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Post by evo4123 on Aug 4, 2015 11:51:33 GMT
I was looking through my collection yesterday and got to really looking at how good/bad some of the art work is. For me the best box art has got to psycho fox closley followed by asterix  sorry if this thread is already on here somewhere  |
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Post by generalmaximus on Aug 4, 2015 11:59:27 GMT
Master of Darkness for sure!
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Post by rupert on Aug 4, 2015 21:34:05 GMT
Have we ever done a top 10 artwork list/ poll? If not it could be a cool idea..
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Post by ian on Aug 5, 2015 11:07:12 GMT
Good topic! I'm not sure we ever have discussed box art in much detail.
It would be a cool idea to have some sort of poll. I guess people can make nominations and discuss in this thread, then we can create a separate poll when ready.
Off the top of my head, covers I like include: Alex Kidd (JP), Wonder Boy II (JP) and pretty much any of the Japanese covers. Master of Darkness, Masters of Combat, Assault City, Cyber Shinobi (blatant false advertising though), Double Dragon.
I'm sure there's plenty more, I'll have to go through some scans to jog my memory.
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Post by flatapex on Aug 5, 2015 11:56:48 GMT
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Post by jessie on Aug 5, 2015 12:27:29 GMT
I always wondered why the clip art style was chosen. looking at the Japanese artwork, I can't help but wonder if the system would have faired a bit better here in the states with some of that artwork instead of what we got.
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Post by Rastanfarian on Aug 5, 2015 13:52:02 GMT
If a poll is added, I would suggest there should be catagories. Japanese, US/Euro, and Brazil. Its only fair to compare apples to apples.
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Post by Maxim on Aug 5, 2015 16:53:31 GMT
Better to split out the early crappy clipart as some of us might appreciate it in itself.
One of my back burner projects is to create clipart style covers for later games, perhaps using artwork from manuals (which was often kind of similar in style, although also more relevant).
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Post by evo4123 on Aug 6, 2015 11:37:00 GMT
some great mentions guys a poll would be great best/worst. the early pal box art was so bad its good, if that makes sense lol |
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Post by Rastanfarian on Nov 7, 2015 4:56:36 GMT
Have we ever done a top 10 artwork list/ poll? If not it could be a cool idea.. Someone should get this poll up. |
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Post by alianger on Nov 8, 2015 14:53:19 GMT
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Post by ian on Nov 8, 2015 19:44:23 GMT
Great list. I enjoyed looking at all those box art images in one place  |
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Post by grolt on Nov 8, 2015 21:38:15 GMT
Yeah, lovely list, so many beautiful covers. If I had to pick one it would probably be Golvellius. Love how epic that cover looks. The guy who did that art and many of the other good looking SMS covers (Golden Axe Warrior, Miracle Warriors, Lord of the Sword, etc.) was interviewed somewhere on the internets years ago, seemed like a swell guy from what I can remember. |
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Post by geminiman112 on Nov 24, 2015 9:18:53 GMT
Black Belt. Seriously though, Lord of the Sword is begging for kids to play it.
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Post by ShadowAngel on Nov 30, 2015 17:15:48 GMT
Asterix and the Great Rescue simply because it captures Asterix perfectly with the crushed roman soldiers in the background. The japanese Wonder Boy in Monster Land, it's cute |
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