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Spanish artists (excluding Alfonso Azpiri and Luis Royo).

* Mutan Zone (Opera Soft, Juan Giménez). http://videojuegosretro-upm.blogspot.co ... menez.html
* Sol Negro (Opera Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Guillermo Tell (Opera Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Soviet (Opera Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Golden Basket (Opera Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Livingstone Supongo II (Opera Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Casanova (Iber Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Toi Acid Game (Iber Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Ke Rulen Los Petas (Iber Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Defcom 1 (Iber Soft, Juan Giménez).
* Bestial Warrior (Dinamic, Ricardo Machuca). http://videojuegosretro-upm.blogspot.co ... chuca.html
* La Guerra de las Vajillas (Dinamic, Ricardo Machuca).
* Cosmic Sheriff (Dinamic, Ricardo Machuca).
* Antares (Dro Soft, Ricardo Machuca).
* Stop Ball (Dro Soft, Ricardo Machuca).
* Target Plus (Dinamic, Ricardo Machuca).
* Marble Madness (Melbourne House/Dro Soft, Ricardo Machuca).
* Lo Mejor de Dinamic (Compilation, Dinamic, Ricardo Machuca).
* Delfox (Dinamic, Ricardo Machuca).
* Jabato (Aventuras AD, Ciruelo Cabral). http://videojuegosretro-upm.blogspot.co ... abral.html
* Astro Marine Corps (Dinamic, Ciruelo Cabral).
* El Poder Oscuro (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez). http://videojuegosretro-upm.blogspot.co ... nchez.html
* Jungle Warrior (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Senda Salvaje (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Comando Quatro (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Curro Jiménez (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Kong's Revenge (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Star Bowls (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Piso Zero (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Autocrash (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Jump (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Stroper (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Hammer-Head (Zigurat, Angel Luis Sánchez).
* Drakkar (Delta/Diabolic, Miguel Alcón). http://videojuegosretro-upm.blogspot.co ... alcon.html
* Tokyo Gang (GLL Software, Miguel Alcón).
* Corrupt (GLL Software, Miguel Alcón).
* Bloody Paws (GLL Software, Miguel Alcón).
* The Brick (Delta Software, Miguel Alcón).
* Freddy Hardest (Dinamic, Enrique Ventura).
* Yenght (Dinamic, Ignacio Ruiz/Valentín de la Rubia).
* Saimazoom (Dinamic, Luis Rodríguez Soler).
* Babaliba (Dinamic, Luis Rodríguez Soler).
* Videolimpic (Dinamic, Luis Rodríguez Soler).
* Fernando Martín Basket Master (Dinamic, Angel Luis González).
* Capitán Sevilla (Dinamic, Max).
* Arkos (Zigurat, David Sueiro).
* Paris-Dakar (Zigurat, David Sueiro).
* Made in Spain 5 Estrellas (Compilation, Zigurat, Pedro José Martín de los Santos).
* Los Pájaros de Bangkok (Aventuras Dinamic, Rafael Negrete).
* Spirits (Topo Soft, Julio Martín Erro).
* Survivor (Topo Soft, José María Cañas).
* Las Tres Luces de Glaurung (Erbe, José María Cañas).
* Double Dragon (Dro Soft, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Aspar GP Master (Dinamic, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Michel Fútbol Master (Dinamic, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Drazen Petrovic Basket (Topo Soft, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Emilio Butragueño 2 (Topo Soft, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Top by Topo (Compilation, Topo Soft, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Mad Mix Game 2 (Topo Soft, Fernando San Gregorio).
* Gengis Khan (Positive, Enrique Nieto).
* Afteroids (Zigurat, Jorge Granados).
* Humphrey (Zigurat, Jorge Granados).
* Power Magic (Zigurat, Pedro José Martín de los Santos).
* Smaily (Zigurat, Pedro José Martín de los Santos).
* La Abadía del Crimen (Opera Soft, Juan Delcán).
* Livingstone Supongo (Opera Soft, Laugi).
* Rescate Atlántida (Dinamic, Enrique Ventura).
* Goody (Opera Soft, Gonzalo Suárez). http://videojuegosretro-upm.blogspot.co ... uarez.html
* Solo (Opera Soft, Gonzalo Suárez).
* Sir Fred (Made in Spain, Juan Delcán).
* Perico Delgado (Topo Soft, Antonio Perera).
* Score 3020 (Topo Soft, Antonio Perera).
* Mega Phoenix (Dinamic, Angel Luis González).
* Mortadelo y Filemón II (Animagic/Dro Soft, Francisco Ibáñez).
* El Cid (Dro Soft, Francis Moragrega).
* Simulador Profesional de Tenis (Dinamic, Angel Luis González).
* Rock'n'Roller (Topo Soft, Antonio Perera).
* Zipi y Zape (Dro Soft, José Escobar).
* Olé Toro (Dinamic, Jesús Puente).
* Rocman (Magic Team, Núñez).
* Duck Out (Dro Soft/Xortrapa, Francis Moragrega).
* Mantis 1 (Raven Adventures/MCM, Luis Jover).
* Mantis 2 (Raven Adventures/MCM, Luis Jover).
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Re: Cover artists

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Some info from Poland.

There was a guy called Mateusz Stryjecki who designed covers for Polish programs. He did:

Basic Test: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=18808
Czarny Poniedziałek : https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=21536
Funkcja Kwadratowa: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=8194
Handel Zagraniczny: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=21869
Hexan: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=17122
Kółko i Krzyżyk: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=18809
Młynek https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=21870
Tixo + Nim 2 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=19065
Rachunek Prawdopodobieńtwa https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 6&id=17904

There's an interview with him at Polish site about Atari. Here's the Google translated version:

https://translate.googleusercontent.com ... 9uwSDnwAbg
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:56 pm I came across a pic of Donkey Kong (Ocean) with a little 'Cabarga' as a signature. After searching for it I found an american cartoonist named Leslie Cabarga, whose web page includes the DK artwork... Bingo! :D

http://lesliecabarga.com

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1437
From that site, we can only infer that Leslie Cabarga did the poster or cover.
Conversion to SCR was probably done by "SHEIK." (look at SCR bottom left), who ever that is.

Are we just going for Cover artists, or also SCR (loading screen) artists ?
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RMartins wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:17 pm
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:56 pm I came across a pic of Donkey Kong (Ocean) with a little 'Cabarga' as a signature. After searching for it I found an american cartoonist named Leslie Cabarga, whose web page includes the DK artwork... Bingo! :D

http://lesliecabarga.com

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=1437
From that site, we can only infer that Leslie Cabarga did the poster or cover.
Conversion to SCR was probably done by "SHEIK." (look at SCR bottom left), who ever that is.

Are we just going for Cover artists, or also SCR (loading screen) artists ?

Cover artists, I think. Loading screen artists are usually credited on the game itself, that's not the case with cover artists that are not credited anywhere. We have famous cover artists like Wakelin, Azpiri, Royo or Steinar Lund, whose signatures were most of the time clearly visible on the cover artwork, but sadly in most other cases with other artists that signature is simply missing or out of frame.
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Yes, that's the idea. To focus only in artwork (inlays, adverts) due to the lack of info in WoS infoseek, Spectrum Computing and other databases.
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BTW, as far as I know, the artists for the Monument editions of the two games I have been involved in are:

Catacombs of Balachor
Cover: Olli Hihnalla

Balachor's Revenge
Cover: Olli Hihnalla
Internal art: Dave Hughes, Patti ?Richards and Lone Magpie

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EDIT: According to [mention]Audionautas[/mention] , the artist of Fernando Martin Basket Master (Dinamic) is Angel Luis Gonzalez and not Angel Luis Rodriguez, as I wrongly posted before. This can be checked in the game instructions.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:42 pmYes, that's the idea. To focus only in artwork (inlays, adverts) due to the lack of info in WoS infoseek, Spectrum Computing and other databases.
Actually ZXDB (thus Spectrum Computing) has been cataloguing this information for quite some time!

At Spectrum Computing homepage, click on "HELP!" to access this page. The bottom table in this page shows all "inlay/poster artists" catalogued in ZXDB so far. Of course everything's listed there just for convenience, what really matters is that whenever anyone visits a game page, they will see the artist properly credited there.

I'm trying to keep this list updated, based on all the information posted by all of you in this thread. However there are many other areas in ZXDB that also required my attention, thus please excuse me if this list is somehow lagging behind...

If anyone identifies any mistake or missing information in this list, please let me know! Thank you!!!
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0009335 Fantasy World Dizzy Code Masters Ltd Alistair Graham
This should be Alastair Graham, as per Rock Star Ate My Hamster (and a load of other Codies ones)
His name is confirmed on his website: http://alagram.co.uk

I recently read this article about Skool Daze and pretty much all of the artwork for Microsphere's games and ads were done by Keith Warrington
http://pixelatron.com/blog/skool-daze-f ... etrogamer/
"Keith Warrington, who’d already illustrated the ads and packaging for all of Microsphere’s games since Crevasse/Hotfoot."

Some of their covers didn't seem to have artwork as such but looking at the art for all the following I think it's pretty safe to credit him with all these covers:

Back to Skool
Contact Sam Cruise
Crevasse + Hotfoot
Evolution
Omnicalc
Omnicalc 2
Skool Daze
Sky Ranger
Train Game, The
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richl wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:26 pm 0009335 Fantasy World Dizzy Code Masters Ltd Alistair Graham
This should be Alastair Graham, as per Rock Star Ate My Hamster (and a load of other Codies ones)
In ZXDB, Alistair Graham is listed as a nickname of Alastair Graham:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... l_id=18079

IIRC the name Alistair appears in original material of certain games (or perhaps in magazines?) so I thought it would be better to catalogue it and associate to the real name. This way, searches should work for both.
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I get what you mean but shouldn't there be some consistency with how he's credited to games in the sense that his "proper" name is always first? Maybe I'm wrong but if I didn't know any better then when I skim through the list of games and artists it looks like Fantasy World Dizzy and Rock Star Ate My Hamster were done by two people with really similar names rather than them actually being the same person. To be honest, the Alistair name is really just a typo that's come up at some point. My nephew put Richerd on my Xmas card because his spelling is still at the phonetic stage but it doesn't mean it's an official variant of my name! ;)

Actually, to clarify what I mean by "official", Alastair and Alistair are both proper names but I don't think anyone who was called one or the other would accept the other spelling as being the correct spelling of their name. As for my name, some people choose to spell Richard with an e but I certainly don't! :)
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Good point. Typos shouldn't be catalogued, only intentional nicknames.

I will fix it in the next ZXDB update!
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Back to the Future (Electric Dreams) - Drew Struzan

http://coolpopsart.com/post/16888539470 ... low-artist

The site talks about the film cover, but it's just the same as the game cover.
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Inside Outing (The Edge) - Stuart Hughes

Credited in its own instructions.
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Phil Gascoine made some CRL artworks, as it's confirmed in the corresponding instructions:

Glug Glug
Handicap Golf
3D Desert Patrol
Lunar Rescue
Pandemonia
Stargazer Secrets

The next game's artworks were probably made by him, as they look similar to Gascoine's style (can't confirm as no mention of cover author in the instructions):

Caveman
Crawler
Endurance
Formula One
Grand National
Rescue
Woods of Winter
Zaraks

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Did some similar research couple years ago about authors of original art, which was used as reference for loading screens (and not only):
https://zxart.ee/eng/graphics/tags/alfonso-azpiri/
https://zxart.ee/eng/graphics/tags/louis-royo/

they are also authors of cover art basically.
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Both Roger Tyssiman and Roger Tissyman were mentioned in this thread.

May I assume they are the same person, and the correct spelling is Roger Tissyman?
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Yes, both are the same: Roger Tissyman is the correct name.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:27 pmYes, both are the same: Roger Tissyman is the correct name.
Thank you! This will be fixed in the next ZXDB update.
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Ed Dovey - Rebelstar Raiders (Red Shift, 1984).

According to the credits in the game instructions.
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The Rebel Planet cover is by Alan Craddock (the same as the FF gamebook).

You list the Software Projects Manic Miner cover as by Roger Tissyman. The second Bug-Byte release (with Miner Willy in green dungarees) also looks like his style. (I'm not sure about the first Bug-Byte cover.)
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Thanks for the info.
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Every cover artist authorship reported in this thread has been added to ZXDB. Thanks a lot to everyone here that helped to bring information about them!

The cover authors currently stored at ZXDB are listed at this link (it's the same page you get when you visit https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/ and click on "HELP!"). Look for a section called COVER ARTISTS at this page, then click on it to expand it if needed.

If you know any other author of a cover art/inlay for a specific game that is currently missing from this list, or notice any incorrect information there, please post about it here.

Moreover there's now a similar thread, except about load screen authors instead of covers, that can be found here. If anyone's willing to please help on it too, it would be extremely helpful! Thank you!!!
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A few more cover artists for the rest of the Spectrum Fighting Fantasy games:

Seas of Blood - Rodney Matthews
Sword of the Samurai - Peter Andrew Jones
Temple of Terror - Christos Achilleos
The Citadel of Chaos - Emmanuel
The Forest of Doom - Iain McCaig
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Peter Andrew Jones

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BTW the SC page for Rebel Planet lists Alan Craddock as an author. He is not the author, but the cover artist. Is this an error in ZXDB or SC?

Other titles have the same problem.
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