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Totally '80s box art!

Once-radical packaging from the era of day-glo everything

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US
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vasdrakken  - 6 months 21 days ago 
This was amusing but I get the feeling that the author did not live through the 80's. How could anyone forget twizzlers which is where all the floating big lips came from. One thing is kinda humorous is that Rock ā€˜n’ Ball (NES, 1990) I think is supposed to be a girl not a boy... lol.

T&C Surf was based on real surfing stuff from the time. The last thing is most of these covers are really faded the colors were worse when they were new, except for double dragon which was blue and red not pink...

One thing to think about in the 80's people had fun and did not take themselves so seriously something modern day could use a bit more of.
Major_Wuss  - 6 months 21 days ago 
This makes me wonder what people 20 years from now will think about our box art.
ProfessorBonk  - 6 months 21 days ago 
What, no mention of the Atari Pac-man box art? The one with a buck tooth fat headed yellow guy wearing jogging clothes and taking bites out of hockey pucks? Oh well.
nik41507  - 6 months 21 days ago 
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reCAPTCHA: Monday snaffles
nik41507  - 6 months 21 days ago 
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GamesRadarMikelReparaz  - 6 months 21 days ago 
@ TrIp13G: Aw, that's awfully nice of you to say. Thank you!

@raxafrax: I considered Klax, but for some reason decided it was a little more '90s than '80s... even though it actually came out in like '89. But oh well, there's always the possibility of a part 2...

@vasdrakken: I was born in '78, so yes, I lived through the '80s.

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pUFWumxo7Q
nik41507  - 6 months 21 days ago 
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nik41507  - 6 months 21 days ago 
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nik41507  - 6 months 21 days ago 
GamesRadarMikelReparaz, i forgive you for posting while i type. 5th time its happened. and, LONGEST POST EVER!!!!!!! woot
29TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Corsair89  - 6 months 21 days ago 
*gasp* Too... Much... Neon... *pass out*
Corsair89  - 6 months 21 days ago 
@nik41507: WTF?!?!?
Sylizar  - 6 months 21 days ago 
On Maniac Mansion, is that....WESKER!?
Armyofnone  - 6 months 21 days ago 
Damn, I sure dodged a bullet by being born in 1990.
dathing8  - 6 months 21 days ago 
I laughed so hard when I noticed a few things in the California Games box art...
BenitoMasterSystem  - 6 months 21 days ago 
man, i used to looooove Rock'n'Ball.... i've been trying to remember the name of that game for years now because i used to play it all the time. Thank you, Mr. Mikel Reparaz.
CH3BURASHKA  - 6 months 21 days ago 
Somehow I imagine that these still images were capable of giving people seizures.

reCaptcha: scowl jr
iKOemos  - 6 months 21 days ago 
Wow the 80's were so gay... all that pink... I'm so glad so glad I grew up in the 90's with denim and the playstation.
Flashkicker  - 6 months 21 days ago 
that campaign 84' game look mighty predictable. and boring.

I would kill for a poster of any of these games.
Rasy2kG  - 6 months 21 days ago 
LMAO @ the Rival Turf cover, I never realized how gay the cover was.
PinkLenny  - 6 months 21 days ago 
best website ever
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