Game art copied from elsewhere

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Enter the Ninja (1981) movie poster

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Boris Vallejo, The Magnificent (clearly the most copied picture of all time)

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Ninja Master cover

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You've convinced me - the inlay of my next game will include a Vallejo homage :mrgreen:
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A ninja doing a flying kick on a barbarian....that is pretty cool
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Oliviero Berni

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Wall_Axe wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:07 pm A ninja doing a flying kick on a barbarian....that is pretty cool
Sure thing, pity the game is a heap of garbage :(
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A ninja doing a flying kick on a barbarian....that is pretty cool
And in the background German Neuschwanstein castle from 1886 ;)

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Ralf wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:18 pm
A ninja doing a flying kick on a barbarian....that is pretty cool
And in the background German Neuschwanstein castle from 1886 ;)

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Frank Frazetta, The Norseman

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The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle cover

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Cover of The Savage Sword of Conan 28

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Arkos cover

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Wow! Great finds!
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I made a mistake on Rastan earlier. The green creature is copied from the cover of The Savage Sword of Conan 22.

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Ralf already identified the origin of the male figure in the Storm cover, but the female figure is also from Vallejo.

The Victorious, by Boris Vallejo

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Storm cover

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Great find with Arkos!

This is a very exact copy, not an inspiration. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't drawn but photocopied.

Actually it asked for a legal case :)
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Cover of The Punisher (1986 1st series), issue 2

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Cover of The Savage Sword of Conan, issue 43

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Cosmic Wartoad cover

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(Clearly Bob Wakelin was a fan of these two comic series.)
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BTW I have started editing the thread to make sure all the images have proper captions, so that if in future the image links break, the discussion can still be followed.
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Photograph of Boris Becker diving to make a shot at Wimbledon in 1985

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Still of Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars (1977)

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Chase HQ cover

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I am not sure about the source of the second face. I first thought it might be Philip Michael Thomas (Tubbs in Miami Vice), but I think it is actually Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian in Star Wars).

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Alice Cooper, Goes to Hell album cover

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Good find!!!
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Golden Axe II cover, by Boris Vallejo

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Fear Tales loading screen

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(The loading screen footer does actually say Golden Axe II. Presumably the screen has been reused.)
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I had a quick look and couldn't find the exact source image that was used but I can't help but think that the cover artist for Kosmos may have relied just a tad on Marvel's "Rom: Spaceknight" comic for inspiration here.

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:49 pm Good find!!!
Actually I stole that one (and a few others) from this article (and the associated discussion thread):

https://hg101.kontek.net/tracing/tracing.htm

This is a thread about plagiarism, after all....
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richl wrote: Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:56 pm I had a quick look and couldn't find the exact source image that was used but I can't help but think that the cover artist for Kosmos may have relied just a tad on Marvel's "Rom: Spaceknight" comic for inspiration here.
I had never heard of ROM: Spaceknight before, but you are absolutely right. The resemblance is uncanny.
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