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[sixteen-bit]

Max's goofy-ass face on the SOR2 cover always distracted me from everything else.

I was unsure if that was supposed to be Max or Donovan. Why is he bald?

 

[Ixzion]

This is incredible! Thank you for making this thread!

 

[Windforce]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

What? WOW.

The woman perfoming a flying kick is the exact same position/stance as Blaze, but reverted.

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Sewer thing is up there with Mario bushes being clouds. Megaton.

 

[opticalmace]

Blaze's pose and the kneeling "oh god how did I get here" guy in the SOR1 art!

Such a great deal. Look at those games!


The man crouching holding his forehead and Etsuko Shinomi's character doing the jump kick.

Holy shitttttttt.

 

[Flintty]

The most bad-ass OH SHIT music in video gaming.

I'm hearing major early days The Prodigy in that!

Great thread OP. Mind blown.

 

[Fuu]

 

[Mr. Poolman]

My childhood can't handle this...

 

[Shredderi]

These findings are pretty amusing. SOR is the shit. I still play the fan remake from time to time with my friends.

 

[adelante]

As a fan of Predator 2, I approve of your comparison lol

 

[TheBowen]

Whoa, and some of the poses are copied from the Sister Street Fighter poster:

We have to go deeper

 

[lazygecko]

Tracing other popular art was pretty common in the old days of pre-Photoshop cover art. I remember seeing a blog or website that collected a bunch of these and compared them with the original art they were based on.

 

[Jimnymebob]

What was the Genesis SoR3 artwork like? The PAL Mega Drive one with Blaze and Dr. Zan was always my favourite out of SoR 2 and SoR 3's boxarts (I had SoR 1 in the 6-in-1 pack in cartridge).

I was never a fan of Max (or SoR 2 for that matter) but the boxart drawing of him justifies his appearance completely.

 

[Tain]

Great thread.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

omg...

 

[Shane]

Only noticed last week that he has Sega branded trainers on. Smooth.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Posting in a great thread.

Man, (video game) covers used to be awesome.

 

[lazygecko]

What was the Genesis SoR3 artwork like? The PAL Mega Drive one with Blaze and Dr. Zan was always my favourite out of SoR 2 and SoR 3's boxarts (I had SoR 1 in the 6-in-1 pack in cartridge).

The European SoR3 art was literally fan art made for a gaming magazine that Sega thought was so good they decided to use it officially.

 

[cilonen]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

Freddy Mercury kicking ass there.

 

[professor denim]

Streets of Madness

 

[Blue_Barry]

This thread is a great idea.

Can we change the name to something more generic, so that it covers all 'weird' video game cover art?

 

[Off-Kilter]

This should COVER it... Get it? Cover... Nevermind.

What the FUCK

edit:

What the actual FUCK

 

[Porcile]

This is what life is like on the streets. I know, because I walked down one once.

 

[Z3M0G]

My childhood has just been flipped upside down...

Well, he's on the JP cover at least

Wow, the quality of this image is amazing!!

 

[soopaeternal]

I'm in a daze.....this thread is great!

 

[BamfMeat]

This is hilarious.

Also, this thread number is 1122334. I call Halloween hijinx!

 

[Manu]

Well, he's on the JP cover at least

That's actually badass.

 

[JoseDFrog]

My childhood, it was all a lie.

 

[MrBadger]

well shit, it ain't called streets of casual conversation

 

[Morrigan Stark]

That's actually badass.

I know right. Really better cover than the US one (though to be fair it's not bad, just... weird for all these reasons xD and of course the characters not looking like they're supposed to).

 

[napalmjam]

Guru Larry covered this a while back https://youtu.be/mBWKQy2hrD0

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Don't forget the crying guy on his knees, that's in both too.

 

[BAW]

1) Someone should really catch that serial choker

2) The manhole is pretty good hiding place, can't blame the guy for using it when the heat is on.

 

[Garlador]

This is the final fight in the streets of rage!

Actually, that's not a bad idea for a crossover.

 

[MAtgS]

It really bugs me that Blaze looks nothing like she does in the game

She is a tad bit off model.

 

[waitwhat42]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

They even have a goddam moleman peeking out of the sewers!

I miss the blatant plagiarization of games back in the day. The plagiarizing is too subtle nowadays.

By the way, do you actually fight molemen in sewers in Streets of Rage? I don't remember any of that.

 

[RibMan]

Thread of the week. Thanks OP!

 

[seabass0]

This thread is incredible.

I hope we can find more examples of Moleman across video game boxart.

 

[Forkball]

The manhole is killing me. Why would someone be there?

 

[FrozenCell]

Awesome finds

 

[AdanVC]

Amazing details and amazing cover obviously!

Does someone know who drew the SoR covers?

 

[ShinMaruku]

The manhole is killing me. Why would someone be there?

The Mole men.

 

[Sakujou]

I just realized his shoe says Sega.

dude....

never realized this...

i love 80s/90s art just for that. its nuts how much shit the artist put onto the cover.

i love that. its sort of sad to see cover these days yet alone the instruction booklet. back then you had tons of secret information which wasnt included in the game put into an instruction booklet.

now we have nothing.

an instruction booklet is not just explaining the controls of the story. its about scribbled stuff from the devs too. things which have no space in the game itself.

maybe another way of looking at the game.

as a kid i was fascinated by f-zero. the cover showed the drivers. the booklet explained that there is backstory in that racing game.

the game itself never showed ANY of that stuff.
no announcer or drivers or anything story related. i was constantly thinking: what is going on, why is captain falcon on the cover looking like he gets chased by the other guy?

awesome. this depth isnt found anywhere these days...

 

[Dereck]

A little off topic, these japanese covers are fire.

 

[Grifter]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

 

[like.a.ser]

Also secretly on the same street as the Final Fight 2 cover (note manhole man and choked woman)

You know, Haggar, this really is our Final Fight, Too.

 

[Deepo]

Have you ever looked at the Streets of Rage cover... on weed?

 

[Metal-Geo]

This is hilarious.

Also, this thread number is 1122334. I call Halloween hijinx!

This thread is one for the history books....

What have you started OP...?

 

[Shredderi]

A little off topic, these japanese covers are fire.

Yes they are. So good.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

What in god's name is in the trash can? Is that a cat?

ayy lmao