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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: ShadowBrain on September 11, 2008, 04:43:30 PM
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Covers of anything are, of course, make or break. They're the first thing someone sees when the faintest consideration of a purchase enters their head, and it is therefore vital they make a good impression. So it is odd that there are so many downright terrible covers for videogames, movies, albums, and the like. Post your "favorite" ones here.
Recently, albeit indirectly, introduced to me by a friend, what is widely regarded as the worst album art ever (http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/worst_album_covers/2.jpg) (no, you don't get to see it straight up. You must earn it).
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There are a lot of contenders for worst album cover, and that is only one of them.
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Well, of course. Here's more (http://www.octanecreative.com/Parodyville/worst_album_covers/index.html).
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I'm sure some of you are aware already, but the box art for the first Mega Man game. It's basically an old man in a jumpsuit. XP
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"MY TURTLE'S DEAD"!?
What an outrage! That is the worst album art of all time, hands down!
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Mario Kart Wii
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpurgatorio1.com%2Fwp-content%2Fpics%2Fearthrider.jpg&hash=6a36471e2daaa171549c94167c8c1fa52fb672a2)
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I'm sure some of you are aware already, but the box art for the first Mega Man game. It's basically an old man in a jumpsuit. XP
No, This is the worst NES cover art.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nesguide.com%2Fimages%2F2dakv042mdhvgsormt792%2Fghostlion-label.jpg&hash=e866d731481e90dd0bccaebfef021565ce02fb59)
Ugh.
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscottthong.files.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fpro_wrestling_box.jpg&hash=52c84048f6ab899aadacfb79d4c89067279225e0)
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nesguide.com%2Fimages%2F2dakv042mdhvgsormt792%2Fghostlion-label.jpg&hash=e866d731481e90dd0bccaebfef021565ce02fb59)
Is that a man or a woman?
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Dunno, but judging from the sports bra, I assume it's a she.
These should hit close to home for you all.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.platypuscomix.net%2Finteractive%2Ffiercekong.jpg&hash=cb34283ba76ec1333afbc232e86d27021bbc23f9)
this one's Colecovision.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobygames.com%2Fimages%2Fcovers%2Flarge%2F1141125855-00.jpg&hash=e3ba6eb55a6fd86af797c3daaf54676cbb6790ce)
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.platypuscomix.net%2Finteractive%2Ffiercekong.jpg&hash=cb34283ba76ec1333afbc232e86d27021bbc23f9)
"You know! For kids!"
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"Based on the real arcade game." Compared to what? The imaginary arcade game?
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That could also go in the Hi-Def Mario thread.
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He looks kind of like ... Super Mario to me. If "Super" meant "looking like Superman".
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And "looking look Superman" meant "looking like a porn star"
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High Resolution Impact Graphics?
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.platypuscomix.net%2Finteractive%2Ffiercekong.jpg&hash=cb34283ba76ec1333afbc232e86d27021bbc23f9)
Weird, my Intellivision DK boxart doesn't look like that, it has a DK arcade cabinet.
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I thought Mario looked a bit like Superman as well. But where is his hat?! Mario just isn't Mario without his hat!
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And "looking look Superman" meant "looking like a porn star"
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgrowabrain.typepad.com%2Fphotos%2Funcategorized%2Fron_jeremy_mario.jpg&hash=293730f818c46091ab00da5d4d33250f70620880)
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It seems I can't make a single post without one error. Oh well, the pendants can rest at night knowing I TRIED.
Wii Fit has got to be the most god-awful box-art (the actual disk box, which I can't seem to find online, so if you don't own the game, you'll have to take my word for it) for the Wii--An aging woman and that's about it. It's doesn't even have decent composition. It's all crowded to the right. Bleck.
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg141.imageshack.us%2Fimg141%2F3733%2Fwiifitaccessoriessv4.jpg&hash=b7221c0c312aee2443c76e2a81e1dcc66d0b1aca)
The Touch Generations logo? What?
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We're talking about book covers here too, right?
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg364.imageshack.us%2Fimg364%2F9435%2Fsaycheeseanddiewv6.jpg&hash=7c52049149d0f056a0a00a741bc208e7ae621b6f)
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What's so bad about that? It's as horrifying as any other Goosebumps cover.
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This is worse:
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2F1%2F13%2FMy_Hairiest_Adventure.jpg%2F200px-My_Hairiest_Adventure.jpg&hash=d5fff8a7ebf050391542670b8e59ae45e3f54ebd)
Wii Fit has got to be the most god-awful box-art (the actual disk box, which I can't seem to find online, so if you don't own the game, you'll have to take my word for it) for the Wii--An aging woman and that's about it. It's doesn't even have decent composition. It's all crowded to the right. Bleck.
You say that as if Nintendo or 99% of the people of the people who bought Wii Fit care about that sort of thing.
Really, though, Touch Generations is a very helpful system for me. If I see a game with the logo on it, I don't buy it.
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Noooo, it's simply crap and I'm calling it out for it. I have the game *Gasp* because I see potential for the board. The prospect of a new Punch Out!! should be enough to draw "hardcore" attention. Oh, who am I kidding? The prospect of a Square-Enix game should draw in nerds like a massive black hole.
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
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ShadowBrain, ShadowBrain, ShadowBrain.
We all know you're scared that I'd beat you HARD in Planet Puzzle League.
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The Goosbumps books were horrible. When all the kids in second grade were reading that, I was too busy with The Hardy Boys.
Also, as a critic of the text, I do not believe that R.L. Stine is one man, but rather a pen name for a collection of poor horror writers.
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Actually, yes. Most of the later books were (no pun intended) ghostwritten.
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here you go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8sNoodIDk)
Wait, wrong cover. Never mind.
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That goes so perfectly with this GIF.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg89.imageshack.us%2Fimg89%2F1579%2Ffatdancemx4.gif&hash=93ee4c54b4711bc528fae6bcf794795973407bab)
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I liked some of the Goosebumps books. Or at least How I Got My Shrunken Head and maybe Welcome to Camp Nightmare. Then again I was never a fan of horror so maybe my opinion doesn't really mean anything.
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I think that they're great books for kids. I--and others--may see them now as breezy rip-offs of Twilight Zone episodes and Stephen King books, but I must say I read them (and some of the spin-offs) for quite some time until the last few years.
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.me.com%2Fmattwheeler%2F100005%2F1211028377-00%2Fweb.jpg&hash=4a28838fe2b88067965fb84675c55000dad320fb)
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We're talking about book covers here too, right?
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg364.imageshack.us%2Fimg364%2F9435%2Fsaycheeseanddiewv6.jpg&hash=7c52049149d0f056a0a00a741bc208e7ae621b6f)
I actually read this book when I was 10.
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonintendo.com%2Fwp-content%2Fphotos%2Fthumb_080918_guitar_hero.jpg&hash=4890cb8b0e801c96621e362a52ebcb803986cac7)
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About the Goosebumps Talk~
I don't even remember how it happened, but I'm the semi-proud owner of all 62 original Goosebumps books. I have 14 of the 2000 Series, and I have 24 of the Choose-your-own Goosebumps book, 5 of the TV Book Series, 3 of the Tales To Give You Goosebumps, and a Goosebumps Triple-Header.
People tell me I collected them when I was a raving second grader.
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Are you SCARED yet?
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.retropelihuolto.com%2Fkuvat%2Fkokoelma%2Fhelmet%2Fnes_megaman2_cib_palnoeusa.jpg&hash=8d61eccda38630e0b76e3edfb307db0e4095cf5a)
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.gamesradar.com%2Fimages%2Fmb%2FGamesRadar%2Fus%2FGames%2FM%2FMega%2520Man%25209%2FEverything%2520Else%2FRaw%2FIMG_1657--article_image.jpg&hash=995469050962dfe8476db735fa925aec818e19b7)
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You do realize that 9's artwork is deliberately bad. I don't think it counts.
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None of the classic Mega Man cover art is bad.
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Dude, I want a Mega Man 9 NES cart.
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As do I, even though the one pictured is just an awesomely-designed CD case that's part of the press kit.
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(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgonintendo.com%2Fwp-content%2Fphotos%2Fthumb_080918_guitar_hero.jpg&hash=4890cb8b0e801c96621e362a52ebcb803986cac7)
?!??!
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You think that's bad; let me dig up one of those Action Replay cases sometime.
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I thought you were talking about real covers when you made this thread.
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I think the Donkey Kong one is actually pretty cool.
When I was young goosebumps used to really disturb me (The tv show anyway).
The megaman ones... some simply suck, others suck but are still cool.
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others suck but are still cool.
How is that possible?
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Haven't you ever heard the saying So bad it's good (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoBadItsGood)?
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I thought you were talking about real covers when you made this thread.
What? That Guitar Hero thing's real. It's some Chinese thing.
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Which explains the absence of any mention of iQue and Activision, and the DX watermarks all over the image?
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Maybe it's some Chinese bootleg thing.
With DX watermarks.
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And if that's the case the cover art is not real.
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Yeah. Someone made an ugly, fake Guitar Hero boxart just 'cause.
http://tinycartridge.com/post/50748593/fido-dido-has-fallen-on-hard-times