Spectrum Computing

Zub (Mastertronic).

The main character in the inlay strongly reminds of a very well known Star Wars character...

Japanese flyer for HyperSports



Imagine cover for HyperSports

Hulk Hogan / Wrestling Superstars



Courtesy of:

https://arcadesushi.com/stolen-images-in-video-games/

It's a poor show that Codemasters chose Hulk Hogan when we had the likes of Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki on this side of the pond.

Stars by MC Escher



Archon



Details:

Promotional photograph of Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry



Impossible Mission II cover

Rorthron wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:34 pm There are a few cover images I have been struggling to place.

Psycho Soldier



This looks like another Lisa Lyon copy to me.

Still of Lisa Lyon



Details:

In Psycho Soldier, Athena's leg pose might come from another Lisa Lyon picture.

Psycho Soldier Cover



Photograph of Lisa Lyon and Arnold Schwarzeneggar



Details:

Looks more like Arnold's legs from the same pic!

Rorthron wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:34 pm There are a few cover images I have been struggling to place. Can anyone else help?

Shao Lin's Road



The figures in the green and white shirts look as though they are based on Bruce Lee. My best guess is that they come from The Way of the Dragon, but I can't find a matching image.

Here's the image:

Still from The Way of the Dragon

Narc cover



Commando (1985) movie poster



Details:

Rorthron wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:55 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:34 pm There are a few cover images I have been struggling to place. Can anyone else help?

Shao Lin's Road



The figures in the green and white shirts look as though they are based on Bruce Lee. My best guess is that they come from The Way of the Dragon, but I can't find a matching image.

Here's the image:

Still from The Way of the Dragon

Well spotted!

Frank Frazetta, The Norseman



Castlevania cover (for Nintendo)



Castlevania: Spectral Interlude loading screen

Made in Spain 5 Estrellas



Still of Carrie Fisher in Return of the Jedi



Out of Bounds movie poster



Details:





Taken fom here:

http://hg101.proboards.com/thread/9643/ ... es?page=47

Boris Vallejo, The Eternal Champion



Stormbringer cover



From the same thread as the last post.

Frank Frazetta, Lord of the Rings sketch (1975)



Willow Pattern cover



Another from the same thread.

Rorthron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:17 pmAlien movie still



Gryzor cover

The Gryzor alien actually comes from the Japanese flyer.

Japanese Contra/Gryzor flyer

Rorthron wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:48 pm Still of Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars (1977)



Chase HQ cover



I am not sure about the source of the second face. I first thought it might be Philip Michael Thomas (Tubbs in Miami Vice), but I think it is actually Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian in Star Wars).

Photograph of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back (1980)



Still of Philip Michael Thomas as Tubbs in Miami Vice (1984-1989)

This sctually came via the arcade flyer:

Chase HQ arcade flyer

It seems that the Chase HQ figure is Billy Dee Williams. This is the source:

Finally... one of the missing Amazon Women!

Raquel Welch in The Magic Christian (1969)



Legend of the Amazon Women inlay



Details:

Cover of The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 11, by Marvel



Renegade cover



Here is it flipped to show it more clearly:



(This, like most of the others recently, comes from the HG101 thread mentioned earlier.)

Rorthron wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:32 pm It seems that the Chase HQ figure is Billy Dee Williams. This is the source:

I don't see it (the match I mean).

Kweepa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:31 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:32 pm It seems that the Chase HQ figure is Billy Dee Williams. This is the source:

I don't see it (the match I mean).

These images are from the arcade flyer, not Bob Wakelin's cover, but Wakelin followed it pretty closely (or possibly vice versa).




The artist has trimmed Williams' hair and given his moustache to Harrison Ford.




In the case of the hands, the artist has somewhat weirdly moved the knuckles, so as to reposition the top two fingers, but has retained the same overall hand shape, making the third finger from the top freakishly long. He has obviously added a second hand, as well.

The flyer artist also made the hands way too big! Wakelin fixed that.

Kweepa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:31 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:32 pm It seems that the Chase HQ figure is Billy Dee Williams. This is the source:

I don't see it (the match I mean).

Nor me, looks a real stretch to be honest. That pose was pretty much standard for movie and TV characters in the 70's, just off the top of my head have a look at the 'Magnum Heat' version video cover of 'Hickey and Boggs' for a similar hand\gun pose. And they've even got the yellow car on two wheels being blown up from behind on that cover as well! Not saying that this is the actual template for the arcade Chase HQ ad- definitely not the faces - but you might put it in the "inspired by" column.

Bizzley wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:45 pm

Kweepa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:31 pm I don't see it (the match I mean).

Nor me, looks a real stretch to be honest.

It's hard to see at first, as the hair changes really alter the overall impression, and the different lighting makes a difference, too. But if you closely match the details (eg the eyes, nose, etc), it's almost an exact copy.

I'll try to do an overlay of the two images.