What. The. Fuck...
Any discussion about cover art must include the artwork of Roger Dean, Psygnosis and Gremlin Graphics licensed his stuff for box covers and the results
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Agony_Coverart.jpg]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Agony_Coverart.jpg[/url]
were
http://www.mobygames.com/game/obliterator/cover-art/gameCoverId,14145/
consistenly
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shadow_of_the_beast_cover_art.jpg]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shadow_of_the_beast_cover_art.jpg[/url]
amazing.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/amnios/cover-art/gameCoverId,80129/
Picture yourself as a teenager in the late 80s/early 90s with a room full of posters like that.
It was
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/awesome/cover-art/gameCoverId,92808/
awesome.
Ninja edit:
dae6: It slipped my mind earlier, but I think the Keith Parkinson Everquest art deserves mention as well.
That elf chick got more cover time than Princess Diana.