Cover Art PCE vs Turbo Grafx (Image Heavy)

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I thought that it would be interesting to post the different styles of artwork.

Thanks goes to esteban for hosting the images.
 

Adventure Island / Dragons Curse (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Aero Blasters (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Alien Crush




Ankoku Densetsu / Legendary Axe 2 (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Balistix (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




BE Ball / Chew Man Fu




Blodia / TimeBall (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Bomberman (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Bomberman 93 (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Cadash (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Chase HQ (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Chozetsu Rinjin / Bravoman (TG16 Pic htp://pcengine.co.uk)




Cosmic Fantasy 2 (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Cotton (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Cyber Core (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Davis Cup Tennis




DeadMoon




Deep Blue




Devil Crash / Devil Crush (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Doraemon: Meikyuu Daisakusen / Cratermaze




Double Dungeons




Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes




Dragon Spirit




Drop Rock Hora Hora / Drop Off (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Dungeon Explorer (TG16 Pic: ParanoiaDragon)




Dungeon Explorer II (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Dynastic Hero (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Excile (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Fantasy Zone




Fighting Street (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Final Zone II




Forgotten Worlds




Galaga '88 / Galaga '90



Genpei Toumaden Kannoni / Samurai Ghost (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Godzilla Bakutou Retsu Den (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Gunhed / Blazing Lazers (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Hit the Ice (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Jack Nicklaus Greatest 18 / Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Jackie Chan's action KungFu (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




J. B. Harold Murder Club (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman 2 / Shockman (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Kato and Ken Chan / J.J & Jeff (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Kick Boxing




King of Casino




Klaxx (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Kung FU / China Warrior




Legend Of Hero Tonma (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Magical Chase (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Makyo Densetsu / Legendary Axe (TG16 Pic htp://pcengine.co.uk)




Magical Saurus Tour / Magical Dinosaur Tour




Mesopotamia / Somer Assault (PCE Pic PCEP and TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Monster Lair




MotoRoader (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Nectaris / Military Madness




Neutopia




Neutopia II (TG16 Pic henrycsc)



Ordyne




PacLand




Paranoia / Psychosis




Parasol Stars (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




PC Denjin / Air Zonk (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




PC Genjin / Bonks Adventure




PC Genjin 2 / Bonks Revenge




PC Genjin 3 / Bonk 3 Bonk's big Adventrue




Pomping World / Buster Bros.




Power Golf




Power League / World Class Baseball




Power Sports / World Sports Competition (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Prince of Persia




R-Type




Raiden (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Red Alert / Last Alert (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Rising Sun




Saigo No Nindou / Ninja Spirit




Sherlock Holmes No Tantei Kouza / Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol 1




Side Arms (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Silent Debuggers




Shadow of the Beast




Sohko Ban World / Box Boy




Soldier Blade (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Space Harrier




Super Star Soldier(TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Super Volley Ball (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Takahashi Meijin No Shinboukenjima / New Adventure Island (TG16 Pic henrycsc)





Time Cruise




Tora He No Michi / Tiger Road (TG16 Pic htp://pcengine.co.uk)




Tricky / Tricky Kick




TV Sports Basketball




TV Sports Football




TV Sports Hockey




USA Pro Basketball / Takin' It To The Hoop




Valis II




Valis III (TG16 Pic htp://pcengine.co.uk)




Vasteel (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Veigues Tactical Gladiator




Victory Run:




Vigilante:




Violent Soldier / Sinistron (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




Winds of Thunder / Lords of Thunder (PCE Pic htp://pcengine.co.uk)




World Beach VolleyBall / Sonic Spikes (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




World Court Tennis




YS 1&2 (TG16 Pic henrycsc)




YS III (TG16 Pic henrycsc)





US Only


Adams Family (Pic henrycsc)



Camp California (Pic henrycsc)



Darkwing Duck (Pic henrycsc)




Falcon  (Pic henrycsc)




Ghost Manor (Pic henrycsc)




Gunboat (Pic henrycsc)




Impossamole (Pic henrycsc)




It came from the desert  (Pic henrycsc)




Tail Spin (Pic henrycsc)




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[turbogrfxfan]

yeah I really like the comparisons of some of the covers like that. keep em commin!!! thnx for putting it up!

[roflmao]

Awesome thread.  I love seeing the subtle differences in Ordyne.  I doubt I ever would have caught them had they not been side-by-side.

[SuperPlay]

Added Davis Cup Tennis

[SaturdayMorningRobots]

Shockman is the only TG-16 game I can think of with really good cover art, but the dumb game doesn't even come with a jewel case it's just got like a cheap plastic card holder inside the cardboard.

Some covers look nice but are inappropriate like Sidearms has a Sci-fi pic of a guy, whereas the PCE version has an actual pic of the mech from the game.

[Jibbajaba]

US version of Davis Cup Tennis looks nicer than the Japanese version.  The Ordyne covers are interesting in that they used the same cover art, but de-Japanesified it for us here in the US.  Seems like they should have spent their time worrying about other things as far as marketing went.

Chris

[SignOfZeta]

I like this thread a lot. Keep them coming.

Davis Cub Tennis: The is a rare occasion where they went all out on US art using a different style and actually produced something that was as good as the original. I prefer the JP art, but they are both good.

Ordyne: its hard to say what the motivation might have been here. Did they remove Raman Man there because he was asian, or because he was a massively stereotypical asian? Given the time frame, it could have been either way. A similar case is Breath of Fire (SNES), or possibly Breath of Fire 2, I can't remember. For the US version they made the black guy white. Gentrification in JRPGs? Well, maybe, but the black guy was also depicted in the usual Tezuka/sambo/Darkie Toothpaste sort of way. Also, he was the thief in the group. So...possibly that wasn't just xenophobic.

Obviously the Monster Boy one is a slam dunk for the PCE side. The US version depicts essentially the same exact thing, but very very poorly.

R Type: The US version isn't that terrible, but what was the point? Why change it at all?

[Arkhan]

All the US covers are retarded compared to the JP one, except for Davis Cup.

Ordyne has "we american cartooned it because we could" written all over it

RType has a "were stupid for doing this" effect

China Warrior and Fantasy Zone had nice US covers though.  I like China Warrior's.   Its corny and shows the game better than the JP one even.

[Black Tiger]

We've had threads like this a couple times before. The TG-16 Bomberman cover art is infamous, but one of the improved covers is Legenary Axe-




These pics are from htp://pcengine.co.uk

[SignOfZeta]

The US version of Davis Cup has the rare privilege of having its cover drawn by an genuinely skilled artist. This is very uncommon with TG-16 releases. Its so overly wrought though. It looks like the dude (is his name Davis?) is saying, "Get this gerbil out of my ass!" or something like that.

[ParanoiaDragon]

While the US art shows more, the Jp art is still nicer.  I do consider DE the worst offender.  And yeah, LA 1 turned out really nice for the US.

[Black Tiger]

I don't have time to get pics to post, but these unique Turbo covers either do or could (depending on opinion) look better than the PCE versions-

Shape Shifter
Aero Blasters
Air Zonk
Bonk's Adventure
Bonk's Revenge
Bonk's Big Adventure
Time Cruise
Cotton
Ys I & II
Ys III
Hit The Ice
Lords of the Sising Sun
Dungeon Master
Neutopia II
Shockman
Somer Assault
Chase HQ
Raiden
Riot Zone
Sonic Spike
Gate of Thunder
Prince of Persia
Shermatlock 1 & 2
Splatterhouse
Super Star Soldier

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Added Kick Boxing :.