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149 Kr

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2023-09-15

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50213

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"Celebrating a more innocent time when purchasing decisions were often influenced by the quality of a game's cover, The Art Of The Box shines a long-overdue light on the talents of legends such as Bob Wakelin, Tom DuBois and Susumu Matsushita, and is a must-have for any self-respecting retro gamer" 9/10, Nintendo Life

Before the days of brand awareness campaigns and digital marketing, a game’s only source of advertising was often limited to the box artwork you’d see on high street shelves. With early game graphics offering little visual interest, it fell to the packaging to conjure up engaging images of deep space battles, medieval knights and wizards, explosive military operations, and monstrous alien creatures. And every cover had to be hand-crafted by an artist using traditional media – often with a short deadline and the vaguest of briefs.

The Art Of The Box features 26 biographies of those artists who, at some point in their careers, found themselves illustrating video game packaging, including Bob Wakelin, Steve Hendricks, Ken Macklin, Tom DuBois, Steinar Lund, Marc Ericksen, Julie Bell and Susumu Matsushita among many others. With information drawn from live interviews wherever possible, we discuss their beginnings as an artist, their inspirations and influences, the games they illustrated, and where their artistic careers have taken them.

Some artists created just a handful of covers over a short period; others were instrumental in developing the look and feel of video game brands, such as Ocean Software, Konami and Capcom. But all have their left an indelible mark on the industry, with sumptuous pieces of original art, many of which now command high prices on the collectors’ market.

With artists from the UK, Europe, North American and Japan, The Art Of The Box encompasses the full gamut of game packaging illustration, from the early days of Atari’s iconic VCS box art, to modern-day collaborations between designers, CG artists and game developers for the latest AAA games. Each biography is accompanied by lavish, full-colour box artwork, supplied by the artists themselves, and each piece is presented without the usual logos and retail elements, so you see each piece as the artist intended.

As the gaming world moves irrevocably toward digital downloads and gaming subscription services, traditional box art will one day become a thing of the past. But a small selection of these vivid flights of the imagination will be forever celebrated in The Art Of The Box.

This substantial and exhaustively researched book is 564 pages in length, with over 100,000 words and more than 350 full colour images. The Art Of The Box is produced to Bitmap Books’ usual high standards, available in hardback format with heavy, gloss paper, incredible print quality and including a ribbon bookmark.

Featured artists:
Charles Bae, Julie Bell, Gerald Brom, Frank Cirocco, Grzegorz Domaradzki, Tom DuBois, Marc Ericksen, Oliver Frey, Steve Hendricks, Paul Kidby, Michael Koelsch, Denis Loubet, Steinar Lund, Ken Macklin, Lee MacLeod, Susumu Matsushita, Rodney Matthews, Roger Motzkus, Shinkiro and Eisuke Ogura, Stephen Peringer, Dermot Power, David Rowe, Junior Tomlin, Dudu Torres, Bob Wakelin and Mike Winterbauer. 

GAMES FEATURED
2020 Super Baseball
8 Eyes
A Sound of Thunder
Adventure Island
Adventure Island IV
Adventure Island, The: Part II
Adventures of Bayou Billy, The
Aerobiz Supersonic
After Burner
Alcatraz
Alien Legacy
Alien Storm
Alien vs. Predator
Alpha Mission
Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm
Ant Attack
Archipelagos
Arcus Odyssey
Armalyte
Art of Fighting
Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting Anthology
Ashen Empires
ASO II: Last Guardian
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
Asteroids
Athena
Attack of the Mutant Camels
Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe
B.A.T.
B.O.B.
Back in 1995
Bad Company
Bad Dudes
Baku Baku
Baseball Stars
Basketbrawl
Batman
Batman: The Caped Crusader
Battle Arena Toshinden
Battle Clash
Beach Head II
Benefactor
Berlin Wall, The
Bill Elliot’s NASCAR challenge
Bill’s Tomato Game
Bionic Commando
Blades of Steel
Blazing Chrome
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Borobodur: The Planet of Doom
Bounces
Bubsy II
Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The
Burai Fighter
BurgerTime
Cabal
Castlequest
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Chariots of Wrath
Chase H.Q.
Chase H.Q. Secret Police
Chess Player, The
Chiller
Choplifter!
Computer Chess
Continental Circus
Contra
Corporation
Creatures
Creatures 2: Torture Trouble
Cybernator
Dandy
Darius+
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
Death Bringer
Death Wake
Deathloop
Deathscape
Defender
Defender of the Crown
Defenders of Oasis
Delta
Delta Charge!
Demon’s Crest
Demon’s Forge, The
Demon’s Tomb: The Awakening
Derby Stallion ‘96
Diablo II
Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!
Dishonored
Dishonored 2
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Disintegration
Distraint Collection
DOOM
DOOM Eternal
DOOM II: Hell on Earth
Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
Double Dribble: 5 on 5
Dynatron Mission
Déjà Vu
Earthworm Jim (25th Anniversary Redux)
Earthworm Jim 2
Earthworm Jim: Special Edition
Eidolon, The
Elevator Action
Elfaria
Emperor of the Mines
Empire of Steel
Enter Digiton: Heart of Corruption
Epic
Escape from Monkey Island
Eternal Champions
Evil West
Evil Within, The
Extreme
Eye of Horus
F-15 Strike Eagle II
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final
Fatal Fury Special
Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1
Feud
Final Fantasy Legend, The
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Final Fight / Final Zone
Fist II: The Legend Continues
Flying Shark
Friday the 13th
FROG X BIRD
Fury, The
Fu’un Super Combo
G-LOC: Air Battle
Galactic Blitz
Galaga
Gemini Wing
Ghost Pilots
Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
Golden Axe
Golf
Gotham Knights
Great Escape, The
Green Beret
Guerrilla War
Gun.Smoke
GunForce
Gunship 2000
Haunted House
Hawkeye
Head Over Heels
Heavy Barrel
Heretic
Herzog Zwei
Highlander
Hockey
Horde, The
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
IO
Iridis Alpha
James Pond 2: Codename: RoboCod
John Madden American Football
Judge Dredd
Karnov
Keys to Maramon, The
King of Dragons, The
King’s Bounty
Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
Kristal, The
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
Laser Squad
Last Blade, The
Last Ninja, The
Last Resort
Legend of the Mystical Ninja, The
Legends
Leisure Suit Larry’s Greatest Hits and Misses!
Lethal Enforcers
Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters
Lords of Thunder
Lure of the Temptress
Mageslayer
Magnetic Scrolls Collection, The
Majik
Maniac Mansion
Maximo vs. Army of Zin
Mega Man 2
Mega-Apocalypse
Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge
Metal Slug 3
MetalMech: Man & Machine
Midnight Resistance
Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen
Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen
Monkey Magic
Moon Alert
Motor Toon Grand Prix
Mr. Nutz
Mutation Nation
NBA Jam 2002
New Adventure Island
NewZealand Story, The
NHL Stanley Cup
Night Driver
Ninja Taro
North and South
Ocean Ranger
Odallus: The Dark Call
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Othello
Out of this World
Outer Worlds, The
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
Page 255
Paladin’s Quest
Pang
Pirates!
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Populous
Power Blade
PowerSlave
Psycho Soldier
Pulse Warrior
Pulsoids
QS Defenda
R-Type
Raider
Rampage
Rastan
Realms
Red Scorpion
Renaissance
Renegade
Retrograde
Ricky Woods
Rise of The Dragon
Road Rash: Jailbreak
RoadOut
Rolling Thunder 2
Rolling Thunder 3
RPG Maker
RYL: Path of the Emperor
Samurai Shodown
SAMURAI SHODOWN (2019)
SAMURAI SHODOWN Anthology
SAMURAI SHODOWN II
SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO Collection
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Seas of BloodSecond Samurai
Sentinel, The
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Shadow Master
Shadow of the Beast III
Shadow Warrior 3
Shadow Warriors
ShadowCaster
Shadowgate
Shadows of the Tusk
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Side Pocket
SideWinder
Silent Service
Silkworm
Slap Fight
Snake’s Revenge
Snare
Soft Aid
Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos
Spaceward Ho!
Speedball
Splatterhouse 3
Star Control II
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Star-Blaze
StarFarce
Steel Talons
Steelrising
Steeplechase
Stellar 7: Draxon’s Revenge
Stellar Assault
Street Combat
Strider
Sun Star
Super Adventure Island
Super C
Super Castlevania IV
Super Soccer
Super Valis IV
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done
Target: Renegade
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue
Tempest
Temple of Apshai Trilogy
Tempo
Teocida
Terra Cresta
Tetris
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
Thunder Force II
Times of Lore
Tiny Barbarian DX
Top Gun: Guts and Glory
Transarctica
Trouble Shooter
Turrican
Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Twylyte
Ultima IX: Ascension
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
Ultima VII: Part Two – Serpent Isle
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
Ultima: Runes of Virtue
Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
Underworld Ascendant
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Vectorball
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Vexx
Video Checkers
Vikings: Fields of Conquest – Kingdoms of England II
Warlords
Warlords III: Darklords Rising
Warrior of Rome II
Wasteland Angel
Way of the Exploding Fist, The
Wing Commander
Winter Sports
Wizball
WolfChild
Wolfenstein 3D
Wonderland
World of Warcraft
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
Xenon
Xybots
Zany Golf

Författare: Bitmap Books
Utgivare: Bitmap Books
Sidor: 564 Sidor
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