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Anyone ever seen these prototype SNES boxes or artwork before? F-Zero here is very reminiscent of Stunt Race FX, which wouldn't have come out until 1994 (and both Pilotwings and F-Zero were NA launch titles in 1991). From a Torrance, CA branding company

The painting for The Neverending Story II by Renato Casaro (1935–2025) is still in possession of the family. Photo from a recent visit by a collector

I can't remember if I purchased the manual or the poster or both when I was trying to identify the artist. If I still have the poster, do you want me to mail it to you?

Always wonderful to see the art for a series rounded up like this. The Super Nintendo box art for Populous is by Tim O'Brien (confirmed with the artist). An "O'Brien" signature can be seen (very small) along the image on the cover of the manual!

Akihiro YAMADA / 山田章博 Ano Shimizu / ANO清水 Ayami KOJIMA / 小島文美 Haruhiko MIKIMOTO / 美樹本晴彦 Katsuya TERADA / 寺田克也 Ken SUGIMORI / 杉森建 Nobuteru YUUKI / 結城信輝 Ryūichirō KUTSUZAWA / 沓澤龍一郎 Satoshi URUSHIHARA / うるし原智志 / 漆原智志 Shinichi MORIOKA / 森岡 慎一 / もりおか しんいち Tomoharu SAITŌ / 斎藤智晴 Yoh YOSHINARI / 吉成曜 Yoshitoh ASARI / 浅利 義遠 / あさりよしとお Yukihisa FUJITA / ふじたゆきひさ etc.

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Ha, whoops again not realizing it was a wall torch and not a lever. The box art is iconic but it sure is a bit perplexing. Someone else commented about the swordsman in front being barefoot and now I can't unsee it.

FTL Games artist David R. Darrow passed away in May 2025. He was known to gamers for illustrating the box art for Dungeon Master as well as for FTL's first game Sundog. He also did extensive work for Hollywood films

Whoops! Until now, I NEVER knew that the guy on the left was attempting to pull a lever. I always thought it was someone scaling the wall. It looked awkward and I thought the person possessed (the boot blends in with the wall) so I always dismissed the art as weird. Funny seeing it different now

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom by Brom used on the cover of the Japanese Sega Saturn Dungeons & Dragons Collection release and arcade flyers. Image depicts characters from the game facing off against different creatures and beasts in some sort of cliff with a mountain range behind them and a fiery looking sky.

The artwork of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom by Brom used on the cover of the Japanese #SegaSaturn Dungeons & Dragons Collection release and arcade flyers. Unfortunately sources weren't very good. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch.

Art by Lee MacLeod

To keep things organized I made another account where I'm going to post some of the non-Zelda scans I make. Because I collect for Zelda I end up with a lot of rarer stuff from the 80's and I'm finding out that people have been looking for it: bsky.app/profile/its-...

The box art for Team 17's The Speris Legacy was illustrated by Mark Taylor. I'm not sure whether this is the same Mark Taylor (1941–2021) known for his involvement in the creation of Mattel’s Masters of the Universe (MOTU) franchise

British illustrator Carl Critchlow did the box art for Ocean's Sea Legends (DOS, 1996)

The original box art concept for survival horror game Ecstatica depicted a skull rather than a werewolf! Art by Carl Critchlow, who also did the final painting #psygnosis

Never seen this before! It seems the back of the book credits the cover art to a Spanish art agency Selecciones Ilustradas.

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs clean artwork by Steve Lang that wasn't used for the Super Nintendo release. Image depicts the three toads battling their way across some monstrous enemies which include a boar, a bull, a rhino, some sort of mutant, and a snake. The Dark Queen can be seen looming over them in the back with a volcano erupting on the right, and a giant spider in a cave below. There's also a small space ship on the left.

An unused #SNES piece of #Battletoads in Battlemaniacs artwork by Steve Lang. The artwork we got it's pretty good but this one is also fantastic. Usual upscale/clean/retouch process applied. Thanks to @ovga.bsky.social for sharing this one!

That's not quite how it works. The illustrations were not credited for a number of reasons including that they were done externally by freelance illustrators often hired via an outside design firm, all of which is information that the team making the manual does not have access to. All separate

Master Chief Halo package illustration done for Rockstar Energy by Yuko Shimizu. Listed for sale by Felix Comic Art: www.felixcomicart.com/Featured.asp...

American illustrator Greg Wray has confirmed for OVGA that he did the box art for the second game, Great Circus Mystery. I believe Greg may have also done the box art for the third game (released in Japan for SFC) but he doesn't remember perfectly and has given mixed answers

Yes, perhaps I will send an email sometime. The involvement of a French illustration studio to create the package art used both in the US and Japan was always surprising. But then again, perhaps that studio already had a long established relationship with Disney, which facilitated the job

I have seen that name (Philippe Harchy) and the post on CAF, but it's a little strange. I am not fully convinced. Further, when you look at the picture on CAF, at the bottom left corner there appears to be an imprint of a Japanese Kanji or two

Just confirming for you definitively, Pedro, that this one is not the art of Marc Ericksen (as you know). I have identified the artist but am not yet ready to share the name

Mark Bagley cover art for a mini comic for Activision's Ultimate Spider-Man game for PlayStation 2 (2005). This comic was packed in with the Limited Edition release of the game. The original art is currently for sale on eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/26744526...

Box art by Michael Koelsch

Star Trek TOS art, featuring floating heads of Kirk, Spock, and Bones.

Poster for Blade Runner, featuring floating heads of the characters.

Poster for Back to the Future Part II, with Doc and Marty both lifting shades to look at their watches with the Delorean nearby.

Poster for ET, with ET in the woods reaching for a floating UFO, with the lights of a city grid in the background.

RIP Drew Struzan

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Yeah, probably not the most effective approach. The above ad (with 6 figures) appeared in GamePro 58 (May 1994). I'm realizing that there was a 7th illustration (surely also by Barry Jackson) that appeared in the following month's issue that continues the gag (GamePro 59, June 1994)

Thanks for being a sounding board! I'm gonna delete the post

My understanding is that the box art for The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang was done by Dan Harto, who also did a variety of work for Nintendo Power