Funny List of the Worst Video Game Covers of All Time

[cobadee]

Here's a funny list of the top 20 worst video game covers of all time
http://www.gamewad.com/top-20-worst-...er-3097-p.html

[ShenmueFan]

Here's a funny list of the top 20 worst video game covers of all time
http://www.gamewad.com/top-20-worst-...er-3097-p.html

Seen a lot of those on other similar lists but I have to agree with #1...it's so horrible and the sad thing is that the game is so good.

[Garry Silljo]

When ever they make these lists they should just put the entire SMS library down under one number.

[cobadee]

When ever they make these lists they should just put the entire SMS library down under one number.

Yeah, they pretty much all sucked.

[dlopez9069]

I don't see why ironsword is on there just because of fabio! He does take away from it but not much he was like todays Arnold

[Nebagram]

Hmm, an earlier list had Ninja Golf in #1... obviously going for 'bad' rather than 'so bad they're good', which actually makes a lot more sense when you think about it.

[Technosis]

This quote from the page is classic:

"It's pretty obvious that the guy who designed the Megaman cover had never even played the game. Megaman is not some senior citizen with a yellow t-shirt." !

[Fighter17]

I always thought the Fabio one was not bad at all.

[Griking]

This list seems a little better than the other one.

I'm not sure what the game is but #8 is horrible

[willowmoon93]

OMG, I laughed so hard after looking through that list ... thanks for the link!

[MrRoboto19XX]

A good list, but there are a few things I never get with these things:

1) Why does anyone always rag on Phalanx? I always thought that was a great cover, it's certainly bizarre, but you can't deny that it grabbed (or would have) grabbed ones attention back in the heyday of the SNES. The cover makes what would otherwise be a me-too game quite memorable.

2) Sega was obviously going for a theme with the SMS boxart early on. Yes, the foot does look rather strange, but it and all the other early SMS boxes are striking in my opinion. They're all so minimalist, and it adds to the charm of the system.

-End Rant-

[Push Upstairs]

#14 The title that they chose not to use for this game was “Freddie Mercury Goes Nuts!”




That Donkey Kong cover is kinda interesting...trippy and surreal.

[Maxx]

I always thought the Fabio one was not bad at all.

Ditto. Hell, if I had Fabio's looks... Well, let's just leave it at that before I get depressed about the situation.

And Ninja Golf? I didn't even know that existed. I laughed so hard, I think I want that title. I don't even own a 7800.

[Jorpho]

Yup, some of those were new to me. The NCAA March Madness guy would look at home in Tetes a Claques .

For those of you intrigued by Ninja Golf, there's a reasonably diverting Flash "homage" to it out there.

They're all so minimalist, and it adds to the charm of the system.

Hah, "charm".

[Graham Mitchell]

Yeah, they pretty much all sucked.

There were some okay ones. Spellcaster would have had a brilliant cover if the backdrop was black instead of the traditional SMS white-checkerboard BS. Zillion's cover art is actually really well done! The computer terminal represents a major part of the game, and the flat shapes complement blue gridlines in the rediculously overused SMS backdrop. Phantasy Star and Y's Book of Vanished Omens look pretty cool as well.

[CRV]

There were some okay ones.

The Euro ones from 89/90 onward are a vast improvement over the early ones.

[whoisKeel]

What's wrong with the Power Instinct cover?

[cobadee]

There were some okay ones. Spellcaster would have had a brilliant cover if the backdrop was black instead of the traditional SMS white-checkerboard BS. Zillion's cover art is actually really well done! The computer terminal gets represents a major part of the game, and the flat shapes complement blue gridlines in the rediculously overused SMS backdrop. Phantasy Star, and Y's Book of Vanished Omens look pretty stellar.

I will admit to Zillion having a better cover than other SMS games, but still I think it's pretty weak. Doesn't make a ton of sense to design almost a whole library of games by doing clipart in the bottom left corner of each of them.

[Jorpho]

I still think the blue-on-white gridlines are evocative of graph paper and math homework more than anything else.

[Daria]

Good SMS Cover