There seems to be an endless supply of terrible video game cover art. Sometimes it's not the art itself which is the issue, but the logos, or some of the choices made in the layout.
Here, displaying the full spectrum of awfulness, are another ten of the worst, most questionable, game covers of yore.
Here, displaying the full spectrum of awfulness, are another ten of the worst, most questionable, game covers of yore.
YELLOW BRICK ROAD II
This really has it all going on; the weird squatting pose that the Tin Man is doing, the terrifying Scarecrow, the puffy-eyed Cowardly Lion. It doesn't even have a Yellow Brick Road on there. Just a miniature-gauge railway.
And to think... they must've been so proud that they used CGI.
And to think... they must've been so proud that they used CGI.
SPUD!
This is a pretty bad cover - look at the boy's proportions - but what really makes it is the plaintive epithet: "Only Looks Like A Kids' Game"...
I mean, change the cover if that's what you're worried about.
I mean, change the cover if that's what you're worried about.
ANNALS OF ROME
A kind of good cover, but you're taking a risk if you're putting the word "Annals" on there. Let's face it, here's not a single person who looks at this who isn't thinking it...
FACES... TRISS III
Well done on using the hammer and sickle in your logo. Although, not so well done, because it now looks like your game is called "Faeces".
BUNDESLIGA MANAGER PROFESSIONAL
The eyes are drawn here to the two men in the foreground who seem to be pretending to fellate the smirking fellow in the trench coat.
CYBERGENIC RANGER
I nearly didn't put this in the list. I mean, it's not that bad per se, just a bit boring. Then I started to think about the space feller's pose. Why don't you stand up now and attempt to emulate it? Nobody stands like that, at least not without giving themselves long-term joint issues.
CYBERWAR
The sequel to The Lawnmower Man game, and they seem to have given up entirely.
DUNKLE SCHATTEN 2: IM NETZWERK GEFANGEN
Dunkle Schatten 2 was part of a series of games released by the German government to combat racism and right-wing extremism. Which is a bit of a shame given that my immediate response to the cover was to question whether there was some dubious racial caricaturing going on.
LOWBLOW
Yes: Electronic Arts once released a game which depicted a gentleman being punched in the genitals. That's what we all look for in a game, yes?
MOSES: OLD TESTAMENT ADVENTURE #1
Moses not only has a giant, deformed/dislocated, left arm... but he seems to be trying to steal a couple of aqualungs.
SPELL CASTLE
Again, not a terrible image, but rather than evoke a game in which the aim is to teach children to spell, it seems to show a shouting lunatic trapped inside a tower.
"Run! Cat! Fun! Sun! HAT!!"
"Run! Cat! Fun! Sun! HAT!!"
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