The bad boxart gallery

[Atarian]

I could never forget the awe inspiring speedball boxart:

[optimusomega]

OMFG!!!! How funny is that?

Thats just Frightening!!!

[Ady]

Oh yes. I remmeber that.

Ah, and I found it, by the way:

[img]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/f/ForgottenWorlds.jpg[/img]

Terrible.

When I was 12, a mate and I spent all lunch time taking the piss out of that on the back cover of a magazine.

That robo demon thing picknig its nose is priceless.

Like I said, someone got :aid:: to draw that.

[Ady]

I'm not done yet:

[img]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/v/Vigilante.jpg[/img]

Nothing like a hard-ass thug precariously doing a Russian dance on some scaffoldding. That grimace must be one of stern dedication, I'm sure.

It also looks like Pantera's Dimebag Darrel decided to come along and wave a wooden stick around.

I'm also impressed by how our vigilante can deftly balance his fist on a jutting slab of metal whilst kicking his foe. It's also great how his bent leg is noticably shorter than the leg doing the kicking.

Poetry in motion.

[Kirby]

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Nothing like a hard-ass thug precariously doing a Russian dance on some scaffoldding...

Also wearing a beret

[Saurian]

Where on Earth do they find these "artists"?

The ones that annoyed me the most were the western Sonic cases - they were ****ing TERRIBLE!!! ft:

The Japanese ones were an explosion of colour with gorgeous character designs and probably the best manuals I have ever seen. Why did they feel the need to re-design Sonic for the US and UK covers when in the game he always looked as he should?

This wicked piece of graphic design -


Compared to this ****:


You'd think that with a brand as important as Sonic they would take care to protect the image.

[Ben.Isaacs]

Great tagline for Forgotten Worlds too?

What's amazing in my mind is why the spend money to overhaul the artwork. It'd be cheaper for them to just clean up the images (I personally think that most Western consumers would find the Jap Sonic CD cover too 'busy') rather than replace them.

[Kron]

Its not just western box art that has problems....




And oh Capcom USA why do you love your customers so much

[Olitron]

Its not just western box art that has problems....

LOL! What the flaming hell's that!?! Who in their right mind believes that a pair of crying pansies appeals to the public!?!

[sam1981]

Its not just western box art that has problems....

ha ha!

What is that game?

[Saurian]

OMFG!!111 BWAAA-HAHAHAHAAHAAAHAAA!!

What, who, how and why!?!? - that's STRIDER FFS! Not some minor character! How dare they?!

[Vaipon]

LOL. This is very very amusing. Keep 'em coming guys, this is priceless.

[gozaimas]

domain name huh?

How about

https://www.game-artrocities.com

[Burai]

Some more ****e:







Some for Golden Axe fans:







The horror:



How do you make Ms. Pac Man look ****e? Tengen knew how:



Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels have a fight to see who can look the most gay with Razor Ramon taking the victory with a sneaky "hard man" pose:

[Robin]

Saur - I liked the European Sonic CD box art, it's the original Japanese image but zoomed right in on their faces. US one is shocking tho.