# Best adventure game box art covers and designs **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [June 21, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827 "2017-06-21T23:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/1 "2017-06-21T23:39:34Z")
Regardless of the quality of the game, do you have any favorite adventure game box art cover? I would include in the category also the original “cleaner” designs that were used for the box cover and also those designs that were shared in digital form but never used for a physical box. I love a few of them, here is the first one that comes to my mind: [Machinarium](http://machinarium.net/): ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/5c48f9452218607fa926ce6749b295fcfbede47e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/2 "2017-06-22T01:12:04Z")
This ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/4167e35f62476aa2910514088d2672acfcc2c6d0.jpg) End of topic, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/3 "2017-06-22T01:23:31Z")
I was tempted to post that one, not because I played the game but because I’m a fan of Giger’s art. I even went to visit his museum in [Gruyères](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruy%C3%A8res). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/4 "2017-06-22T01:35:58Z")
Oh I haven´t played the game either. We had a copy but that was those days when like every second or third game just wouldn´t work… I envy you for having seen that stuff in the (biomechanical) flesh. I think the best thing I have ever seen out of things I really ever wanted to see is one [Francis Bacon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_(Francis_Bacon,_1965)) in munich. ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/5 "2017-06-22T07:11:32Z")
Among Lucas\* games, my _second most_ favourite box is Loom™, because of its glowing effects, colors choice and simplicity. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/4cfdc6d53d4ba7ba1ec661d038c2475778f41b35.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![schala](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/schala/32/108_2.png) [@schala](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/schala)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/6 "2017-06-22T07:37:43Z")
Obviously this one 😉 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/20cf45c61bcd41d9e43c2fcf42df612e689cb993.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/7 "2017-06-22T08:27:02Z")
Ahahah well… back in the early '80s, my father gave me the Mattel Intellivision consolle, and I spent many many hours with the following game, and loved that box: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/5cc65f12fbcf0f2d46080c2fbe1781dad834acc9.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ricardo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ricardo/32/497_2.png) [@Ricardo](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ricardo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/8 "2017-06-22T08:41:25Z")
![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/7a12d9e6f6abcf160767924e19e8ffd4e6cb1873.jpg) **Insuperable !** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DZ-Jay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@DZ-Jay](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/DZ-Jay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/9 "2017-06-22T10:49:21Z")
This is off-topic, but you may be interested to know that there is a thriving Intellivision a enthusiast community over at [AtariAge](http://atariage.com/forums/forum/125-intellivision-aquarius/), where some of us are trying to keep the console alive, playing the old games and making new ones. 😉 dZ. P.S. That reminds me that Mr. Keith Robinson, the current owner of the Intellivision Productions, Inc. properties and original Mattel Blue Sky Ranger from the 1980s, passed away this week. May he rest in peace. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/10 "2017-06-22T11:08:14Z")
> [@Ricardo](#): > > Insuperable ! 😛 I was sure that you were about to suggest that cover! 😃 Indeed, it is one of my preferred ones and, more generally, I love most of Steve Purcell art. And that of course reminds me of… ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/14f443a08392ad7c82fe42f7bcb5d5a364dfced8.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ricardo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ricardo/32/497_2.png) [@Ricardo](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ricardo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/11 "2017-06-22T11:33:07Z")
Not pure point and click, but I remember the fantastic Roger Dean covers in the old times with my Commodore Amiga 500. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/d/d594771c5b63d99e1a2dcaf6aacae2d1b4e1fb7a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/12 "2017-06-22T13:17:26Z")
![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/f/fbb358c61521a9ff94254b63c0f1e3633c035801.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/13 "2017-06-22T16:11:22Z")
![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/4/47b84db8f8fa492959093047d4b92111c24b1d8d.jpg) I actually wanted to mention this already on the non Lucas Arts Adventure games thread but have always been hesitant because it´s not really an adventure game but [Exile](http://www.lemon64.com/?mainurl=http%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D865) has always been near and dear to my heart. From it´s ridiciously realistic physics, to it´s dark atmosphere, the sounds and colorscheme of the C64 and it´s early Metroidvania like gameplay (with a setting undoubtly inspired by that 1986 Nintendo hit set in the depths of a dark planet). Unfortunatly I never got really far and not even anyone on youtube could be bothered to play the C64 version to the end. Very underrated fun but really difficult game. > **[Exile (1988 video game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_(1988_video_game))** > > Exile is a single-player action-adventure video game originally published for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro in 1988 by Superior Software and later ported to the Commodore 64, Amiga, CD32 and Atari ST, all published by Audiogenic. The game was designed and programmed by Peter Irvin (author of Starship Command) and Jeremy Smith (author of Thrust). It is often cited as one of the earliest examples of a Metroidvania style game and featured "realistic gravity, inertia and object mass years be And I posted it here because I like the cover art that also reminds me a bit of a poster from an italian horror movie. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/3/3b0a238bf0e2ab25a91aa48df2cd27ec5dccfe94.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/14 "2017-06-26T21:38:06Z")
[The Secret of Monkey Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Secret_of_Monkey_Island_artwork.jpg) [LeChuck’s Revenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LeChuck%27s_Revenge_artwork.jpg) They are hand-made, very expressive and full of details. ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/15 "2017-06-26T21:43:13Z")
Hmmm… the links are broken. ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/16 "2017-06-26T21:52:27Z")
Fixed. Thanks!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/17 "2017-06-26T22:02:46Z")
Actually, I ought to add the cover of [Zak McKracken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zak_McKracken_artwork.jpg) to my list. Steve Purcell was an exceptionally gifted cover artist back then! ---
**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/18 "2017-06-26T22:10:59Z")
Want your mind blown about the Zak McKracken cover artwork? Look at this: ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/4/46efd31cd5b17754cb31a357f0197809ce0095a3.jpg) ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/4/4524cc9266d86148bbcac1ed6cde4c74200bc99f.jpg) On the [Wikipedia article about Zak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_McKracken_and_the_Alien_Mindbenders#Impact_and_references) it says: > The original poster cover of the game mimicked the original Lucasfilm’s Star Wars poster; with Zak as Luke, Annie as Leia, while the Broom Alien as the Droids. Another one of those things I never noticed back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/19 "2017-06-26T22:11:13Z")
…“copyright 1988 Lucasarts”. Bullshit (cit.) 😁 Now it’s copyright Disney. And back then it was Lucasfilm, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BigRedButton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/bigredbutton/32/212_2.png) [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827/20 "2017-06-26T22:21:23Z")
That’s not a surprise to me. Believe it or not, I actually thought about this particular Star Wars poster when I was writing my comment above. It’s also one of the best cover arts I’ve ever seen. If it was a game instead of a movie, I had listet this poster as well. By the way, I love such over-dramatized kitschy portrayals! It’s an element that Steve Purcell seems to have copied, too. [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/best-adventure-game-box-art-covers-and-designs/827.md?page=2)