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Hey guys, I'd like to put up another request for scanning a few items for the poster project. Currently I am especially looking for material from the earlier Lucasfilm/Activision titles, "Koronis Rift" and "The Eidolon". Both were released on floppy and on cassettes, but the cassette cases usually are too small to provide a high quality artwork. "Koronis Rift" at least had a big-box floppy release on C64 in Europe, which provides a rather large, clean version of Terry Hoff's artwork: Strangely though there seems to be another version of the floppy release, with a cropped version of the art: The US release seems to offer the highest quality of the artwork though and could be extended and cleaned up with the European box: A magazine ad that's probably the biggest reproduction of the artwork, unfortunately it's cropped. But a proper scan of this still might be extremely useful: For Ken Macklin's artwork from "The Eidolon" things are a bit more complicated, as none of the boxes provide the full image. I'd need several scans to reconstruct a somewhat usable version. US C64 (though mostly identical for other platforms): JP MSX2: Plus some magazine ads that would help a lot (once properly scanned): So if anybody here can help out, let me know!

If I find or get good material for it, sure.

A few more things in the works:

I've added several posters for Rescue on Fractalus and Ballblazer.

Good idea, sure, I can do that.

Several tracks have been added: Greetings from the USA The Ball, The Diner, The Bender and the Binoculars Dino Bungee National Memorial

Sí señor. I've added it to the main post.

Thanks for the heads up, I've fixed it. I only took a quick glance at the game's credits on Mobygames.com and used the first music-related entry (which was obviously just the programming side of things).

Some of you might have already seen this on Twitter or some Discord, but I guess this is the right place to post this as well. As a Christmas present to myself I bought a great set of virtual jazz instruments, ProjectSAM's Swing! and Swing More!, which I've eyed for a while for one specific purpose: Using them to finally create a remastered version of the Sam & Max Hit the Road soundtrack by Clint Bajakian, Peter McConnell and Michael Land, so here we go: This is the slowly growing playlist on Soundcloud, and once it's finished, I'll provide download links to the complete soundtrack.

Fullfilling this request, I've added two versions of this poster to the main post.

Fair enough, they might still provide great material. I already had the RA poster scanned, but the result isn't great. For Ballblazer and Fractalus I have high-res scans of the original photos used on the boxes and posters, and I've already started rebuilding the posters with those.

Ah, so they are sell-sheets, not one-sheets. The latter would mean they'd be at movie poster size. But still, they might provide great material. I'll happily take 600dpi raw scans to see if I can use them.

My current version of Outlaws was made just from a single box-scan. By now I have a few more box scans, but a poster will surely offer much better quality. Any chance to get it scanned? And what else do you have?

Yeah, colors are more muted, but that's how they look on the art print. And that one was most likely supervised by Steve Purcell himself. Also the colors on the boxes are overly contrasty and generally quite inconsistent.

I finally had the courage to take my "Sam & Max Hit the Road" print out of its frame and scan it. All three posters have been replaced in the main post. The upgrade in quality is quite extreme, so here are a few comparisons at full size:

I've cleaned up all the maps as well. They'll be used in the LRG box.

The way I see it, white people are privileged enough in the western world. And being white, I couldn't even imagine feeling a victim of racism if I was a voice actor and I was replaced by a black actor (ESPECIALLY for a black role).

As the resident poster guy, I feel it's my civic duty to ask if there's a textless version of Bill Eaken's artwork available?

I feel so sorry for you guys getting negative reviews because of these assholes. There is no logical explanation for their outrage (and tons of logic to counter it), so it's really only wasted energy to even try it. I sincerely hope none of this stands in the way of further remasters.

Maybe by now I'm just a grumpy old fart, but I don't remember the internet being so vile 10 years ago. Then again I've never read the Steam or GOG forums very much. And I fondly remember both the Telltale and Mojo forums to always be a wonderful place to hang out at.

It's finished, but since Limited Run Games are using it somewhere in their Collector's Edition (probably the book), I'll hold it off for now. Once pre-orders are through, I'll add it to the thread. I've cleaned it up quite a bit and extended it with all the sources I could find:

First and foremost it contains interviews with all the major players... Ron, Tim, Dave, Steve Purcell, Bill Tiller, Dom (at least these are the ones I know about, most likely there's many more). The book is being edited by Jeremy Parish of Retronauts-fame, who also conducted most of the interviews, as far as I know.

I won't be sharing any artwork from the release until after pre-orders have closed on it. But come February 2021, I'll fire away 😉 And thanks for noticing what I went for with my design. I basically wanted to introduce a new border pattern that fit the existing boxes, but still felt new. While the marble pattern in this state is in fact an original design by me, it's heavily based on this pattern I found and used for my first mockup: https://munroandkerr.co.uk/products/blue-04-marbled-paper-coolie-lampshade Also the dark-blue/gold of the pattern and the black/gold of the logo were supposed to underline the premium value of the box. But I guess Disney wanted to tie it in more with SoMI's green and the current coloring of the logos via the SE's... marketing be damned. But I think it must have been a nightmare getting so many different pieces approved, so I'm still happy how it turned out.

Furthermore the format of the box somewhat dictated the size and position of the front artwork. It has a removable lid on top, so I needed to stay clear of that seam, plus the artwork didn't allow for much cropping, without restraining the size of the logo too much. The border is a bit narrower on LRG's adjusted version though, plus good call on making the marbling smaller.

Looks like the LRG website still uses my version of the box: The gold around the logo and the Anthology subtitle were supposed to be stamped gold foil.