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Welcome back!


With the forums back up, I think it's time to revive my poster thread as well. It's been quite a while since I've added anything to the project, but lately I felt the need to get back into it. Over the last few years, there's been a lot of improvements in terms of image restoration techniques and upscaling tools, and looking back at the old posters sometimes makes me cringe at how they look by today's standards. That's why, aside from adding new posters, I'm going to update existing posters with improved versions every now and then. For any newcomers, you might want to check the archived version of the old thread to get you up to speed (which in turn links to even older threads on the ScummVM forums, Inception-style).


In the old thread I've refrained from including Star Wars games (with Rebel Assault II being the exception), but over the last few months I've restored several SW artworks that I think deserve to be included. Both these and the posters for all Indiana Jones games have been moved to their own categories. Some quick jumps:

LucasArts original games

Indiana Jones games

Star Wars games

Non-LucasArts games


To make downloading easier, Mix'n'Mojo is now hosting all the files themselves, so you can just click the thumbnails for a larger view, or right-click/save-link-as to save the full-size poster directly. I've set up a GoogleDrive containing all the posters if you prefer that (which will also keep old versions of posters I've updated and replaced in this thread).

 

Sadly, this seems to be necessary: Using these artworks for commercial purposes is NOT PERMITTED. I constantly see my restorations used on cheaply produced merch all over the web and even in official magazines and books, which is really not cool (and quite unprofessional, if I might say so). Just show some common courtesy and contact me if you want to use any of the material. We can surely work something out.


Sorry about getting all disclaimery for a moment, so let's get to the posters. Enjoy!

 

(This thread can be easily linked to using the URLs http://poster.mixnmojo.com and http://posters.mixnmojo.com)

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LucasArts Posters


 

The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) Created by Ron Gilbert, David Grossman, Tim Schafer

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Big thanks to Jake, for letting me scan his official poster for this! Also, thanks to everybody who donated scans to extend and clean-up the artwork.

 

Main box artwork - SEGA CD Coloring (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Main box artwork - FM Towns Coloring (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Special Edition artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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For the alternate Guybrush head and the logoless version, I've utilized the modified poster created by Lee Swain, so thanks for that!


Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) Created by Ron Gilbert, David Grossman, Tim Schafer

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Main box artwork (Classic Coloring) (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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HUGE thanks to kiddomanteca for this scan!

Rear box artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Big thanks to "Walter" for the necessary scans!


Special Edition artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Cover concept artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) Created by Jonathan Ackley, Larry Ahern

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Bill Tiller and Larry Ahern)

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HUGE thanks to Bill Tiller for providing me with the original artwork!!!


Escape from Monkey Island (2000) Created by Sean Clark, Michael Stemmle

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Michael Koelsch)

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Thanks to ATMachine and Petr for their scans!


Early box artwork (only used in advertisements) (Original artwork by Michael Koelsch)

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Thanks to ATMachine for the scan!


Advertising artwork (Original artwork by Eddie Del Rio)

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Tales of Monkey Island (2009) Created by Mike Stemmle, Mark Darin

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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The Dig (1995) Created by Sean Clark, Steven Spielberg
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Main box artwork (Original artwork by William Eaken)

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Thanks to ATMachine, Petr and Sanguinehearts for their scans!


Advertising artwork (Original artwork by Steven Chorney)

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Thanks to Petr for this scan!


Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993) Created by Sean Clark, Collette Michaud, Steve Purcell, Michael Stemmle

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Road atlas artwork (Artwork taken from H.M. Gousha Road Atlas 1993)

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(Thanks to Crumb for finding the source of this map, and to Jake for this scan!)


Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988) Created by David Fox, Matthew Kane, David Spangler, Ron Gilbert

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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FM Towns box artwork (Original artwork by Hikaru Yuzuki)

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Day of the Tentacle (1993) Created by Ron Gilbert, David Grossman, Tim Schafer, Gary Winnick

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Peter Chan)

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Main box artwork (edited version) (Original artwork by Peter Chan)

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LucasArts Adventurer #5, cover artwork (Original artwork by Peter Chan)

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(Thanks to susiboy for his scans!)


LucasArts Adventurer #5, cover artwork (edited movie poster style) (Original artwork by Peter Chan)

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Maniac Mansion (1987) Created by Ron Gilbert, Gary Winnick

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Ken Macklin)

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Edison family portrait (Original artwork by Steve Purcell)

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Full Throttle (1995) Created by Tim Schafer
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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Richard Green, Anson Jew, Peter Tsacle and Peter Chan)

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Main box artwork (wide version) (Original artwork by Richard Green, Anson Jew, Peter Tsacle and Peter Chan)

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Full Throttle II - Hell on Wheels (2002) Developed by Sean Clark


Concept artwork (Original artwork by Eddie Del Rio)

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Grim Fandango (1998) Created by Tim Schafer

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Advertising artwork (Original artwork by Peter Tsacle)

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BIG thanks to CHAOSMAN for scanning his poster for this!


Wall mural (Original artwork by Peter Chan)

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Thanks to BeleG for scanning his CD cover for this!


Outlaws (1997) Created by Stephen R. Shaw, Daron Stinnett

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Adam Schnitzer)

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Loom (1990) Created by Brian Moriarty, Jennifer Sward

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Main box artwork (Original artwork by Mark Ferrari)

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FM Towns box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Thanks to ATMachine for scanning!

 

Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993) Created by Mike Ebert


Main box artwork (Europe) (Original artwork by ?)

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Main box artwork (USA) (Original artwork by ?)

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Main box artwork (Mexico) (Original artwork by ?)

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Thanks to winds for finding this photo!

 

Ghoul Patrol (1994) Created by Kalani Streicher


Main box artwork (Europe) (Original artwork by ?)

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Main box artwork (USA) (Original artwork by Del Thompson)

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Big Sky Trooper (1995) Created by Hal Barwood


Main box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Thanks to Samnmax221 for his scans!

 


Rescue on Fractalus (1984) Created by David Fox


Main box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Big thanks to David Fox for providing the original photographies!

 


Ballblazer (1984) Created by David Levine


Main box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Big thanks to David Fox for providing the original photographies!

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LucasArts Indiana Jones Posters



Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1992) Created by Noah Falstein, David Fox, Ron Gilbert


Main box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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(Thanks to TomVDJ for the box scan.)


Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992) Created by Hal Barwood, Noah Falstein


Main box artwork (Original artwork by William Eaken)

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(Thanks to the CGW Museum for providing me with the clean artwork!)

 

Map artwork (Scanned from An Atlas of Classical Geography)

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(Thanks to Crumb for finding the source of this map, and to everybody who helped buying it!)

 

Map artwork (Color variations: Beauty / Box / Manual / Poster / Print Ad)

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Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999) Created by Hal Barwood


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Drew Struzan)

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Promotional artwork (Original artwork by Drew Struzan)

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Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003) Created by Douglas Hare, Brad Santos


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Drew Struzan)

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Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009) Created by Matt Turnbull, Michael Waite


Main box artwork (Original artwork by PicturePlane Imaging)

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Nintendo Power magazine cover (Original artwork by PicturePlane Imaging)

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LucasArts Star Wars Posters



X-Wing (1993) Created by Larry Holland and Edward Kilham


Main box artwork (Floppy version) (Original artwork by Martin "Bucky" Cameron)

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Main box artwork (official promo poster) (Original artwork by Martin "Bucky" Cameron)

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Big thanks to @XwingGameSeries for scanning this poster!


Main box artwork (CD-ROM version) (Original artwork by Ron K. Lussier)

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B-Wing Expansion artwork (Original artwork by Martin "Bucky" Cameron)

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Imperial Pursuit Expansion artwork (Original artwork by Martin "Bucky" Cameron)

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TIE Fighter (1994) Created by Larry Holland and Edward Kilham


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Ron K. Lussier and Jon Knoles)

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Defender of the Empire Expansion artwork (Original artwork by Ron K. Lussier)

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Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire (1996) Created by Vince Lee, Michael Stemmle, Brett Tosti


Main box artwork (Original artwork by William Eaken)

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Huge thanks to William Eaken for providing me with a photo of his painting! Also thanks to @Jake for the official promo poster and @ATMcashpoint for tons of scans.


Dark Forces (1995) Created by Daron Stinnett


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Ron K. Lussier and Jon Knoles)

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Big thanks to Jon Knoles for sharing the original rendering!

 

Promotional artwork (Original artwork by David Grove)

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Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997) Created by Justin R. Chin


Promotional artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Non-LucasArts Posters



Simon the Sorcerer (1993) Created by Simon Woodroffe


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Paul Drummond)

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Simon the Sorcerer II - The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe (1995) Created by Simon Woodroffe


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Jef Wall)

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The Whispered World (2009) Created by Marco Hüllen, Jan Müller-Michaelis, Sebastian Schmidt


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Marco Hüllen)

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The Book of Unwritten Tales (2009) Created by Jan Theysen, Marc König


Main box artwork (Original artwork by Stefan Obst & Artur Schlenker)

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The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (2015) Created by Jan Theysen


Promotional artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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A Vampyre Story (2008) Created by William V. Tiller, Amy Tiller


Main box artwork (Original artwork by William V. Tiller and Marc Brownlow)

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BIG thanks to Bill Tiller for providing me with the artwork!


The Neverhood (1996) Created by Dale Lawrence, Mark Lorenzen, Douglas TenNapel


Main box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Thanks to Longcat for the scan!


Gobliins 2 (1992) Created by Pierre Gilhodes


Main box artwork (Original artwork by ?)

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Thanks to Morden for the scan!


Sam & Max - The Devil's Playhouse (2010) Created by Chuck Jordan, Andy Hartzell, Joe Pinney and Mike Stemmle


Episode posters (Original artwork by Stephen Whetstine and Steve Purcell)

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Thanks to Duffadash for sharing his scans!

 

Back to the Future: The Game (2010) Created by Mike Stemmle, Andy Hartzell and Jonathan Straw


Key artwork (Original artwork by Laserschwert)

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This is all absolutely brilliant, thank you! I've been holding out for this!

 

Any chance of restorations of any other Monkey Island artwork that's come to light in recent years, like the alternate poster designs for MI2, or some of the background art like Wally's home and the International House of Mojo?

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On another note, I'd like to show some comparisons of what I mean by updating existing posters. The improvements in quality result from a combination of a) having access to better sources and b) having better tools at my disposal. Note that on my old versions I often used fake texture and bump-mapping to simulate brush strokes and detail where originally there was nothing like that (although some details and grain are added artificially in the new versions as well). Here are a few samples:

 

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I'd also like to show an extreme example of better ways to upscale images using basically artificial intelligence (or "machine learning"). The promotional "Infernal Machine" artwork (or something that was an early concept for the main cover) was originally only shared on Drew Struzans own website, albeit at very low resolution. Here's how it looks after upscaling it in various steps:

 

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Here are scans of the 5 episode posters from Telltale's Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse episodes.

Poster design by Stephen Whetstine        and shared with permission. The artwork for The City that Dares Not Sleep drawn by Steve Purcell.

The posters were originally 17x11", but were scanned on an A3 scanner and thus missing a couple of millimetres in length, but otherwise very close to the A3 paper format.

 

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A great addition! If you are okay with it, I'd like to add them to the opening post (and copy them over to the Mojo server for hosting as well).

 

In other news: I've added the artwork to the two X-Wing expansions, "B-Wing" and "Imperial Pursuit", as well as the TIE Fighter expansion "Defender of the Empire". Also new: A promo artwork for "Jedi Knight".

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13 hours ago, Laserschwert said:

A great addition! If you are okay with it, I'd like to add them to the opening post (and copy them over to the Mojo server for hosting as well).

 

In other news: I've added the artwork to the two X-Wing expansions, "B-Wing" and "Imperial Pursuit", as well as the TIE Fighter expansion "Defender of the Empire". Also new: A promo artwork for "Jedi Knight".

Feel free to rehost and add to the main posts. :-)

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13 hours ago, Laserschwert said:

A great addition! If you are okay with it, I'd like to add them to the opening post (and copy them over to the Mojo server for hosting as well).

 

In other news: I've added the artwork to the two X-Wing expansions, "B-Wing" and "Imperial Pursuit", as well as the TIE Fighter expansion "Defender of the Empire". Also new: A promo artwork for "Jedi Knight".


I might have higher quality versions of these. Will dig around. 

 

32 minutes ago, ThunderPeel2001 said:

Some kind soul shared a high quality scan of this on Facebook a while back. I don't know if it's something you'd include LS. But if it is, let me know and I'll give you a link.

 

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This is just a painting Purcell has sold prints of in the past, not a poster associated with a game box or marketing. At what point are these just bootlegs?

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28 minutes ago, Jake said:


I might have higher quality versions of these. Will dig around. 

 


This is just a painting Purcell has sold prints of in the past, not a poster associated with a game box or marketing. At what point are these just bootlegs?

 

Yes, that's why I didn't share a link to the scan. Even though you can't buy this poster, it's crossing over into bootleg territory. I guess should be limited to promotional materials that aren't owned by the artist.

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