Spectrum Computing

And see this stuff from Slovakia:

Phantom F4 II loading screen

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=24049



Double Impact (1991) movie poster

Marvel's The Punisher (1986 1st series, issue 5) / Green Beret cover:

Kobyashi Naru cover / The Magnificent (1983),, by Boris Vallejo:



(The Kobyashi Naru picture has been stretched a little.)

The last two came from this site:

http://arcadesushi.com/stolen-images-in-video-games/

Han Solo?

Rescue cover

There's a definite resemblance:

We've already had Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Van Damme. Time for a bit of Seagal:

Above the Law (1988) movie poster



IK+ cover (Hit Squad release)

I found the next one mentioned on WoS.

Iron Maiden, Killers album cover



Bedlam cover



Funnily enough in that thread Ralf said:

"It would be great to have all these references on new WOS at game records. Threads like this quickly get buried under dozens of other threads and images on the net tend to disappear."

Perhaps this information could be added to ZXDB.

More Arnold:

Slovak game Prva Akcia loading screen:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=3907


and Schwarzenegger from Terminator:

How many games in the 80's featured xenomorph aliens?

R-Type and Gryzor are 2 that spring to mind, any others?

Wall_Axe wrote: ↑Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:49 pm How many games in the 80's featured xenomorph aliens?

R-Type and Gryzor are 2 that spring to mind, any others?

Well, the Alien franchise licensed games of course

Back to topic, I seem to remember that Code Masters were forced to substitute the Race Against Time inlay featuring Jesse Owens:



(original picture)



with this one:



although the instructions say: "Cover Photo: Jesse Owens, 1936 Munich Olympics, Photograph courtesy of Allsport Photographic Ltd."

Does anybody remember what was the inspiration for the little robot from Pssst ?

I remember seeing some photo, probably from some movie, of a robot which looked exactly like the goy from Pssst but can't find it at the moment.

Silent Running

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:51 am a robot which looked exactly like the goy from Pssst

Oy vey.

Silent Running

Thanks! Yes, that's it.


and the movie:


Actually I haven't seen that movie. Guess I'll have to update "to do in my life" list

I've never heard of that film. Just searched some info and it seems quite an interesting sci-fi film.

Curious the way how we can find films to watch!

I came across an arcade flyier some days ago in internet (and can't find it now), from Nintendo's Puch Out. One of the characters looked very similar to this guy:

Rocky loading screen



In fact, the game might be considered an unnofficial conversion of the Nintendo game.

Nintendo Punch-Out!! flyer

Yeah, that's it!

Dude from "Butch - Hard guy" is also obviously copied from Sylvester Stallone as Rambo:

Butch Hard Guy loading screen



Rambo (1985) movie poster

Nonsense. Rambo is clearly copied from Butch Hard Guy.

The boxer in street fighter 2 was supposed to have been called Bison and looks like Mike Tyson

The boxer in street fighter 2 was supposed to have been called Bison and looks like Mike Tyson

Yes, many Street Fighter characters are inspired by some real or fictional person.
A quick Google search gave me this article where it is described in details:

http://fightingstreet.com/folders/vario ... page1.html

I remember reading somewhere that dude in loading screen for Trantor is copied after... Jon Bon Jovi



But I lack the definite proof here. that's the closest I found:

Photograph of Lisa Lyon



Athena cover



Possibly also the Legend of Kage cover, but I'm not so sure:

Bruce Lee, The Game of Death (1978) movie poster



Yie Ar Kung Fu II cover



There is also a hint of Ming the Merciless. See this Flash Gordon poster:

Flash Gordon (1980) movie poster