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Vert1
Joined: Aug 28 2011
PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 06:16 pm Reply with quote Back to top

This is a thread where we discuss game covers and what is going on in them. This weeks discussion will be on Rolling Thunder 3's box art. If people are so inclined they can caption the picture. Anyhow, look at it:

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That guy is sooooo screwed.


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Murdar Machene
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PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 06:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Wow that's some awesome 403 error art. I love the font.
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Sehkmaenzo
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PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 08:23 pm Reply with quote Back to top

He's shooting at absolutely nothing, with several targets available, 3 inches away from being mauled by robo-dog, and he's carrying a purse. Damn.
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Murdar Machene
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PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 10:01 pm Reply with quote Back to top

No dude it's a messenger bag, he's just hip and trendy.
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Probable Muppet
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PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 10:02 pm Reply with quote Back to top

In this Box art we get what the Japanese think appeals to western audiences.

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Sehkmaenzo
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PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 10:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I've seen this one, Muppet, and it takes a lot of willpower to pretend it's just a photoshop and not true Sad
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PostPosted: Feb 24 2012 10:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I like how it looks like this is just his average commute to work every morning.


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PostPosted: Feb 25 2012 12:23 am Reply with quote Back to top

its a satchel. and that white shirt looks stupid


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PostPosted: Feb 25 2012 01:51 am Reply with quote Back to top

sidewaydriver wrote:
I like how it looks like this is just his average commute to work every morning.


Hahaha, I was thinking the same thing.

He is like "Oh boy, just another day back at the rat race".


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PostPosted: Feb 25 2012 02:05 am Reply with quote Back to top

At first glance I thought the motorcycle handlebar was his tie which added to the effect.


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Black Zarak
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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 01:41 am Reply with quote Back to top

Looks like he's being pursued by third-rate, South American knock off versions of Cobra troopers...


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Etch
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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 01:45 am Reply with quote Back to top

Here's another cover where the protagonist is shooting AWAY from the obvious threat. And abandoning his comrades while he's at it.

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And possibly the dumbest cover ever:

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AKA: totally botched Gunbird Rolling Eyes


(just like the cover, right?)


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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 02:44 am Reply with quote Back to top

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Nothing needs to be said.


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The Opponent
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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 11:50 am Reply with quote Back to top

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Here's one of my favorites, from the box art of Three Kids Stare At A Giant Tree 2.
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Preng
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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 04:55 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Ah, the Secret of Mana box art - how fantastic. And green!
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Black Zarak
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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 05:42 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Image "Fuck you guys, I'm out!"


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PostPosted: Feb 26 2012 10:03 pm Reply with quote Back to top

SubTerrania was a fucking awesome game.


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PostPosted: Feb 27 2012 05:12 am Reply with quote Back to top

justdrop wrote:
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Nothing needs to be said.

I love how it's not just a game but a simulator. Playing it must really feel like you're actually a ninja on a scooter.


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PostPosted: Feb 27 2012 12:36 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Don't even get me started on Mobile Light Force and Mobile Light Force 2. Hey, let's cut all the plot of these games, even though that was a huge part of their original appeal, because translations take time, effort, and money. And let's then market two completely unrelated games as being somehow related.

Also, here's some good box art:



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PostPosted: Feb 27 2012 01:05 pm Reply with quote Back to top

All these pictures are reminding me of a commercial I used to see all the time as a kid. Anyone remember the TV show/game, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future?


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PostPosted: Feb 28 2012 02:56 am Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:





When I see this, I think of one of those crazy hillbillies who swears to everyone that he was kidnapped by aliens from his moonshine still and ass-probed, and that it totally wasn't a corn liquor blackout.

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I call shenanigans. That's obviously a BMX samurai, not a ninja.


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PostPosted: Feb 28 2012 09:49 am Reply with quote Back to top

This will do it, then.

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PostPosted: Mar 01 2012 12:18 am Reply with quote Back to top

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LeshLush
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PostPosted: Mar 01 2012 01:44 am Reply with quote Back to top

Probable Muppet wrote:
All these pictures are reminding me of a commercial I used to see all the time as a kid. Anyone remember the TV show/game, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future?


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Holy fucking shit!!!!!!! I have been trying to remember what this was for years. I have very hazy memories of my cousin having a toy ship and a VHS tape that came with it. Neither of us could remember what it was called, though. Thank you so much.
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PostPosted: Mar 01 2012 12:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Knyte wrote:
Ahem....
http://knyte.webs.com/apps/blog/show/1036536-don-t-judge-a-game-by-it-s-cover

As much as we try to deny it and correct it, our survival instincts judge everything by their cover. It's just a fact of life.


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