Cover artists

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BC's Quest for Tires: Johnny Hart
Per signature

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hart

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Flip Flap: Roger Tissyman
Fred's Fan Factory: Roger Tissyman

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkRJones19 ... 2138338304

Freex, Loony Lander, Moonlighter, Shuttle Shock, Super Chopper and Ziggurat all also seem to be by the same artist. They have the same distinctive style, and Tissyman did all the other art for Software Projects/Software Super Savers at this time.

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Concept and original design: THE SOFTGOLD TEAM
Spectrum coding: KEVIN PARKER
Graphics: COLIN 'JB2' SWINBOURNE
Production, textuals and shots: SIMON 'BHR' DANIELS
PRODUCED FOR PLAYERS SOFWARE BY
RICHARD PAUL JONES

The credits for this game has some interesting bits. For start, on the ZXDB a "Twitchy Fingers (UK)" is mentioned, this is extracted from the loading screen:



But on the credits graphics are attributed to Colin Swinbourne, so, we can conclude that's his nickname.

Also, "Concept and original design: THE SOFTGOLD TEAM". Softgold was the publisher for the Amiga and C64 versions, so, those seems to be the original versions.

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Cyberball: C Buxton
Per signature

Unitrax: David Rowe
Per Signature

Wheels of Fire: Peter Andrew Jones
Per Signature

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Killer Ring: Caryn Gough
Per inlay: "Cover Design - Caryn Gough (Multi-Modis)"

Multi-Modis was the company she worked for at the time. Fun fact: she also designed album covers for The Smiths.

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Turbo Kart Racer

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5463
This is another interesting one. First, Martin Severn is credited for some reason, but also, there is MAS (Russia) credited, I think because there is a MAS signature on the loading screen, but I don't think it is related to the author. [mention]moroz1999[/mention] any chance we can confirm this?

[Einar Saukas]

Turbo Kart Racer

This is another interesting one. First, Martin Severn is credited for some reason, but also, there is MAS (Russia) credited, I think because there is a MAS signature on the loading screen, but I don't think it is related to the author. @moroz1999 any chance we can confirm this?

Good point. I bet "MAS - Jabba" in loading screen refers to MArtin Severn (aka Jabba) and it has nothing to do with MAS.

[Einar Saukas]

Also if MAS is really the same person as here, then country needs to be fixed in both ZXDB and ZX-Art to Lithuania instead of Russia. Right?

[Stefan]

Good point. I bet "MAS - Jabba" in loading screen refers to MArtin Severn (aka Jabba) and it has nothing to do with MAS.

No, all screens with Jabba only have Jabba and not a repeat of his non-alias.

It seems to be Michael A Sanderson - as also seen on https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/m/michael-a-sanderson/

[moroz1999]

I'm sure that MAS in this case is indeed Michael Sanderson. He has worked with Players, he really used MAS as signature and the style is similar. I've found my old comment from 2014 regarding this case
Thanks, I'll do the corrections as well. MAS as alias for Sanderson, Lithuania for Sergey Marinichev .

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The Bow: Tim White
Per inlay

Custerd's Quest (Alpha-Omega): Phil Gascoigne
Per signature

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[Stefan]

[mention]PeterJ[/mention] this thread seems more at home in the zxdb section?

[PeterJ]

@PeterJ this thread seems more at home in the zxdb section?

Agreed. Anyone got any issues with me moving it?

[Juan F. Ramirez]

As it helps improve the DB, I think it's ok to move

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The Empire Strikes Back

There is a signature in the bottom right. It is hard to read, but might be Josh Hayes, or perhaps Jim Hayes.

Also the instructions give roles for the authors. Derrick Austin just did graphics; the rest are described as programmers. This should be added to ZXDB.

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[Einar Saukas]

It seems to be Michael A Sanderson - as also seen on https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/m/michael-a-sanderson/

Good point! Thanks!!!

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Ahhh! Laser Malfunction: Phil Gascoine
Per Mobygames
There is no inlay scan in the archive, but images on Google look as though there might be a signature in the bottom left.

Alien Rain & Outrider (CRL): Phil Gascoine
Per Mobygames and signature
This title is not listed in the archive as a pair. See the link for details:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/AlienRain

Ten 1K Games: Phil Gascoine
Per Mobygames and signature
There is no cover scan in the archive. it can be seen here:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/T ... .Cover.jpg

J. D. Arcades: Phil Gascoine
Per Mobygames and signature
There is no cover scan in the archive. it can be seen here:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/J ... .Cover.jpg

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Escape from Manhattan: Phil Gascoine
Per inlay
Again there is no inlay in the archive. See the link for the inlay:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/E ... mManhattan

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Galactic Patrol (CRL): Angus McKie
Per inlay

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/GalacticPatrol

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ZX Compendium: Emmanuel
Per inlay
There is no inlay in the archive. See here:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/ZXCompendium

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Byter: George Neill
Per inlay
The archive is missing an inlay and other information. See the link:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/Byter

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UFO (Protek): George Neill
Per inlay
The archive is missing an inlay and other information.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=31858

See the link for missing information:

http://www.zx81stuff.org.uk/zx81/tape/U ... Inside.jpg

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Knot in 3D: Rob Pengilley
Per inlay

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3D Defender (New Generation): Rob Pengilley
Per inlay

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3D Monster Maze (New Generation): Rob Pengilley
Per inlay

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