A crowdfunding campaign to create a coffee table book of art from NES and Famicom games has been unceremoniously stomped on by Nintendo. Before it disappeared, the campaign had raised over ...

Nintendo has just announced Playing With Power, an art book which celebrates classic NES titles. The new hardback visual compendium will include interviews, artwork, maps, and even old adverts ...

The "This will probably appeal to Americans" design. In the world of video game box art, marketing can be a very funny concept; it's a practice that will either make or break the games up for grabs.

But bad album covers are much rarer than bad video game box art. Even in the '80s and early '90s, the music industry had millions of dollars to spend on commissioning eye-catching album artwork.

Bitmap Books, publishers of retro gaming books, are currently Kickstarting Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom: A Visual Compendium, a coffee table book that celebrates the pixel art and graphic ...

Game Boy: The Box Art Collection (Hardcover)-- $62 The Secret History of Mac Gaming: Expanded Edition (Hardcover) -- $50.32 Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium (Hardcover) -- $48.31 ...

10 Best SNES Games with Incredible Box Art Some Super Nintendo games, including Donkey Kong Country, just have amazing box art. Players face a unique challenge: piecing themselves back together.

It’s in line with the “ black box ” style of all of Nintendo’s early first-party NES games, including the now-iconic cover art for the original Super Mario Bros. Somehow, the blocky ...

Features How Mega Man Ended Up With the Worst Video Game Box Art Ever. Mega Man's infamously awful NES box art has since taken on a life of its own.

The game’s box art is genuinely freaky, though. Two nearly disembodied eyes stare directly at you at dusk, three vicious looking bats and a spider in front of them.