My Favourite 1980s 8-Bit Game Cover Art

In the 1980s games packaging was in its infancy, but small publishers were able to do some amazing work with limited resources.
When you went to a store to buy a physical copy of a game all you had to go on were magazine reviews and what the cover looked like. Given the restrictions of 8-bit hardware it was difficult to give an artistic interpretation of the game in artwork, but some managed to do a great job!
Respect to all the artists who did their best in a new, fast changing market.
00:00 Intro
00:54 Acornsoft Arcade Games
02:00 Text Adventure Games
02:25 The Imagine Years
03:04 Ultimate Play The Game
03:54 Title Font Styles
04:14 You Can't Judge a Book...
04:50 After Party
Gameplay Clips:
Snapper, Planetoid - Acornsoft
Arcadians - Imagine
Jet Pac - Ultimate / ACG
Exile - Superior Software / Acornsoft

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Always loved those Acornsoft boxes - only wish I’d kept some 😥

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Respect to all the artists who did their best in a new and fast changing market.