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 Post subject: The Most Confusing and Ugly Box-Art
PostPosted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:46 pm 
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Actually, I owned this when I still had an Atari 7800.... awesome. Saw it on unitedstatesofawesome.com a few days ago, and it inspired me to make this thread. Here's a few more:

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Post some other box art you think is ugly or just plain confusing

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CRX did a nice video on this topic. I don't have it handy so hopefully he'll drop in with it.

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CRX did a nice video on this topic. I don't have it handy so hopefully he'll drop in with it.


Ooooo, that should be awesome!

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This game is right up my alley

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I don't know how else you can interpret this picture, other than that this is Uncle Fester's "O-face."

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 Post subject: Re: The Most Confusing and Ugly Box-Art
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They are, of course, Gunbird and Castle Shikigami respectively. What'd you think they were? Games about some chicks with guns? Well, you were wrong, sir.

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meister wrote:
CRX did a nice video on this topic. I don't have it handy so hopefully he'll drop in with it.


Ooooo, that should be awesome!


I was sick with a cold, bored and had a whole weekend to learn how to use Adobe Premier. Its a shitty video, but for some reason over 1/4 million views on YT and 90% of the comments are that I suck, Im Canadian, and "OMG 8 BIT DAFT PUNK!?!?! AWESOME!"

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Broken Tongue Talker wrote:
meister wrote:
CRX did a nice video on this topic. I don't have it handy so hopefully he'll drop in with it.


Ooooo, that should be awesome!


I was sick with a cold, bored and had a whole weekend to learn how to use Adobe Premier. Its a shitty video, but for some reason over 1/4 million views on YT and 90% of the comments are that I suck, Im Canadian, and "OMG 8 BIT DAFT PUNK!?!?! AWESOME!"

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just watched it... I liked it, especially the stuff about Elway..... and, zomg waz dat 8-bit Daft Punk?/?? Koolz!!!!1!!

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What'd you think they were? Games about some chicks with guns? Well, you were wrong, sir.

*sigh* can't anything ever be what it seems to be?

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They are, of course, Gunbird and Castle Shikigami respectively. What'd you think they were? Games about some chicks with guns? Well, you were wrong, sir.

Man...they didn't even change a thing for the "sequel"...damn thats lazy...

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