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13-11-2014 12:47pm#1
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If only the first Castlevania was the least of their crimes
Most of the art work is stolen. Simons Quest was taken from a D&D expansion, the original castlevania might have been something else but was definitely stole. 
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Retr0gamer wrote: »If only the first Castlevania was the least of their crimes Most of the art work is stolen. Simons Quest was taken from a D&D expansion, the original castlevania might have been something else but was definitely stole.
The original was stolen from a Boris Vallejo painting. Who funnily enough went on to do some actual videogame covers (Golden Axe 2 would be one of them)
His wife is also an amazing painter and did the Echo The Dolphin artwork and quite a few more.0 -
as far as I knew it was inspired by a Frank Frazetta painting:
Simon's Quest was Clyde Cadwell's cover of the ravenloft expansion for AD&D (had that one, great setting)
Not sure about Casltevania 3 but the style is very VERY inspired by Jeff Easley's work , another AD&D artist
There's a whole post dedicated on arcade-sushi, konami is generously featured
http://arcadesushi.com/stolen-images-in-video-games/
still ... great covers nonetheless.0 -
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This article is great for looking at stolen artwork in games:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tracing/tracing.htm
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Retr0gamer wrote: »This article is great for looking at stolen artwork in games:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/tracing/tracing.htm
mmm . As a visual artist I think this is a poor article as it doesn't really distinguish between elements that are culturally referable, homages, inspiration and plain plagiarism. Some of it is even plain wrong .
We also have to keep in mind that at some point, some photos (like martial artists, actors ...) or were either license-free or could be acquired with exclusive or agreed rights for a fee.
... but I suppose we're going waay off topic here 0 -
Retr0gamer wrote: »On a related note I love the MSX style artwork that was used to promote La Mulana which is a game based heavily on old school MSX games, Maze of Golvellious in particular.
Maze of Galious
(it was the artwork I posted earlier)
It also takes a lot of elements and visuals from Treasure of USAS
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Tsk tsk...and an arts graduate to boot :P
In my defense, Frank Frazetta is to Boris Vallejo as The Monkeys are to Take That. :pac:
I actually prefer his wife Julie Bell's artwork.
Here's my favourite piece of her art. You may recognize it as an early FPS game
A lad on Comic Art Fans owns this piece of hers and I've been harassing him to sell it to me. No reply as of yet!
Edit - posted the wrong link, meant the Strider 2 cover!
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Okay lads, so as someone who knows nothing about MSX hardware, what do I need to be looking for at minimum to play everything? Seriously considering one.
Same here. I really shouldn't, but I can't resist one.
MSX2 or MSX2+ is the one to get apparently. Be prepared to pay some insane money for the top titles though. Some games are bordering AES levels...0 -
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Jaysus every article I've read about the msx mentions the Microsoft link. The history behind the machine is very interesting. Fan translations apparently started on that system, the Phillips version of the machine was very popular in Holland so a lot of Japanese games were fan translated. There's still a fan translation scene releasing still every so often, like the excellent War of the Dead 2 recently. It's hard to keep up with them since they don't like operating through the usual channels like romhacking.net.
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I thought this was more common knowledge.
I learned Basic and Pascal with the MSX and my first steps in assembly. We even had a DOS on the MSX and early version of what would become Corel Paint.
It was a great machine for an aspiring developer that introduced a lot of the standards now in use.
...oh it's good not to be laughed at anymore when I mention the MSX 0 -
I reckon a 1chip MSX will do the job for me. Aleste Gaiden cart is a savage idea, but it was never a cart in the first place. So no harm chucking it on a flash cart.
What kind of pads could I use on an MSX/1chip MSX? Are they wired up like a Neo Geo? Maybe a bean stick will do the job in that case.0 -
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I doubt there'd be too many emulation isues with the 1 chip. I wouldn't be surprised if it's near identical to the original machine. It's based on a Z80 and off the shelf parts and is hardly a complex machine.
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They should be the regular DB9 joystick ports.
I'll have to resurrect mine from the attic after all this MSX talk, even if is the ugly Toshiba HX10 version. Nothing to play on it though Might have to improvise someway of loading in WAV files.
Oh the BlueMSX emulator is a decent emulator if you want to mess about without splashing the cash.0
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