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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:51 am
by Ralf
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.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:57 am
by MatGubbins
Silent Running

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:22 pm
by Ast A. Moore
Ralf wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:51 am a robot which looked exactly like the goy from Pssst
Oy vey.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:20 pm
by Ralf
Silent Running
Thanks! Yes, that's it. :)
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and the movie:
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Actually I haven't seen that movie. Guess I'll have to update "to do in my life" list ;)

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:36 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
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! :)

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:45 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
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

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

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:26 pm
by redballoon
Nintendo Punch-Out!! flyer

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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 4:40 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Yeah, that's it! 8-)

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:26 pm
by Ralf
Dude from "Butch - Hard guy" is also obviously copied from Sylvester Stallone as Rambo:

Butch Hard Guy loading screen

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Rambo (1985) movie poster

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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:12 pm
by utz
Nonsense. Rambo is clearly copied from Butch Hard Guy. :mrgreen:

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:53 am
by Wall_Axe
The boxer in street fighter 2 was supposed to have been called Bison and looks like Mike Tyson

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 9:00 pm
by Ralf
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

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 8:22 pm
by Ralf
I remember reading somewhere that dude in loading screen for Trantor is copied after... Jon Bon Jovi :)

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

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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 9:13 pm
by Rorthron
Photograph of Lisa Lyon

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Athena cover

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

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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:55 pm
by Rorthron
Bruce Lee, The Game of Death (1978) movie poster

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Yie Ar Kung Fu II cover

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

Flash Gordon (1980) movie poster

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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:40 pm
by Rorthron
Frank Frazetta, The Destroyer

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Gauntlet cover

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Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:43 pm
by MatGubbins
Psssst, Rorthron..... the images in your last 3 postings have failed to appear. Probably on a tea break and extended loo session.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:51 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
[mention]Rorthron[/mention] , I can't see them either!

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:56 pm
by R-Tape
Images work fine for me. In fact the Conan the Barbarian art looks like one of Oliver Frey's denied Crash covers.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:03 am
by Rorthron
I think the problem is with Chrome. The images work fine in Firefox and Edge. Chrome seems to be blocking vgy.me: it even blocks the URL when typed in the address field: "You cannot visit vgy.me right now because the website uses certificate pinning."

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:03 am
by MatGubbins
Ah, but I'm using firefox....
The strange thing is that all of the images that I could previously see from you in this posting have also gone. Images from other forum members are ok though.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:58 am
by Rorthron
Odd.

Can you see Morkin's images of Balachor's Revenge in this thread? (He also used vgy.me.)

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=182&p=1766#p1766

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:17 pm
by MatGubbins
Rorthron wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2018 11:58 am Odd.

Can you see Morkin's images of Balachor's Revenge in this thread? (He also used vgy.me.)

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=182&p=1766#p1766
Nope, just the words image image. I can see Dave's graphpaper artwork though.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:26 pm
by Rorthron
MatGubbins wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:17 pm I can see Dave's graphpaper artwork though.
Oi, that's my graphpaper artwork! :)

It makes even less sense that you can see one, but not the other, as they are both on vgy.me.

To add to the confusion, I can't see R-Tape's images in that thread and they are not on vgy.me.

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:34 pm
by MatGubbins
To add to more confusion, I've fired up the other PC with Windows 7 and Chrome browser and the pictures are there...
The Firefox browser is with XP...

And to add even more confusion to the normal confusion, yes I see your Balachor graphpaper graphic with Win7 + chrome and I also see Dave's graphpaper wonderchars designs (the ones you don't see). And it's snowing outside!