Re: Cover Artists 2

[StooB]

6601|Lord or the Rings: Ian McCausland
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6 ... _the_Rings

Ian McCausland is also the artist for:

Starion - credited on the inlay
Hampstead - credited on inside cover uploaded here

Lynda Warner:

Sherlock - from the instructions

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[StooB]

Jolyon Myers

credited for the artwork on the inlays of these Top Ten Software titles:
Good Luck
Werewolf Simulator
Rockfall
Kung Fu Knights
Dead Enders

Their role on
ThunderJaws is Graphics (credited in the demo)
The Hunt for Red October is Music (credited in the instructions)

The artwork for Snookered by Top Ten is credited to "Vidal Buffoon".

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[StooB]

Gilsoft:

Games Tape 1 (cover version 1)

Already listed as S Harbron. according to Retro Gamer 183's feature on Gilsoft, their full name is "Steve Harbron". They are also credited on the first version of the inlay of Diamond Trail.

Games Tape 2
Games Tape 3

inlays credit the cover to "A Griffiths" - they are "Andy Griffiths" according to the same article

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Magic Castle

Steve Harbron credited on the first version of the inlay.

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[Audionautas]

Hi

Dominator by System 3. Cover art signature by a certain ROBERTS '89, as we can see on the bottom right of this two-page advert.

Cheers

[Rorthron]

Something found in the instructions of Time Flight (The Power House):

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... ime_Flight

"This is hard! So much so that we are offering a SPECIAL PRIZE for the highest recorded score in 1987. This will be a rare autographed copy of “The Science Fiction and Fantasy World of Tim White” - the man responsible for The Power House’s brilliant artwork"

He's been already included im other games' entries:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=19384

So I think he should be included in every Power House game published, at least, till Time Flight.

I think these are all listed earlier in the thread (pages 5 to 7), but are part of the backlog of corrections that haven't been processed yet.

[Rorthron]

Laser Squad (Target Games) cover art: Steve Yeowell
Per instructions. Other missing credits in instructions.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... aser_Squad

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[Audionautas]

Hi

Twister by System 3. Cover art by Steinar Lund according to his signature on the C&VG poster.

Cheers!

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[StooB]

Something found in the instructions of Time Flight (The Power House):

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... ime_Flight

"This is hard! So much so that we are offering a SPECIAL PRIZE for the highest recorded score in 1987. This will be a rare autographed copy of “The Science Fiction and Fantasy World of Tim White” - the man responsible for The Power House’s brilliant artwork"

He's been already included im other games' entries:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=19384

So I think he should be included in every Power House game published, at least, till Time Flight.

I think these are all listed earlier in the thread (pages 5 to 7), but are part of the backlog of corrections that haven't been processed yet.

My lists are up to date and all the original style Power House covers, from Hercules to Power Plays, have been credited to Tim White in this thread. It's only the artist(s) behind the rebranded Power House titles from 1988 that are still unknown:

[StooB]

Dustman

David John Rowe - signature in bottom right corner

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[StooB]

more David John Rowe

Hijack - signature cropped off the inlay but visible on the advert

Explorer - signature on the inlay

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[pavero]

Well, maybe it's time to remind an existence of this form, which is the ideal tool for adding informations of this type.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/zxdb/add/public/new_publisher.php

The using of this tool is much more comfortable and chance that all changes will be processed quickly is much higher.

This thread use only if some discussion is needed firstly (you aren't sure with your changes).

[pavero]

If you add a new author via the form, please don't forget to select a proper role (checkbox A - Inlay/Poster Art).

BTW, your entry (not processed yet) you can edit anytime you want.

[druellan]

Some credits for Stardust (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... m/Stardust)

PROGRAMA: Javier y Juan Carlos Arévalo.
GRÁFICOS: Juan Carlos Arévalo y Julio Martín.
MÚSICA: Gominolas.
PROGRAMADA POR: Gonzalo Martín.
IDEA ORIGINAL: José Manuel Muñoz.
PANTALLA DE CARGA: Javier Cano.
CARÁTULA: Alfonso Azpiri.

and Bronx https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/7 ... trum/Bronx

Programa: Javier y Juan Carlos Arévalo.
Gráficos: Antonio López Areosa.
Música: Pablo Toledo.
Carátula: Alfonso Azpiri.
Producción: Javier Cano.

Also, Ricardo Cancho Niemietz is part of Kantxo Design (Spain) and the author of the loading screen.

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[Juan F. Ramirez]

I think this is the proper thread to post these sad news:

https://twitter.com/ian_livingstone/sta ... tnaDA&s=19

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In Phantis (https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... um/Phantis) the author of the re-release cover (as Game Over 2) is Luis Royo.

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[Rorthron]

I had a look at some of @pavero's inlay scans today and saw several more signatures.

CRYSTAL

Bug Blaster - Dave De-Leuw
Per signature (bottom)

The Dungeon Master - Dave De-Leuw
Per signature (right)

Halls of the Things - Dave De-Leuw
Per signature (bottom right)

TITUS

Knight Force - Grabuge
Per signature (middle right)

RABBIT

Note: several of these titles have two different covers.

Centropods - Ade Croft
Per partial signature (bottom left)

Escape MCP - Ade Croft
Per signature (middle)

Lancer Lords - Ade Croft
Per signature (middle)

Murder - Ade Croft???
Per small fragment of signature (bottom right)

Pakacuda - Ade Croft
Per signature (bottom left)

Paratroopers - Ade Croft
Per signature (left)

Potty Painter - Ade Croft
Per signature (left)

Quackers - S Grant
Per signature (middle)

PROXIMA

Lots of these are signed George K, but I am not sure if that indicates the name of the programmer or the artist. I suspect both. Is George K an alias of Jiří Koudelka (see SQ-Tracker, for example)?

Desktop - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

Indiana Jones 1-3 - FF
Per signature (bottom left)

Klub uživatelů Desktopu 1 - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

Klub uživatelů Desktopu 3 - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

Mah Jongg - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

SQ-Tracker - George K
Per signature (top right)

Tango - George K
Per signature (top left)

Tinny & Spol - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

User II - George K
Per signature (top right)

User 1 - George K
Per signature (bottom right)

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[Rorthron]

GREMLIN GRAPHICS

Auf Wiedersehen Monty: DB
Per signature (middle)

Blood Brothers: Ian Naylor
Per signature (bottom left)

Blood Valley: Josh Kirby
Same as the gamebook on which it is based:
https://gamebooks.org/Item/811/Show
Confirmed by signature visible on book cover, but not on software cover

The Final Matrix: P Canny?
Per signature (bottom left)?

Games Crazy: Steinar Lund
Per signature (bottom right)

HATE: D Bracher
Per signature (bottom left)

Heroquest Return of the Witch Lord: Les Edwards
Per artist's website: http://www.lesedwards.com/galleries/vin ... hlord/1028

MASK III Venom Strikes Back: Ian Naylor
Per signature (bottom left)

Motor Massacre: Ian Naylor
Per signature (bottom right)

Tinderbox: DB
Per signature (bottom right)

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[Rorthron]

QUICKSILVA

Aquaplane: David Rowe
Per signature (bottom right)

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[pavero]

Yes, George K = Jiří Koudelka

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=5317

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[pavero]

PROXIMA

Lots of these are signed George K, but I am not sure if that indicates the name of the programmer or the artist. I suspect both. Is George K an alias of Jiří Koudelka (see SQ-Tracker, for example)?

Desktop - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

Indiana Jones 1-3 - FF
Per signature (bottom left)

Klub uživatelů Desktopu 1 - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

Klub uživatelů Desktopu 3 - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

Mah Jongg - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

SQ-Tracker - George K
Per signature (top right)

Tango - George K
Per signature (top left)

Tinny & Spol - George K
Per signature (bottom left)

User II - George K
Per signature (top right)

User 1 - George K
Per signature (bottom right)

Well, we know that George K is the author of those programs. But I am not sure if he is the author those inlays too!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Dustman by Timescape.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... um/Dustman



The author's signature is the same as the one David John Rowe used in his works. Don't you think?

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[StooB]

GREMLIN GRAPHICS

Auf Wiedersehen Monty: DB
Per signature (middle)

HATE: D Bracher
Per signature (bottom left)

Tinderbox: DB
Per signature (bottom right)

These are David Bracher.

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[pavero]

Because there are still many users who don't know about existence new preservation forms or they haven't tried to use them yet, some additional promotion is needed:

viewtopic.php?p=55597#p55597

These online forms should by always use, if you want to add some missing informations, new files or change something what is incorrect and there is no any doubt about it. The main purpose is clear - to reduce number of posts in 'Little bugs in the database' and 'Cover Artists' threads, where is very time-consuming to process those changes manually. But if you use these forms, all changes can be processed fully automatically.

[Rorthron]

Wild West Hero: David Rowe
Per artist's website
https://davidrowe.net/wild-west-hero.html

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