When videogame box cover art was truly art
How I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when this concept was being brainstormed:
Boss: Alright gentlemen, Contra is really popular, so let’s come up with a two-player game with two gun-toting Contra-like guys.
Executive 1: Great! But forget the aliens. Let’s have storm troopers!
Executive 2: Excellent! But hey… everybody loves Donkey Kong, right? Let’s also throw in some gorillas or apes.
Executive 3: I think we’re on to something here boys… now get this… Castlevania is popular too… so why not have it take place in a haunted house?
Executive 1: PERFECT! And Satan… no, wait… a satanic goat… is the last boss!
