Have you ever purchased a game, just because of the box art?

[sramirez2008]

I actually did it. I purchased this PAL game just because I really, really like the artwork. 

[Justin]

Especially with 2600 games sometimes owning a game for the box art alone is reason enough.

[RickR]

I've got three 2600 boxes with no games...Xenophobe, Moto Rodeo, and Radar Lock.  Great art work.  I hope to someday find loose carts to go inside (I realize they may be PAL). 

 

[TrekMD]

There is a game because of the artwork and because of the franchise.  It's MOTU for the PS2.  It's a PAL only game, so I cannot play it but I don't care. 

[RickR]

51 minutes ago, RickR said:

I've got three 2600 boxes with no games...Xenophobe, Moto Rodeo, and Radar Lock.  Great art work.  I hope to someday find loose carts to go inside (I realize they may be PAL). 

 

 

[TrekMD]

I have all those games (with boxes) as NTSC, so you should be able to find them.  🙂

[sramirez2008]

38 minutes ago, TrekMD said:

There is a game because of the artwork and because of the franchise.  It's MOTU for the PS2.  It's a PAL only game, so I cannot play it but I don't care. 

That artwork is pretty cool.

[sramirez2008]

33 minutes ago, RickR said:

 

Xenophobe is one of my favorites for artwork and Radar Lock is pretty nice as well. 

[Jinroh]

It's hard for me to get my copy off the high shelf now, so these are not mine. 😛 I technically did not buy them just for the boxes, but had to keep them, and put them on display in my home. 😄

[Smell Dawg]

Heh heh heh... the first one that comes to mind, for whatever reason, is Circus Maximus for Xbox.  It certainly was neither the first nor the last time where a purchase was driven by the box art, but it stands out in my memory!
 
 

Edited September 26, 2023 by Smell Dawg

[sramirez2008]

9 hours ago, Jinroh said:

It's hard for me to get my copy off the high shelf now, so these are not mine. 😛 I technically did not buy them just for the boxes, but had to keep them, and put them on display in my home. 😄

That Duke Nukem art is great.

[sramirez2008]

17 minutes ago, Smell Dawg said:

Heh heh heh... the first one that comes to mind, for whatever reason, is Circus Maximus for Xbox.  It certainly was neither the first nor the last time where a purchase was driven by the box art, but it stands out in my memory!
 
 

This is pretty cool too. 

[GRay Defender]

 

It's in rough shape but in the spirit of this thread... 🙂

[sramirez2008]

Loving it! This so screams '80s to me. I remember going to a local cinema to see Conan the Barbarian with my friends. We couldn't wait to see Arnold in this role. 

[CrossBow]

Most of my games that I either bought from many weeks of allowance collecting or on Birthdays/Holidays was because of the box-art and back of the box screen shots. And it was also the folly of some of the choices I made. My mother to this day will not leave me alone about my buying Sneak n Peek back in the day because I thought the graphics on the box looked so cool and fun!. And then we find out to actually play the game the 2nd player has to turn around and not look at where the first player ends up hiding..etc.

Such a crap game but I still state it had decent graphics for the time on the 2600 LOL!

But yeah...most of the games I bought back then were usually because I was familiar with the arcade game or because the artwork and screenshots looked awesome to me.

 

[Jinroh]

On 9/26/2023 at 11:09 AM, sramirez2008 said:

Loving it! This so screams '80s to me. I remember going to a local cinema to see Conan the Barbarian with my friends. We couldn't wait to see Arnold in this role. 

Agreed, that is some killer box art for Conan. 😄 A certified classic, though I never played this version. 😛

[Atari 5200 Guy]

Boxart is EVERYTHING!  Why else do you see a game, go, 'WOW!", and bring it home?  The boxart sells the game.  Or at least it use to before games got so high tech.

Favorites?  Here's one of my favorites just for the boxart:

I just wish Atari, Corp would have colored the cart labels as well.  I know why they didn't but still...

[TrekMD]

Is everyone aware of this book?  The Art of the Box

[sramirez2008]

20 minutes ago, TrekMD said:

Is everyone aware of this book?  The Art of the Box

I have several of their (Bitmap Books) books, but I haven't purchased this one. Been thinking about it.

[socrates63]

I've purchased many games solely based on the box art. For the 2600, games released by 20th Century Fox comes to mind--Mega Force, SpaceMaster X-7.

The PS2 is another system where I've bought games solely based on the box art. The PS2 is blessed with many examples of outstanding box art especially the Japanese and European releases. The one that immediately jumps to mind is Demolition Girl. Being a Seattle-ite, I had to have this game when I saw the cover showing the Space Needle and downtown Seattle in the seeming context of a sci-fi B movie. I believe the game isn't good but no matter.

Edited November 5, 2023 by socrates63

[Atari 5200 Guy]

On 11/4/2023 at 10:32 PM, socrates63 said:

I've purchased many games solely based on the box art. For the 2600, games released by 20th Century Fox comes to mind--Mega Force, SpaceMaster X-7.

The PS2 is another system where I've bought games solely based on the box art. The PS2 is blessed with many examples of outstanding box art especially the Japanese and European releases. The one that immediately jumps to mind is Demolition Girl. Being a Seattle-ite, I had to have this game when I saw the cover showing the Space Needle and downtown Seattle in the seeming context of a sci-fi B movie. I believe the game isn't good but no matter.

There goes the neighborhood