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Three Ariolasoft cover credits as it reads on the back cover of the games themselves.

* Bride Of Frankenstein (1987). Cover artist. Richard Edington.
* Triaxos (1987). Cover artist. Eddie King.
* Think! (1985). Cover artist. Peter Gudynas.

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Sports Hero (Melbourne House). In the instructions:

Cover artwork by Ned Culic

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Hong Kong Phooey (Hi-Tec, 1990). We can read in the instructions:

Illustration by Julie Hebdon

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Black Lamp (Firebird). According to the instructions:

Cover artwork by Graham Potts of John Martin & Associates.
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Both Jeff Easley:

Heroes of the Lance
Dragons of Flame
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D-Day by Games Workshop

According to the instructions in the archive:

"Cover artwork by Brian Sweet.
Production artwork by Brian Cumming.
Co-ordination by Angus Ryall."

This information isn't showing in SC.
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Heroquest by Gremlin Graphics

Cover art by Les Edwards and David Gallagher

http://www.lesedwards.com/galleries/vin ... quest/1024

https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 1/mode/2up
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Talisman by Games Workshop

Cover art by Chris Achilleos
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Tower of Despair by Games Workshop

According to instructions:

"The front cover is by Robin Hidden; the back cover and the
guidebook illustrations are by Peter Martin. The Map of Aelandor
and the plan of Castle Argent are by Brian Cumming.
The history of Aelandor and the adventure background are by
Jamie Thomson and Steve Williams. Production by Brian Cumming.
Overall co-ordination by Angus Ryall."
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Rorthron wrote: Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:53 pm Talisman by Games Workshop

Cover art by Chris Achilleos
More detail from the instructions:

"Cover Artwork by Chris Achilleos
Photographs by Nic Grecas
Production Artwork by Brian Cumming"
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Battlecars

Artwork for the Summit re-release (but not the original Games Workshop release):

"Artwork by Farnell Hinsley Design Ltd" according to the instructions.
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Dark Sceptre

Cover by "Franklin" (signature in bottom right)
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Sorderon's Shadow

"Cover illustration: Richard Hopkinson, Garden Studios" (instructions)
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It's not a cover artist, but another type of unmentioned contributor:

Enigma Force

"special thanks to Fred Gray (music)" (instructions)
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Rorthron wrote: Tue Dec 18, 2018 8:41 pm Heroquest by Gremlin Graphics

Cover art by Les Edwards and David Gallagher

http://www.lesedwards.com/galleries/vin ... quest/1024

https://archive.org/stream/WhiteDwarf05 ... 1/mode/2up
To clarify: the front cover is by Les Edwards, and the back by David Gallagher.
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Always been keen to find the artist for River Raid but never had any luck. Seem to be down as Unknown which is a shame as the artwork is striking.
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Andy Green wrote: Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:36 pm Always been keen to find the artist for River Raid but never had any luck. Seem to be down as Unknown which is a shame as the artwork is striking.
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http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/ ... t.html?m=1
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StooB wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:29 pm
Andy Green wrote: Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:36 pm Always been keen to find the artist for River Raid but never had any luck. Seem to be down as Unknown which is a shame as the artwork is striking.
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James Gurney

http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2016/ ... t.html?m=1
Wow! Thank you so much!
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The Dinotopia guy? Far out!
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And thanks for the link!

I love the artwork of the old Atari 2600 cartridges, by the way
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I know the idea is to contribute to this superb and very useful topic but I'm trying to source the original cover artists for the following:

Chuckie Egg (A'n'F Software, 1984)
Firetrap (Electric Dreams Software, 1987)
Galaxian (Atarisoft, 1984)
Kong (Ocean Software Ltd, 1983)
Maziacs (DK'Tronics, 1983) -
Pheenix (Megadodo Software, 1983) - Martin Ward ?
Quazatron (Hewson Consultants Ltd, 1986)
Splat! (Incentive Software Ltd, 1983)
Stop the Express (Sinclair Research Ltd, 1983)
Styx (Bug-Byte Software Ltd, 1983)
Wheelie (Microsphere, 1982, re-release inlay)

I've been trying for the past five months without any luck. Basically, it is for the purpose of a pixel art book that will contain all my work to date (a friend is putting it together for me). At the back of the book will feature a list of ZX Spectrum games that I had done alternative loading screens for but mention the original inlay cover artist. Quite a few of these weren't credited back in the day so looking to rectify that! :D
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Rorthron wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:52 pm John Harris (internet mentions, eg Wikipedia):
Original ZX81 manual
Original ZX Spectrum manual
BTW the evidence for this is here:

ZX Spectrum manual cover by John Harris:
http://www.alisoneldred.com/imageJohnHa ... -2064.html

ZX81 manual cover by John Harris:
http://www.alisoneldred.com/imageJohnHa ... -2508.html

ZX Interface 1 manual cover by John Harris:
http://www.alisoneldred.com/imageJohnHa ... -2634.html
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My Name is Groucho - You Win a Fat Cigar (Automata UK). We can read in the instructions:

' "Groucho" the artwork by Robin Grenville-Evans '
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In the game Thinderbirds (Grandslam) we can see a little 'Stein' at the artwork (down, right)

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p ... 96&id=5255

Better seen on the Mobygames entry: link -> cover art -> Spectrum

So probably he's Steinar Lund, don't you think?
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Yes, the same "stein" signature is on a few covers attributed to him, eg Hellfire Attack, Live and Let Die, Manchester United and Return of the Jedi. He normally uses "Steinar", but also "SL84" (eg Boulder Dash) and even "S" (Jahangir Khan).
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