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Colourful and full of fun, this cover for a relatively obscure Konami release (it only came out in Japan, though a Game Boy version did appear in 1993) sneaked onto the list thanks to its clean, simple style and playful typography.

Just as ParodiusВ provided a more light-hearted, surreal angle on the GradiusВ series, so Akumajo SpecialВ sent up KonamiвЂ™s CastlevaniaВ games, with a young, white-heard Kid Dracula waking from his sleep to battle through a series of side-scrolling levels. WakelinвЂ™s box art for Green BeretВ is infinitely better than the artwork generated for the coin-op cabinet or the console versions вЂ“ and as weвЂ™ll see later on, WakelinвЂ™s artwork would appear time and again on classic cover illustrations throughout the 80s and early 90s.

With all that in mind, let the nostalgia commenceвЂ¦ And bear in mind, too, that beauty is very much in the eye of the box art beholder, so your opinions of the running order are also sure to vary. ThereвЂ™s sure to be plenty of favourites we either didnвЂ™t think of or didnвЂ™t have room to include, so feel free to add your suggestions in the comments. Other than these (somewhat arbitrary) rules, weвЂ™ve chosen freely from the realms of computer games and consoles with a range of origins вЂ“ from America to Europe to Japan.

POCKY AND ROCKY 2 AUTHENTIC LABEL MOVIE

WeвЂ™ve gone for covers which are hand-rendered rather than photographic (though some are drawn from photographs), and original pieces of artwork rather than replications of movie posters. This list is therefore dedicated to the artists and designers responsible for a golden age of cover design, which weвЂ™ve limited to the years 1982 to 1992. At a time when games couldnвЂ™t come close to replicating the sights and sounds of movies, the best box designs provided a stronger sense of identity and place. For those of us raised in an era when games still came on cartridges, discs or (whisper it) cassettes, box designs were an integral part of the experience вЂ“ not necessarily because we judged the games by their cover (though that probably did happen now and again), but because the best examples expressed a level of movement and detail that the games themselves could only hint at. ItвЂ™s weird to think that, as the videogame drifts inexorably from the physical to the digital, the days of buying treasured experiences in boxes is drawing to a close.

Pocky and rocky 2 authentic label