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The PCE has no lack of awesome covers.

While wildly dreaming about my, some day to be built game room, I started thinking about Obey-centric art and what better art than cover art?

My first couple of runner ups are (in no particular order.)

(https://web.archive.org/web/20141101170952im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Side_Arms.jpg)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20141025070908im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Soldier_Blade.jpg)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20160315003753im_/http://pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Cadash.jpg)
(https://iwasateenagepcenginefan.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/exile2jp.jpg)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20141227105845im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Winds_of_Thunder.jpg)
Bazar-de-Gozarre-no-Game-de-Gozarre-Japan.jpg

obviously not being familiar with all the games, I'm looking at your PCEFX hive brain to show me some cool cover art, worth printing and framing.

Gotzendiener!

(https://web.archive.org/web/20170414225321im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk:80/Images-Covers/COVER-Gotzendiener.jpg)

You can actually order the Winds of Thunder cover as a poster from Windy Gaming:
wayback.windygaming.com/collections/posters (https://web.archive.org/web/20131012030556if_/http://www.windygaming.com/collections/posters)

They also have Ys Book I & II.  I will be getting those one day. :D

EDIT:  I've always wanted Star Parodier as a poster:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Star_Parodier_cover.jpg)

The cover art thus far has been BLEH.

HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO FRAME:

(https://junk.tg-16.com/images/vigilanteJP.jpg)

Hahaha, this is pure esty style :lol:

There are sooooll many, it's hard to even start.

The pce sure thing is the king (or queen) of covers too!!

Ah man that reminds me of all those awesome posters that came with those Japanese PC engine mags.....

These would also make great posters

Bomberman
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/workingdesigns/images/bomberman_front.jpg)

Baribari densetsu
(https://web.archive.org/web/20190516120505im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Baribari_Densetsu.jpg)

Detana twin bee!?!
Detana!!_TwinBee_-_1992_-_Konami.webp

Splatter house
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sQFwDwymZdc/UVNsXktw8mI/AAAAAAAADDk/pd8fwz7l7T4/s1600/COVER-Splatterhouse.jpg)

Magical chase
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/workingdesigns/images/magical_chase_front.jpg)

Spring to mind

(https://junk.tg-16.com/images/majikal_chayz.jpg)

God, I've always loved that huge ship hiding in the clouds on the soldier blade cover. It just looks so...menacing.

I love the Cadash one. it's just badass!

Side_Arms_Art_01_a.jpg
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Steel_tsar.jpg)

No love for teh turbo???

I would frame this to put on my gameroom:

(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/workingdesigns/images/chase_hq_front.jpg)

while not in the league of those other covers I still think it's kinda cool.

Quote from: esteban on 10/08/2013, 06:56 PMThe cover art thus far has been BLEH.

HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO FRAME:

(https://junk.tg-16.com/images/vigilanteJP.jpg)

Best. Cover. Ever.

Wonderboy in monster lair

(https://web.archive.org/web/20170105221616im_/http://www.videogameden.com/cdrom/cdcover/wo3.jpg)

Legend of Hero Tonma
(https://web.archive.org/web/20180928070943im_/http://www.gametronik.com/site/rubriques/pce/Jeux/Legend%20of%20Hero%20Tonma/Scans/Legend%20of%20Hero%20Tonma.jpg)

Dragon Saber
(https://web.archive.org/web/20141101183706im_/http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/NEC_PC_Engine/Box/big/Dragon_Saber-_After_Story_of_Dragon_Spirit_-_1991_-_Namco_Limited.jpg)

Quote from: esteban on 10/08/2013, 06:56 PMThe cover art thus far has been BLEH.

HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO FRAME:

(https://junk.tg-16.com/images/vigilanteJP.jpg)

It's pretty pimp and definitely a stand out!

You guys got some great suggestions! Keep 'em coming!

Thank you all.

Quote from: Nando on 10/08/2013, 04:36 PM(https://web.archive.org/web/20141025070908im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Soldier_Blade.jpg)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20141227105845im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Winds_of_Thunder.jpg)

Soldier Blade and Winds of Thunder are my two favorite covers.

The artwork to Winds of Thunder is in Masamune Shirow's art book Intron Depot, for years I've been meaning to get a hi-res scan from the art book then blow it up to poster size and get it framed.



I've always thought the art on the back of the case and CD of Exile II Wicked Phenomenon was amazing, would like to own a copy of the game,  I bought and owned it back in the day when it was released.
(https://www.emuparadise.me/tg16cd/Exile%20II%20-%20Wicked%20Phenomenon%20%5BU%5D%5BSCD%5D%5BWTG990102%5D%5BTelenet%20Japan%5D%5B1993%5D%5BPCE%5D%5Bxeno-nec%20archives%5D%5Bback%5D.jpg)

Quote from: HardcoreOtaku on 10/09/2013, 01:37 PM(https://www.emuparadise.me/tg16cd/Exile%20II%20-%20Wicked%20Phenomenon%20%5BU%5D%5BSCD%5D%5BWTG990102%5D%5BTelenet%20Japan%5D%5B1993%5D%5BPCE%5D%5Bxeno-nec%20archives%5D%5Bback%5D.jpg)

THIS!!!


Does anyone know the name of the artist?

Quote from: Nando on 10/09/2013, 03:11 PM

Quote from: HardcoreOtaku on 10/09/2013, 01:37 PM(https://www.emuparadise.me/tg16cd/Exile%20II%20-%20Wicked%20Phenomenon%20%5BU%5D%5BSCD%5D%5BWTG990102%5D%5BTelenet%20Japan%5D%5B1993%5D%5BPCE%5D%5Bxeno-nec%20archives%5D%5Bback%5D.jpg)

THIS!!!


Does anyone know the name of the artist?

it kinda looks like Kia Asamiya who did Detonator Orgun, Silent Mobius and gunhed manga but I'm kinda clutching at straws here being too tired this evening..

(https://images.comiccollectorlive.com/covers/de2/de21de50-db60-4500-a48e-92ea8de05091.jpg)

(https://www.emuparadise.me/TurboGrafx-16/TG16-PCE/Screenshots/G/Genpei%20Toumaden%20%28Japan%29_2.png)

This is a great cover

(https://web.archive.org/web/20190516115851im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Drop_Rock_Hora_Hora.jpg)

+1 Sidearms, Soldier Blade and Exile 2 back.

Also:
(https://web.archive.org/web/20210708034547im_/https://www.genkivideogames.com/Images/rscd2001front.jpg)
(https://web.archive.org/web/20210707203926im_/https://www.genkivideogames.com/Images/hcd2023front.jpg)
(https://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdotp0xyX1qd4q8ao1_500.jpg)

Quote from: PunkCryborg on 10/10/2013, 03:10 PM(https://web.archive.org/web/20190516115851im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Drop_Rock_Hora_Hora.jpg)

These were they types of covers that would draw me to JP games when I was young. You'd never see stuff like that in the US back then.


I love the Diorama like L*Dis cover!

HuHatris.webp
https://s.pacn.ws/1/p/PA.78244.001.jpg

Lol!  I almost posted the same pic, Esty!

All turbo covers are worth framing...and putting in museums! Because they are obey.

How I forgot about this bad boy is beyond me. I almost failed at Obey

(https://web.archive.org/web/20160326211518im_/http://www.pcengine.co.uk/Images-Covers/COVER-Takahashi_Meijin.jpg)

(https://junk.tg-16.com/images/titan.jpg)

(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/workingdesigns/images/dungeon_explorer_front.jpg)

(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/workingdesigns/images/valis_iii_front.jpg)

Some good suggestions, but first come up with a theme. I did something similar to this in my game room with record albums. I put about 16 up that I liked, but no matter how I arranged them, it looked like crap with no common theme. So pick fantasy, or space shooter, or whatever and stay consistent.

Quote from: galam on 10/12/2013, 08:13 AMSome good suggestions

The last two I posted were meant to be a joke, they have to be up there with the worst box art of all time.
  :D

Quote from: HardcoreOtaku on 10/12/2013, 09:21 AM

Quote from: galam on 10/12/2013, 08:13 AMSome good suggestions

The last two I posted were meant to be a joke, they have to be up there with the worst box art of all time.
  :D

We probably already had this discussion (someone find the old thread(s)!), but NA Dungeon Explorer is best described as banal, boring (I likened it to a print you'd find hanging in a coffee shop or hotel lobby), whereas NA Valis III is completely the opposite: it is BOLD, STRIKING and PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE with all of the intensity of Hardbodies 2 (oops!) PUMPING IRON II: The Women.

PUMPING IRON II: The Women (https://youtu.be/vF1X0WmWf6A) http://youtu.be/vF1X0WmWf6A

For folks who are actually somewhat familiar with Yuko, the Valis series, etc., this NA cover is even more amusing (the hiccups of localization).

Valis III NA, for all its flaws, is actually awesome (for its sincere attempt at intensity & brooding atmosphere, coupled with the unintentional, disturbing Uncanny Valley).

Yes, I am predictable:  I just can't let folks trash-talk the VASTLY MORE INTRIGUING covers (like Valis III NA) whilst they heap praise on TOTALLY GENERIC covers (see this thread!) that are OK (technically), but are so hackneyed and trite that your heart will never, ever be moved by it.

Valis III NA stirs my heart more than a million generic Soldier Blades or ________________ could ever hope to.

Yes, those are fighting words and I love you all. I really do. You are good people.  :pcgs:

Now, forgive me as I find my old Art of Noise albums and do some push-ups.


Update: hahahahahahahahaha. I confused a ladies bodybuilding film with some goofy 80's trash.

Quote from: esteban on 10/12/2013, 11:20 AM

Quote from: HardcoreOtaku on 10/12/2013, 09:21 AM

Quote from: galam on 10/12/2013, 08:13 AMSome good suggestions

The last two I posted were meant to be a joke, they have to be up there with the worst box art of all time.
  :D

We probably already had this discussion (someone find the old thread(s)!), but NA Dungeon Explorer is best described as banal, boring (I likened it to a print you'd find hanging in a coffee shop or hotel lobby), whereas NA Valis III is completely the opposite: it is BOLD, STRIKING and PUNCHES YOU IN THE FACE with all of the intensity of Hardbodies 2. For folks who are actually somewhat familiar with Yuko, the Valis series, etc., this NA cover is even more amusing (the hiccups of localization).

Valis III NA, for all its flaws, is actually awesome (for its sincere attempt at intensity & brooding atmosphere, coupled with the unintentional, disturbing Uncanny Valley).

Yes, I am predictable:  I just can't let folks trash-talk the VASTLY MORE INTRIGUING covers (like Valis III NA) whilst they heap praise on TOTALLY GENERIC covers (see this thread!) that are OK (technically), but are so hackneyed and trite that your heart will never, ever be moved by it.
(https://www.pcengine-fx.com/workingdesigns/images/valis_iii_front.jpg)
Valis III NA stirs my heart more than a million generic Soldier Blades or ________________ could ever hope to.

Yes, those are fighting words and I love you all. I really do. You are good people.  :pcgs:

Now, forgive me as I find my old Art of Noise albums and do some push-ups.

The woman on the Valis III cover looks like a dude in drag.

Brienne_S3.webp

STATUS: A tranny Sandra Bullock impersonator is my best guess at the inspiration for Valis III...

NEMO: If I recall correctly, Comrade Nemo was always intrigued by the Valis III woman (or was it Bullock he liked? I can't recall.).

Quote from: galam on 10/12/2013, 08:13 AMSome good suggestions, but first come up with a theme. I did something similar to this in my game room with record albums. I put about 16 up that I liked, but no matter how I arranged them, it looked like crap with no common theme. So pick fantasy, or space shooter, or whatever and stay consistent.

Great! I will keep that in mind. Thank you!

Quote from: Nando on 10/12/2013, 03:52 PM

Quote from: galam on 10/12/2013, 08:13 AMSome good suggestions, but first come up with a theme. I did something similar to this in my game room with record albums. I put about 16 up that I liked, but no matter how I arranged them, it looked like crap with no common theme. So pick fantasy, or space shooter, or whatever and stay consistent.

Great! I will keep that in mind. Thank you!

Or simply a color palette, where each cover compliments the palette.

UPDATE: I just realized I mixed up two movies in my earlier post

pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?msg=316604