Totally '80s box art!

I laughed many times throughout. I grew up in the eighties, and used to think many of these cliched covers were awesome. It was extremely interesting to re-examine these images after all this time. I still have a taste for some of this surreal eighties flavor: the MagMax and Sabotuer II art is good enough for wall space.

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planet5421 - 6 months 23 days ago

Ninja+motorcycle+katana+panthers+explosion= pure PWNAGE

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mikeo1229 - 6 months 22 days ago

I agree Sabotuer's cover was awesome.

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JohnnyFirebird - 6 months 22 days ago

I notice that the woman behind the guy on the C64 Renegade cover is none other than Tina Turner!

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Styrophoamicus - 6 months 22 days ago

Thanks for including Skate or Die. That was, like, the most radical skateboard game EVAR (or at least for the NES).

Also, is it just me or is the girl on the box for Vice: Project Doom blind in one eye?

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hectorv1979 - 6 months 22 days ago

ahhh noooooooooo 80's flashback noooooooooooo

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StefanGrey - 6 months 21 days ago

Ninja Scooter - Good
Ninja on Motorcycle - Awesome
Ninja Golf - Automatic Win

Don't hate the Eighties, we all know the world peaked between 83 and 92 and it's all been downhill since.

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screwball08247 - 6 months 21 days ago

OH MAN, THIS 80'S SHIT JUST GOT REAL.

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vitoruss - 6 months 21 days ago

The best parts of the article were already brought up by other people-
RRAGGHHH THE ARTIST TOOK APACHE WAY TOO LITERALLY BLRARHHH

And yes, Mel Gibson, Arnold S. playing volleyball, and Steve Carell are all in this article.

Man I wish I was alive in the 80s...

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jm42445 - 6 months 21 days ago

I wanna punch the 80s in the face!!!!

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Dorgles - 6 months 21 days ago

"the ‘90s have come to represent a kind of golden age for videogames"

fixed

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dukethepcdr - 6 months 20 days ago

I was born in '73, so I remember the 80's quite well. These box art pics are great. Brings back a lot of memories. About the only 80's fads I ever got really into were the neon sunglasses and the digital watches with the neon wrist bands and rubber faceplate protectors. I also had a jean jacket, but never cut the sleeves off.

That MagMax box does look like some of the stuff I used to draw when I was a kid :) Robots with lightsabers and metal dragons---you betcha!

Sure, we laugh at the 80's fashions and fads now, but just think what our kids and grandkids will think of some of today's looks. I mean, having your pants pulled down until they are almost ready to fall off? Shoes with wheels in the heels? Ball caps with flat, wide bills and the logo repeated all over them? There's some pretty weird stuff that's popular these days too.

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dukethepcdr - 6 months 20 days ago

The guy in the Trantor box cover doesn't look anything like a Stormtrooper (neither Nazi nor Star Wars).

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