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Frica89

01-04-2008, 06:32 PM

Mark III

01-04-2008, 07:26 PM

I'm surprised nobody did this one yet:
http://www.gamesasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/stridercover.jpg

That's not even the worst cover art for a Strider game.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c314/River_Raid/1157739556-00.jpg

THAT is the worst cover art for Strider.

Hawksmoor

01-04-2008, 08:31 PM

Call me crazy, but I actually like the Master System covers for their simplicity.

Anyway, this may very well be the single worst cover ever:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/FunkmasterFrica/kong.jpg

Wow. That is absolutely horrendous and hideous. It looks like it was taken straight from a first grade art class. I'm sure the publisher's budget was very limited, but c'mon...no excuse for an eyesore like that.

Hawksmoor

01-04-2008, 08:32 PM

That's not even the worst cover art for a Strider game.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c314/River_Raid/1157739556-00.jpg

THAT is the worst cover art for Strider.

Which version of Strider is that? Regardless, I kinda like it in a campy, cheesy 80s glam sort of way. Strider there looks like a cross between Fabio, Iron Man, and Flash Gordon...with a long sword.

spoon

01-05-2008, 01:18 AM

I agree with this. It almost looks as if the Hillbilly was out on his porch at night strumming the banjo and hears the ship passing by in the sky and is looking up with an almost suprised look on his face as if he is saying, "honey, what the hell was that" , "I don't know Abner maybe just one of dem dare passenger planes again." and would go back to strumming the guitar because the thought of a shooting space ship is far beyond his farming comprehension.

Hell yeah, you know something is screwy when your banjo transforms into a guitar.
Honestly, I have always felt the same way about the cover. I really like it myself. I know back in the day it made me pick it up and check it out. Mission accomplished.

I think what would have helped the cover is if the dog laying next to the man would have it's head up with a dumb look on it's face.

Push Upstairs

01-05-2008, 01:21 AM

That's not even the worst cover art for a Strider game.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c314/River_Raid/1157739556-00.jpg

THAT is the worst cover art for Strider.

I think the real problem is that you are afraid of men who wear a golden codpiece.

FrakAttack

01-05-2008, 02:07 AM

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/776/776279/top-25-tuesday-most-awesome-covers-20070327025738995.jpg

That's the cover I've always loathed the most. Lack of artistic skill is one thing, but that's the most professionally designed and executed eyesore I've ever seen.

Gentlegamer

01-05-2008, 11:24 AM

Which version of Strider is that? Regardless, I kinda like it in a campy, cheesy 80s glam sort of way. Strider there looks like a cross between Fabio, Iron Man, and Flash Gordon...with a long sword.And he rules every one of us!

ThoughtBomb

01-05-2008, 08:28 PM

That's not even the worst cover art for a Strider game.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c314/River_Raid/1157739556-00.jpg

THAT is the worst cover art for Strider.

Wow...it is. It really is. "David Bowie is Ziggy Stardust...is...STRIDER!"

Buyatari

01-06-2008, 07:03 AM

http://www.atariage.com/box_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=691

looks like the same artist as the Megaman 1

Zap!

01-06-2008, 01:27 PM

I always considered Phalanx (SNES) to have one of the worst box art. What does a old man playing a banjo have to do with a space shooter? Now, with that being said, I consider it to be a fantastic shooter.

I heard the following about Plalanx over 10 years ago. I saved the text. Here it is:

From ???@0x00000AF4 Wed May 07 02:30:02 1997
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From: dm870@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Ronnie Deschenes)
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Subject: Re: Sexual jokes in SNES game Phalanx?!?!
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Jazz411 (jazz411@epix.net) writes:
> I recently bought Phalanx (and a few other games) for the SNES at Funcoland, and
> noticed a few strange things, that perhaps the people who made this game have tried to
> sneak in a few sexual references. If you don't believe, please rent the game and see
> for yourself whether you agree or not. Anyways, as crazy as it may sound, here is the
> list:
>
> 1) First off, the game is named "Phalanx". A "phallus" is another name for a penis.
> 2) The spaceship on the title screen has a "gun" which happens to greatly resemble a
> penis.
> 3) The tip of that "gun" is a different color from the rest of it. Apparently it is
> supposed to resemble a circumcised penis.
> 4) On the title screen it says "Project: 'Climax' ".
> 5) The first level is called "Assault". The opening scene to this levfel shows a
> picture of a huge spaceship (the mother ship, MIDAS), which when examined closely,
> resembles (I'm not kidding, and I don't think I'm messed in the head either) a penis
> (the green tube-like part) entering a woman's body. The gun turrets (or radio
> antennas) on the white part of the ship are, I guess, supposed to be its arms, it
> appears to have a head, legs, and "breasts". Examine it closely if you don't believe
> me.
>
> What MAY or may NOT be a sexual joke, is this:
>
> 6) At the opening scene to level 6, it shows a city in the background behind your
> pilot's head. His eyes look kind of dazed (but I may be imagining this) and a building
> behind him has a sign which says something like "Hurry it up" or "Keep moving".
>
> ---
> So, that's what I've spotted. If you think you can prove me wrong, or you agree, go
> ahead and feel free to respond, but if you think I'm crazy or sick and haven't even
> SEEN the game, then please rent it first before responding. I'm not sure if this
> disclaimer will even work.

TheRedEye

01-06-2008, 07:17 PM

Jorpho

01-06-2008, 07:53 PM

I was starting to think it had all been done before (http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3158260). How very wrong I was.

Dreamcast

01-06-2008, 09:06 PM

MarioMania

01-06-2008, 09:32 PM

That's not even the worst cover art for a Strider game.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c314/River_Raid/1157739556-00.jpg

THAT is the worst cover art for Strider.

what system is that from

Magnum

01-06-2008, 09:40 PM

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/776/776279/top-25-tuesday-most-awesome-covers-20070327025738995.jpgas ridiculous as it is for simple box art, I actually like it for interpretation

it looks like it could have been found in i am 8-bit (http://www.amazon.com/i-8-bit-Inspired-Classic-Videogames/dp/0811853195/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199673671&sr=8-4)

Kitsune Sniper

01-06-2008, 09:57 PM

what system is that from

Atari ST. Source is here (http://www.mobygames.com/game/strider/cover-art/gameCoverId,68615/).

Sonicwolf

05-05-2009, 02:02 PM

Call me crazy, but I actually like the Master System covers for their simplicity.

Anyway, this may very well be the single worst cover ever:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/FunkmasterFrica/kong.jpg

Sooooooo... You hit the giant king kong ripoff with a big hammer and bananas fly out of his chest while he molests a woman?
................
Ludicrous box art.

Push Upstairs

05-05-2009, 06:55 PM

She must not be in that much danger, she looks pretty bored.

Buyatari

05-07-2009, 09:09 PM

http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/4a.jpg This is the worst.

While I was searching for the cover I ran into a game I had a demo of and it was in Japanese. Its called....Irritating Stick http://www.atensionspan.com/psx/TN_Irritating_Stick_ntsc-front.JPG
Now I know the name of it. Maybe if I can find it on ebay.

Irritating stick isn't a bad game. The cover is a bit simplistic (ie done overnight on a rush job I would guess) but not top 10 bad.

These days all the covers are computer generated. I miss the old ones.