Favorite All-Time Videogame Box Art Rated 61
Thanks to GameSpy for its feature discussing and rating the best videogame box art of all-time. The author cheekily argues: "Video games have indeed been graced with some wonderful covers over the years, art that you'd be proud to put in a frame and hang on your wall for all to enjoy... Except when girls come over, when it must be hidden in the closet", before highlighting game covers including Pinball Construction Set ("Rather than showcase a typical pinball scene like most pinball games have done, this cover is mostly symbolic"), the non-U.S. cover for ICO ("Impressionistic and surreal, as if it's capturing a moment in fantasy or memory rather than reality"), and DOOM ("Bottom line, this is a classic.") What's your favorite game cover art of all time?
Altered Beast (Score:2, Interesting)
Minimalist (Score:3, Interesting)
Of course, the cover of Spellcasting 301: Spring Break [mobygames.com] is not to be missed either.
No Atari boxes. (Score:5, Interesting)
Atari had great artwork on their boxes. Actually, they set the standard for others that followed.
Check out Defender [atariage.com], Berzerk [atariage.com] and Missle Command [atariage.com]
Even Mattel Intellivision (boo, hiss) had some cool artwork.
Article seemed kinda biased to late 80s / early 90s if you ask me.
Infocom (Score:3, Interesting)
http://infocom.elsewhere.org/gallery/suspended_mas k/suspended-mask.html [elsewhere.org]
An Infocom classic (Score:5, Interesting)
(I'm too lazy to google for links. Be my guest and explore the Internet yourself!)
I will give you a link to my absolute favourite [if-legends.org], tough. I love the way it all looks completely different from what I'd pictured in my head, especially the house. I guess Infocom's motto still holds true...
Re:No Atari boxes. (Score:5, Interesting)
Simple and smooth (Score:3, Interesting)
http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/snes/ff2.jpg/ [vgmuseum.com]
http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/snes/ff3.jpg/ [vgmuseum.com]
Call me a marketing moron but I think this sort of smooth, simple box art is the best way to gather attention against rows and rows (or stacks and stacks) of other video game box art.
Arcade game flyers/maruqees are where it's at (Score:4, Interesting)
Check out http://www.arcadeflyers.com/ for a gallery of some of the most(IMO) beautiful artwork to have graced the decade. Sure, some are cheesy, but that's where it's at for me.
Oh, and don't forget... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:what art ? (Score:2, Interesting)
Same here. And when I actually bought games the box, manual and marketing filler would get tossed after a week.
So what "best of/worst of" topics are left for these game sites? "Best Bar Code Number"?
Burn: Cycle (Score:3, Interesting)