[Cstyler]

Hello there,

Today I've been thumbing through an old russian Sega Genesis cheat book ("1700 игр для Sega"), and found this:




It is a pirate Sonic Spinball cartridge box cover. The thing is, this art is unknown: none of the original Sonic Spinball games used it. Russian pirates have never made Genesis cover arts completely from scratch, so there must be the source picture. It reminds one of the AoSTH VHS covers, but it looks much neater.

Any ideas?

[ashthedragon]

I've seen that before, fully in color...but I can't remember where

[Billy]

I think that was used as a cover for a AoStH VHS tape or something.

[Sonic Warrior TJ]

It's very similar to the box art of one of the AoStH VHS tapes.

[Cstyler]

Sonic Warrior TJ, on 09 September 2013 - 12:30 PM, said:

It's very similar to the box art of one of the AoStH VHS tapes.

Yes, I've already mentioned that in the main post. These two are obviously similar, but the game's cover looks much more detailed. Maybe it was a fan-redrawn version, I don't know. Pitates never make any big efforts when it comes to the cover art, TRUST ME.

[Lanzer]

Umm, not to damper this discovery (Because its pretty cool) and not to sound like I'm backseat modding, but doesn't something like this go in The Supreme Topic of 'Other' Knowledge?

[Cstyler]

Lanzer, on 09 September 2013 - 12:49 PM, said:

Umm, not to damper this discovery (Because its pretty cool) and not to sound like I'm backseat modding, but doesn't something like this go in The Supreme Topic of 'Other' Knowledge?

Looks like you have a point. Is there any way to move my thread?

And just check out what I've found in the topic you've mentioned:

[JaxTH]

So...

A Russian Sonic Spinball pirate is using Mean Bean Machine artwork?

[Cstyler]

JaxTH, on 09 September 2013 - 01:06 PM, said:

So...

A Russian Sonic Spinball pirate is using Mean Bean Machine artwork?

Is it really from Mean Bean Machine? I still can't find the original picture.

[Ch1pper]

Your black-and-white image has Sega's official seal of quality in the lower-right corner of it as well.
Pirates tend to make a habit of removing that stuff where applicable -- or does that only apply to within the rom files themselves?

This post has been edited by Ch1pper: 14 September 2013 - 03:42 PM

[Black Squirrel]

Ch1pper, on 14 September 2013 - 03:41 PM, said:

Your black-and-white image has Sega's official seal of quality in the lower-right corner of it as well.
Pirates tend to make a habit of removing that stuff where applicable -- or does that only apply to within the rom files themselves?

It depends how the planets are aligned. Sometimes you find companies trying to take the credit for other people's work, other times they like to slap Sega branding on everything to give the product a sense of legitimacy.

You also get instances where a console is known as a "Sega" rather than a "Mega Drive" so it doubles up as a way of identifying compatibility.

[Cstyler]

Good news y'all.

I found this bastard at some local godforsaken electronics market. Here's the scanned box art:




Anyway, still have no idea where did this artwork come from.

[GeneHF]

I'll stick with a redrawn bootleg version of that AoSTH cover. Not uncommon to see that happen with bootlegs.

[ashthedragon]

Is the rom the regular one? Or the one with the Sonic Main theme from Nakamura?

[ICEknight]

Why would a bootlegger want to design a new logo for the game, though?