Perhaps producing one of the most iconic box art layouts in Nintendo history, the NES Black Box titles have grown to become synonymous with at-home arcade gaming and all that is retro.

It’s in line with the “ black box ” style of all of Nintendo’s early first-party NES games, including the now-iconic cover art for the original Super Mario Bros. Somehow, the blocky ...

Eventually, Nintendo would embrace more unique cover designs, but they stuck with the standardized packaging from 1985 until mid-1987, releasing a total of 30 black box games. So, in honor of the ...

A flyer from an old CES (Consumer Electronics Show) trade show revealed that both The Legend of Zelda and Punch-Out!! for the NES had early versions of box art that resembled the black box designs ...

Below you'll find a gallery of over 677 English-language NES box art covers. It's all in there, from the most critically hailed platformers of that generation, to obscure beat 'em ups, and other ...

The "This will probably appeal to Americans" design. In the world of video game box art, marketing can be a very funny concept; it's a practice that will either make or break the games up for grabs.

This week, we're sticking with the NES with one of Nintendo's most important games of all time: Metroid.Yep, we've never looked at the original in Box Art Brawl before; we couldn't believe it either.

Mega Man 4's box art: It ain't no Appetite for Destruction, but at least we're getting somewhere. The state of video game cover art is much better now than it was 30, 20, or even ten years ago.

Soccer was one of the last NES black box games, shipped to retail in that distinctive dark packaging with the oversized pixel art. It was early 1987 when it made it to America, ...

Early 3DS adopters haven't gotten their full set of Ambassador titles on Nintendo 3DS yet. We've yet to see a Gameboy Advance title hit the service. For now, we have our full set of ten NES games ...