07 April 2007
The ACTUAL worst video game cover ever.
There's been a lot of talk recently about the worst box art ever inflicted on the video game buying public. But nobody seems to be aware of what must surely be the actual, no kidding, flat-out worst image to ever have been slapped on a cardboard box.
It is Metrocross for the Atari ST.
Some random idiot dressed in spandex, pulling the most gormless face humanly possible, leaping out of a damaged chessboard. The little silhouette of a prancing man is just the icing on the cake. I've heard this described as the "world's crappest image", a description which bears some merit.
Other home versions of Metrocross featured a futuristic illustration far more relevant to the game than idiot-boy and his skateboard. Why did the Atari ST warrant the creation of this visual abomination? There is no excuse for the existence of this image, and the retarded work experience boy who made it should be hunted down and terminated with extreme prejudice.
The game was pretty good, by the way.
As a sort of runner-up, here's a picture of Anirog Software's Kong game for the ZX Spectrum.
Hooray!
EDIT: I've been advised to "Digg" this post, by submitting it to the Digg website and writing "Digg" in inverted commas a lot. So I have. I'll put up one of those nice little counting buttons when I have time to figure out how.
It is Metrocross for the Atari ST.
Some random idiot dressed in spandex, pulling the most gormless face humanly possible, leaping out of a damaged chessboard. The little silhouette of a prancing man is just the icing on the cake. I've heard this described as the "world's crappest image", a description which bears some merit.
Other home versions of Metrocross featured a futuristic illustration far more relevant to the game than idiot-boy and his skateboard. Why did the Atari ST warrant the creation of this visual abomination? There is no excuse for the existence of this image, and the retarded work experience boy who made it should be hunted down and terminated with extreme prejudice.
The game was pretty good, by the way.
As a sort of runner-up, here's a picture of Anirog Software's Kong game for the ZX Spectrum.
Hooray!
EDIT: I've been advised to "Digg" this post, by submitting it to the Digg website and writing "Digg" in inverted commas a lot. So I have. I'll put up one of those nice little counting buttons when I have time to figure out how.
