SNES cover with the tagline using ITC Stone Sans Bold Italic
Packy & Marlon is an edutainment game for Super Nintendo and Windows developed by WaveQuest and published by Raya Systems. The game was intended to improve self-care behaviour in children with type 1 diabetes. Per Hardcore Gaming 101:
Packy and Marlon are a pair of pachyderm pals attending a diabetic summer camp, but disaster strikes when all the food and medical equipment gets pillaged by rats. It’s up to you to explore the summer camp and rescue that equipment, which are hidden throughout 24 stages that you’ll need to explore by walking, jumping, climbing, and sometimes swimming. You can deal with the various enemies wandering around by jumping on them or shooting them with water, along with more powerful projectiles found in certain areas.
A very 90s game deserves a 90s font, and thus Remedy Double is used for the title on the box. A pixelated version is used throughout the game for headers and titles.
Packaging and graphics are credited to Lynn Griffes (Creative Director) and Randy Urquhart (Designer) at Griffes Advertising.
The 1998 Windows port. The tagline this time is set in Impact. The “Sponsored by the makers of” text is set in ITC Stone Serif Bold Italic.
The back cover for the Windows release. Blurb set in Helvetica Condensed Black.
