Oh yeah, I remember when Master System just dominated the NES thanks to its iconic box art.Unifying the look so it stands out, even now if you see a box with that pattern you know it's from that Master System era, the fact that you remember it for good or bad reasons show it worked.
I prefer the BlueYeah but the genesis red box theme was the best ever.
? How is ugly minimalist design more appropriate for toys? Atari 2600 had much more attractive box art.I mean... people didn't know how to market video games back then. Most companies in the US considered games to be toys at the time, and the box art for Master System games was arguably a lot more fitting for targeting that audience.
Cover art changed during NES and SMS as they are Japanese systems so they'll go cute and colourful.
Before that, the Atari and Intellivision days you got stuff like this, which was the hand drawn painted look like in movie posters.
Nah they sucked compared to Atari and Nintendo box artMeh, its just the time it was released, design trends change, they were perfectly fine when they were released.
The OG black mega drive cases for me. Man the memories….I prefer the Blue
Although the design before was also good
? How is ugly minimalist design more appropriate for toys? Atari 2600 had much more attractive box art.
Is he wrestling with his own decapitated head?
Best covert art ever !Is he wrestling with his own decapitated head?
I know it looks weird but I just love it... It reminds me this undescribable joy from 80's video games that younger generation will sadly never know. Absolutely not an "old man yelling at cloud" answer.So it was around the time of the 7800 and the NES right. As an example of box arts from these boxes
Then we have the master system doing its own thing. What the fuck happened?
Those are absolutely magnificent. I often imagine how those games would look with PS5 level graphics in an alternative time-line, like in Blade Runner's Atari.Cover art changed during NES and SMS as they are Japanese systems so they'll go cute and colourful.
Before that, the Atari and Intellivision days you got stuff like this, which was the hand drawn painted look like in movie posters.
The awesome thing about those old school Intellivision covers is they often did a montage of circle art and what you saw drawn is what was in the game.Those are absolutely magnificent. I often imagine how those games would look with PS5 level graphics in an alternative time-line, like in Blade Runner's Atari.