Favorite Box Covers

[CaryMG]

Here're mine ....

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/Trinitya.jpg
"Trinity" -- INFOCOM

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/LOOMa.jpg
"LOOM" -- LucasArts

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/TrustBetrayal.jpg
"Trust & Betrayal: The Legacy Of Siboot"

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/AMindForeverVoyaginga.jpg
"A Mind Forever Voyaging" -- INFOCOM

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/ZORKZEROb.jpg
"ZORK ZERO" -- INFOCOM

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/Arthura.jpg
"Arthur" -- INFOCOM

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c144/forumepix/ChuckYeagersAirCombata.jpg
"Chuck Yeager's Air Combat" -- Electronic Arts


What're yours ?


Later!
:) :) :)

[njiska]

Any one else thing the guy on the "A Mind Forever Voyaging" cover looks like a bastardized Bruce Campbell?

As for my Choices and some of these are pretty big.

"D" - WARP! Interactive
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/dboxf.jpg

"Killing Time" - 3DO
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/kitiboxf.jpg

"Policenauts" - Konami
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/policeboxf.jpg

"Wolfenstien" - ID Software
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/wolfboxf.jpg

"Virtual Cameraman 3" - Naxat Soft
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/vcp3boxf.jpg
Ok it's not one of my favorites but it's hilarious.

"Myst" - Cyan Worlds/Broderbund
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/1018918440-00.jpg

"One Must Fall: Battlegrounds" - Diversions Entertainment
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/1085714470-00.jpg

"One Must Fall 2097" - Epic MegaGames
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/1065558864-00.jpg

"Terra Nova" - Looking Glass Software
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/Box%20Art/948957063-00.jpg

[roushimsx]

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[njiska]

tangent, imageshack (http://www.imageshack.us/) is a super handy and free way to share the images without hotlinking from other people :)

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[roushimsx]

Sweet extension but if i wanted to take the time i'd host them myself. Leeching them off of someone else is just way easier.

Except when all anyone sees is this:
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2401/ohshithotlinkd2qs.th.jpg (http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ohshithotlinkd2qs.jpg)

which is the only reason i brought it up in the first place :(

[njiska]

Sweet extension but if i wanted to take the time i'd host them myself. Leeching them off of someone else is just way easier.

Except when all anyone sees is this:
http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2401/ohshithotlinkd2qs.th.jpg (http://img395.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ohshithotlinkd2qs.jpg)

which is the only reason i brought it up in the first place :(


Ha that sucks. I wonder why i'm not getting that. Either way if that's the problem i'll go host them myself. Thanks for letting me know that.

[roushimsx]

Ha that sucks wonder why i'm not getting that. Either way if that's the problem i'll go host them myself. Thanks for letting me know that.

Probably just because they're still in your browser's cache :)

[James]

Here's some of my favourites:

http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Breakdown_NA.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Doom_NA.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Double_Dragon_II_EU.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Ico_Jap.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Katamari_Damacy_NA.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Ninja%20Gaiden_Front_NA.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Rad_Gravity_Box_Front.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Viewtiful_Joe_2_GC.jpg
http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/dw1_front.jpg

[Sebastian]

my fave...

http://www.tomheroes.com/images/nes%20renegade.jpg

[loopyeddie]

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/garou.jpg

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/fatalfury.jpg

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/samsho.jpg

Just a few of the full frontal style neo inserts.

[James]

It's nice to see some good Japanese and European box art, North America gets royally screwed when it comes to box art a lot of the time.

Here are some good examples:

This is one of the worst examples I could find.

ICO North America vs ICO Japan:


http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Bad%20Box%20Art/Ico%20Box%20Art%20Comparisons.jpg

The North American Super Mario 64 DS box art is quite good but the Japanese one is by far better:

http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/Bad%20Box%20Art/Super%20Mario%2064%20DS%20Comparisons.jpg

The main problem this generation is the overly bad use of computer generated box art vs. good old hand drawn box art such as ICO where the CG in the North American box is of an overused general Anime type that really doesn't work, I guess marketing departments think big and flashy sells vs good human paintings like what we used to see back in the NES and Genesis era.

The contrast between Resident Evil 4 in all three regions is also quite different:

Europe PS2:

http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/RE%204%20PAL.jpg

North America Gamecube:

http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/RE%204%20NA.jpg

[James]

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/garou.jpg

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/fatalfury.jpg

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/samsho.jpg

Just a few of the full frontal style neo inserts.

You wouldn't happen to have High Res copies of those, would you? Those scans look very good in qulaity. Nice artwork!

[loopyeddie]

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/garou.jpg

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/fatalfury.jpg

http://www.loopyeddie.com/images/samsho.jpg

Just a few of the full frontal style neo inserts.

You wouldn't happen to have High Res copies of those, would you? Those scans look very good in qulaity. Nice artwork!

Yes, in fact, I have about 500 very high-res downloadable neo inserts. Just go to loopyeddie.com! Have a ball.

Oh, and those aren't scans. I made them, with the help of many others at neo-geo.com and elsewhere.

[Vectorman0]

loopyeddie.com is THE place to go for all of your shockbox inserts. You won't find higher quality ones anywhere else. They aren't scans by the way, they are user created inserts to store MVS games.

[loopyeddie]

loopyeddie.com is THE place to go for all of your shockbox inserts. You won't find higher quality ones anywhere else. They aren't scans by the way, they are user created inserts to store MVS games.

Thanks for the recommendation, dude! loopyeddie.com gets better everyday!

[James]

Where can you buy replacement Cases for MVS and AES games that fit these inserts?

[loopyeddie]

Where can you buy replacement Cases for MVS and AES games that fit these inserts?

Go to the links page on my site and find BIG BEAR's site. You can email him for the cases. Check out my collection page on my site for what they look like.

[Aussie2B]

I practically crapped my pants the first time I saw the Japanese Brain Lord cover:

http://www.yamatoku.jp/img/91426680a.jpg

Now tell me that doesn't kick the US art's ass.

I also dig the Japanese N64 Zelda covers:

http://www.yamatoku.jp/img/91580825a.jpg

http://www.yamatoku.jp/img/91615657a.jpg

[TEND]

http://www.retrogames.co.uk/stock/assets/images/US_SNES_-_Phalanx.jpg

Phalanx for sure!

[Nez]

Got a few here

First up.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/cover001.jpg

Not just soley for the art on the cover but the ones on the side as well. It just brings back so many memories of old death matches with my cousins.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/cover002.jpg

I really like the Panzer Dragoons series art. Except for the First that one is not good at all. Very nice colors.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/cover003.jpg

Smug assed Haohmaru (chewing on a stick?). Plus Last Blade nice little group photo.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/cover005.jpg

Nice "urban" look.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/a16btsuicide/cover006.jpg

I just like this one. I don't know why.

[Snapple]

Hmm.

http://archive.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/7.jpg

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00008WKYT.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


Plus Phalanx and Katamari Damacy, but they've already been posted.

[darknut101]

Wizards & Warriors 2: Ironsword

Just because it has Fabio.

http://www.rarevids.com/pictures/nes/IronSword.jpg

[James]

I found another one I like:

http://www2.ltlowe.com/~suprnova/DP/James%20Box%20Art/TMNT%20Fall%20of%20the%20Foot%20Clan.jpg

[Austin]

Always thought this one was cool...

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3553/kuonps2jpboxboxart160w6xo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Agetec's "Kuon"

[CaryMG]

I've just added one more ....


Later!
:) :) :)

[Zing]

http://tinypic.com/ie2ve1.jpg

Ok, just kidding. My real vote is for Dragon Warrior and...

http://tinypic.com/ie2tsp.jpg

[njiska]

OK this is fucking sweet.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/framecitykiller_xbox360boxboxart_160w.jpg

[Dire 51]

Here's one of my favorites. I always thought it captured the spirit of the game, even if it wasn't quite correct... plus I love the disclaimer.

http://www.classicgaming.com/splatterhouse/turboboxcover.jpg