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  • Game art: homage or rip-off?I know a lot of games had artwork which "borrowed heavily" from other sources but stuff was usually altered a little bit so that it wasn't quite a st…

    ... must be loads of other game covers by other artists which ... Arnie for at least one game cover). Post comparison pics if ...
    richl richl July 2009 Games
  • Atari Game ArtNice article from The Verge, with images: [url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4716444/how-atari-box-art-turned-8-bit-games-into-virtual-wonderlan…

    Nice article from The Verge, with images:

    [url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4716444/how-atari-box-art-turned-8-bit-games-into-virtual-wonderlands]Click here.[/url]
    MattLamb MattLamb September 2013 Chit chat
  • Modern game art... ripping off Speccy artIt bugs me a bit when a new game shares its cover with a Speccy / other 8bit original. I'm guessing that the original artist is never approached, bu…

    ... a bit when a new game shares its cover with a ...
    Graz Graz February 2014 Games
  • want to see speccy loading screens!Hi everybody! I just love to watch speccy game art. 2:o) Can you help me to find sites, where I can find lots/tons ;o) of jpg/gif/bmp images of lo…

    ... just love to watch speccy game art. 2:o)

    Can ...
    m?s?xi m?s?xi January 2005 Games
  • Pud Pud loader. a Joffa homage/memoriamcoming up on 2 years now since his death. I was inspired by something I read on this forum to do this screen as an homage/in memoriam to a guy you a…

    ... /> Obviously it was his first game and didn't get the ... Wakelin's cover art and Joffa's original game art.

    Regards ...
    STE'86 STE'86 April 2012 Development
  • Pixel Nation & Writers wanted!Before I get to my main question I just wanted to talk about a project I've been involved with. I recently worked on a printed magazine for NES-Bit.c…

    ... 80?s British video game artist Bob Wakelin, and ... of his favourite pieces of game art.
    [b]Can video ... games be considered art?[/b] - We talk ... games truly be considered as art??
    [b]2D ... in detail a particular game, and what makes it ...
    Lorfarius Lorfarius April 2012 Announcements
  • Interview with Bob Wakelin. elmundodelspectrum.comHere you have the interview with Bob Wakelin from [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] in its original format. Enjoy…

    ... that helped to sell the game? (I?m thinking ... set it apart from other game artworks. Plus, it ... problems with were a soccer game, Kid Chaos, Mr Wimpy ... I never imagined doing video game art because I didn’t play ... interested in some video game cover art, so I wasn’t ...
    jmvbok jmvbok July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interview with Ocean inlay/poster artist Bob Wakelin<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Fascinating stuff...</span></font></div><font face…

    Fascinating stuff...
    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-chat-with-bob-wakelin-the-artist-behind-the-most-iconic-game-art-of-the-80s
    peteprodge peteprodge June 2015 Games
  • FortniteI am amazed that my machine runs this game at all, seeing as it's almost a decade old. I used to play multiplayer games more in the 90s and early au…

    ... that my machine runs this game at all, seeing as it ... too old to play this game, I get eliminated with about ... scenery. What a waste of game art :-(
    F_Clowder F_Clowder February 2018 Chit chat
  • Artist Con Aslanis, Melbourne House, The Hobbit, Terror-Daktil 4D and moreI'm interested in ZX Spectrum game cover artwork. I was looking at early Melbourne House games today and I thought I would compile some of the inform…

    ... was one of the early game art pioneers, being hired by Melbourne ... .mobygames.com/game/zx-spectrum/terror-daktil-4d/cover-art/gameCoverId,419616 ... .mobygames.com/game/zx-spectrum/terror-daktil-4d/cover-art/gameCoverId,419610 ...
    SteveP SteveP November 2021 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy Maps: Just what the hell is going on here then?Some time ago, a chap going by the name of Pavero built a few maps of Speccy games. Though they weren't brilliant, but they sufficed. He decided th…

    ... (snicker) implications of mapping a game from the 80's and ... COPYRIGHTING THE COMPONENT IMAGES - THE GAME ART AND ROOM DESIGNS! You are ...
    Arcane Design Arcane Design October 2004 Games
  • This ebay seller doesnt have one legit item[url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZeashmitt123QQhtZ-1"]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZeashmitt123QQhtZ-1[/url] I have nothing against peop…

    When I see copied game/music discs at the car boot I try to avoid them unless its a REAL nugget.

    Seems fair to me that stealing the discs off the car-booters table is the same thing as downloading, so feel free to 'elp yourself :)
    JimDiGrizLovesAngelina JimDiGrizLovesAngelina October 2005 Chit chat
  • Games you didn't like after first loading but appreciated them laterYou know the story: new game, first loading, few minutes of playing,"it's crap!". But few days/weeks/months later you load this game again (because y…

    ... different from the original platform game, plagued with colour clash and ... fact I was playing a copied game with no instructions or real ...
    Amfoot Amfoot May 2006 Games
  • Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…

    ... a bit steep for a copied game and not to mention that ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2006 Games
  • Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…

    ... a bit steep for a copied game and not to mention that ... covers and info about any game that are in the Distribution ...
    microdrive microdrive September 2006 Games
  • Favourite Gaming moment of the last 25 yearsin a continuation of the 25 years thread what's you favourite moment it could be anything a sprite, a soundbite a loading screen anything mime is w…

    ... . It's the one flakily-copied game I persevered with for hours ... and I then played the game for hours knowing it might ... success!
    - Eventually completing the game! What a thrill!

    Gwyn Gwyn March 2007 Games
  • Got my Wii modchipped todayAnd it's working great. I've tried four "backups" so far, and everyone has worked perfectly. The chip I went for was the [URL="http://www.wiikey.cn…

    ... and has never seen a copied game I don't see anything ...
    ADJB ADJB April 2007 Chit chat
  • Jon Ritman gamesMy fave is [B]Match Day[/B]. It was one of the first Spectrum games I bought. 3D Combat Zone is a very decent 3D game.

    ... determined to write an isometric game, it was what I had ... of the best bits of game art I had ever seen. The ... /> Batman turned into an epic game and I loved designing all ... build puzzles so that the game exhibited a consistent set of ...
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez May 2008 Games
  • Which Arcade original was most copiedBack in the day, I used to love comparing Kongs, Space Invaders, Pacm(e)n! and other clones Which classic game :Ddo you think was most replicated - …

    Space Invaders was the most copied game of all time. It also ... into PacMan machines turned the game into Ms Pacman which became ... . Pacman was the biggest selling game of all time, seeing millions ...
    Hercules Hercules June 2009 Games
  • Game art: homage or rip-off?I know a lot of games had artwork which "borrowed heavily" from other sources but stuff was usually altered a little bit so that it wasn't quite a st…

    ... of the first Metal Gear game on the MSX (?) they based ... different forum - it was about game art changed for western releases of ... .S. Some of the western game covers from that era are ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG July 2009 Games
  • This Is Your (Gaming) LifeHi there spec-chums. I'm in an inquisitive mood, and feel like doing a bit of writing, so I was wondering if you folks would like to share the story …

    ... it. I forgot about this game only to find it at ... buy games once again every game apart from SFII up until ... It's never had a copied game played on it, and it ... now easily fit the entire game with updated graphics and multiple ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek December 2009 Chit chat
  • This Is Your (Gaming) LifeHi there spec-chums. I'm in an inquisitive mood, and feel like doing a bit of writing, so I was wondering if you folks would like to share the story …

    ... that. My fave 'drop em' game is probably Baku Baku Animal ... buy games once again every game apart from SFII up until ... It's never had a copied game played on it, and it ... , so stupid were SEGA/the game buying public? Probably SEGA...) I ...
    Lebowsk1 Lebowsk1 December 2009 Chit chat
  • bob wakelin originals?Did anyone ever manage to get one of these? Think they were sold off 2005sh would be interested in trying to lay hands on anything available?? PM me …

    ... of the most interesting video game art designs of the 1980s, notably ...
    frobush frobush January 2010 Wanted
  • Video games can never be art[url]http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html[/url] Discuss. I'll start it out: his thesis is a bit shallow, while…

    ... their own is not the art we are wholly experiencing. Just ... box is not the art of the game. Game art is multi-facited, yes ... , but to fully experience the art ... of the game, you have to play ...
    Graz Graz April 2010 Chit chat
  • Video games can never be art[url]http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/04/video_games_can_never_be_art.html[/url] Discuss. I'll start it out: his thesis is a bit shallow, while…

    ... own is not the art of the game.[/QUOTE]Neither have I ... makes the environment or the game art. Nor do animated cut-scenes ... that one game being appreciated as art means that every game must be ... appreciated as art. But ...
    joefish joefish April 2010 Chit chat
  • Gauntlet III (missing artist)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001993"]Gauntlet III[/URL] SJS in the middle left. [img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/show…

    ... was doing the code or game art, it was not an internal ...
    Sock_Shock Sock_Shock September 2010 Infoseek database
  • Gauntlet III (missing artist)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001993"]Gauntlet III[/URL] SJS in the middle left. [img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/show…

    ... was doing the code or game art, it was not an internal ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx September 2010 Infoseek database
  • Crystal Kingdom Dizzy[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crystal-Kingdom-Dizzy-ULTRA-RARE-/140476850470?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item20b512a126#ht_500wt_949[/url]

    ... /2" floppy with the original game art work in the box)
    BiNMaN BiNMaN November 2010 Sales
  • XBox 360 differencesA mate's getting an XBox 360 from his wife as a surprise, but she doesn't know the differences between all the different versions so she asked me. T…

    ... new dashboard and play a copied game with the new protection scheme ...
    MinerWilly MinerWilly November 2010 Chit chat
  • XBox 360 differencesA mate's getting an XBox 360 from his wife as a surprise, but she doesn't know the differences between all the different versions so she asked me. T…

    ... new dashboard and play a copied game with the new protection scheme ...
    beanz beanz November 2010 Chit chat
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