Designing graphical game start up.

Hey all, I was offered an amazing proposal from one of my friends to design some menus in his first game. I know, it will not be on the market in any for, and is a strictly for "our own enjoyment" type of project. So really, it's not going to be amazing, his words, not mine, and I took that bit of news a bit disapointing. I want this game to be amazing, and the art style was already selected by him, so I cannot deviate now. But I want this game to be big, and maybe upload it in the community games on 360. He said no, but after looking at these pics I made, hopfully it will change his mind, and maybe motivate him to make this project much bigger. I put a bunch of random game modes on the start up screen just to humor him. Tell me what you think though, before I send it to him this evening. Also, I included two versions, tell me which one you believe is better. Thanks so much, and I hope this title makes it to indie or community games (whatever they are calling it now) sometime next year. 
 
Btw, if you guys are wondering, it's a First person puzzle game, I have no clue what it is about, but I think it takes place in a cave....

Its alright but it kinda feels like a game from the 1990s. Also the writing on the menus seems funky with the intentional typos/short handedness, but I guess that can be bonus points.

At least make the text look normal if you're gonna throw it up on a 360 o.O 
And what the heck are those pointy thingies coming out from between the diffrent menus!?  
I'm confused, I'll have nightmares now :(  
Ah, and an egg in the background?! :O dear lord, you messed up my mind! :o  
 
 
Edit: Also, I would go with the Yellow one 
Red one just looks dumb

Green and yellow just feels better. The option choices feel really scattered. Intentional or work in progress?

" Green and yellow just feels better. The option choices feel really scattered. Intentional or work in progress? "

The menu looks great, I was just wondering why they were like that. If it's the "directors" decision, so be it.

Here's the green and yellow one.
 
 
 http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/296/4/f/Dark_cave_game_screen_by_Whywha.jpg

" @Korosive said:

" Green and yellow just feels better. The option choices feel really scattered. Intentional or work in progress? "

Completely intentional, he told me, make it as cluttered and not understandable. 

The text is horrible. Even if you keep the positioning and such, the font itself could do with some changing. A more modern and stylish looking font style, not that any suggestions come to mind. I think the rest of it is cool though.

I like everything except the text. The font, the style, the spacing...I don't really like any aspect of it.

Here's a non-final version of what I think I will do.  the text is a little blurry, but besides that, I like it.
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/296/8/7/Dark_nsan_by_Whywha.jpg

" Here's a non-final version of what I think I will do.  the text is a little blurry, but besides that, I like it.http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/296/8/7/Dark_nsan_by_Whywha.jpg "

" @BestUsernameEver said:

" Here's a non-final version of what I think I will do.  the text is a little blurry, but besides that, I like it.http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/296/8/7/Dark_nsan_by_Whywha.jpg "

Better but it's a bit cluttered, wouldn't you rather just have like: Single Player, Multiplayer Options, and Leaderboards on the first menu. Then if you click Single Player you are given those options that would apply and the same with Multiplayer. Right now it just looks like too much stuff on one menu. "

I feel that you have talent, but that your friend is misguided and hobbling your potential to contribute. Sometimes more cow-bell is bad.