5 year old me thought it looked photorealistic.

My peak game i think it was F.E.A.R., my pc couldn’t run it at full but I remember thinking it couldn’t possibly get any better than that

I remember feeling the same way with Myst. "It even has video!"

grew up with c64, spectrum+3, master system, genesis, nes, snes. So when I bought a ps1 with my paper round money and started up the intro to Soul Blade, that would become Soul Calibur, the graphics jump shook me to my core and brought tears to my eyes. I was like "THIS is the peak of graphics. Nothing can beat this.

Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jscuco8zEk

I had those moments multiple times. I remember thinking the same about International Karate on the Amiga. Then my mind was blown with Street Fighter II, Max Payne was one for sure as mentioned elsewhere and let’s not forget Carmageddon, which got a little bit too realistic. Graphics technology developed so fast, you can’t compare it to today’s upgrades. As I’m older now 10 year old games still feel “new” to me.

@lobut I thought Donkey Kong Country on the SNES was photorealistic and rivaled movies like Terminator 2, which used the same technology behind the scenes. I thought every game would look the same as Donkey Kong Country in future.

There, I fixed it!

On the other hand, the European box art is fucking awesome

I don't know which I love better

1. This isn't even the right color scheme for the character, so it's not like they misinterpreted the sprite
2. Rock over here looks like he shit himself upon seeing a Mettaur and is trying (and failing) to pretend he didn't.
3. Mega Man doesn't even use a gun, he uses a Buster. The only time Mega Man has used a gun are instances that parody this boxart or rare occasions like when his internet incarnation uses the Gun Del Sol during crossover events with Boktai

He does make a face like he doesn't want to be seen in that suit and with his frog legs.

Even funnier with the boasting of "state of the art high resolution graphics" at the top.

At the time, this want really that inaccurate. There weren’t many video games with the same quality.

The only reason it’s laughable now is because it’s been 35 years since the claim was made.

Looking at this cover art again now, it kinda reminds me of AI-generated art lol

I present Rigby, named after the finest dumbest fucking raccoon ever.

Always loved that they play a Master System.

I love this one. Why is his face off center? Why does he have a normal gun?

I love that they brought back Bad Box Art Mega Man in Street Fighter x Tekken

It depends on the movie, og terminator VHS slip art is fucking great. Also honorable mention to monty python and the holy grail.

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

When everything is spaceships and big men with guns. You might ask whats this thing with old man and a banjo?

Perhaps like this?