DIGITISER
  • MAIN PAGE
  • Features
  • Videos
  • Game Reviews
  • FAQ

BAD GAME COVERS JAMBOREE!

25/9/2019

7 Comments

 
Picture
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. 
YELLOW BRICK ROAD II
Picture
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. 
SPUD!
Picture
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.
ANNALS OF ROME
Picture
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
Picture
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
Picture
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
Picture
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
Picture
The sequel to The Lawnmower Man game, and they seem to have given up entirely. 
DUNKLE SCHATTEN 2: IM NETZWERK GEFANGEN
Picture
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
Picture
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
Picture
Moses not only has a giant, deformed/dislocated, left arm... but he seems to be trying to steal a couple of aqualungs.
SPELL CASTLE
Picture
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!!"
7 Comments
JTM
25/9/2019 12:15:33 pm

Regards Bundesliga Manager, I can't see the relevance of a flying car and a jet plane in a football stadium? I'd be running for the nearest badly drawn Gasthaus if I were them

Reply
Cramps
25/9/2019 12:51:47 pm

Old biffs, you should check out graphics card box art, some amazing artwork worthy of a fine article from yourself

Reply
Meatballs-me-branch-me-do
25/9/2019 12:59:00 pm

I remember the advert for Spud saying “warning: this game contains penguins”. The hilarity hijinx!

Faces was faeces. All the attempts to make a Tetris sequel up until that point failed miserably. You matched chin, mouth, nose, eyes and hair. More points if they all belonged to the same person.

Reply
Phil
25/9/2019 01:29:38 pm

The scarecrow looks like a Leigh Bowery creation.

Reply
Sedric-and-Charlie
25/9/2019 02:05:54 pm

Three Rivers Software's logo

MEANT TO BE: a fountain
IS: a fancy crystal dildo

Reply
@DancesWithYaks
25/9/2019 03:57:24 pm

I would have previously associated this level of cover shittiness with 8 bit releases. Astonishing that this carried on into the Amiga and PC era.

Reply
Cp
31/10/2019 04:01:58 pm

I do like a nice list of funny, Mr B. I know, I’m shallow.
As for Moses, let’s be honest about this, he’s got 2 giant grey testicles popping out his pants. And I’m not even religious.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    This section will not be visible in live published website. Below are your current settings:


    Current Number Of Columns are = 2

    Expand Posts Area =

    Gap/Space Between Posts = 12px

    Blog Post Style = card

    Use of custom card colors instead of default colors = 1

    Blog Post Card Background Color = current color

    Blog Post Card Shadow Color = current color

    Blog Post Card Border Color = current color

    Publish the website and visit your blog page to see the results

    Picture
    Support Me on Ko-fi
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    RSS Feed Widget
    Picture

    Picture
    Tweets by @mrbiffo
    Picture
    Follow us on The Facebook

    Picture

    Archives

    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014


    RSS Feed

Picture
This site Copyright Paul Rose 2016 - All images Copyright respective copyright holders
  • MAIN PAGE
  • Features
  • Videos
  • Game Reviews
  • FAQ