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Title: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: GoldenWheels on September 27, 2014, 02:39:48 AM
...I didn't make this connection until now and I thought it was pretty neat. I have only been really active in Turbo stuff for a couple years or so but I have been a Judas Priest fan for 20+ years. So I had to chuckle when I saw the Ballistix art:
Also, Priest stole the font from one of my favorite authors. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Steel_Tsar
Ha! Cool!
(cover artist: Melvyn. Hmm. Melvyn Grant I guess?)
Title: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: esteban on September 27, 2014, 03:17:06 AM
Judas Priest = Hell yes.
You could have mentioned "Turbo Lover" as another Judas Priest <> TG-16 connection. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
I am glad you posted this because a lot of folks here might not know about the connection in cover art.
The biggest problem with Ballistix is that it is executed poorly. Perhaps the concept/mechanics could be fun...but as the HuCARD stands, it's just a mess. I never played the computer version(s) to compare.
Psygnosis used real artists for cover art (Shadow of the Beast, for example, was also painted by someone who did rock album covers—not sure if it was same artist as Ballistix).
Title: Re: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: o.pwuaioc on September 27, 2014, 03:32:04 AM
Amiga, too. (http://www.gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Commodore_Amiga/Box/big/Ballistix_-_1989_-_Psyclapse.jpg) Judas Priest got sued for using it. Incidentally, it was only on the reprint.
Title: Re: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: GoldenWheels on September 27, 2014, 04:28:56 AM
You could have mentioned "Turbo Lover" as another Judas Priest <> TG-16 connection. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
I am glad you posted this because a lot of folks here might not know about the connection in cover art.
The biggest problem with Ballistix is that it is executed poorly. Perhaps the concept/mechanics could be fun...but as the HuCARD stands, it's just a mess. I never played the computer version(s) to compare.
Good point on Turbo Lover! :lol:
Not liking the review of Ballistix--I have a copy on the way to me now. Oh well.
Title: Re: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: Vecanti on September 27, 2014, 04:30:40 AM
I have been lucky enough to have seen Judas Priest a few times :-) Here is a vid from one of the concerts that I went to (not my vid! I was in the standing crowd somewhere)
Ballistix on the other hand, no comment ........ LOL
Title: Re: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: esteban on October 01, 2014, 10:30:34 AM
Break In.
The law.
(Ouch. Can't believe I did that. Ouch.)
Title: Re: I imagine you guys have seen this before but...
Post by: Gentlegamer on October 01, 2014, 12:24:42 PM
I think it may be the opposite of what you think. The original cover was this:
I see, so the art really came from the book ["The Steel Tsar"] nully listed. So did the game developer use it without permission like Judas as well or ? If someone has the game, maybe somewhere on the CD label or manual it mentions licensing/trademark to the artist or publisher. Seems the Judas Priest band was the one that did the suing though for the previous album cover against Coca-Cola:
They switched from that cover art to the one from "The Steel Tsar." Would seem wildly hypocritical if they sued another company for copying their prior art/font and then just willy nilly snatch somebody else's art for a reissued version of the same album... Probably somebody got their story wrong ?