So in honor of many spectacular, mediocre, and just plain weird pieces of cover art, let's take a look back at some of the most common styles and themes seen on NES games. The "Here's what you get ...

But bad album covers are much rarer than bad video game box art. Even in the '80s and early '90s, the music industry had millions of dollars to spend on commissioning eye-catching album artwork.

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 ...

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 ...

4; silverdamascus; Mon 10th Oct 2022; I never confirmed this story, but I heard that these "Black Box" NES covers existed because back in the days, games for consoles like Atari had those ...

There’s a lot you can say in regards to the mess that was the original Mega Man box art. Let’s be honest — in the days of the NES and the subsequent Genesis and SNES systems, box art was ...

25; DrDaisy; Sun 23rd Feb 2020; It's hard to pick. The North American box art has that cool 1980s grid in the background and the colors look a little less washed out then the European art, but the ...

No, that honor goes to the character on the cover of the first Mega Man game. Oh, no, no, no. ... We’re talking about this North American box art for the NES version of Mega Man: ...

We just don’t get work like this on cover art anymore. ... Graphics and technology were pretty limited in the NES era, so the box art really had to tell a lot of the story.

Growing up with NES games, I saw many great box covers. I also saw terrible art that hid some real gems behind an uninviting face. (I'm looking at you, Mega Man.) ...

Konami's silver-bordered box art continues with the NES sequel, but not even visual branding can rein in the fury of Simon's whip. ... Had they kept the cover art as-is, ...

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 ...