Speaking of Ultima...

Even if I wasn't an Ultima fan, I don't think I could have resisted picking this box up from the shelf at the software store!

Hezus wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:20:

This has to be one of my favourites: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/images/a/aa/Uw2box.jpg […]
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This has to be one of my favourites:

That's a fantastic one!
I need more Flightsim and RPG boxed games in my life 🤣

I'll just leave another one of my favourites here. 😀 really love this shot and angle. If you take a good look you'll see some new detail every time.

Hezus wrote on 2020-10-28, 08:17:

I'll just leave another one of my favourites here. :) really love this shot and angle. If you take a good look you'll see some n […]
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I'll just leave another one of my favourites here. 😀 really love this shot and angle. If you take a good look you'll see some new detail every time.

Indeed, the cover is subtle but detailed, like Navy Strike cover posted earlier on this thread.

Anyway, how about posting your least favorite cover design for a change?

Perhaps the most uninteresting video game cover art I've ever seen.

Above is my least-liked video game cover art: the box is dominated by drab, boring, washed-out cyan, without any interesting object whatsoever; the game title is hard to read and hard to discern from the background; and the box totally fails to show the audience what the game is all about.

In fact, the only interesting object on the box cover is the Bullfrog logo.

Wow. I don't know anything about that game, but that box does nothing to make me care.
In fact I had to stare at it for a bit to even figure out what game it was. Hard to read, indeed.

shamino wrote on 2020-12-10, 02:26:

Wow. I don't know anything about that game, but that box does nothing to make me care.
In fact I had to stare at it for a bit to even figure out what game it was. Hard to read, indeed.

It's also interesting to note that Zone Raiders has more interesting, more gameplay-relevant cover art, despite the game's allegedly worse gameplay.

I don't have the game, the cover is not mine.

Some very cool covers in this topic!
Here's the one I like

Perfect.

appiah4 wrote on 2020-12-10, 11:03:

https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/63595-x-com-ufo-defense-dos-front-cover.jpg […]
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Perfect.

I actually prefer the American version, although it is less descriptive about the gameplay.

I always liked the Everquest box art:

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EDIT: Sorry I forgot the topic was early DOS/Windows, this really doesn't qualify.

Shagittarius wrote on 2020-12-12, 06:08:

I always liked the Everquest box art:

Boy, I sure remember the days where "3D Accelerator Required" or the old 3dfx Glide logo was featured on a big box game.

System Shock

blurks wrote on 2020-12-12, 21:00:

System Shock […]
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System Shock

All this time I wonder who is pictured on System Shock's cover; is he the hacker? Or is he actually Edward Diego?

There's something about the Elvira cover that speaks to me...

These came to mind as soon as I saw the thread, probably forgetting a ton of others.

Garrett W wrote on 2020-12-22, 15:00:

ICO

Cheating a bit here with an early PS2 title, but I couldn't help but include this work of art.

Both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are as close to art as it gets in video games (for me at least). To bad these games were not released for DOS/Windows. 😀

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote on 2020-12-09, 23:39:

Anyway, how about posting your least favorite cover design for a change? […]
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Anyway, how about posting your least favorite cover design for a change?

Perhaps the most uninteresting video game cover art I've ever seen.

Above is my least-liked video game cover art: the box is dominated by drab, boring, washed-out cyan, without any interesting object whatsoever; the game title is hard to read and hard to discern from the background; and the box totally fails to show the audience what the game is all about.

In fact, the only interesting object on the box cover is the Bullfrog logo.

Remember when I told you Hi-Octave's cover is my least favorite video game cover design?

Well, its back cover actually looks pretty good.

Hezus wrote on 2020-10-20, 11:20:

This has to be one of my favourites: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/images/a/aa/Uw2box.jpg […]
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This has to be one of my favourites:

I was thinking about Ultima Underworld II when I saw the topictitle. Good choice bro ( 😜 ) !

Others already mentioned Ultima boxes: Ultima 5 and Ultima 8 are very nice, too.

One that I like much is the Star Goose box. The box of Settlers II is high on my list as well but I'm probably biased because I like that game a lot.
I think that the image is a magazine scan but the artwork is identical to the boxed version.

Indy really gives that movie vibe.