News > Top 20 Worst Video Game Covers Ever
April 3, 2007
20. Black Belt
If you are going to draw a foot for the cover of your video game it better be the best darn foot anyone has ever seen, not some swollen up sprained ankle of a foot.
19. Super Duper Sumos
I know what you're thinking. How could I insult the cover of one of the best video games of all time.
18. INXS
17. Marky Mark
16. NCAA March Madness 2003
At least he's enthusiastic about his dunk! Something tells me he didn't know that this was the one that was going to land his face on millions of video game covers.
15. Phalanx
Is that the Old Prospector?
14. Joe Blade 2
The title that they chose not to use for this game was “Freddie Mercury Goes Nuts!”
13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Is that a photoshopped picture of Gene Wilder from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?
12. Kool Aid Man
Oh yeaaaah!
11. Ninja Golf
10. Scrapyard Dog
9. Power Instinct
Pretty much everything about this cover is disturbing. The bandanna mullet, the fleshy old man foot, the boils on the dude's skin, the guy on the right's pecs, the old man's facial expression.
8. Some Japanese Playstation game
Does this really need a caption?
7. Shaq Fu
What could be worse than a Mortal Kombat type game with Shaq Diesel? Well, nothing really, but the cover gets pretty close.
6. Color a Dinosaur
If you are going to make one of the worst games of all time, at least give it a cool cover to roll in the sales. Make it actually look like it is possible to color a decent looking dino.
The cover should have had something like this:
5. Iron Sword
Yes, that is Fabio you are seeing.
4. Pac-Man
I didn't know Pac-Man ate burger patties and had a body. The guy on the front has more physical characteristics of Tu-Pac than Pac-Man.
3. Donkey Kong
Judging from the cover of Donkey Kong, it's pretty hard to imagine Mario and Donkey Kong evolving into what they are now. Mario looks much more manly and Donkey Kong looks much more evil. Too bad Mario didn't keep those sweet burns. Also, is it really necessary to state that this game is based on a real arcade game? I think most people would understand that it isn't based on the fake one.
2. Anticipation
1. Megaman
It's pretty obvious that the guy who designed the Megaman cover had never even played the game. Megaman is not some senior citizen with a yellow t-shirt.
- Josh Stevens
