Was it allowed to use such cover art having nothing to do with in-game (pretty-limited) graphics?
Yes. And it's actually part of the reason the video game market crashed in the 80s, because of how misleading the artwork was.
This is why the first Nintendo games released in the US had explicit images of the game graphics on the cartridges.
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Yes. And it's actually part of the reason the video game market crashed in the 80s, because of how misleading the artwork was.
This is why the first Nintendo games released in the US had explicit images of the game graphics on the cartridges.