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Photocopy + lightbox.
That's how my brother did this sort of thing :)

EDIT: Of course getting it into the game is another trick, which is what you were asking. Derp.
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A coincidence?

Movie poster for Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

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Advert for The Last Ninja, by System 3

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Movie poster for Ninja Terminator (1985)

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Cover of Ninja Commando, by Zeppelin Games

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Rorthron wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:25 am Movie poster for Ninja Terminator (1985)

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It seems they're not ninjas, just a couple of guys wearing raincoats :lol:
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And the "deadly ninja weaponry" note as a lure is just brilliant!
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:11 am It seems they're not ninjas, just a couple of guys wearing raincoats :lol:
Yes, more like Anorak Terminator!
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Freeway Fighter book cover:

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Podder ZX Spectrum game inlay cover:

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This doesn't count as copied game art, but it also happened the other way round for the re-release. Notice how the drivers have been edited out.

Battlecars inlay (1984):
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Freeway Fighter gamebook (2005):
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When I saw that Free Fighter cover, the first thing it came to my mind was the Stainless Steel inlay, apparently not much to do with it, but I see a guy with a gun, a girl in black and a red car, all in a deserted plain... maybe 'strongly' based on it?

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:59 am When I saw that Free Fighter cover, the first thing it came to my mind was the Stainless Steel inlay, apparently not much to do with it, but I see a guy with a gun, a girl in black and a red car, all in a deserted plain... maybe 'strongly' based on it?
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Satan (Dinamic, 1989):

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Strong resemblance with Charlton Heston in 'The Ten Commandments':

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Good spot! That's definitely the source.
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It's a pretty ironic choice of image, given the title!
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It's a pretty ironic choice of image, given the title!
Really? The game is called Satan but you don't play as Satan. You play as a hero who has to defeat Satan. And the inlay shows this hero.

He's even wearing the Jewish star of David ;)

One thing is not obvious to me. Do we have one hero or two heroes here? If it's one hero then does it mean that he can transform magically from a warrior to a mage? :?:
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Ralf wrote: Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:19 am
It's a pretty ironic choice of image, given the title!
One thing is not obvious to me. Do we have one hero or two heroes here? If it's one hero then does it mean that he can transform magically from a warrior to a mage? :?:
According to the instructions, "the forces of evil have taken over the world blah blah blah... only a warrior can stop this nightmare but he must first turn into a mage as the mission of destroying the evil forces are only reserved to a mage". I don't remember there was two characters in the game and the instructions doesn't say anything about it. It seems he starts the game as a warrior mage.

I'd have prefered a ninja mage instead of a warrior mage, definitely. It'd have been cooler! ;)
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I've never played the game. From a quick look at the instructions, it seems you are a warrior granted magical powers. I suppose that is what the cover represents.

BTW I expect the swordsman figure is copied from somewhere, too. It looks familiar.
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Actually this game has two parts, loaded in separate loads. I suppose in the first part you play the warrior and in the second one you play the mage.

And I looked at the magazine reviews. It looks that yes, it's supposed to be the same person.
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We must not forget this obvious case...

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Rorthron wrote: Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:23 am BTW I expect the swordsman figure is copied from somewhere, too. It looks familiar.
It's a default warrior stance, but I'm sure I've seen the source somewhere too. It's not a million miles away from Camelot Warriors, does anyone know the source for that?
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Does anyone know how they copied an image off the TV in the 80's?

Did they simply put tracing paper directly on the TV?

I think at some point you could get an amiga and print a paused video tape, but not sure when that was possible.

A lot of the images could be copied from the video cover and back, and pictures from the TV guide.

Actually, thinking about it, it was probably mostly copies from movie enthusiast magazines.
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Just found, by chance, a pic of the Landwasser viaduct in Switzerland, and immediately certain inlay came to my mind:

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This place possibly inspired the artist to make the artwork, doesn't it?
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Australian Games (1990)

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Crocodile Dundee II movie poster (1988)

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Line of Fire (1990)

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Cabal (1989)

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City of Death loading screen (1985)

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Cover of City of Thieves gamebook by Ian Livingstone (1983)

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Dark Crystal poster, by Brian Froud

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Dark Sceptre cover

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