Game art copied from elsewhere
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Speaking of The Legend of Amazon Women
Dinosaurs taken from the film One Million Years B.C.,
One Million Years B.C. movie still
The archer from Frank Frazetta:
Land of Terror, by Frank Frazetta
Dinosaurs taken from the film One Million Years B.C.,
One Million Years B.C. movie still
The archer from Frank Frazetta:
Land of Terror, by Frank Frazetta
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I'm not quite sure about the archer. The pose looks a bit different to me.
Bang on about the dinosaurs. I suspect the woman on the top right is based on Raquel Welch from the same film, but can't point to the source image.
Bang on about the dinosaurs. I suspect the woman on the top right is based on Raquel Welch from the same film, but can't point to the source image.
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Looking at the Legend of the Amazon Women art again, you can really see how it was cobbled together from disparate sources. The woman in the top right is levitating in thin air (and doesn't seem to have a left foot). The woman immediately to the left of her is twice the size as the woman standing next to her in the water. (The size difference is not due to perspective: look at the positions of their feet in the water). The allosaurus' tail disappears half way (behind one woman's hair).
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Also in some obscure game called Kentilla:The same Frazetta picture is also copied in Galivan (no fewer than three times):
Kentilla inlay (Mastertronic release)
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=6527
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Obscure for you, maybe Kentilla was a well-known text adventure back in the day, written by Derek Brewster of Codename MAT I & II fame. I played it on the Spectrum as well as on the C64. Ah the good ol' days...
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I wasn't sure if Ralf was being ironic. I thought Kentilla was one of the best-known text adventures.
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Well, actually I didn't know about Kentilla till now and just found it by googling for inspired inlays. So you say I missed something important? Well I'll have to give it a go I guess
And going back to inspired art...
Rerelease of International Karate +
and Steven Seagal:
The beardy guy looks a bit like Chuck Norris too
And going back to inspired art...
Rerelease of International Karate +
and Steven Seagal:
The beardy guy looks a bit like Chuck Norris too
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Today I spotted:
La Cueva del Tiempo loading screen
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27409
"borrowed" from Master of Magic loading screen
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3054
Unfortunately they remembered to replace the signature but didn't care to correct this guy, he looks quite badly deformed
La Cueva del Tiempo loading screen
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=27409
"borrowed" from Master of Magic loading screen
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3054
Unfortunately they remembered to replace the signature but didn't care to correct this guy, he looks quite badly deformed
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To be honest Ralf, I think this one is a coincidence.
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Of all the loading screens you could copy, why on earth would anyone choose thst one?
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Boris Vallejo, The Magnificent (again)
Anaconda cover
Anaconda cover
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The Lap of the Gods cover also copies The Magnificent:
Lap of the Gods cover
Lap of the Gods cover
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It's not quite an exact match (the arms are slightly different), but it's very close.
Frank Frazetta, The Norseman
Black Tiger cover
Frank Frazetta, The Norseman
Black Tiger cover
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We've already had The Shard of Inovar, but I've found a second Vallejo source image.
Boris Vallejo, National Lampoon's European Vacation
Boris Vallejo, Heavy Metal
The Shard of Inovar
Boris Vallejo, National Lampoon's European Vacation
Boris Vallejo, Heavy Metal
The Shard of Inovar
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There's got to be a Vallejotron that clamps various figures together randomly... if not... crap game material?
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The Vallejotron is at it again...
The figure in Anaconda is also from Vallejo:
Boris Vallejo, The Broken Sword
Anaconda cover
The figure in Anaconda is also from Vallejo:
Boris Vallejo, The Broken Sword
Anaconda cover
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And another one from.Vallejo:
Boris Vallejo, In the Underworld
Amaurote cover
I strongly suspect the other figures in the Amaurote cover can be traced back to Vallejo, too, but since R-Tape's buttock-o-meter is hitting red, I'll stop there for now!
Boris Vallejo, In the Underworld
Amaurote cover
I strongly suspect the other figures in the Amaurote cover can be traced back to Vallejo, too, but since R-Tape's buttock-o-meter is hitting red, I'll stop there for now!
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The right-hand figure in the Amaurote cover closely resembles the one in the Rebel Planet artwork.
Rebel Planet advert
Amaurote cover
Amaurote (1987) might have been copied from Rebel Planet (1985) or both might have copied another source.
Rebel Planet advert
Amaurote cover
Amaurote (1987) might have been copied from Rebel Planet (1985) or both might have copied another source.
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I wonder if the Specventure inlay is based on anything well known. Something like The Flash, or maybe a speed skater.
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The third Amaurote figure is also from Vallejo:
Boris Vallejo, Tarnsman of Gor
And yes, the buttock-o-meter is now off the scale, and R-Tape's yelling "she cannae take no more!"
Boris Vallejo, Tarnsman of Gor
And yes, the buttock-o-meter is now off the scale, and R-Tape's yelling "she cannae take no more!"
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This thread shows me how many cover games were inspired by Boris Vallejo. Incredible!