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Post by rupert on Dec 12, 2015 14:20:11 GMT
Back to the Future II  Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi  Sports Pad Football  Streets of Rage  TV Colosso  Golfamania  Power Strike EU version  Paperboy EU version  World Cup USA '94  Word Soccer  Wimbledon II  Penguin Land  Xenon 2: Megablast - Virgin Games version  Alien 3  Marble Madness  Astro Warrior  Shinobi  Great Volleyball  Renegade  Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck  Wimbledon  |
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Post by rupert on Dec 12, 2015 14:37:25 GMT
I hope these images come out okay for other people. I'm using Internet Explorer 10 and they appear okay to me and all the same size despite the different resolutions they were scanned at. All looks fine via my iPad too.
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Post by Transatlantic Foe on Dec 12, 2015 14:38:49 GMT
So much hair action on those Wimbledon covers!
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Post by barney on Dec 12, 2015 16:09:13 GMT
I picked Renegade, Streets of Rage and Marble Madness. As a 9 year old boy standing in Woolworths, the box art on the first two is exactly the sort of style that would make me want to buy a game. As for the third, it's purely for nostalgia, and the fact that the artwork makes the game look far more exciting and action-packed than it actually is!
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Post by Rastanfarian on Dec 12, 2015 17:41:52 GMT
Funny that with a random number generator, both Wimbledon 1 and 2 end up in the same group as well as two Shinobi games.
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Post by wolfticket on Dec 12, 2015 20:02:49 GMT
Some of these games I don't own so it's great to actually take time and appreciate the artwork, I chose Streets of rage, Xenon 2 and Renegade
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Post by Stan on Dec 13, 2015 0:42:35 GMT
I tried to go with unique art, in general.
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Post by rupert on Dec 13, 2015 0:46:53 GMT
I tried to go with unique art, in general. Can you sticky the overview thread please? Its currently below all the group poll threads  |
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Post by Stan on Dec 13, 2015 0:49:18 GMT
I tried to go with unique art, in general. Can you sticky the overview thread please? Its currently below all the group poll threads On it. |
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Post by Centrale on Dec 13, 2015 3:07:33 GMT
Golfamania looks like the kind of illustration that would have fit right in with the early years of Atari 2600 box art - it's a style I really admire. Both Renegade and Wimbledon have nice compositions, but something about the rendering of the faces is off-putting to me. Wimbledon II is bringing the ultra-mullet heat, but the color scheme cools it right down. The Shadow Dancer cover has always struck me as odd... a rare watercolor painting in the library of SMS box art, the flat perspective and disproportionately large Shinobi are weird. Power Strike's PAL color cover is so-so... I have to say I really prefer the illustration on the U.S. version - and although that one was printed in monochrome, there is a color version of that illustration that was featured in the U.S. Team Sega newsletter that's worth taking a look at. Of the iconographic covers in this round, I like Great Volleyball the best.
This time I'm going with Golfamania, Streets of Rage, and Xenon 2.
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Post by rupert on Dec 13, 2015 10:20:58 GMT
I went with Golfamania also, for pretty much the same reason as Centrale. I don't think it would have drawn me to buying the game though, but I do like it from an artistic perspective. I also picked Penguine Land as I remember renting it back in the day due to the cover art intriguing me, there is just something I really like about it. It might be the colour of the penguine. Last I picked Xenon II, the ship reminds me of that early 90's style you saw a lot of back then but you don't seem to see now, which is a shame. I quite like the blocky background too and the gun fire 'blasting' through the frame and across the grid pattern. If I could have had a 4th pick it would have been Shadow Dancer, it's quite a dark and gritty scene makes me want to play the game. This tournament has made me look at SMS box art much more closely than I ever have before. There are so many that I have never properly given time to and I'm appreciating them more now |
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Post by Rastanfarian on Dec 20, 2015 8:34:22 GMT
According to Wikipedia, TV Colosso is a hack of Asterix. (The secret Mission I assume) Is this true? I don't own either game and can't be sure by looking at the screen shots on the back of each cover.
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Post by barney on Dec 20, 2015 9:38:32 GMT
According to Wikipedia, TV Colosso is a hack of Asterix. (The secret Mission I assume) Is this true? I don't own either game and can't be sure by looking at the screen shots on the back of each cover. Yes, it's a hack of Asterix & The Secret Mission. |
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Post by Kaunisto on Dec 21, 2015 21:54:33 GMT
Power Strike: describes arcade shooter well
Alien 3: keep it simple, stupid
Shinobi: ninja+shuriken=cool (actually that logic didn't work for The Ninja...)
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Post by playgeneration on Dec 24, 2015 13:48:11 GMT
Power Strike - captures the game well
Renegade - Nice to see some Japanese style artwork on a Euro release
Xenon2 - Really nice artwork for a disappointing game
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