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79 Original Artworks

  1. Description: Box art painting for 688 Attack Sub for the Sega Genesis. This piece was the second box art I purchased for my collection! Year: 1990 Medium: Gouache on Crescent cold press no. 100 illustration board Image Area: 11.5" x 12" Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  2. Description: Alien Storm is one of a few games I remember playing with my cousins growing up and I was glad to acquire the painting for the game! I just love the blue USPS mail box and it always kind of makes me laugh  Alien Storm got an international (non-US) Sega Master System release, and the European, Australian, Korean, and Brazilian SMS releases all use Lee MacLeod's art! Year: 1991 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  3. Description: Aquatic Games starring James Pond and the Aquabats - Mega Drive Title Art Year: 1992 Medium: Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent
    • Aquatic Games starring James Pond and the Aquabats - Mega Drive Title Art

      Aquatic Games starring James Pond and the Aquabats - Mega Drive Title Art

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    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
  4. Description: Final line art of Bartosaurus for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo game Virtual Bart by Acclaim.  This art appeared on page 9 of the Sega Genesis manual but was not included in the Super Nintendo manual. Year: 1994 Medium: Pencil on paper Image Area:  Image Source: Original Condition: 
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  5. Description:  This preliminary painting was created for the release of Bass Masters Classic on both the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. The piece is fully painted and has a very finished look for being a preliminary piece. The prelim is very similar to the final with some additional details added for the final. Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic on board, Mixed Media Image Area: 15 x 10.5 IN Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent
    In the Collection of trsteve87
    • 1 Comment
  6. Description: This illustration was produced for the Renovation box art of Battle Mission for the Sega Genesis. The game was a first person rail shooter, very little was ever released about the game before being cancelled.The painting was published at a trade show advertisement for the game. Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: 15.75 x 22.75 IN Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good
    In the Collection of trsteve87
  7. 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
  8. Description: Greg Winters' box art painting for the Sega Genesis RPG Beyond Oasis. This game was known as Story of Thor in Europe and Japan. Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: 15" x 20" Image Source: Original Condition: bottom left corner is dented but otherwise excellent
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  9. Description: Ad art for Beyond Oasis from Ken Steacy that appeared in gaming magazines. The published ad actually uses the eyes in the sky from Greg Winters' box art. Year: 1995 Medium: airbrush and inks  Image Area: 10.75" x 16.25" Image Source: Original Condition: excellent
    In the Collection of Anonymous
  10. Description: Brutal: Paws of Fury is one of the largest, most beautiful paintings in my collection. Mark's detail is astounding and his distinctively distorted but realistic style is perfect for the comedy of a cast of anthropomorphic fighting animals. Year: 1994 Medium:  Image Area: big! Image Source: Original Condition: 
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
    • 1 Comment
  11. Description: Greg Martin's ad painting to promote the Sega Genesis version of Bubble and Squeak. The art appeared in 1994 issues of video game magazines. Bubble and Squeak also got an Amiga release in Europe, though that did release did not use any of the U.S. Sega Genesis artwork.  This piece was was first purchased locally in Colorado from Greg Martin's estate and made its way to eBay in late 2019. The winning bidder traded it to another collector who a few years later consigned it to Her
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  12. Description: Steve Lang painted this art for Beeline Group to be the box art for Bug Blasters: The Exterminators, a Sega CD game intended to be released in 1995 by Sony Entertainment. The game was an on-the-rails shoot-'em-up game paired with many full motion video cutscenes, in which the Bug Blasters—Ghost Busters-like exterminators with a highly specialized weaponry—combat monstrous insects mutated from a chemical spill. The game was cancelled late in development after this box art had already
    In the Collection of Anonymous
    • 1 Comment
  13. Description: This art for the Sega game Castle of Illusion was sold by Heritage Auctions on June 12, 2016.  Heritage's description notes that art "was originally sold in 2000/2001 by 'The Art of Disney Storybooks/Disney Publishing' through Disney eBay. The gouache on board image measures 10" x 10.5", which Mickey standing 5" tall and the castle is 7" tall."  The original auction page can be viewed here: https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/mickey-mouse-and-castle-illustration-original-art-wal
    • Castle of Illusion Sega Genesis Box Art

      Castle of Illusion Sega Genesis Box Art

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    In the Collection of OVGA Database
  14. Description: Artwork created of Death the Reaper from Chakan The Forever Man for a limited edition collector set (100 made) card and comic bundle. The art and set was made by the creator of Chakan Robert A. Kraus to promote the sega genesis game. The art was also used as a portal card with the board game. Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: 8x12 IN Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good
    In the Collection of trsteve87
  15. Description: Artwork created of Chakan The Forever Man for a limited edition collector set (100 made) card and comic bundle. The art and set was made by the creator of Chakan Robert A. Kraus to promote the sega genesis game.  A similar color scheme and posing was chosen to the Sega Genesis cover art (Greg Winters). The art was also used as a portal card with the board game. Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: 8x12 IN Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good
    In the Collection of trsteve87
  16. Description: Greg Martin's box art painting for Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales. Though Greg is more commonly associated with Hanna-Barbera properties he also did a number of illustrations for Warner Bros, including for this Looney Tunes game. This art was featured globally on all releases of the game. In the U.S., Cheese Cat-Astrophe only saw a Game Gear release, but in Europe the game also got Sega Master System and Mega Drive releases.  Year: 1995 Medium: Airbrushed acryli
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
    • 4 Comments
  17. Description: Cobra Command box art for the Sega CD.  The game is a port of the 1983 arcade game Thunder Storm by Data East. Year: 1992 Medium:  Image Area:  Image Source: Online Condition: 
    In the Collection of OVGA Database
  18. Description: In the mid-1990s, McGinty worked for Reebok on an ad campaign introducing animated anthropomorphic sport balls called Mad Balls. The lineup included a shark-inspired football, a gum-chewing baseball player, a two-headed drooling basketball player called "Double Dribble," and a gold-toothed hungry basketball. McGinty created over 48 pieces for the campaign. The gold-tooth basketball became the official cover mascot for the College Slam video game on multiple platforms. McGinty's sign
    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
    • 3 Comments
  19. Description: A lovely magazine cover painting by Paul Kidby. While it is not specific game characters, it is a general painting depicting the influx of fighting games that were hitting the market back in that era. Year: 1993 Medium: Oil on board Image Area: A2 Size (16.5 x 23.4 inches) Image Source: Original Condition: 
    In the Collection of The Game Curator
    • 1 Comment
  20. Description: Color comprehensive ("comp") for Konami's Contra: Hard Corps. Original watercolor paints were applied over photocopied lines for an approved final design, a very common approach for producing color compositions, as it would allow the artist to use a single image and repeat with different color options, if needed Year: 1994 Medium: Watercolor on photocopied lines Image Area: 6" x 10.25" on 8.5" x 11" paper Image Source: Original Condition: Good; some wrinkles in paper fr
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  21. Description: Corporation / known as Cyber-Cop In North America is a video game for PC, Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS, later ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis. The Box Art by Paul Kidby was used for the PC and proposed for the Genesis Cover also. But due to unknown reasons was scrapped. Year:   1990 Medium: Oil on board Image Area:  Image Source: Original Condition: Slight corner damage otherwise excellent
    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
  22. Description: Promotional art for the 1993 Sega Genesis game Cyborg Justice.  This promotional art appeared inside magazines including Electronic Gaming Monthly.  This advertisement was Tim Gabor's only piece for Sega as shortly after he left the agent through which he had gotten the Sega work to pursue other projects. Year: 1993 Medium: Colored Pencil, Watercolor Image Area: 15" x 13.5" Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good
    In the Collection of Anonymous
  23. Description: This is Dave McMacken's original painting for Double Dragon 3 for the Sega Genesis. The piece has significant differences from how it was originally published. Dave's changes include the addition of a blue border with yellow and red flags. As annotated on the back of the illustration board, Dave hung onto this painting and finding it "too plain" played "fix-it" for fun, making a number of alterations to the original. No other painting for the Genesis release of Double Dragon 3 exist
    In the Collection of Sanford_US
  24. Description: Dune painting completed right before the Sega Cd release. Greg Winters also did the final cover art for the game. Likely an alternate cover design for the release or another unused application. Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on board, Mixed Media Image Area: 15 x 20 IN Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent
    In the Collection of trsteve87
  25. Description:  Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good This artwork is the original color comp Mike Koelsch created before transitioning to the final version used in Nintendo Power Volume 79.  
    In the Collection of RetroNut
    • 3 Comments

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