Impie Posted March 4, 2016 I thought you game designers might want to know that I started a game jam over at Gamejolt: The Bad Boxart Challenge. It's a 48-hour jam that begins on March 25th. The goal is to base an original game on terrible game box art, producing a game that actually resembles the box art. You can brainstorm and form teams throughout March, but save your development for the jam itself. 0 Share this post Link to post
Azuruish Posted March 4, 2016 Thanks 'Impie', You just reminded me some of awful games which I've played and forgot. Anyway there are some terrific covers which are good for trip inspiration. 0 Share this post Link to post
Clonehunter Posted March 4, 2016 https://deadendsolutions.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/blood-and-guts.jpg?w=370&h=&crop=1 Looks like some High School kid's lunch break sketch that was abducted by his dad when he needed art for the new game. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doominator2 Posted March 4, 2016 This will always be the best no matter what 0 Share this post Link to post
BaronOfStuff Posted March 4, 2016 All of a sudden the North American boxart for Mega Man looks competent and accurate. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted March 5, 2016 Well There's lots of inspiration to be found in the bootlegs! This ugly nazi-Mario fuck has a whole series apparently: Edit: Someone made some fantastic fan art of this abomination 0 Share this post Link to post
Jaxxoon R Posted March 5, 2016 He did leave out the creepy baleen whale teeth though, that was the best part of the original. 0 Share this post Link to post
Impie Posted March 5, 2016 lol I never saw that Portuguese Mario 3 before. That was worth a good laugh. 0 Share this post Link to post
Inkie Posted March 5, 2016 I guess I'll just link this relevant thread from another board http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=148551.msg6039448#msg6039448 0 Share this post Link to post
Reisal Posted March 5, 2016 I forgot how awful Mega Man 2's box art was.. 0 Share this post Link to post
Joshua Schäferhund Posted March 5, 2016 Doomkid's last four images Waluigi before Waluigi existed? 0 Share this post Link to post
Job Posted March 5, 2016 I am, no lie, literally LOLing to the point of tears while reading this thread. Sharing this with the wife, who's also getting a kick out of it. Keep it up. 0 Share this post Link to post
Potatoguy Posted March 5, 2016 Look no futher than the genuine article of old games critique, the Angry Video Game Nerd himself! http://cinemassacre.com/category/avgn/avgn-related/ Also got one myself thanks to him. Remember this shit? 0 Share this post Link to post
Yuki Senmatsu Posted March 5, 2016 Oh gods! I didn't play this since I was a toddler back then, but I did see the review of this by AVGN. Damn...! 0 Share this post Link to post
Azuruish Posted March 5, 2016 Doomkid's images OMFG... These chinese stuff with trippy covers for Dandy are the most hilarious. The most famous cover from these guys is cover on... Duck Tales 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted March 5, 2016 I remember a thread like this from a very long time ago. Here's a couple from there... 0 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted March 5, 2016 I'm sure I can find some more hideously golden bootleg art.. I know for sure there's a terrifying Tiny Toons one where all their fingers look broken and their eyes are just.. Creepy. Gonna go on a little hunt for the best ones. 0 Share this post Link to post
Da Werecat Posted March 5, 2016 Why is this one bad though? Seems fitting. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tosi Posted March 6, 2016 The entire Chou Aniki series counts. First we have "Legend of the Holy Protein:" http://imgur.com/U3tcZlb Here is "Token of a Man's Soul:" http://imgur.com/iWgrCDi That's enough homoeroticism for this thread. Now on to "The Girl from Gunma Prefecture," which I just found through Google: http://imgur.com/yM5GtoN Here is some weird GTA bootleg with Arabic (or maybe Persian) on the cover. This might be a photoshop though: http://imgur.com/138b52a 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted March 6, 2016 Clonehunter said:Those two look fake, though. That's because they are. It was done for fun a long time ago. 0 Share this post Link to post
Impie Posted March 6, 2016 I appreciate that Nazi Bathroom was classy enough to go with a General Audience rating. Da Werecat said:Why is this one bad though? Seems fitting. The box art we've chosen is either totally misrepresentative of the game, or completely outlandish in general. I agree that one is kinda cool, though it sorta makes you wish it was a hardcore Pacman of some kind instead of yet another basketball video game. And I'm really hoping somebody makes that. 0 Share this post Link to post
Impie Posted March 18, 2016 "This game is from Japan, right? I'm just gonna assume it's about jelly cocks." 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted March 18, 2016 Impie said:https://deadendsolutions.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/jellyboy.jpg "This game is from Japan, right? I'm just gonna assume it's about jelly cocks." Ocean was a British developer. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxGangrel Posted March 18, 2016 I'd like to bring up this piece of shit. http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/crappy-games/images/c/c4/Fatman.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150810145552 0 Share this post Link to post
Kirby Posted March 18, 2016 You know I found out several years ago that Jill of the Jungle by Epic Megagames actually used to have box art Not sure I would've been as enamored of it as a kid had I seen this. Thank fuck we only got just the disks and learned to jump right in. EDIT: Sadly I think they made one for each episode of the game 0 Share this post Link to post
Du Mhan Yhu Posted March 18, 2016 Glaice said:That frog looks like he took a few hits. Forget the frog, check out her rack! 0 Share this post Link to post