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Hyaku no Sekai no Monogatari: The Tales on a Watery Wilderness (Famicom). ASK, 1991. (Source)
#Hyaku no Sekai no Monogatari: The Tales on a Watery Wilderness#Famicom#ASK#1991#crafty#cover art#fantasy
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Stage paintings by Glenn Kim for Weaponlord (Visual Concepts, 1995).
#Weaponlord#SNES#Mega Drive#Visual Concepts#1995#illustrations#concept art#environments#fighting games#fantasy#barbarians#Glenn Kim
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Character concepts for Weaponlord (Visual Concepts, 1995). Drawings by Omar "OMZ" Velasco and paintings by Ray Wong. From top to bottom: Korr, Bane, Divada, Talazia, Zorn, Jen-Tai, Zarak
#Weaponlord#SNES#Mega Drive#Visual Concepts#1995#illustrations#concept art#characters#fighting games#fantasy#barbarians#Omar Velasco#Ray Wong
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Kinu Nishimura artwork for Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Capcom, 1996). (Source)
#Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara#Arcade#Capcom#1996#illustrations#beat 'em ups#fantasy#characters#Dungeons & Dragons#Kinu Nishimura
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Map ‘Wario Land: Shake It!’ Nintendo Wii
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Killing Time (3DO). Studio 3DO, 1995. Cover artwork by the master Iain McCaig, known for, among other things, his conceptual artwork for the Star Wars movies and his Fighting Fantasy gamebook illustrations. (Source)
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"One of the creatures designed by Yūsuke Takayanagi / 高柳祐介(Zeiram 2) and his assistants for the 3DO game N.O.B. Neo Organic Bioform." (Source)
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Plok! (Super Nintendo). Software Creations, 1993. Clay models by Steve Lang. (Source)
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Kow Yokoyama models in the Super Stadium instruction manual (also used for the box art). Developed by Affect for the Super Famicom and released in 1991, Super Stadium was rebranded as Nolan Ryan's Baseball when it was released in NA the following year.
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Minelvaton Saga: Ragon no Fukkatsu (Famicom). Random House, 1987. Cover art by Hitoshi Yoneda. (Source) Regarding the advertisements, the artist is uncredited but the models are reminiscent of Kow Yokoyama's work on Xanadu. (Source)
#Minelvaton Saga#Famicom#Random House#1987#illustrations#cover art#ads#crafty#fantasy#Hitoshi Yoneda#Kow Yokoyama
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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (Famicom). Taito, 1988.
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Juvei Quest (Famicom). Birthday, 1991. Fold-out map/poster included with the game. (Source)
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Doom concepts and textures from the sketchbook of Adrian Carmack. (Source: 1 | 2)
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When did you last spot a game cover this vibrant, effervescent and gracious?
How could there have been a time when even the mundane task of composing the cover art for a tennis game inspired a nameless artist to capture the very essence of summery pleasures?
And could that nameless artist be Eijin Suzuki?
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Escape Kids (Arcade). Konami, 1991. (Source)
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Cover art for Shiten Myooh (Mega Drive, 1990), also known as Shadow Blasters in North America. Developed by Sigma Pro-Tech. The artist is unidentified.
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Advertisement for Blue Almanac (Mega Drive, 1991). The illustration, by Katsuya Terada, is also used for the box art. (Source) A US release was advertised as Star Odyssey but cancelled. However, Super Fighter Team eventually acquired the rights and published the game as Star Odyssey in 2011. (Source)
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