Cover artists

[Juan F. Ramirez]

... and Quicksilva!

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page- ... cksilva-PI

I've started with this company. According to the link, the artists still not included in the database are:

Battlezone: Chris Kenyon
Pac-Land: Steinar Lund
Space Intruders: Rich Shenfield

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

... from Mastertronic:

Alcatraz Harry: John Smyth
Spellbound: John Smyth

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

According to

http://www.boxequalsart.com/european%20 ... 0page.html

Willian Tang is not only the coder, but also the inlay artist of Horace Goes Skiing.

[druellan]

I've started with this company. According to the link, the artists still not included in the database are:

Battlezone: Chris Kenyon
Pac-Land: Steinar Lund
Space Intruders: Rich Shenfield

Good thing they also include the nationality of the authors, Chris Kenyon for example is from USA.

[druellan]

According to

http://www.boxequalsart.com/european%20 ... 0page.html

Willian Tang is not only the coder, but also the inlay artist of Horace Goes Skiing.

I'm unsure about this one. All three Horace games have some very similar art, seems odd he is credited only on this one. I mean, might be true, but makes me uneasy for some reason. Not sure if we can find another source, thought.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

According to

http://www.boxequalsart.com/european%20 ... 0page.html

Willian Tang is not only the coder, but also the inlay artist of Horace Goes Skiing.

I'm unsure about this one. All three Horace games have some very similar art, seems odd he is credited only on this one. I mean, might be true, but makes me uneasy for some reason. Not sure if we can find another source, thought.

Yep, seems logic.

Has anyone got more info about this?

[Juan F. Ramirez]

More artists from BOX=ART web:

Gavin Macleod: (all from Codemasters)

Arcade Flight Simulator
GP Simulator 2
Italian Supercar
Jet Bike Simulator
Super Stuntman

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-g.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Star Control (Accolade) by Boris Vallejo

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-b.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Bloodwych (Image Works) - Christos Achilleos

Rock 'n Roll (Rainbow Arts) - Celal Kandemiroglu
Spherical (Rainbow Arts) - Celal Kandemiroglu
Turrican II: The Final Fight (Rainbow Arts) - Celal Kandemiroglu


http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-c.html

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

Crosswize (Firebird) by David Rowe
Deathwake (Quicksilva) by David Rowe
Enterprise (Mastertronic Plus re-release cover) by David Rowe
Peter Beardsley Int. Football (Grandslam) by David Rowe
Yes, Prime Minister (Mastertronic Plus re-release cover) by David Rowe

Times of Lore (Origin) by Denis R. Loubet

Back to the Future III (Image Works) by Drew Struzan
Masters of the Universe: The Movie (Gremlin) by Drew Struzan

Archon: The Light and the Dark (EA) by Dave McMacken

F-15 Strike Eagle (Microprose) by David Martin

Savage Island part 1 (Adventure International) by Don Dixon; (Tynesoft re-release cover) by Angus McKie (*)
Savage Island part 2 (Adventure International) by Don Dixon; (Tynesoft re-release cover) by Angus McKie (*)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-d.html

(*) According to Mobygames, Don Dixon did the Adventure Int. cover (pt 1 & 2) and Angus McKie did the Tynesoft inlays.

The available inlays at SC (parts 1 & 2) are the re-release covers instead. they should be re-labeled as 're-release inlay (Tynesoft)' IMO. The Adventure International covers are these ones. It also can be checked is this fabulous text adventure DB:

https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=saga10uk
https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=saga11uk

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[druellan]

More artists from BOX=ART web:

Gavin Macleod: (all from Codemasters)

Arcade Flight Simulator
GP Simulator 2
Italian Supercar
Jet Bike Simulator
Super Stuntman

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-g.html

Confirmed from the instructions of Super Stuntman (also, very distinctive artwork from this artist).

[Juan F. Ramirez]

English artist Emmanuel did the artwork for:

The Adventures of St Bernard (Carnell Software)
Black Crystal (Carnell Software).
Citadel of Chaos (Carnell Software)
The Crypt (Carnell Software)
Devil Rides In (Carnell Software)
Starforce One (Carnell Software)
Volcanic Dungeon (Carnell Software)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-e.html

A curious thing is The Wrath of Magra (also by Carnell) includes 'Emmanuel' in its SC entry, but not as an artist, but as another coder. No reference of this game in BOX=ART, as you can see.

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

English artist Ian Naylor did the artwork for:

Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (US Gold)
Motor Massacre (Gremlin)
Thunder Blade (US Gold)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-i.html

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[StooB]

English artist Emmanuel did the artwork for:

Citadel of Chaos (Carnell Software)

This must be Citadel of Chaos by Puffin/Penguin. Emmanuel did the cover of the original book but the Spectrum version was never released.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

English artist Emmanuel did the artwork for:

Citadel of Chaos (Carnell Software)

This must be Citadel of Chaos by Puffin/Penguin. Emmanuel did the cover of the original book but the Spectrum version was never released.

Thanks for the clarification. I usually check every game in the DB before posting but this time I presumed all these Carnell games were published. I focused more on the Wrath of Magra topic. My fault!

[druellan]

Bloodwych (Image Works) - Christos Achilleos

Confirmed!

Rock 'n Roll (Rainbow Arts) - Celal Kandemiroglu
Spherical (Rainbow Arts) - Celal Kandemiroglu
Turrican II: The Final Fight (Rainbow Arts) - Celal Kandemiroglu

Also confirmed

[Packobilly]

Vaya pedazo de curro que hay detrás de esta lista. Sorprendente y muy interesante...
Gracias, Juan F. Ramírez!

[druellan]

Crosswize (Firebird) by David Rowe
Enterprise (Mastertronic Plus re-release cover) by David Rowe
Peter Beardsley Int. Football (Grandslam) by David Rowe

This ones can be double-checked via signature.

Back to the Future III (Image Works) by Drew Struzan
Masters of the Universe: The Movie (Gremlin) by Drew Struzan

Also confirmed, same signature on both works:

Angus McKie did the Tynesoft inlays

Confirmed by signature:

Enterprise (Mastertronic Plus re-release cover) by David Rowe
Yes, Prime Minister (Mastertronic Plus re-release cover) by David Rowe
(*) According to Mobygames, Don Dixon did the Adventure Int. cover (pt 1 & 2) and Angus McKie did the Tynesoft inlays.

We currently don't have any way to indicate in which release an author/artist worked, right [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] ? For now I'm using the comments.

The available inlays at SC (parts 1 & 2) are the re-release covers instead. they should be re-labeled as 're-release inlay (Tynesoft)' IMO. The Adventure International covers are these ones. It also can be checked is this fabulous text adventure DB:

https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=saga10uk
https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=saga11uk

[mention]R-Tape[/mention] I think we are going to need your magic here Also, the Tynesoft covers we have on base are pretty bad, MobyGames has one for the part 1, still low-res but looks way better:

https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers ... -cover.jpg

[druellan]

Also, small detail, but I'm also updating the nationalities of the artists based on this list, that so far seems to be pretty accurate. Great find!

[druellan]

Black Crystal (Carnell Software).
Volcanic Dungeon (Carnell Software)

He is also credited on the ZX81 versions, I'm going to proceed and add him also on those.
[mention]R-Tape[/mention] ! This is the ZX81 cover art for Volcanic Dungeon - http://www.lysator.liu.se/adventure/ima ... lcanic.jpg

A curious thing is The Wrath of Magra (also by Carnell) includes 'Emmanuel' in its SC entry, but not as an artist, but as another coder. No reference of this game in BOX=ART, as you can see.

Yes, and he is also correctly credited as inlay artists on Citadel of Chaos (11586), which makes me think might be an oversight.
The thing is I could not find any visible signature, and seems that the artist learned his craft while working on the company, so, there is no distinctive style either.

BTW, love this sexy mommy!

[druellan]

Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (US Gold)
Motor Massacre (Gremlin)
Thunder Blade (US Gold)

Signature:

[R-Tape]

@R-Tape I think we are going to need your magic here Also, the Tynesoft covers we have on base are pretty bad, MobyGames has one for the part 1, still low-res but looks way better:

Not my magic—Pav's doing inlays. I'm trying to be new content only.

[mention]pavero[/mention] - are you okay with these inlays? Let me know if there's anything I should do here.

[pavero]

Tynesoft inlays are on my list. But there are some gaps among them, so it will take some time to complete the set. E.g. I have hi-res version Savage Island One, but not the second part.

[druellan]

Tynesoft inlays are on my list. But there are some gaps among them, so it will take some time to complete the set. E.g. I have hi-res version Savage Island One, but not the second part.

Pavero magic then! Thanks Pav, no pressure then, glad it is already on your radar.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Twinworld (Ubisoft). Artwork by Jean-Pierre Ferte (France).

Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (Parker/Sinclair Research Ltd). Artwork by John Berkey (USA)

http://www.boxequalsart.com/index-page-ja-jr.html

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