It’s been a week since Box Art, my ‘scrapbook collection of awesome videogame box art’ launched so I thought I’d do a round-up of my favourite entries thus far, as well as letting you know which have been most popular with readers/ viewers.

While most of the images that have been re-blogged by other sites have been done so for nostalgic reasons (“I used to own this game” etc), I think it’s interesting to note which of the covers have invoked the strongest aesthetic reaction, and what the reasons for that might be.

Seiken Densetsu 2, (a.k.a Secret of Mana), the 1993 Super Nintendo game recently re-released onto WiiWare, has been by far the most popular entry in terms of ‘notes’ (Tumblr’s Digg-esque system of interest rating), something that’s not entirely suprising considering the detailed handdrawn artwork that towers up the cardboard box. It is indeed a thing of beauty. Thanks to Greg H for the suggestion.

This was closely followed by 1986’s Akumajou Dracula, the Japanese artwork for which is so striking with its use of colour that I made it the blog’s debut entry.

Another MSX title, Graphic Master, was most popular with art blogs, unsurprising perhaps as it’s a game virtually no-one will have heard of but which boasts bright, engaging artwork that’s at once of its time and yet also timeless.

My personal favourite entries are Einhänder, Squaresoft’s unexpectedly brilliant side-scrolling PlayStation shoot ‘em up and another PSOne title, UFO: A Day in the Life, a game I’d not heard of before I went hunting for Box Art but which has a unique and interesting story all of its own.

Hope you’re enjoying the site as much as I am compiling it. I’m entirely new to the Tumblr system and, while I like the stripped-down, restrained appearance of the page, would appreciate a nudge in the direction of any crucial plug-ins or features the site’s missing.