I have a odd love for game art. Maybe its from my days of rushing to the toy department at my local Meijer or Toys R Us(which had the pictures you flip to look at the back.. Oh wait they still have it.) to see the latest games. Back then you didn't really know release dates. The games just showed up in the case for me to drool over.
The cover art used to be your whole choice if you were lucky enough to be buying a game that day. A few games I can remember buying solely based on the cover are:
-Final Fight
-Mortal Kombat 2
-Michael Jordan Chaos in the windy city
-Any of the three Star Wars games
-WWF Royal Rumble
-Bulls vs Blazers
I am glad I still own these boxes.
I think cover today is just awful. Just a bunch of faces most the time.
Here is some honorable mentions.
-Zelda: Link to the Past. Very simple but the black border with the gold Zelda logo just screams greatness at you.
-Bulls vs Blazer. My favorite NBA team on a SNES box? I'm in.
-Super Metroid. Its a great cover but I never played the game through until last year so the effect isn't as great on me
-Royal Rumble(its still real to me damnit!). All my favorite wrestlers(Bret Hart!) with a terrible looking chair photo shopped in with the classic Royal Rumble logo. Man wrestling used to be awesome.
10.Super Punch Out
No Mike Tyson? No problem. Not many games could survive losing its main character and see another game. This game did it since the other cartoonish characters are so great. You get to see three great ones on the cover with the huge gloves. I played this into the ground. Its way easier then the NES game but I think its more fun
9.Michael Jordan Chaos in the Windy City
Not the best game in the world but damn I loved the cover. I remember buying it at a Kaybee store. I loved MJ and he was holding a ice ball and a ball that is on fire. At this point this was all I cared about. Michael Jordan and SNES. It only made sense to buy it.
8.NBA Jam TE
They took the old cover and blew it out of the water with TE. BOOOOMMMSHHHHAAAAKKKAAALLLKKKAAA! I beat my brother 148 to 42 and he never played me again(Washington Bullets FTW).
7.Barts Nightmare
Look at the great colors and all characters. Its funny, its fun and you even get the artists name in the corner. I sold this one on ebay which I regret. This screams buy me. I did and I enjoyed the game. It was hard and frustrating which had me going "Duh!"
6.Mortal Kombat II
Again the cover just sold it for me. The font and color of the font. The globs of blood that followed made me feel so cool for playing a "adult game".
5. Super Castlevania IV
I discovered this game only 2 years ago. I am sad I missed it in its prime. The art is something that looks like its straight from a fan. Its so dark and there is no way I would have passed this up at the store as a kid if I would have noticed it.
4.Final Fight
This cover is so bad ass. I remember starring at it for weeks at the store and had no idea what it was. I got it for Christmas and the game lived up to the hype that cover brought. Its to bad that 2nd and 3rd games have some of the worst cover art.
3.Super Mario World
Its classic, the colors just pop. It sold systems. Its amazing all around. It made ask "what the hell is that green dinosaur?" WHY IS MARIO RIDING A DINOSAUR?!?!?
2.Turtles in Time
My god this thing is amazing. I loved Time Travel as a kid and then TMNT? MOTHER OF GOD... The cover is aggressive and resembles nothing of the cartoon which is awesome. I begged my mom for days.. I mean days. She finally broke and bought it. My friends and I played until the sun came up.
1.Super Mario Kart
I am proud to say I own this box still in like perfect condition. Its just pretty to look at. You get all the characters and the colors pop off the box. The art just says "Yes that is right. Mario now drives in Kart races..BUY ME!" I think I got it for XMAS. I didn't do a whole lot of sledding on that break.
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