I get genuinely annoyed when people post this. It's obviously his hand, unless you think guns just levitate in front of people's faces.
Worst cover/poster fails
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I get genuinely annoyed when people post this. It's obviously his hand, unless you think guns just levitate in front of people's faces.
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Jzero
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6 fingers
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Is that Geoff Keighley?
That's his hand.
KiteGr
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It's obviously his hand, but once you see something this bizare it can not be unseen. Whenever you watch this cover, Bonds stretched cheek will always come to mind.
Rather than posting the usual Megaman box art and beat that dead horse to a pulp,
I'll rather cheat a little by showing a non-game cover. This one is a real Fail that I can't put out of my mind whenever I watch it...
As I said... Once you see something, it can not be unseen
Infernal Monkey
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Rather than posting the usual Megaman box art and beat that dead horse to a pulp,
I'll rather cheat a little by showing a non-game cover. This one is a real Fail that I can't put out of my mind whenever I watch it...
As I said... Once you see something, it can not be unseen
Haha, oh shit. Ouch.
ThunderReign
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Fucking EU covers...
Is there a story behind this one like the one I posted?
Mihos
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Howard Wolowitz is rocking that shit.
Zomba13
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The original one voted was of Ragna but they wanted to push Noel instead because lady girls sell fighting games or something.
sixteen-bit
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Inversion has some shit box art
What were they even thinking?
Lmao
nkarafo
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I don't get the developer's joke.Anyway, my obvious contribution:
Time to roll out this chestnut again:
Yeah, most localized games during that era had awful box art. Which was frustrating, considering how awesome the actual Japanese art was at the time.
I don't know if companies were too cheap to license the better art, or they thought Japanese art wouldn't appeal to westerners, or what.
That Pac-man art is awful, but the programming one is pure awesome.
nkarafo
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Is it that Asuka's body and legs look like they also belong to the Eva? Or is it that she is holding something huge between her legs?
Fine Ham Abounds
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I just always assumed since the game was called Phalanx, they picked a cover with a dude using his fingers.
They did an article about it in EGM (I think?) way back when, the idea behind the cover was that he was supposed to be looking into space and seeing the ship, but they didn't get the exact shot they wanted (Not to mention the model wasn't in great condition and he suffered a stroke before the shoot)
spookyfish
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I think it's that she's not really bending at the waist, but somewhere in the middle of her back.
Violence Jack
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Looks like Van Damme got knocked off a building by Patrick Swayze.
Look at her waist... it shouldn't bend like that, and it's so fucking skinny, you wonder if there is anything but a skeleton underneath that suit.
She's not that skinny, part of her body is supposed to be hidden/inside the mech. But the bend doesn't look natural...
The Albatross
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Time to roll out this chestnut again:
I remember seeing that as a kid ... and ... I just didn't get it
The Albatross
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Fine Ham Abounds
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Darkangel
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What photoshop flops have you seen in game covers/posters ?!
I just saw this image on another thread, and holy s*hit....what is wrong with his face ?! Also is he holding an M4 shotgun ?! And those ears /neck...
Some detectives on /vr/ were able to figure out the origins of the classic RE1 boxart:
I think they also found where they got part of his face, but it's not included in the picture.
Oh god. This terrible cover. The most confusing thing to me is that the creature in the lower right is just some random encounter enemy that has no significance whatsoever. Whatever made the artist decide to latch onto that monster and decide it was worthy of inclusion on the cover is beyond me.
nkarafo
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The art wasn't terrible itself per se, issue is that it sets the wrong tone for what kind of game it is. That art makes it look like an FPS or TPS.
Also if I remember correctly that was drawn by a GAFfer since they had a contest on GAF for the BB EU box art.
Like I said, the artwork was good, but doesn't fit what the box art should be.
atomic moth
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Looks like Van Damme got knocked off a building by Patrick Swayze.
It's not really a building though, which makes it better. The Swayze is standing on a park bench.
I also like the fact that they put a circus tent in there.
Calavera520
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Nothing beats early Atari, I still see myself like this when I code. (I bet he isn't wearing pants either)
Those are both incredible..
I think it is the fact that Asuka's body is broken in the middle, because the curve is on her belly, not on her legs
Found this with a google search:
Okay, here's the lowdown from EGM Sept. 2001:
THE PHALANX FACTOR
Q: What was the deal with that old dude on the cover of the SNES shooter Phalanx?
Ahalanx was just another Super NES sidescrolling shooter that we all probably would have forgotten by now - if not for the inexplicable shot of the bearded geezer strummin' a banjo on the game's box cover. Why the old guy? The problem is that all the game art looked alike at the time - monsters or spaceships or something," explains Matt Guss, head of the advertising company behind the Phalanx campaign. "We wanted to create shock value so somone would have to pick the game up. We called it the 'Heavy Huh?!' factor." Art director Keith Campbell says they did the photo shoot themselves, hiring a model for the role of the 80-something hayseed. "I'd used him before as Santa Claus on an album-cover shoot," Guss adds. "I remember him coming into the studio, and I though the poor guy was gonna die right there on the stage. I think he'd had a stroke earlier - not earlier that day, but in the past . . . We stuck a banjo in his hands, and I think we stuck a spaceship behind his head that he was supposed to be staring at in wonder, sort of a Star Wars-come-to-the-Ozarks kind of thing." You gotta admit Guss' cover concept was mighty effective. After all, we're still talking about the game 10 years after its release. Heavy, huh? If you're too young to remember this game, don't worry Kemco's rereleasing it for the Game Boy Advance.
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Lionheart1827
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I bought Phalanx back in the day. It's actually a pretty awesome and challenging game, great music as well. I like it better than R type imo.
I have to admit, at the time I kept passing this up at the store cuz box Art and screen shots on the back of the case didn't do this game any justice...and when my brother bought it a month later I was beating myself up for not grabbing it (bro was busy with his play through and all I could do was watch)
Charles Bronson in Donkey Kong: No diceWell, if you guys are going to do Atari box art....
PetriP-TNT
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Hey cool, I think I have never seen that promo cover
DavionStriker
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Ok fine...you asked for it.
This is amazingly bad yes, but I think the real question is how can you have a Final Zone 2 when the first title was called Final Zone? Was it not really final???