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There can’t be categories for everything in this world, sadly. And it’d be a damn shame to waste these wonderfully bizarre covers from yesteryear… so we’ll send you out with some of our favorite mag covers that practically defy description.
Above: Here we see a crossover cover depicting an argument that never took place
Above: Does anybody under 18 recognize these would-be PlayStation mascots?
Abover: No, no. Go ahead and play down your first look at Street Fighter for crap starring a soda pitchman
Above: The original 3G: Grass, games, and Gear
Above: C’mon, is this even a game?
Above: Again with the Dinos? Apparently, Sega’s “next big thing” was time travel
Above: In all fairness, this was somehow the official box art for Zombies Ate My Neighbors stateside
Above: The new face of graphic adventures is a Tomb Raider key?
Above: It’s almost unfair to purport such awesomeness in an Atari magazine!
Above: Okay, this is probably just illegal
Thanks to Rey at VGMuseum, the Game Informer cover archive, Magweasel, the archivists at Retromags.netand anyone else I may’ve stolen images from.
Jun 29, 2010
60 bits of olde tyme game propaganda we dug out of our closets
25 of the year's ugliest attempts at game packaging
Ever wish you could take back something you said? Imagine it printed on millions of game boxes
