Ballistix (1989 – Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn, BBC Micro, C64, MS-DOS)

The cover artwork for Psygnosis games was something else, offering up visions of spaceships, chrome and lizard men that appeared to have wandered in from a prog rock album cover.

Ballistix is a case in point – no, it isn’t about robot demonic warriors dropping bombs on the innocent from the skies. Rather it’s a future sport that involves directing a puck into a goal by shooting small balls at it. These amazing covers really oversold the games back then, huh?
 

Ballistix (1989 – Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn, BBC Micro, C64, MS-DOS) The cover artwork for Psygnosis games was something else, offering up visions of spaceships, chrome and lizard men that appeared to have wandered in from a prog rock album cover. Ballistix is a case in point – no, it isn’t about robot demonic warriors dropping bombs on the innocent from the skies. Rather it’s a future sport that involves directing a puck into a goal by shooting small balls at it. These amazing covers really oversold the games back then, huh?

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In Pictures: 10 of the best retro game covers

When video game graphics were lacking it was left to your imagination to do the work – and these artists got it really fired up...

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