WORST boxart

[Proto DUDE]

I'd have to say three Vic Tokai games.

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/krionconquest.jpg (http://http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/krionconquest.jpg)
The Kirion Conquest

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/clashdemonf.jpg (http://http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/clashdemonf.jpg)
Clash at Demonhead

http://kidfenris.com/tshootercover.jpg
Trouble Shooter


Vic Tokai makes some good games, but their cover work leaves something to be desired...

[SlyBoy]

The first Mega Man. Mega Man looks more like a middle-age man wearing a cheap costume.

[Lord Dalek]

Any first generation Capcom title.
Phantasy Star II and III

[PickHut]

Bascially most of the early Master System games had horrible boxart. It was usually one thing that looked like it was drawn with markers and they only took up a tiny portion of the front cover.

[Xfox]

I remember the Super NES Ranma 1/2 game had really awful art on the cover, with the characters very out of proportion and not well drawn at all.

[Opaque]

your first two links are busted...

[Proto DUDE]

your first two links are busted...
Stupid WYSIWYG editor. It made two "http://" marks. Just delete the first one.

[Proto DUDE]

The first Mega Man. Mega Man looks more like a middle-age man wearing a cheap costume.
According to EGM, Capcom hosted a contest for retarded kids to draw Space Age ice cream men in front of Disney land rides. I love that magazine.

By the way, I got a COMPLETE in wrapper Atari 2600 Battlezone game today. I think you would be interested.

[shogunthethird]

Ironsword: Wizards & warriors 2

what the hell was fabio doing dressed as Conan the barbarian? Kuros wears a suit of armor you *BLEEP*!

[Conekiller]

Counterstrike for the X-box, i almost dismissed it as bargain binm fluff till a bunch of people started asking it of the piss-yellow cover. that and a buddy informed me it was an old PC classic.

the new Spongebob cover is pretty lame too.

[Andrew T. Hingson]

The first Mega Man. Mega Man looks more like a middle-age man wearing a cheap costume.
Capcom had some artist make that (in short amount of time) because they weren't sure if the game would do well. It was a bit of a sleeper hit and become popular by word of mouth.

But hey... What's makes you wanna buy a video game more than seeing a middle-aged man in a yellow jump suit holding a ray blaster in a scene the looks like TRON on crack?

[Sora Takenouchi]

The first Mega Man. Mega Man looks more like a middle-age man wearing a cheap costume.
I read it was changed because back then they thought the anime look wouldn't sell. Can't imagine that piece-of-crap cover selling any better.:p

[Roger Smith]

megaman 2 looks like a house being attack and a gun defending it with a gun lol

[Teleroboxer]

Ironsword: Wizards & warriors 2

what the hell was fabio doing dressed as Conan the barbarian? Kuros wears a suit of armor you *BLEEP*!
Sex sells.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Bascially most of the early Master System games had horrible boxart. It was usually one thing that looked like it was drawn with markers and they only took up a tiny portion of the front cover.

Many of those are terrible. The box art for Secret Commando (European version of Rambo game) looks like a kid's drawing of some guy holding super soaker to me.

This is completely random, but I think Clash at Demonhead sounds like a totally awesome live album.

[ohmrbill]

Suikoden for the PSX.

http://psx.mobygames.com/game/covers/gameCoverId,8791/gameId,4843/

Now, the art itself is not bad, per se; the artist is obviosuly talented at drawing people. The problem is, these people have absolutely nothing to do with the game. I can assume the guy in the upper left is Barbarosa, but as for the others your guess is as good as mine.

[TOM 002]

What this forum needs is a link like this!

http://www.kidfenris.com/stridercover.html

The gallery of awful boxart! Jeez, that Strider art is painful enough to look at as is. Wonder what the rest will be like.

[Lord Dalek]

What this forum needs is a link like this!

http://www.kidfenris.com/stridercover.html

The gallery of awful boxart! Jeez, that Strider art is painful enough to look at as is. Wonder what the rest will be like.
LOL! John Tesh IS Strider Hiryu!

Getting back to Mega Man take a look at this....

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/euromegaman2front.jpg

[guinaevere]

The first that comes to mind is not so much the coverart, but the cardboard standie advertisement thingies that the game stores get. When Everquest for the PS2s were coming out and those standies were sent out, I just couldn't believe that was approved as the advertisement for it.

The artwork was very poor, and the colors were as dull and flat as they possibly could be.

I don't follow Everquest, so I don't know their history of marketing/advertising, but whoever approved them should be removed from their position. Either that, or they need to spend more than twelve dollars on their entire marketing campaign.

I believe the coverart is the same picture, but at least they used a better printing house, as the colors were not as flat as the advertisements.

[SlyBoy]

LOL! John Tesh IS Strider Hiryu!

Getting back to Mega Man take a look at this....

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/euromegaman2front.jpg

I've always wondered why the European box art for the first three Mega Man games was different.

[Vyse]

The first that comes to mind is not so much the coverart, but the cardboard standie advertisement thingies that the game stores get. When Everquest for the PS2s were coming out and those standies were sent out, I just couldn't believe that was approved as the advertisement for it.

The artwork was very poor, and the colors were as dull and flat as they possibly could be.

I don't follow Everquest, so I don't know their history of marketing/advertising, but whoever approved them should be removed from their position. Either that, or they need to spend more than twelve dollars on their entire marketing campaign.

I believe the coverart is the same picture, but at least they used a better printing house, as the colors were not as flat as the advertisements.I agree. EQOA for the PS2 had some horrible art. I also think that the EQ PC releases had some of the worst boxart ever, IMO.

[TOM 002]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/strider.jpg

It appears that the previous box art for Strider isn't the only bad art! Yee gods, didn't Capcom at least TRY to establish the fact that he was a ninja to Sega or Nintendo? That's SO un-ninjalike!

[Beat]

Mega Man 1. :eek:

[Jaguar]

The new "Jeopardy!" on PS2, or "American Idol".

I'm too repulsed to post URLs.

[Proto DUDE]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/strider.jpg

It appears that the previous box art for Strider isn't the only bad art! Yee gods, didn't Capcom at least TRY to establish the fact that he was a ninja to Sega or Nintendo? That's SO un-ninjalike!
1. At least Strider looks more like Hiryu and less like Flash Gordon.

2. And the Russian soldier looks like a Russian Soldier and not like a monkey man.

[Bandit]

lol, you guys have obviously never seen the Ranma 1/2 hard battle for SNES box art :eek:

http://www.megalong.com/games/ig/2597.jpg

i'll try to find a higher resolution picture, but jeez, look how badly they are drawn! and it's not like anime would be hard to draw for a decent artist!!!

[Artimus Gigan]

Remember people this was time before 3D rendering and photoshop, there were many many many travesties....

[Jeffrey]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/strider.jpg

It appears that the previous box art for Strider isn't the only bad art! Yee gods, didn't Capcom at least TRY to establish the fact that he was a ninja to Sega or Nintendo? That's SO un-ninjalike!It looks like they use a Time Machine, brought Sylvester Stallone from the far future, then put a cheap wig on him. But I don't have any other good comments than that.

[Proto DUDE]

lol, you guys have obviously never seen the Ranma 1/2 hard battle for SNES box art :eek:

http://www.megalong.com/games/ig/2597.jpg

i'll try to find a higher resolution picture, but jeez, look how badly they are drawn! and it's not like anime would be hard to draw for a decent artist!!!
Genma is not pleased.

[Nin-Nin69]

Worst Cover of all time > > > http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/7.jpg

[Teleroboxer]

Remember people this was time before 3D rendering and photoshop, there were many many many travesties....
Then explain Super Dodgeball Advance(USA). They should have used the jap box art instead.

[Proto DUDE]

Worst Cover of all time > > > http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/7.jpg
In his teens, Pac-man was a young, struggling basketball player with an addiction to power pills. He was soon kicked off the team by the four Ghost coaches and chased through a castle.

[Nin-Nin69]

Those look more like floating Rollo's or Chocolate Pies.

[SlyBoy]

Worst Cover of all time > > > http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/7.jpg
But hey, at least the actual game was good. :)

[Nin-Nin69]

Amen to that.:)

[Teleroboxer]

That pac-man boxart isn't half bad.

[Speedy Boris]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time for SNES had some weird cover art. The turtles looked old and didn't look like either the cartoon or the comic strip incarnations.

[Lord Dalek]

Worst Cover of all time > > > http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/7.jpgScene from Chariots of Fire II starring Pac-Man.

[SlyBoy]

Here's something scary...

http://kidfenris.com/elvientocover.gif

[LupoTheButcher]

Here's something scary...

http://kidfenris.com/elvientocover.gif


If you thought that was scary...http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/tagin.jpg (http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=tagin%27+dragon/v=2/l=IVI/*-http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/tagin.jpg)

[Lord Dalek]

Take a gander at this...http://alexkidd.com/images/games/zillion.jpg

[Proto DUDE]

Here's something scary...

http://kidfenris.com/elvientocover.gif
That gangster on the left...where's he sticking that gun?

[Eddy]

Here's two more for you.

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/biblebuffet.jpg

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/s73.jpg

[Proto DUDE]

Here's two more for you.



http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/biblebuffet.jpg



http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/s73.jpg
I didn't know that Heathens sported goofy smiles and looked like David Letterman.

[Nin-Nin69]

Here's two more for you.







http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/s73.jpg
Holy Poop! The first game ever with Leno, Letterman, and O'Brian. I think the appropriate title for this is Backyard Latenight.

[Lucky Bob]

Gamespy (http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/index.shtml) already covered this.

My favs:

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/10.jpg

There ya go! Duelin' Banjoids.

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/8.jpg

It's official. Samus has multiple secret lives.

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/5.jpg
http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/5a.jpg

MOOOOOOMMY! MAKE THE PICTURES STOP!

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/2.jpg

What scares me is the guy in the middle looks like Pee-Wee Herman.

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/4.jpg

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/4a.jpg

*barfs*

http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/1.jpg

Starring: Haydn Christensen

[Conan-san]

I personaly belave that the Box art for Treasure's clasic, Gunstar Heroes. (as in the US/EUR in compariation to the JAP version) is the worst JP-US boxart coversion.

[Teleroboxer]

phalanx is a favorite of mine.

[Znath]

I think that old megaman 2 box is from when they were trying to compete with
metroid as being people with guns on their arms. Metroid went more toward the
realistic type thing, and megaman went more towards cartoony.

And in this case i think that was probably a good choice lol
I'd probably dislike megaman even more if it looked like that still

[Eddy]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/dragonpower.jpg
It was a Dragonball game...

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/megaman2box_front.jpg
Megaman looks constipated.

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/festersquest.jpg
...I'm scared.

[HumanWormbaby]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/dragonpower.jpg


It was a Dragonball game...


Poor, poor Goku.

Didn't they edit that game, so that the panties Master Roshi was holding were changed into "sandwiches"??

[Nick Biped]

Take a gander at this...http://alexkidd.com/images/games/zillion.jpg Why would they put a picture of a microwave on a video game box? Maybe the object of the game is to make culinary delights? :confused: Anyways, yeah, the old Master System games were pretty notorious for their bad art.

[Lord Dalek]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/dragonpower.jpg


It was a Dragonball game...

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/megaman2box_front.jpg
Megaman looks constipated.

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/festersquest.jpg


...I'm scared.
Hey! Uncle Fester's Quest had a great cover! Leave that out of this. However I do find it sad that Europe got an a appropriate DB themed box for Dragon Power and we didn't.

[LupoTheButcher]

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/bathbox.jpg
Ok, the babes are HOT, but the background...

[Jeffrey]

However I do find it sad that Europe got an a appropriate DB themed box for Dragon Power and we didn't.Do you have a picture of that?

[Proto DUDE]

http://www.stationplay.com/covers/1197.jpg

Incredible Crisis. That's just corny, and it deters people from the game.

[Nin-Nin69]

Didn't they edit that game, so that the panties Master Roshi was holding were changed into "sandwiches"??
They edited everything in that game. From names to looks of the characters. Ugh what a waste of time and effort.:shrug:

BTW the cover for Fester's Quest does not suck.

[Lord Dalek]

Do you have a picture of that?
Sure...

http://www.planetnintendo.com/thewarpzone/boxes/dragonball.jpg