Tag Archives: Cover Art

Cover Art: Shadowrun (Genesis)

Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.

Shadowrun is a cyberpunk themed RPG developed by BlueSky Software, based on the tabletop RPG by FASA. It was released for the Sega Genesis in 1994. It’s worth noting that although it is based in the Shadowrun world, it is a … [ Read More... ]

Cover Art: Wing War (Colecovision)

Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.

Wing War was developed by Imagic, a somewhat popular developer in the 80’s. They released Wing War for several systems including Colecovision and Atari 2600 in 1983. As you can guess, you play a dragon in the game.

Wing War Colecovision cover art

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Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag: Screenshots, Box art, Release date, PS4, leaked trailer

In a not so surprising announcement Ubisoft has officially announced the next entry in the Assassin’s Creed series. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be released for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC. The graphic from the just-leaked Assassin’s Creed 4 trailer also suggests a release on Sony’s PS4 or Microsoft’s next hardware iteration. Furthermore, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has a release date of … [ Read More... ]

Cover Art: Dungeons & Dragons Collection (Saturn)

Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.

Dungeons & Dragons Collection for the Sega Saturn is a compilation port of 2 great arcade beat’em ups by Capcom released in 1999. It includes Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara. The cover art is … [ Read More... ]