Ishar 2
Messengers of Doom

Developed by SilmarilsEU box published in 1993 by Silmarils on PC
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Tim Hildebrandt

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185 × 238 × 40 mm

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2 × Floppy (3.5")

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Jackpot!

posted 2013-10-06 17:31:10

Via classifieds, I've gotten in touch with a local collector who parted with some of his games. Me, I just can't believe my luck!

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  • Ultima VIII
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Best thing? €24 for the whole lot!

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2025-05-18 10 Years! Scan And Spin I know, the 10th anniversary is still a month away but I just had to release my C64 demo early because it was finished and I couldn't hold myself back any longer. Download: csdb.dk/release/?id=253137 Details: jmin.at/Release.000039
2025-05-04 Feel the Force I'm used to playing Star Wars on my arcade cab these days, so revisiting it on C64 and a joystick sucks bit time; plugging in a mouse smoothes things out, but IMHO is just plain cheating.
2025-05-02 New trick I do love boxes with gatefold covers and cutouts and both are supported here for their 3D versions. Further, there's boxes that come with a sleeve and guess what, jep, those are supported now too.
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2025-04-17 1000 Games Woohoo! BigBoxCollection.com has now over 1,000 games available as high-res 3D models waiting to be explored Here's the remaining ones on my to-scan pile: Blue Force Captain Blood Death or Glory (C64) Flashback: The Quest for Identity Gender Wars Legends of Valour: Volume 1 - The Dawning Microcosm Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch Zork: Grand Inquisitor
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I know, the 10th anniversary is still a month away but I just had to release my C64 demo early because it was finished and I couldn't hold myself back any longer.

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I do love boxes with gatefold covers and cutouts and both are supported here for their 3D versions. Further, there's boxes that come with a sleeve and guess what, jep, those are supported now too.

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Woohoo!
BigBoxCollection.com has now over 1,000 games available as high-res 3D models waiting to be explored

Here's the remaining ones on my to-scan pile:

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  • Captain Blood
  • Death or Glory (C64)
  • Flashback: The Quest for Identity
  • Gender Wars
  • Legends of Valour: Volume 1 - The Dawning
  • Microcosm
  • Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch
  • Zork: Grand Inquisitor

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posted 2025-03-16 11:11:00

Slowly getting there, only the following games on my stack:

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  • Archimedean Dynasty
  • Black Mirror III: Final Fear
  • Blue Force
  • Captain Blood
  • Cyberia
  • Cyberia 2
  • Death or Glory (C64)
  • Drakensang
  • Flashback: The Quest for Identity
  • Gender Wars
  • Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
  • Legends of Valour: Volume 1 - The Dawning
  • Loopz (Amiga)
  • Microcosm
  • Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw (C64)
  • Protostar: War on the Frontier
  • Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch
  • Rodland
  • Sacrifice
  • Shadow of the Beast (C64)
  • SimCity 2000
  • Star Crudader
  • Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
  • The Settlers III
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  • Warcraft III Battle Chest
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  • Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Portal to Azeroth

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Back in January 2024, Marion from Michigan, US got in touch with me after having read about BigBoxCollection.com over at PCGamesN. Reason for reaching out was the lack of World of Warcraft boxes in my collection and to change that, she would donate me her copies.

After a couple of mails back and forth and me covering shipping, the boxes were sent over the big pond and arrived some weeks later at my place.

Today, the standard boxes are finally up and the WarCraft BattleChest pictured below should hopefully follow soon too.

Again, a a heartfelt thank you to you, Marion!

Realms of Conan

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Spotlight on box cover Artists

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I've been researching artists for a while now and guess what, I'm somewhat done for now and integrated all the data not only in the filter but also into the various box views as well as an overview page.

Please mind, that there are still a lot of boxes on this vitural shelf lacking this information and I would kindly ask anybody who does have a name or hint on the artist behind those fantastic covers to drop me a line.

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Comics

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Fate of Atlantis, the comics.

Art of Diablo

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Scanning

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Scanning... brrrr...

RetroGamer Magazin: Making of Wizardry

posted 2025-01-07 21:00:00

Fantastic article in RetroGamer magazine load 267: The Making of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

Hi, Benjamin here

I'm a nerd living in Vienna, Austria and host of this site. You can get in touch with me via benjamin@bigboxcollection.com.

It all started back in 1988 on the humble C64 before moving on to DOS/Win with GameBoy, SNES, and N64 on the side, so to speak. I'm not only a gameer but also a collector, although I didn't set out to be one; I just kept all the games that I've bought over the years. Well, until 2005ish at least. That's when big box games got replaced with first smaller boxes and then later DVD cases until Steam and gog.com came around and we all went digital on PC.

However, back in 2012, I stumbled upon a new release for Commodore 64 called C64anabalt, and guess what?

It's a physical release! In a box! A (very) small one, but a box!

With finding C64anabalt, my love for boxed games was reigneted, and I began to track down all the games I had only owned as budget release, as well as all the classics that I had always wanted to play but never had the chance to. Classifieds and eBay offered almost everything for a few bucks, and soon enough, I had more games than I could keep track of.

To share my growing collection online with other retro gamers, I started taking photos of my games. Although it worked, managing multiple photo albums and a private spreadsheet with all the data became quite cumbersome and far from ideal. I realized that combining both elements was the way to go — building upon my spreadsheet and creating a website that would showcase a virtual copy of my NerdWall™.

Photo of the NerdWall

In 2015, I launched BigBoxCollection.com. Here, I host 3D models textured with high-resolution scans of my boxes, allowing visitors to click through and explore. The site has changed over the years staring with a more dark and gritty look before restarting with a clean one in May 2016. In 2023, I thought I'd add a dark theme but instead of just tweaking the CSS files, I've reimplemented the whole site, reworked mouse & touch controls and added features that I've always wanted to have but never found the time for like panning the 3D boxes as well as visualizing gatefolds.

Spotlight on the Artists

There are some truly iconic looking boxes out there — Ultima VII, Doom and Monkey Island are almost always mentioned when discussing this topic — and we all have our personal favorites. Me, I have Dungeon Hack, Elvira 2 and Mageslayer fighting for the top spot.

Picking your favorite box is hard; naming the artist behind the box art is often even harder and in some cases impossible due to being unknown.

Adding additional info bits is high on my ToDo list, and after a brief interaction with OriginalVideoGameArt.com, I ticked one of this ToDos off and finally sat down and started researching artists. What you see here is the main result: all the identified artists behind one or more boxes in my collection. Filtering for artists is possible too and in some cases, I've uploaded the original artworks. If you want to dive in deeper, there's also links to their websites and other external resources like MobyGames, Wikipedia and the already mentioned OVGA site.

Last but not least, there are still a lot of boxes where I don't have any information about the artist yet, but I'm working on it. Help is highly welcomed and for that, please check the list at the end of this page.

For 369 boxes, the artists of the box art have been identified. In total, there are 172 artists indexed and for 113 boxes, the original art is available.

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Chris Achilleos

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Larry Ahern

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Mitchell Anthony

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Robert August

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Alicia Austin

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Peter Baustädter

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Den Beauvais

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Jan Birck

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Keith Birdsong

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Simon Bisley

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Don Bluth

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John Bowie

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David Bracher

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Gerald Brom

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Mike Bryan

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Martin Buchan

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D. Brent Burkett

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With Roger Smith

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Ciruelo Cabral

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Clyde Caldwell

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Greg Call

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Martin Cameron

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Adrian Carmack

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Justin Carroll

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Philip Castle

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Russell Challenger

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Peter Chan

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Dan Cosgrove

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Carl Critchlow

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Dai-Chan

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Kevin Davidson

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Jennifer Davis

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With Robb Waters

Tony De Zuniga

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With John V. Romita Sr.

William Roger Dean

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John Taylor Dismukes

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Dave Dorman

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Les Dorscheid

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Chris Douglas

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With Jake Rodgers

Paul Drummond

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Sharon Dunford

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With Davey Southwood

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Roddy E

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Bruce Eagle

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William L. Eaken

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Jeff Easley

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With Larry Elmore
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Les Edwards

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Larry Elmore

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Marc William Ericksen

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Richard Espy

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Robert Evans

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Glenn Fabry

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Jean-Pierre Ferte

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Nigel Fletcher

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Danny Flynn

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Gilles Francescano

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Phil Frank

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Charlie Franklin

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Tom Freeman

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Oliver Frey

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John Gamache

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Fred Gambino

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Helen Garriott

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With Denis R. Loubet

Sandrine Gestin

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Pierre Gilhodes

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Jean Giraud

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Danilo Gonzalez

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Grabuge

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Robert Grace

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Richard Green

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Victoria Hart

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Tim Hayward

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Trey Hermann

Hermann's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Robin Hidden

Hidden's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Greg Hildebrandt

Hildebrandt's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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With Tim HildebrandtWith Greg Hildebrandt

Tim Hildebrandt

Hildebrandt's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Greg Hildebrandt

Chris Hopkins

Hopkins' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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— J —

Anson Jew

Jew's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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With 3 other artists

Larry M. Jones

Jones' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Mark K. Jones

Jones' art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Peter Andrew Jones

Jones' art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Scott Jones

Jones' art can be found on 6 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Denis R. Loubet
With Denis R. Loubet
With Denis R. Loubet
With Denis R. Loubet
With Denis R. Loubet
With Denis R. Loubet

Eric Joyner

Joyner's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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— K —

Celal Kandemiroglu

Kandemiroglu's art can be found on 8 boxes shown here on this site.
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Ken Kelly

Kelly's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Jon Knoles

Knoles' art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Ron K. Lussier
With Ron K. Lussier
With Ron K. Lussier
With Ron K. Lussier

Michael Koelsh

Koelsh's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Jim Krogel

Krogel's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Richard Espy

Jonny C. Kwan

Kwan's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Jürgen Lacher

Lacher's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Denis R. Loubet

Loubet's art can be found on 28 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Helen Garriott
With Scott Jones
With Scott Jones
With Scott Jones
With Scott Jones
With Scott Jones
With Scott Jones

Roger Loveless

Loveless' art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Christopher Lovell

Lovell's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Steinar Lund

Lund's art can be found on 8 boxes shown here on this site.
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Ron K. Lussier

Lussier's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Jon Knoles
With Jon Knoles
With Jon Knoles
With Jon Knoles

— M —

Lee MacLeod

MacLeod's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Candice Mammarella

Mammarella's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Philippe Mandilas

Mandilas' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Quinno Martin

Martin's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Dicko Mather

Mather's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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Doris Matthäus

Matthäus' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Pat McCormack

McCormack's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Todd McFarlane

McFarlane's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Dave McKean

McKean's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Ralph Angus McQuarrie

McQuarrie's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Jan Meininghaus

Meininghaus' art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Tom Thiel

David Menehan

Menehan's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Rolf Mohr

Mohr's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Bill Morrison

Morrison's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Lindsay Muller

Muller's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Michael Wagner
With Michael Wagner
With Michael Wagner

Peter Mullins

Mullins' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Ian Naylor

Naylor's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Hartwig Nieder-Gassel

Nieder-Gassel's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Terese Nielsen

Nielsen's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Alan Okamoto

Okamoto's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Erik Olson

Olson's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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— P —

Keith Parkinson

Parkinson's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Jeff Easley

Dave Pether

Pether's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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Robert Pils

Pils' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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John Polidora

Polidora's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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John Pomeroy

Pomeroy's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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With Don Bluth

Marion Pott

Pott's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Adrian Powell

Powell's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Dermot Power

Power's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Don Ivan Punchatz

Punchatz's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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Steve Purcell

Purcell's art can be found on 9 boxes shown here on this site.
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— R —

Ingo Römling

Römling's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Simon Roberts

Roberts' art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Tony Roberts

Roberts' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Terry Robinson

Robinson's art can be found on 5 boxes shown here on this site.
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Jake Rodgers

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With Chris Douglas

John V. Romita Sr.

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With Tony De Zuniga

Joe Roth

Roth's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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David John Rowe

Rowe's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Luis Royo

Royo's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Louise Sandoval

Sandoval's art can be found on 8 boxes shown here on this site.
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David Schleinkofer

Schleinkofer's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Adam Schnitzer

Schnitzer's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Norman Seeff

Seeff's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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John T. Shaw

Shaw's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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Douglas Shuler

Shuler's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Roger Smith

Smith's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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With D. Brent Burkett

John Smyth

Smyth's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Davey Southwood

Southwood's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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With Sharon Dunford

Glenn Stewart

Stewart's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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David Stoupakis

Stoupakis' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Drew Struzan

Struzan's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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— T —

Tom Thiel

Thiel's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Jan Meininghaus

Bud Thon

Thon's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Daniel Thorn

Thorn's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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William V. Tiller

Tiller's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Larry Ahern
With Larry Ahern
With Larry Ahern

Junior Tomlin

Tomlin's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Eric Tranchefeux

Tranchefeux's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Peter Tsacle

Tsacle's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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With 3 other artists

Ezra Tucker

Tucker's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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— U —

Ashley Underwood

Underwood's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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— V —

Boris Vallejo

Vallejo's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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— W —

Michael Wagner

Wagner's art can be found on 12 boxes shown here on this site.
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With Lindsay Muller
With Lindsay Muller
With Lindsay Muller

Bob Wakelin

Wakelin's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Jeffrey Wall

Wall's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Robb Waters

Waters' art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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With Jennifer Davis

Kurt West

West's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Steve Weston

Weston's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Tim White

White's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Michael J. Winterbauer

Winterbauer's art can be found on 4 boxes shown here on this site.
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Greg Winters

Winters' art can be found on 6 boxes shown here on this site.
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David Wyatt

Wyatt's art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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Kenny Yamada

Yamada's art can be found on 1 box shown here on this site.
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Sam Yeates

Yeates' art can be found on 3 boxes shown here on this site.
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Hock Wah Yeo

Yeo's art can be found on 2 boxes shown here on this site.
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Ugurcan Yuce

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Help me identify artists

Documentation and credits aren't always complete, especially for older games, and thus it's not always easy to look up who did what exactly. Further, there's often just 'Artwork' or 'Illustrations' which could be in game graphics, manual drawings or — you've guessed it — box art.
While I have managed to identify many artists so far, there are still loads of boxes with missing information.

If you happen to know the box artist of any of boxes listed below, please drop me a line.

Phu, that's a lot, right? Please don't forget to drop me a line if you can identify the artist responsible for any of these boxes.

Cheers
Benjamin

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