GAME BOX ARTISTS





Here is a growing list old game box cover artists and their illustrations.
At the moment from these companies/genres: Sierra, LucasArts, Tolkien, Origin, AD&D and SSI.

If you are a former Sierra or other game company artist of box art, or know someone who is, would you please send me e-mail
and I'll add the name to this page, thank you.
Please also mention any covers you might know that were made by this artist, and any additional info you might have (technique used, where it is located or who is the current owner of the original, is the original art or a reproduction/poster/postcard available for sale, etc.).

Also check prototype game box cover arts.



Sierra

Richard Amsel:
  • Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal
  • (SierraVenture)
      (art also used as the theatrical film poster)
    1982

    Duke Haubelt:
  • Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor
  • (On-Line Systems, Black & White Folder) 1980
  • Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor
  • (On-Line Systems, Colored Folder) 1981
  • Threshold
  • (On-Line Systems) 198?

    Derrick Gross:
  • Mouskattack
  • (On-Line Systems) 198?

    David Mann:
  • Hi-Res Adventure #5: Time Zone
  • (On-Line Systems) 1981

    John Shaw:
  • Codename: Iceman
  • (Sierra) 1990
  • King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
  • (Sierra) 1986
  • Manhunter: New York
  • (Sierra) 1988
  • Space Quest 3
  • (Sierra) 1989

    Peter Ledger:
  • Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail   
  • (Sierra) 1989

    Terry Robinson:
  • Alphabet Blocks
  • (Sierra Discovery Series) 1992
  • Castle of Dr. Brain
  • (Sierra) 1991
  • Castle of Dr. Brain
  • (Sierra Discovery Series) 1991
  • Fire Hawk: Thexder the Second Contact
  • (GameArts) 1990
  • Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
  • (Sierra) 1993
  • Gobliiins
  • (Coktel Vision) 1992
  • Gobliiins
  • (Coktel Vision, CD-Version) 1993
  • Gobliins 2
  • (Coktel Vision) 1993
  • Hoyle Official Book of Games, Volume 3
  • (Sierra) 1991
  • InterAction Fall 1991 magazine cover
  • (Sierra) 1991
  • InterAction Summer 1993 magazine cover
  • (Sierra) 1993
  • Leisure Suit Larry 1 (Remake)
  • (Sierra) 1991
  • Slater & Charlie Go Camping
  • (Sierra) 1993
  • Space Quest I (Remake)
  • (Sierra) 1991
  • Space Quest IV
  • (Sierra) 1991
  • Space Quest V
  • (Sierra) 1993
  • Zeliard
  • (GameArts) 1990

    Corey ?:
  • Jawbreaker
  • (SierraVision) 198?
  • Jawbreaker II
  • (SierraVision) 198?

    ? Crowe:
  • Oil's Well
  • (Sierra, Blue One-piece Box Version) 1984



    LucasArts

    Ken Macklin:
  • Maniac Mansion
  • (LucasFilm Games) 1987

    Steve Purcell:
  • Zak McKracken
  • (LucasFilm Games) 1988
  • The Secret of Monkey Island
  • (LucasFilm Games) 1990
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
  • (LucasArts) 1990
  • Sam & Max Hit the Road
  • (LucasArts) 1993

    Mark J. Ferrari:
  • Loom
  • (LucasFilm Games) 1990

    Peter Chan:
  • Day of the Tentacle
  • (LucasArts) 1993

    William L. Eaken (a.k.a. Bill Eaken):
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
  • (LucasArts) 1992
  • The Dig
  • (LucasArts) 1995




    J.R.R. Tolkien

    Con Aslanis:
  • The Hobbit
  • (Melbourne House, Black Box) 1982
  • The Hobbit
  • (Melbourne House, Clear Plastic Case) 1982
  • The Hobbit
  • (Melbourne House, Flat Plastic Folder) 1985

    J.R.R. Tolkien:
  • The Hobbit - A Software Adventure
  • (Addison-Wesley, Tan Flip Box) 1985
  • The Fellowship of the Ring - A Software Adventure 
  • (Addison-Wesley, Tan Flip Box) 1985

    Ted Nasmith:
  • Shadows of Mordor
  • (Melbourne House, Clear Plastic Case) 1987
  • Shadows of Mordor
  • (Melbourne House, Flat Plastic Folder) 1987

    John Howe:
  • War in Middle-Earth    
  • (Melbourne House, Small Gray Box) 1989
  • War in Middle-Earth
  • (Melbourne House, MSX Box) 1989
  • War in Middle-Earth
  • (Melbourne House, Big Gray Box) 1989
  • War in Middle-Earth
  • (Melbourne House, Big Yellow Box) 1989
  • War in Middle-Earth
  • (Melbourne House/Virgin Interactive) 19??

    Hildebrandt brothers:
  • The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
  • (Interplay, Black Slip Cover Box) 1990
  • The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
  • (Interplay, Black One-piece Box) 1990
  • The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
  • (Interplay, Tan Slip Cover Box) 1990
  • The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
  • (Interplay, CD-Version) 199?
  • The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
  • (Interplay, Europe) 1992
  • The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
  • (Interplay, US) 1992
  • The Lord of the Rings & The Two Towers
  • (Interplay, Bundle) 1994



    Origin

    Denis Loubet:
  • Akalabeth: World of Doom
         (original painting title: Wrong Number)  
  • (California Pacific Computer Company)     1979
  • Ultima
  • (California Pacific Computer Company) 1980
  • Ultima
  • (progame) 1981
  • Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
  • (Origin) 1986
  • Ultima III: Exodus
  • (Origin) 198?
  • Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
  • (Origin) 198?
  • Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
  • (Origin) 198?
  • Ultima VI: The False Prophet
  • (Origin) 199?
  • Ultima VII, Part Two: Serpent Isle
  • (Origin) 1993
  • Pagan: Ultima VIII
  • (Origin) 199?
  • Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
  • (Origin) 199?
  • Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds
  • (Origin) 199?



    Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

    Keith Parkinson:
  • AD&D Champions of Krynn   (original painting title: Dragons of Desolation)  
  • (SSI, Gold Box)     1990

    Jeff Easley:
  • AD&D Dragons of Flame   (original painting title: ?)  
  • (SSI, Silver Box)     1988
  • AD&D Heroes of the Lance   (original painting title: Dragon Duel)  
  • (SSI, Silver Box)     1988

    Larry Elmore:
  • AD&D Secret of the Silverblades   (original painting title: Bloodstone Lands, 1988)  
  • (SSI, Gold Box)     1990
  • AD&D Shadow Sorcerer   (the first Dragonlance painting ever done, 1985)  
  • (SSI)     1991



    Strategic Simulations Inc.

    Louis Hsu Saekow:
  • Chronicles of Osgorth: The Shattered Alliance    
  • (SSI, Large Apple ][ Box)     1981
  • Chronicles of Osgorth: The Shattered Alliance
  • (SSI, Large Atari Box) 1981

    Christopher White and Louis Hsu Saekow:
  • Wizard's Crown
  • (SSI) 1985

    Luis Royo:
  • The Summoning
  • (SSI) 1992




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