Worst Box Art?

[Mayhem]

Me likey the photo

[BillyHW]

So AVGN has been doing a series on bad box art. I thought I'd post the videos here.

 

Part 1: Pro Wrestling (SMS)

 

 

 

Part 2: Mega Man (NES)

 

 

 

Part 3: Shatterhand (NES)

 

 

 

Part 4: Action Fighter (SMS)

 

 

 

Part 5: Shingen the Ruler (NES)

 

 

 

I'll post some more tomorrow.

Edited December 15, 2015 by BillyHW

[G-type]

Gotta go with Guardian Legend on the NES and the creepy snake face dude

 

Meanwhile, Japan got this cool picture on their version:

[+frankodragon]

I thought about how bad the Watara Supervision's labels are. Then there are boxes that will make you say, "WTF?"

 

[Mayhem]

So AVGN has been doing a series on bad box art. I thought I'd post the videos here.

 

Yeah, I've been checking them out. I knew about "Cock'In" quite a while back. And from the intro, looks like he's covering Dot Gobbler for the C64/Vic20 which I own heh.

[Nutsy Doodleheimer]

I snapped a picture of this one at a local game store.

 

[BillyHW]

Part 6: Phalanx (SNES)

 

 

 

Part 7: Snow White and the 7 Clever Boys (PS2)

 

 

 

Part 8: Action in New York (NES)

 

 

 

Part 9: Rallo Gump (DOS)

 

 

 

Part 10: Ghost Lion (NES)

 

 

Is it true that is Tina Yothers?

[BillyHW]

Speaking of Phalanx, the AVGN makes a good point. We are still talking about it. It did make the game stand out. So maybe it wasn't the worst choice after all.

[CatPix]

Well the thing is we "talk" about the game. but do we play it?

If standing out was the way to get sales, then everyone would do it.

It also take talent to make a good odd cover... and Phalanx did it rather right.

[7800fan]

I was put off by Ghost Lion cover but the game was much better than the cover.

[Tempest]

The snow white one is all kinds of crappy.

[empsolo]

Some of the AVGN critiques are a little nitpicky. I actually like the Shatterhand art.

 

 

But for my worst art?

 

 

 

It's not up here for being bad art. It's up here for being deceptive art. This game, despite it's warm smile, will consume your soul due to how downright sadistic this thing is.

Edited December 17, 2015 by empsolo

[CatPix]

I suppsoe that the AVGN pick up covers that aren't only bad, but also completely weird and "innapropriate".

I mean, really bad arts are like bad games : the real ones you can't really say anything about, because real bad is empty.

Most of the cover he picked up, like Ghost Lion, Crackout, or Treasure Master, aren't bad, but they are either very out of place, or odd, or just not reflecting the game content. But there is much to say about them.

[BillyHW]

Part 11: Eliminator Boat Duel (NES)

 

 

 

Part 12: Street Hockey '95 (SNES)

 

 

 

Part 13: Irritating Stick (PS1)

 

 

 

Part 14: Crackout (NES)

 

 

 

Part 15: Cock'in (C64)

 

[Gabriel]

I think #20: Rollerblade Racer is the best yet.

[BillyHW]

I think #20: Rollerblade Racer is the best yet.

 

I'll post the next set tonight.

[mbd30]

The snow white one is all kinds of crappy.

Nothing about the cover or title would cause anyone to want to play it. "The 7 Clever Boys"? Really?? They should have just stopped at "Snow White".

[BillyHW]

Atari 7800 makes an appearance this week.

 

 

Part 16: Treasure Master (NES)

 

 

 

Part 17: Karnaaj Rally (Game Boy)

 

 

 

Part 18: Hell Fighter (NES)

 

 

 

Part 19: Scrapyard Dog (Atari 7800)

 

 

 

Part 20: RollerBlade Racer (NES)

 

[Rick Dangerous]

Don't forget homebrews!!

[CatPix]

Well Homebrews.... I mean, I think part of the thing with homebrews is first that they can't afford to have the backing of a company like Capcom or Sega or Nnitendo to make nice arts.

Plus, I suppose in the case you show, it's SUPPOSED to be cheesy like most of the other games on the MegaCD.

[Two-in-the-Belfry]

Some more recent examples. Not as bad as some of the other covers on here, but definitely far from good:

 

 

The background on the first one isn't bad, but the horse feels like it's staring into my soul.

[Gabriel]

The series is almost over. Any guesses what #25 will be?

 

[mbd30]

I hope he keeps doing these. I'm probably enjoying them even more than recent Nerd episodes, although the latest episode about "Mortal Kombat Mythologies" is good.

[BillyHW]

The series is almost over. Any guesses what #25 will be?

 

 

It doesn't look like those titles on the first intro screen are not going to be part of the list. (i.e. Dot Gobbler, the Astrology Game, the Bust-A-Moves and Ironsword.)

 

So it'll be tough to guess #25.

[BillyHW]

Part 21: Killer Kong (ZX Spectrum)

 

 

 

Part 22: Hammerin' Harry (NES)

 

 

 

Part 23: Super Duper Sumos (Game Boy Advance)

 

 

 

Part 24: The Ultimate Stuntman (NES)

 

 

 

Part 25: X-Man (Atari 2600)