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sherkahn (sherkahn) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-25 08:05:00

Current mood:	Still laughing on the floor
Entry tags:	char: superman/clark kent

The art of video game covers
Kids, back when we old timers were your age and Pacman was all we could think about, there were great up video game covers created by talented artists. MightyGodViking has reached back, taken that great art, and done his own thing. I honestly was going to ramble on, but I have no words to describe how awesome this stuff is. The language fail! 's me.

Now while I LOVE BlackCat with all my heart, MightyGodViking's work with Photoshop makes me cry and ROTLF.
I found these at Mighty God Viking's blog.

There are some GEMS in here SO WORTHY of being part of scans_daily, even though they are not comic book related.
Follow the link above and bring extra underwear. You will p@@ your pants laughing.

For legality, the actual Superman video game cover from the games mentioned. Before MightyGodViking got his hands on it.

p.s.
I am still crying from laughter.
p.p.s.
Big pics, not kind for modem users.

Just focusing on that crotch shot, huh?

This is an example of Words fail! me.

I know every single scans_daily member is into pixel bondage.

Best. Game. Ever.

and the piece de resistance...

*edit* So I am not hearing the chuckles. Read the modified wording to get the joke.
(Mr. J was right).

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	tacobob 2009-04-25 11:20 am UTC (link)
	This site lets you make your own Atari Cartridges: http://www.labelmaker2600.com/ Fun! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pyynk 2009-04-25 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	Man, I wish I'd known about that before I made this for my Rock Band band! Still, this cuts the time for any follow ups considerably! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-04-25 11:40 am UTC (link)
	And yet some people think games were good before the SNES. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lbd_nytetrayn 2009-04-25 12:06 pm UTC (link)
	...you mean NES, right? And home games, right? --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mullon 2009-04-25 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	You seem to be confusing "good" with "frustratingly hard in a cheap way". (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lbd_nytetrayn 2009-04-25 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Never knew Super Mario Bros. or its sequels to be "frustratingly hard in a cheap way." Of course, practice helps in a lot of games. If I had to guess from the avatar, perhaps games in which you can restart every time you make a mistake are more your preference? --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mullon 2009-04-25 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	Super Mario Bros. was the exception, not the rule. Now, let's talk about Battletoads, and Megaman, and Ghouls & Ghosts, and Contra, and Ninja Gaiden. Of course, they could only do so much with technology they had. But it's those limitations, I believe, that make NES games inferior to SNES in terms of gameplay, being more infuriating than enjoyable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lbd_nytetrayn 2009-04-26 01:00 am UTC (link)
	I don't know, I had a lot of fun with Mega Man and Contra, at least. Ninja Gaiden and especially Battletoads, I'll concede, though. It was more a mix, but really, games back then weren't about reaching the end so much as being the best. I still like games where the goal is simply to do your best, then do even better the next time. --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	zegim 2009-04-25 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	If you think Pac Man was bad, I'm afraid to inform you that you don't have a soul. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-04-25 11:40 am UTC (link)
	see, you said " video game covers " and "piss your pants laughing", and I was expecting to see shit like the Mega Man cover. you know, the one with the crouching and the handgun. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-04-25 11:54 am UTC (link)
	Link/scan, please? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lbd_nytetrayn 2009-04-25 12:06 pm UTC (link)
	Available on every video game website or magazine to ever do a "worst box art" story, ever ever. Usually as #1. --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-04-25 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/mega-man-/cover-art/gameCoverId,39984/ http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/mega-man-/cover-art/gameCoverId,67365/ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-04-25 12:04 pm UTC (link)
	I remember that one from a contest some gaming website had to write amusingly scathing reviews of video game covers. The cover alone was kind of mildly amusing, I guess, but what I found REALLY funny was the winning entrant's description of the thing. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thokstar.livejournal.com 2009-04-25 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	Of course, there's the fake Megaman 9 cover that Capcom made in a homage to the notoriously bad Megaman 1/2 box cover art. Which is one of the reasons why Megaman 9 is one of the best Megaman games ever (well, and the gameplay, and the music, and weapons that are actually reasonable balanced and useful.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-04-25 12:08 pm UTC (link)
	Ha. My brother had the 2600 . They alwasy said the art on the package had to be good cause the actual game sucked so bad. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-04-25 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	Kind of like DVD covers that promise all sorts of excitement and drama not found in the movie itself? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-25 12:27 pm UTC (link)
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	sherkahn 2009-04-25 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	Ok, I have to ask... no one finds the actual modified wording to the cover art for the games funny? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nagaoka 2009-04-25 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	Took me a while to notice the text was modified actually. I liked Rainbow Tennis and Buzz Aldrin's Space Rainbow Tennis the most, I think. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-04-25 01:32 pm UTC (link)
	I like the Gay French Mario Bros., but frankly I found most of these rather... meh. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-04-25 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	How could anyone NOT like "19 Games - And they're all fucking checkers" :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	filbypott 2009-04-25 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ozlelila 2009-04-25 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	So...how does one play "My hands feel like Twizzlers?" /Snark (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sherkahn 2009-04-25 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	1. Insert cartridge 2. Turn on game & TV 3. Drop acid 4. Stare at the screen while the game starts up and focus on the colors. Feel the acid "drop" in your brain 5. As soon as the music starts, let your mind escape the confines of your brain 6. You win when you can come back down.... IF you come down (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashtoreth 2009-04-25 02:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Dude-We Shouldn't Have Done That Acid" actually contains an early teamup between Batman and Spiderman! (Reply to this)

	aegof.livejournal.com 2009-04-25 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	...Viking? Y' got an extra "vi" there. (Reply to this)

	foxhack 2009-04-25 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	I made a few of these at another forum. Here's the serious ones: And here's the not-so-serious ones: And I'm going to hell for this one: I hate not being able to edit my comments. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tanetris 2009-04-26 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	Well-placed Atari symbol on FBI Agent. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ashez2ashes 2009-04-25 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	What TOTALLY AWESOME kid dressed up like a suicide terrorist? I hope that he grows up to be our future overlord. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	foxhack 2009-04-25 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Um, was that meant to be a reply to me? :p I've got no idea where I got that picture. (Reply to this) (Parent)

psychop_rex
2009-04-26 02:45 am UTC (link)

I found these fairly funny - I got some chuckles out of them - but it was far from a 'crying with laughter' experience. I sympathize, though - the same sort of thing tends to happen to me when I tell people to check out sites I find hilarious. I did like 'Oh! I Say' and 'Gay French Mario Brothers'. (Also, I have an issue with the 'I am a Vegas Showgirl' one - that's funny and all, but isn't it pretty obvious that the view makes it somewhere in Europe - Monte Carlo, probably? I would have made it 'I Have a Gambling Problem' or 'I Am About To Get Fleeced'.)
Oh, and - I'm fairly certain you didn't mean to do this, but you realize that you've just said you were 'rolling on the laughing floor'? That's an interesting mental image - were you tickling it?

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	proteus_lives 2009-04-26 02:53 am UTC (link)
	Ok. Those gave me the giggles! (Reply to this)

	superfan1 2009-04-28 01:32 am UTC (link)
	Those are so hilarious. (Reply to this)