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The 5 WORST GamePro Covers Ever
- May 12, 2009 16:48 PM PST
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MY EYES! We reveal five unsightly GamePro Magazine covers that we're not so proud of.
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In twenty years of operation, we're bound to make a few mistakes. We'll be honest--these crusty GamePro Magazine covers even make us cringe. Read on to witness the ugliest covers we've ever put out.
5. NFL Blitz (September 1998)
The three golden rules of game magazine cover design: 1. Don't put a sports game on the cover. 2. Don't put a bad 3D render on the cover. 3. If you absolutely must break Rules 1 and 2, at least make sure the athletes' skin isn't shinier than a disco ball.
4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (September 1997)
We apologize for the cheesy Photoshop "glow" filter placed around every single piece of character art on this cover. Photoshop was pretty novel and fancy back then. Luckily, Castlevania still became a hit despite our treatment. Whew.
3. Portal Runner (April 2001)
Putting this notorious dumpster filler on the cover was not, in fact, our April Fools' joke for the year. At least we made up for it by giving the game a 2.5 later in the year.
2. WWF Raw is War (October 2001)
There was an era where we'd throw everything but the kitchen sink on the cover every month, a habit that took its logical extreme with this testosterone (and human growth hormone)-laden wrestling issue. Simply picking it up at the bookstore was enough to make 12-year-olds grow chest hair.
1. Crazy Sweaty Psychedelic Guy (December 1989)
The cover says 1989, but the art style's more 1969 in this early issue. We know we promised to "blow your mind" with our coverage of the Genesis and TurboGrafx-16's holiday lineup, but we didn't mean it literally. So lay off the drugs.
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- May 07 2009 at 05:48:44:PM PST
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hahaha the second place mag was my first ever gamepro magazine.... wow the great memories, from there on i kept subscribing haha
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Heh...they put the best covers in the 360 category in the email digest, and this in the PS2 category.
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man those are some ugly covers gamepro but your new issues a awesome and they have better quality
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did you guys know that if you typed Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, (With the arrow keys) B, A, Enter. gamepro.com shows you funny youtube video of its hayday?
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Damn I actually have number 2 on the list. And I remember reading my friends copy of number 5 back in school. Good times.
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