Retro Game Boxes for Modern Movies

Australian designer Robert Penney made these clever mock-up video game packages for the “Cartridge Video System 2600″ for his series, Retro Games with Modern Themes.

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Phalanx Remake Coming to WiiWare in Japan

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Phalanx is a shoot’em up game that was released back in the day for the SNES, GBA, and the Sharp X68000. Although I never actually played the original game myself, I distinctly remember the amazing box art with the banjo-wielding bearded dude.

The WiiWare remake will be based on the X68000 version with some new content thrown in and it’s scheduled to drop in Japan this winter for 500 Nintendo Points.

Here’s a gameplay video of the old Sharp version…

You can check out some screenshots of the WiiWare version here.

[Tiny Cartridge via GoNintendo]

Mystery Level on Super Mario Bros. 3 Box

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Infendo pointed out a screenshot on the back of the original box for Super Mario Bros. 3 that doesn’t actually appear anywhere in the game. In fact, those bad guys that you see only show up in one level and it looks nothing like that level on the box. Is it possible that this level is in the Japanese version of the game, or has it remained hidden for all these years?

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