Worst Video Game Cover Art

[Strider Turbulence]

Here is the correct link

http://simplynes.emucamp.com/cartscans/megaman2pal.jpg

[EggViper]

i cant c ur pic, the links broken...

[LV-426RS]

http://simplynes.emucamp.com/cartscans/megaman2pal.jpg

if you can't see his pic click that link, it should show it.

[WildWop]

Frankly, all MM2 cover art was assy at best. The PAL version, however, is obviously far worse. I'm not down with the painted dude in a blue (or silver as this one is) suit. Cheesy.

Also, if you cant see the link, right click the link and drag it to your address bar. It will pop up fine then, but you'll wish you'd never seen a MegaMan cover so awful. It may make you claw your eyes out. Be carful.

[terribledeli]

I vote for Dynamite Duke on Genesis or Strider on Genesis.

How Sega could allow a cool character like Strider be portrayed by a man in purple tights is beyond me.

[SolinariDotCom]

Uh. The original MegaMan box art is far worse than MegaMan 2 PAL..

[grayghost81]

Uh. The original MegaMan box art is far worse than MegaMan 2 PAL..

Agreed. I mean it shows the guy with a pistol in his hand for christs sake.

[SolinariDotCom]

I guess it's time to whip it out.

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-67337/megaman/box1us.jpg

Seriously. What's wrong with the guy on the cover?

[jmcc]

Uh. The original MegaMan box art is far worse than MegaMan 2 PAL..

And Black Belt for the Master System is worse than both.

edit: I rest my case (http://www.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/top10/january03/covers/4.jpg).

[magilacudy]

The Gunstar Heroes boxart for Genesis was pretty bad compared to its MD counterpart.

[XboxMaster]

I remember looking through a box of old games and seeing the Megaman catridge, I laughed my ass of at how stupid it looked.

[evilmax17]

Here you go:

http://www.ganheden.com/spel/nintendo_es_megaman2_pal.jpg

[eldad9]

Gamespy's top 10:
http://www.gamespy.com/top10/january03/covers/index.shtml

[MauMauProductions]

Where the hell is Phantasy Star II and IV?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? THEY WERE HORRRIIDD!!! AH!

[SolinariDotCom]

The title screen for PSII should have been the box art - that would have been cool.

[magilacudy]

Here you go:

http://www.ganheden.com/spel/nintendo_es_megaman2_pal.jpg

State of the artt, high resolution graphics. :D

I find that hilarious, but maybe thats cuz I'm a technojunkie dork

[PsyClerk]

It may not be the worst, but I very nearly never played The Guardian Legend due to it's box art. I would always overlook it when it was time to buy or rent games. It has a horrid yellow cover, and the eyes of a giant demon thing looking out of the top of the cover.

It ended up being a great game that I nearly missed. Look it up on eBay and see for yourself.

[CaseyRyback]

it even has the original nintendo seal of quality

[st0neface]

I still thiink the first megaman is worse, but his arm cannon on the second looks just like a bowling pin.

[eldad9]

It may not be the worst, but I very nearly never played The Guardian Legend due to it's box art.

Watchatalkingabout? I like that cover.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/ktalo/kapseli/pelit/2003--2/guardian_legend/guardian_legend_boksi.jpg
I know, I know, you mean the US cover
http://www.tomheroes.com/images/nesguardian%20legend.jpg

[godhatesjustyou]

any of you guys ever played/seen this game called "mobile light force 2"? the cover art had NOTHING to do with the game itself.
http://bestcovers.tgnetwk.com/images/mobile_light_force_2.jpg
as you can see, you have 3 women in tights firing their guns in any directions in front of them. when the game is about these japanese characters flying around shoooting people, much like one of those games where you fly around shooting things (the genre just escapes me..), much like gradius and raiden. well yeah, the cover art is one of the worst i've seen.
i have that game too, i believe it was 10 dollars at best buys one time, pretty decent for such a hard game.

[Strider Turbulence]

any of you guys ever played/seen this game called "mobile light force 2"? the cover art had NOTHING to do with the game itself.
http://bestcovers.tgnetwk.com/images/mobile_light_force_2.jpg
as you can see, you have 3 women in tights firing their guns in any directions in front of them. when the game is about these japanese characters flying around shoooting people, much like one of those games where you fly around shooting things (the genre just escapes me..), much like gradius and raiden. well yeah, the cover art is one of the worst i've seen.
i have that game too, i believe it was 10 dollars at best buys one time, pretty decent for such a hard game.

The best part is that the same cover was on the first Mobile Light Force!

And Dragon Power's box art is pretty bad. I mean they got some guy who looks like he could pass for Chuck Norris as kid Goku.

[eldad9]

You've been had. There's really no "mobile light force" as such. MLF1 is the U.S. name of the PS1 port of Gunbird, while MLF2 is the U.S. name of a completely unrelated game - the PS2 port of Shikigami no Shiro.

See http://www.kidfenris.com/mlf1.html and http://www.kidfenris.com/mlf2.html for more information, including the original covert art.

[godhatesjustyou]

oh man, the original cover art was so much better for mobile light force....