Tracing the Influence - Stolen Images in Games

[kingfossil]

Street fighter's 4 character El Fuerte has a move which is inspired by an iconic move from a manga superhero called "kinnikuman"



"El fuerte Ultra Spark" and "Muscle Spark"

[barbarus]

Golden Axe japan exclusive promo poster for megadrive port (89) :


Ax battler is (again) directly traced from a promo shoot of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Grace Jones for the movie Conan the Destroyer:

[corsair]

Similar poses:


Mahjong The Ladyhunter and Batman '89:


Phantasy Star and Vallejo:


Magic Lines and Frazetta:


Wizardry Gaiden: Scripture of the Dark, Looter enemy and Vallejo:


(and Moses, too)


From the Wizardry article:

which is awfully similar to the Sorcerian illustration:

[drpepperfan]

Nov 16, 2014 0:01:46 GMT -5 corsair said:

Mahjong The Ladyhunter and Batman '89:

[sogetsu]

LOL at the Batman ripoff By the way, The Ladyhunter logo resembles the logo from The Punisher comic series.

[chaoticgood]

Nov 5, 2014 15:17:32 GMT -5 barbarus said:

Golden Axe japan exclusive promo poster for megadrive port (89) :


Ax battler is (again) directly traced from a promo shoot of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Grace Jones for the movie Conan the Destroyer:

And the woman is Sandahl Bergman from the 1st Conan...

[corsair]

So, I saw this posted at RPG Codex:

...which is an expanded image of the Black Tiger cover and only now I realize it has the Vallejo-Dragon's hands:

Apr 11, 2014 1:27:00 GMT -5 corsair said:

Realms of Chaos and Vallejo (but probably not similar enough):

...is probably this one:


And I've noticed a new trope; the protagonist-seen-from-the-back cover:

[moran]

One more.


The opposite is another. Standing/walking tough guys.

[barbarus]

Mace a forgotten amiga game, which is not evn found on lemongames website.
Cover is ripped or rather heavily inspired from Druillet's poster for the movie "Yor" :

[barbarus]

Nov 19, 2014 4:24:23 GMT -5 corsair said:

 

 

Here's another one, I don't know it it has been posted before in this thread, (so if it's the case please delete):
Castle Warrior for Amiga.

[barbarus]

Dragon Fighter's intro screen (a shmup for Amiga) seems not traced but heavily inspired by Jeff Easley's art for AD&D :

[barbarus]

Apr 16, 2014 16:58:53 GMT -5 barbarus said:

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To summarize: the Norem painting for Savage Sword of Conan is from 1977 , Ivanhoe (unknown artist) for Amiga is from 1990..... compare now with ...

Sagard the Barbarian (unknown cover artist, 1986) VS. Fire and Brimstone for Amiga (1990) :


the Savage Sword and Sagard covers themselves resemble somehow "Winged Terror" from Frazetta, some might say, but the position isn't quite the same. It would then seem that the Conan cover is the real source, plus the artists for Ivanhoe and Fire&Brimstone copied each other (bothe are from 1990) since there is the presence of a serpentine dragon in both paintings, in the same position (position taken from the tentacles in the Conan painting).

[barbarus]

(edit) Interesting theory for "Fire & Brimstone" cover art for Amiga:

the amiga game art is from 1990, but world famous wrestler "HHH" posed in the late 90's for a specific promo shoot which is extremely similar to the game art (credits to member TheChosen for setting the dates straight) . It is possible that the artistic direction of the concerned wrestling federation took inspiration from the earlier Fire and Brimstone art, due to the abundance of similarities and recent introduction of sledgehammers in the fights. Or just a coincidence, it's up to you  :





the following emulation website lists "Fire & Brimstone" (1990) along with "Sword & the Rose" (also for amiga and also from 1990) as graphic ripoffs of the two first games in the Ghosts 'n Goblins series : Ghost'n Goblins (1985) and Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1988):
Amigamuseum: Ghost'n Goblins sequels and clones

[TheChosen]

Triple H wasn't wrestling around the time the game was made though. He debuted in 1992 and Sledgehammers came in the picture around the end of 90's

[barbarus]

"Astral" a platform game for Amiga (1996)  looks like tribute "Masters of the Universe" movie (1987) . He-man is almost traced but Skeletor is just loose inspiration for the hooded villain which could be eventually traced from some hooded comics superhero :