Funk is the shit!
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Look at this disaster lol
(http://i.imgur.com/t14VS35.png)
10 OUT OF 10 featuring Batman is one of my favorite games.
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Oh Fabio!
(http://i.imgur.com/oZVUq9k.png)
That was one of the first games I ever owned. Still have the box and manual.
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I bought at least one or two older games in the last year based on box art alone, but I can't remember what they were.
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Oh Fabio!
(http://i.imgur.com/oZVUq9k.png)
That was one of the first games I ever owned. Still have the box and manual.
In the 80s, if you didn't know that was Fabio, that would've been awesome.
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A few more;
(https://oldgamesftw.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/8.jpg)
(http://ocremix.org/files/images/games/sms/6/zillion-sms-cover-front-1515.jpg)