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Cart Art Presents: Ninjas!
Ninjas. Just say it with me. Ninjas. The world sizzles the air like fresh bacon in a hot pan. . .that mysteriously appeared out of now where, thanks to a delivery from the breakfast ninja. As a child of the … Continue reading
Cart Art: Crazy Cover Hodgepodge
When we here at Cart Art (and by we I mean me) scour the internet to find you some of the best and worst in the world of video game cover art, sometimes we encounter covers so random, yet so … Continue reading
Cart Art: Advergames
The checks have been cashed and the Cart Art coffers are filled to the brim with greenbacks from our corporate sponsors, so we are going to have to pony up and look at the strange world of Advergames. What is … Continue reading
The RDI Halcyon
The RDI Halcyon came out in 1985 and as you can see from this appearance of the Halcyon on the Computer Chronicles, it was waaaaaay ahead of its time. Sadly the system which cost $2500 was a flop. Nowadays it … Continue reading
Cart Art: Tron
I know last time I promised you that we would take a look into the dark, dank world of Advergames and I promise we will next time. However, with the impending release of Tron Legacy and all the Tron related … Continue reading
Cart Art: Better Then Super, it’s Ultra!
Last time, on Cart Art, I left you with a little riddle: “When is a Konami game not a Konami game?” Well, when it is an Ultra game. Time for a little history lesson. Back in the the heyday of … Continue reading
Cart Art: Renovation Station
I love my Sega Genesis (The Mega Drive for many of you non-North American gamers). While my childhood was spent playing the Atari, CollecoVision and the Nintendo Entertainment System, I matured both as a person and as a gamer during … Continue reading
Cart Art: Sweet Color Dreams Are Made of These
When I was a wee video game playing child in the late 1980′s, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was the end all, be all of my video game world. At the same time, my father took a part time job … Continue reading
Cart Art: It’s a Kind of Imagic
Based on the overwhelming success (and by overwhelming I mean the fantasy number of page views in my mind) of October’s month long theme of Halloween Cart Arts, we will keep the themes on coming. For the month of November, … Continue reading
Cart Art Halloween Special: Ghosts!
I have a guilty pleasure. It’s Ghosts. I love stories about ghosts. I love legends about ghost. I love night vision green television shows about people trying to hunt ghosts. Be they vengeful spirits, pesky poltergeists, scary specters, awesome apparitions, … Continue reading
Cart Art Halloween Special: Vampires!
No other creature of the night has appeared in so many different genres of fiction as Vampires. From fantasy, horror, sci-fi, romance (I promise, no more Twilight references), action, period pieces, you name it, something with fangs and a fear … Continue reading
Cart Art Halloween Special: Werewolves!
Long before they were shirtless, Native American teenagers running around the Pacific Northwest fighting vampires and pining after high school girls, Werewolves were beasts of horror and legend. These transmogrified men turn wolf have a long and grand history scaring … Continue reading
Cart Art Halloween Special: Zombies!
Well boys and girls of the Retroist.com, I hope you are getting pumped up for Halloween this month. To coincide with the month long celebration of everyone’s favorite costume wearing, candy getting holiday, Cart Art will feature all sort of … Continue reading
The Worst Cart Art of the 3DO
The mid 1990′s is a strange time in the history of video game consoles as the prevalent media format switched from cartridges to CDs. Before the Playstation came onto the market and took a major chunk of a gamer’s time, … Continue reading
Cart Art: The Worst Robots of the Sega Genesis
Robots. These wonders of technology have been the bad guys in video games for just about as long as video games have been around. As modern mechanical masters of mayhem, Robots get destroyed in countless waves by gun toting heroes … Continue reading
The Worst Cart Art of the TurboGrafx-16
In many of the early generations of consoles, there was always at least one system that time had forgot, that never sold well, that does not hold that place in the hearts of video gamers. When the Super Nintendo and … Continue reading
Cart Art: The Worst Dragons of the Nintendo Entertainment System
After a little vacation and recharging, Cart Art back and ready to delve deep in to the world of video game box art. This time we will take a look at works that deal with those reptilian beasts, Dragons. Not … Continue reading
The Top 5 Worst Sega Master System Box Art
Welcome back my Cart Art friends and oh do I have a treat for you. Last week we took a peek at some of the best cart art the Sega Master System (SMS) had to offer with Cart Art: Top … Continue reading
The Top 5 Best Sega Master System Box Art
The Sega Master System (SMS). While many have fond memories of all the hours of their childhood spent gaming away at the altar of the Nintendo Entertainment System, a few lucky got to throw down with the SMS. This often … Continue reading
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