robotwo #126 Posted April 18, 2014 Why did you do this to Veigues, US? WHYYYYYYYYYYY!? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7800Lover #127 Posted April 18, 2014 Whiskey tango foxtrot? That USA cover looks like the package art from a 1980s Go-Bots toy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel #128 Posted April 18, 2014 Why did you do this to Veigues, US? WHYYYYYYYYYYY!? I can just see the CEO looking at the original cover and saying, "that is shit!" Then presenting their 6 year old son's scrawls to the art department with the instruction, "THIS will be the cover." Followed by the grunts in the art department rocking back and forth while crying. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robotwo #129 Posted April 19, 2014 Another cover that always comes to mind is the cover for VPD. It's not AWFULL really, but I just can't get over the eyes and the whatever that is background Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SoulBlazer #130 Posted April 20, 2014 VPD's cover is not so much 'bad', just 'on a cheap budget'. I'm sure American Sammy didn't pay much (if anything) for that cover to be made. The game itself Is quite good -- one of my 'hidden gems' for the NES. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retrorussell #131 Posted April 20, 2014 More Master System suckiness.. neither action nor fighting depicted in this picture. And WTF, do you need a magnifying glass to see the road?! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torr #132 Posted April 22, 2014 A common misconception... not saying that Action Fighter has a GREAT box art, but that's NOT a magnifying glass... it's the rear view mirror of the Motorcycle! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel #133 Posted April 22, 2014 A common misconception... not saying that Action Fighter has a GREAT box art, but that's NOT a magnifying glass... it's the rear view mirror of the Motorcycle! I think the very fact that the image needs someone clarifying that it's not a magnifying glass kind of cements it's place in the box art fail hall of shame. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7800Lover #134 Posted April 22, 2014 Pickaxe Pete for the Odyssey 2 - it was a good game, but what is up with this art? Is that supposed to be the title character? He looks more like an out-of-work private eye than a miner! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retrogamer64 #135 Posted April 23, 2014 Have you guys seen Altered Beast for the Master System? Good game but awful box art. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7800Lover #136 Posted April 24, 2014 Have you guys seen Altered Beast for the Master System? Good game but awful box art. You mean this? I have to agree with you. The Genesis port (the pack-in for the Sega Genesis BTW before Sonic came along) had a better cover. This looks like someone threw up on the cover! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel #137 Posted April 24, 2014 I dunno, that SMS Altered Beast cover is positively awesome compared to most of the other SMS covers. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaybird3rd #138 Posted April 24, 2014 Wow, that creature on the Altered Beast cover looks just like a "wurwilf"! (MST3K fans will get the reference.) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyHW #139 Posted April 24, 2014 I dunno, that SMS Altered Beast cover is positively awesome compared to most of the other SMS covers. I was going to say the same thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retrorussell #140 Posted April 24, 2014 A common misconception... not saying that Action Fighter has a GREAT box art, but that's NOT a magnifying glass... it's the rear view mirror of the Motorcycle! In all honesty, I totally didn't see that! But it does look like a magnifying glass.. they really should have done a better job on the cover to clarify this. Well, on to more Master System goodness! CHOPLIFTER Take that, barbed wire! P-chew! Rat-a-tat-tat! TRANSBOT A Voltron/Transformer ripoff gestures behind him and to his left.. to, uhh, something I guess.. TEDDY BOY Um.. I got nothing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyHW #141 Posted April 27, 2014 TransBot? Did they lose out on both the Transformers and Go-Bots licenses? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyHW #142 Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) What did the Sega Master System boxes look like in Japan and Europe (and Brazil)? Were they the same? Were they equally awful? Edited April 27, 2014 by BillyHW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retrorussell #143 Posted April 27, 2014 TransBot? Did they lose out on both the Transformers and Go-Bots licenses? It's a transsexual robot. Actually it's also known as NUCLEAR CREATURE. The robot must be saying, "SAFE!!!!". The SMS covers cannot POSSIBLY be worse in any other country. Uh.. shouldn't the puck be flying TOWARD the goaltender? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gabriel #144 Posted December 9, 2015 I had to dig this thread up because AVGN is doing a series on bad video game art this month (December 2015). He's done a video on Action Fighter's cover. He calls the thing in the lower left a magnifying glass. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyHW #145 Posted December 9, 2015 I had to dig this thread up because AVGN is doing a series on bad video game art this month (December 2015). He's done a video on Action Fighter's cover. He calls the thing in the lower left a magnifying glass. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I'll start a thread to post the videos or just post them here instead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+frankodragon #146 Posted December 9, 2015 Cosmic Fantasy 2 for the TurboGrafx/DUO. Instead of this: We got this: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutsy Doodleheimer #147 Posted December 9, 2015 I don't know if I can consider this the worst box art or the most hilarious. It's too random. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatPix #148 Posted December 9, 2015 Pickaxe Pete for the Odyssey 2 - it was a good game, but what is up with this art? Is that supposed to be the title character? He looks more like an out-of-work private eye than a miner! Funny. I find it to be very well done, and very representative of an old man digging for his life. but heh, tastes and colors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skippy B. Coyote #149 Posted December 12, 2015 I snapped a picture of this one at a local game store. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatPix #150 Posted December 13, 2015 What a freaky face Looks like she tried to look like a Barbie doll. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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