Sonic spread in Sega Video Game Illustrations

[RocketPunch]

Recently I picked up an art book containing promotional images for all the major Sega franchises from the late '80s and early '90s. It was a pretty good find since it has a lot of pictures I've never seen before, as well as commentary from the artists themselves. The book even briefly covers theory behind the various design choices for the characters and notes the art supplies used for each picture. I figured there was a good combination of artists and die hard fans running around here, so I've scanned in the six pages dedicated to Sonic's first two titles on the Genesis and Game Gear respectively (the book doesn't cover any games made after 1992).

Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6

There are a good 140 pages of illustrations for about 60 games in here, so if you've got a game you want to see the illustrations for, give me a shout and I'll scan them if they're in the book.

[Persona-sama]

Oh man, is there AM2 stuff in there like Outrun, Hang On, and Space Harrier? Also, Fantasy Zone images? I'd love to see any of that kind of stuff.

Also, digging up my account after a year of nonposting to post this.

[Cuckooguy]

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS ARTBOOK AND WHERE CAN I FIND A COPY FOR MYSELF

But before I make any rash decisions, could you at least list a table of contents of what games it covers?

[RocketPunch]

It breaks each game down into sections:

Role Playing
Sorcerian
Vermilion
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III
Phantasy Star, The Supplementary Story
Landstalker: Treasure of the Emperor
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
Shining Force, The Supplementary Story: The Evil, Deity's Crusade
Shining Force, The Supplementary Story II: The Evil Deity Awakened
Shadam the Crusader
Rent A Hero

Action
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog (GG)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GG)
Golden Axe
Golden Axe II
Golden Axe III
Axe Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe
Cyber Police ESWAT
Shinobi (GG)
Shinobi II (GG)
Kid Chameleon
Bare Knuckle
Bare Knuckle II: Requiem to the Death Fight
Jewel Master
Phantasy Star Adventure
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Ninja, the Supplementary Story
Alien Storm
Altered Beast
Crack Down
Alex Kidd: In the Enchanged Castle
Wonder Boy in Monster World III
Monster World II
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Shooting
Super Thunder Blade
Whip Rush
G-Loc
Arrow Flash
Gain Ground
Space Harrier II
Space Harrier

Driving & Sports
Super Monaco GP
Super Monaco GP
Out Run
Out Run (GG)
Turbo Out Run
Super Real Basketball
Super League
Super League '91
The Professional Baseball '91
Hyper Pro Baseball
Super League CD
Professional Baseball GG League

Simulation & Others
Bahamut Battle Account
House of Tarot
Pengo
Quiz Scramble Special
Mahjong


Whew, that was fun. Those are all of the games though. Obviously I can't scan the whole thing (anytime soon), but if anyone's got any requests, I'll post them up every so often.

I found it on eBay for around $40 with shipping and handling. I'm not sure how rare it is, but it's worth the price I paid. The title is "Sega Video Game Illustrations."

[Cuckooguy]

Is Phantasy Star, the Supplementary Story and Phantasy Star Adventure based on the first Phantasy Star? And is there art of Alis Landale? If so, I'd like to see that.

I also want to see Shadam the Crusader, Rent A Hero, Landstalker, the Golden Axes, Cyber Police ESWAT, Shinobi, Kid Chameleon, Bare Knuckle, Alien Storm, Altered Beast, Alex Kidd, Wonder Boy in Monster World 3, and the Outruns.

If Shining Force Central didn't exist I'd probably ask for Shining scans

Anyway, if that's too much then I guess I'll just ask for art of the rarer stuff. That would include Shadam the Crusader, Rent A Hero, and Landstalker. Of course, if you ever get the chance to scan the whole thing I'm sure everyone will give you their love! Too bad that's not worth much, but I still want you to do it!

[P.P.A.]

Awesome. Too bad I don't have any money right now.

Also there there any more pages on the two 8-bit Sonic games?

[Ritz]

Fantastic find. Is there anything interesting in the Jewel Master section? Because I'd hit that.

[gr4yJ4Y]

It'd be much appreciated if you could post scans from

Phantasy Star II
Kid Chameleon
Shadow Dancer
Space Harrier
Space Harrier II
and Out Run.

Thanks!

[Oompa Star]

Right clicked and saved. Thank you kindly!

[RocketPunch]

Hey, sorry about the delay on these. Moved back to school and took a little longer than expected to get internet in my apartment. I'll try to upload a few pages once a week or something 'til the whole book's up, so enjoy!

This is the Phantasy Star spread. Cuckooguy, in response to your request of images of Alis Landale, I'm going to have to risk scorn in the Sega community and admit that I'm not really sure who she is. There's an "Alisa" character listed, could it possibly be her name in the Japanese version?

Phantasy Star Adventure
Phantasy Star Adventure

Phantasy Star, The Supplementary Story
Phantasy Star, The Supplementary Story

Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star II

[Cuckooguy]

Awesome, thanks, and Alisa is Alis. Actually, I haven't played any Phantasy Star title myself although I've been meaning to eventually. At least spoilers for the series aren't rampant on the internet!

[RocketPunch]

Interesting... I've played Phantasy Star II, and in the opening cutscene the main character has a dream about some girl fighting a huge dragon or something. Is Alis that character? She looks kind of familiar.