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202 Original Artworks

  1. Description: Original art piece from Mick McGinty for the Sierra Online title Lionel Traintown Deluxe. The game was the winner of the Family Computer Entertainment Game of the Year and well received. This image has not been confirmed but believed to be the final painted box image. Mick began using digital art in this era releasing his first full digital cover for Monster Bass on PS1 this same year. Signs of the painting match precisely the final cover art such as the reflection in the train wind
    In the Collection of trsteve87
    • 1 Comment
  2. 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
  3. Description: A.S.P.: Air Strike Patrol published in the U.S. by SETA in 1994 Year: 1994 Medium: Gouche Image Area: 20" x 14" Image Source: Online Condition: 
    In the Collection of OVGA Database
  4. Description: Action Fighter Commodore 64 Home Computer Box Art Initially, this Artwork was made for the Auto Duel Game Ad Later it was used as the Box Art for Action Fighter on the Personal Computer Year: 1985 Medium: Mixed with airbrush Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent  
    In the Collection of Jimsorenson
  5. Description: Box art to Air Power for the PC. Also was used on the advertising flyer. Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area: 16.5 x 19.75 IN Image Source: Original Condition: Very Good
    In the Collection of trsteve87
  6. 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
  7. Description: Alien Syndrome Original Sega box art for MSX, Sinclair Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.  Painted by Ciruelo Cabral. Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylics and Airbrush on Bristol board. Image Area: 18.5” x 12.5” Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent 
    In the Collection of Chris Redfield
  8. Description: I'm incredibly thrilled to have a piece (and an NES cover no less) from one of the great comic artists of all time! Year: 1991 Medium: Pencil and Ink Image Area: 11 x 17 Image Source: Original Condition: 
    In the Collection of The Game Curator
  9. Description: Julie Bell's paintings for the Super NES console are some of the most beloved and wonderful works in the library. Arcus Odyssey was destined to be released for the SNES by Renovation Products, but was cancelled after the company was bought out by Sega, so this box art went unused; however, the art was indeed published and can be found in Electronic Gaming Monthly no. 51, p. 175 and in the official Super NES Game Guide of 1993. “The illustration I did for Arcus Odyssey is one of m
    In the Collection of The Game Curator
  10. Description: Cover art for the Tatung Einstein title Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Year: around 1986 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area:  Image Source: Original Condition: Good
    In the Collection of Nic
  11. Description: Cover of cult Llamasoft game, Attack of the Mutant Camels. Year: 1983 Medium: Acrylic on board Image Area:  Image Source: Original Condition: Perfect
    In the Collection of Nic
  12. Description: Batman Beyond : Return of the Joker N64, Playstation and Gameboy Color Box art Final Artwork by Bruce Timm,  DC used (and digitally modified) the art for the games and the movie. Bruce did another version in red and a pencils version too. Year:  Medium: Mixed Media (Copics) Image Area:  Image Source: Scan Condition: 
    In the Collection of Imran A
  13. Description: Paul Kidby's box art painting for the European release of Takara's Battle Arena Toshinden. Paul shared that he had very little art direction for the assignment and was not provided any screenshots of the game, resulting in his more abstract take on the box art for the game. While the background of the painting appears to be airbrushed, the entirety of the emblem that makes up the main box art image is hand brushed and with quite a bit of fine detail. Year: 1995 Medium: Acrylic on bo
    In the Collection of Anonymous
    • 2 Comments
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Description: Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Unused Super Nintendo Box Art by Steve Lang. Steve made the design for the published art also which was painted by another artist.  Year:  Medium: Acrylic on board, possibly some watercolour also. Image Area: Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent 
    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
  17. 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
  18. Description:  Year: 1988 Medium:   ink/airbrush/traditional brush Image Area: 20 by 15 inches Image Source: HA auction photo Condition: excellent
    In the Collection of Bronty
    • 1 Comment
  19. Description: Published by Crystal Dynamics for the Sony PlayStation in November 1996. The first game in the series that spawned the Legacy of Kain Blood Omen and Soul Reaver Series. The game was later ported to PC a year later which used a digital art. A port to the Sega Saturn was also planned and almost complete but was never released. The game has recently been re-released digitally on several platforms including the Playstation network and as a bundle for the evercade console. Year: 199
    In the Collection of trsteve87
  20. Description: The numerous drawings by Tom duBois that went into the Sony PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch Classic Edition box art for Limited Run Games release of Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon.  The final art was digitally colored. Year: 2019 Medium: Pencils on board Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent 
    In the Collection of Chris Redfield
  21. Description: Original key image for the Pandora’s Box collection. Mike used graphite pencil and additional techniques for the artwork. Year: 2023 Image Area:  13” x 20” Image Source: Condition: 
    • Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box Key Art

      Borderlands Collection: Pandora’s Box Key Art

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    In the Collection of KingofGames
  22. 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
  23. Description: Bubsy Promotional Artwork & Magazine Cover Year: 1993 Medium: Image Area: Width x Height IN/CM Image Source: Original Condition: Excellent
    In the Collection of Ibrahim_UK
  24. 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
  25. 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

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