6. Street Hockey ’95 (SNES, 1994)
I played plenty of street hockey back in the ’90s, but never once did I dress up like a total asshole like this guy. For whatever reason, this whole cover feels like a deleted scene ripped out of the movie Waterworld thanks to the acrobatic jump-kick and girl equipped with headgear, goggles, and a stone-cold stare. More importantly, though, that backdrop looks less like a location where you’d play outdoor sports, and more like a place where you would step on a dirty drug needle and/or get shank’d. Street hockey was apparently rough business almost twenty years ago.
That Ballet Studio box art is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen…
I still think the Iron Sword box art is a piece of fine art that ought to be studied and cherished for future generations.