Cover Art PCE vs Turbo Grafx (Image Heavy)

[SuperPlay]

I have not updated this thread for a while so I have Fixed the dead links and added a few US only titles.

More yet to come!

[esteban]

STATUS: This thread should be required reference material for all members. STICKY THIS THREAD, ephemeral moderators!

[Aggie Tsubi]

I'm surprised at how many US covers I prefer over the Japanese covers. Of course, they're in the minority, but still. It seems like many of the most well-known games got laughably bad covers, but some of the less common stuff isn't bad at all. And when both are based on the same art, I usually prefer the US, if only because they look less cluttered and use the whole cover for the art rather than put it in a smaller frame in many cases. That said, sometimes the US covers put the logos in dumb places, blocking important parts of the art.

And then there are some games where both covers, even though entirely different, suck, haha.

[SuperPlay]

Added:

Falcon
Impossamole
Tail Spin

[turboswimbz]

I'm surprised at how many US covers I prefer over the Japanese covers. Of course, they're in the minority, but still. It seems like many of the most well-known games got laughably bad covers, but some of the less common stuff isn't bad at all. And when both are based on the same art, I usually prefer the US, if only because they look less cluttered and use the whole cover for the art rather than put it in a smaller frame in many cases. That said, sometimes the US covers put the logos in dumb places, blocking important parts of the art.

And then there are some games where both covers, even though entirely different, suck, haha.

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this and went through just about every bit of art box.  I found I liked about a 1/3 of the English covers better. and yes some art just needs to go away.

[SuperPlay]

Interesting to hear that some of you like the US covers over the Japanese counterparts.

Personally I an in the camp that prefers the Japanese covers. 



Some are OK for example



Sorry could not resist ;-)

I wonder if preference relates to the covers that you are familiar with / had access to back in the day. As I had used to work at a console importers (based in the UK) I had access to Japanese releases way before the US versions.

[Aggie Tsubi]

No arguing that the US Valis covers suck something major.

Tonma is a good example of where the differences are slight but I'll like the US cover more because there's less text cluttering up the image. Granted, the Tonma art is pretty stupid no matter what's placed over it, haha.

Now I'm curious how many there are where I actually prefer the US cover. Maybe I'll list 'em:

Aero Blasters
Ballistix
TimeBall
Bomberman (super cheesy and a terrible representation of the game, but still more visually interesting than the extremely simple JP cover)
Cadash
Chase HQ
Cotton
Davis Cup Tennis
Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes
Dynastic Hero
Forgotten Worlds
Samurai Ghost
Shockman
King of Casino
Klax
Legend Of Hero Tonma
Magical Chase
Legendary Axe
Somer Assault
MotoRoader
Parasol Stars
Air Zonk
Buster Bros.
World Class Baseball
World Sports Competition
Prince of Persia
Raiden
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol 1
Shadow of the Beast
Space Harrier
New Adventure Island
Time Cruise
TV Sports Basketball
TV Sports Football
TV Sports Hockey
Vasteel
Ys 1&2

Wow, that's a really long list for someone who usually swears by Japanese covers. There were even some more where I really wanted to go with the US cover, but one badly placed logo prevented me. There are probably some more I could go with, but with both options being so lame, it's hard to decide which has the edge. That said, my list is dominated by covers where they used the same art on both, just in slightly different ways or with different logos, so I'd say I still overall dislike most of the original, American-made Turbo covers.

[turboswimbz]

hmmm dare I dream of a world where the less clustered style of the American box, was combined with the professional art work on the Japanese Cover art?? 

Has there ever been worse cover art than that Valis he/she/it strange arm thing?

[TR0N]

Interesting to hear that some of you like the US covers over the Japanese counterparts.

Personally I an in the camp that prefers the Japanese covers. 



Some are OK for example



Sorry could not resist ;-)

I wonder if preference relates to the covers that you are familiar with / had access to back in the day. As I had used to work at a console importers (based in the UK) I had access to Japanese releases way before the US versions.

Some body needs to make a reproduction of the PCE Valis III manual but in english 

[esteban]

CATEGORY: A-most-badass-cover-on-a-most-shite-game...(logo placement better on US)




CATEGORY: Whitewash (let's get the "Asian" out of "Caucasian")...

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That said, sometimes the US covers put the logos in dumb places, blocking important parts of the art.

And then there are some games where both covers, even though entirely different, suck, haha.

I agreed with everything you said, and probably most of the list you posted in a follow-up (gotta read this later)...but, for now...

EXHIBIT 1: STUPID PLACE FOR LOGO, TTi! Design rule #A: Never obscure ominious eyes!




EXHIBIT 2: Both covers suck. They are uninspired, boring and simply using an IN-GAME SCREENSHOT would have been infinitely better...




US IS CORNY BUT SUPERIOR: Devil Crash vs. Devil's Crush

[SuperPlay]

As there is some interest in this again ...

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16474.0

I have re-scaled the oversize images to fit, fixed bad links and added US covers for Camp California and It came from the desert. More due soon!

Thanks again to:

esteban for hosting some of the images.
henrycsc for most of the TG16 images

[roflmao]

As there is some interest in this again ...

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16474.0

I have re-scaled the oversize images to fit, fixed bad links and added US covers for Camp California and It came from the desert. More due soon!

Thanks again to:

esteban for hosting some of the images.
henrycsc for most of the TG16 images

Well there goes my evening...

Thanks for all your efforts, SuperPlay (and all those involved)! This is such a fascinating thread.

[imparanoic]

most of the turbo grafx art are simply cringing as bad as ' aphex twin ' windowlicker cover art
some are so bad, that it's better to have simple plain had written  box

[SuperPlay]

Rise from the grave!

All images fixed :-)  Special thanks goes to esteban for hosting the images.

[mitsuman]

Rwise from the gwave!

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