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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Except in the case of the Sega Master System, where the simplistic 8-bit graphics felt like a massive leap up from the terrible box art!

Ugh

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

probably the nostalgia talking, but it was satisfying having all your games look the same on the shelf

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The common style is iconic, but that plain grid on a white background is a pretty boring style.

That said it did evoke a little imagination, especially with the manuals.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ugh, yeah those identical cartridges. The cases they came in had some ok art sometimes, but it was always in the middle of that ugly grid.