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7 Awesome Games With Horrible Box Art

The saying goes "You can't judge a book by it's cover." Ironically, this saying is even more relevant when it comes to video games. Although the truly dedicated gamers know what's good and what isn't regardless of the first thing they see in the store, there have been several video games that are prizes to any collection, in value, not in art.

[h2]6) Mega Man (NES)[/h2]

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Oh come on, you all knew this was coming. The original Mega Man was an iconic game that caused many broken controllers and put some people off of gaming for life due to its insane difficulty. But even the folks at Capcom know that this cover is hilari-bad. They even planned to use “Ugly Mega Man” as a boss in the now cancelled Mega Man Universe.

On top of the ugliness of the main character, it’s just impossible to be able to tell what’s going on here. There are palm trees, strange mechanical buildings, and…..wait….is Mega Man holding a gun?!? The iconic Mega-Buster was supposed to be a gun?!

Well at least they tried. Unlike….