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Nintendo Entertainment System Art

35 Original Artworks

  1. Description: Box art painting by Patrick Ho for Battletoads / Double Dragon, released for the NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis. Year: 1993 Image Area:  19" x 16.5" image area on 22"x20" Crescent cold press No. 100 heavy weight illustration board Image Source: original Condition: excellent
    • Battletoads / Double Dragon Box Art for NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis

      Battletoads / Double Dragon Box Art for NES, SNES, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis

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    In the Collection of Sanford_US
    • 1 Comment
  2. Description: Unused “Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper” NES Box Art Year: 1987 Image Area: 16” x 18” Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good  Spy vs. Spy II: The Island Caper was planned to release on the Nintendo Entertainment System in the late 1980’s, but was cancelled before release.  The game was released on Nintendo Famicom, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari, Apple II, and ZX Spectrum.  The game features the Black and White Spies from the hilarious Mad Magazine c
    In the Collection of Chris Redfield
    • 3 Comments
  3. Description: Tom Dubois revisits some characters from his classic NES game covers in his “Cart Art” series.  After revisiting Bayou Billy, Bill and Lance from Super Contra are next. Year: 2023 Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent  Notes: Tattoos were removed from the characters upon request to fit more inline with the original 80’s artwork.
    • Super Contra Revisited 2023 Illustrations of Bill Rizer and Lance Bean

      Super Contra Revisited 2023 Illustrations of Bill Rizer and Lance Bean

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    In the Collection of Chris Redfield
  4. Description: Preliminary box art for the NES release of Rolling Thunder, published by Tengen. Art by John Zeleznik, whose's name is signed at bottom right. This prelim includes a partial title at the top and has the notation "If you like this one, I can shorten the gun barrel and move the figure higher into the picture." Year: 1989 Medium: pencil on vellum tracing paper Image Area: 5" x 7" (on a 7" x 9.25" page) Image Source: Original Condition: 
    In the Collection of Anonymous
  5. Description: Mike Winterbauer's poster artwork for Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos for the NES. This poster came packed-in with the game. Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area:  Image Source: from the artist Condition: 
    In the Collection of OVGA Database
  6. Description: This is a full size, completely hand-done color comprehensive ("comp") for The Adventures of Rad Gravity for the NES. Color prelims like this were sometimes a step in-between the approval of the box art layout/design and the final painting. Whether for art director/client approval or just as part of the artist’s work process, these mock-ups let an artist work out the colors for a painting before committing brush to board. As artists weren't paid to produce these (i.e. they got one t
    In the Collection of Anonymous
  7. Description:  Year: 1989 Medium: Mixed Media (pencil, airbrush, gouache/acrylic, felt pens) Image Area: 30x38 cm Image Source: Original Condition:
    In the Collection of MikkoH
  8. Description:  Year: 1991 Medium: Oil on canvas, Acrylic on board, Mixed Media Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original, Transparency, Online, Etc Condition: 
    In the Collection of The Game Curator
  9. Description: In 2020, Frank painted this "recreation" commission of his 1988 box art for Capcom's Bionic Commando for the NES. At the time of the commission, the whereabouts of the actual original box art were unknown, with Frank having sold it decades prior, likely at a comic convention or other similar show. To the surprise of many, the original painting for Bionic Commando (1988) surfaced at Heritage Auctions and was sold in January 2023; the auction achieved a final price of $45,600. The auc
    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
  10. Description: Toki was a big hit in the arcades.  Due to this, Toki has had several releases throughout the years.  One of those was for the Original Nintendo.  Toki is a solid fun side scrolling game released in 1991. This box cover was painted by Paul Faris.  He is well known for his pinball back glass artworks, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, and many more.    Year: 1991 Medium: Mixed Media Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original
    In the Collection of RetroNut
  11. Description: Original Paul Mann painting for Mondo NES Metal Gear Vinyl Soundtrack Interior. Year: 2019 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent 
    • Konami Metal Gear Nintendo Entertainment System Mondo Vinyl Soundtrack Interior Artwork

      Konami Metal Gear Nintendo Entertainment System Mondo Vinyl Soundtrack Interior Artwork

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    In the Collection of Chris Redfield
  12. Description: Original Paul Mann painting for Mondo NES Vinyl Soundtrack of Metal Gear. Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent 
    • Metal Gear Mondo Konami Nintendo Entertainment System Vinyl Soundtrack Cover

      Metal Gear Mondo Konami Nintendo Entertainment System Vinyl Soundtrack Cover

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    In the Collection of Chris Redfield
  13. Description: This is a tight marker prelim for a very rare promotional trade flyer for the NES game Werewolf: The Last Warrior from Data East. I cannot find any record online of the published flyer for this art other than the one I own. I suspect this would have been used at a trade event like the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), probably ahead of or around the time of the game's release in November 1990. Unfortunately, the final inked line art for this promotional flyer has been lost. The flyer
    In the Collection of Anonymous
  14. Description: The artist Pete McDonnell was the character designer for Data East's Werewolf: The Last Warrior for the NES. In working on the game Pete created and Activision focus-tested character concepts for not only for a Werewolf but also for a Lizard man and a bear named “Kodiak.”  This illustration done in markers is a composition ("comp") design for the game's box art. Pete was contracted to provide the design, which served as the basis for the work of another, unknown illustrator tha
    In the Collection of Anonymous
  15. Description:  Year:  Medium: Oil on canvas, Acrylic on board, Mixed Media Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original, Transparency, Online, Etc Condition: 
    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
    • 1 Comment

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