[General Discussion] Game cover/packaging/artwork thread

Classics.

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Here's a cleaner one:



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Old school. I remember playing Duck Hunt at a friend's house.







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Tekken's art direction has grown increasingly more stylish as the series progressed.

Good ol' Tekken 2 and 3:





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Sorry about the size, but it's just too cool.



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One more classic Street Fighter boxart: SF2 Special Champion Edition for Genesis.

I like how M. Bison Scissor Kicks Guile just as the Sonic Boom is about to come out.



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Originally Posted by Qwarky

The old covers held that certain graceful majesty to them, much like the PAL Final Fantasy covers with only the original logo (though many non-Europeans seem to prefer the character-filled US covers instead)

I like how you used the word "majestic" to describe these PAL Final Fantasy covers. That's what comes to mind when I look at them. But I myself don't really mind the North American versions, which are much more graphic heavy, with an emphasis on characters.

Here's Silent Hill 2, a game I really love:



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aesop, it seems that the site you got the Wipeout image doesn't allow direct linking.

I've never seen the PAL version of Silent Hill 2. It's cool.

Here's the Japanese one:



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Originally Posted by Qwarky

I really like the PAL SH2. Not just the cover, but the packaging too. It was one of the first "fancy" game packagings I can remember (at least since the SNES days of cloth maps and posters).

The thick cardboard slipcase held another case inside which opened up, like a fancy "collector's edition" DVD case. The bonus DVD with documentaries was nice too, though it was removed from the Platinum release.

That's some nice stuff. A lot better than the old North American SH2 I got when it first came out in October 2001. It would've been nice to get my hands on all the collector's goodies.

On the topic of Silent Hill, here is the Japanese cover of the original Silent Hill, which is much more subtle and abstract than the US version.



Here's the US version:



And the PAL version:



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PAL's Silent Hill 3 cover is the best out of the three.

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Some more SNES covers:



I have that X-Men game. I can scan the cover in hi-res if anyone wants a better look at the artwork.



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