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I was inspired by a thread on another forum where the posters were creating fan-made posters of LucasArts games, and I thought it might be fun to do the same thing with old-school Sega artwork.

Of course making a poster means you need a 12 megapixel image at least, so it's taken some photoshop magic to get there, but I've gotten some pretty good results so far, and having Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy posters on the wall makes me happy. I had my posters printed at PosterXXL, which is available in the US and throughout Europe with good prices. Their US facility tends to skew a little dark, though, so lighten the images if you use them and you're in America.

I'm making this thread to share, and also to see if anyone else has any good high res art or scans to contribute.

Fantasy Zone
This is one of my favorite SMS covers, and while this wasn't the easiest one to work with, the end result is very crisp and detailed, and I even cleaned up some damage on the original pic. Should look excellent up to 15x20.

Download full-size version

Phantasy Star
This is the image from the back of the Japanese box, and it's my favorite piece of PS1 art. It's also the best result I've had in terms of clarity and resolution, so you can print this one very large if you feel so inclined. Includes a version with and without a PS1 logo.

Download full-size version

Wonder Boy III
The original concept art poster, used as the base for the diorama on the JP GG cover. Finding a large, clean version of this piece was impossible, so I had to to do a lot of retouching to get this in shape. Not quite as clean as the others, but I had it printed and it still looks just fine at 15x20.

Download full-size version

GG Shinobi
This is my favorite piece of Shinobi art in the series. I wouldn't mind redoing this one if I could get a better scan, though. Resolution-wise, it's good though.

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Quartet
Slim pickins on this one, too, but I got a clean version at an ok res and blew it up. Looks decent, and I might go in and retouch it a bit to get it the rest of the way.

Download full-size version

Phantasy Star Poster Full Logo.jpg (16.63 MB)

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Phantasy Star Poster Full.jpg (16.84 MB)

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Quartet Poster.jpg (9.77 MB)

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Shinobi poster.jpg (8.68 MB)

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Fantasy Zone poster new.jpg (7.61 MB)

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Fantasy Zone poster new logo.jpg (7.58 MB)

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Fantasy Zone poster new logo2.jpg (7.53 MB)

3000x4000

Wonder Boy III 200dpi 16x20.jpg (6.74 MB)

3526x4000

Wonder Boy III poster 200dpi v2.jpg (6.14 MB)

3000x4000

Hi, awesome work! I really liked the Shinobi one so wanted to see how it would look in RetroCopy :-

And it isn't Ninja without a bit of darkness

Keep up the good work, are you going to be doing anymore?

RetroRalph wrote

Keep up the good work, are you going to be doing anymore?

If I get good artwork to work with absolutely.

Very nice. When you say 15x20 is this in inches?
I want to try printing some (heh - we could also use good quality prints for our vapor competition prizes?)

Some other covers I would recommend:

Mark III Aleste
Mark III Maou Golvellius
Mark III Nazca '88
Mark III R-Type (export one is also good)
Mark III Ys

Ultima IV ?

I have higher resolution PNG for some of the Mark III boxes above.

Bock wrote

Very nice. When you say 15x20 is this in inches?

Ah, yes, sorry. Since dpi is the standard for print resolution it's difficult for me to think outside of inches.

Quote

Some other covers I would recommend:

Mark III Aleste
Mark III Maou Golvellius
Mark III Nazca '88
Mark III R-Type (export one is also good)
Mark III Ys

Ultima IV ?

I have higher resolution PNG for some of the Mark III boxes above.

I would love to give Golvellius or Aleste a shot. I'm a big Compile fan. I wonder if other sources (non-SMS boxes?) might have the art without the obstructions, though. I'm able to shop out a little text here and there, but when the whole corner is missing it gets hard.

Here are my original scans.

sms-jap-aleste-original.png (3.15 MB)

sms-jap-maou_golvellius-original.png (3.26 MB)

sms-jap-rtype-original.png (3.04 MB)

sms-jap-ys-original.png (2.45 MB)

I think Golvellius and R-Type are doable, but it'll involve some photoshop magic and pasting together a couple sources, so no promises.

EDIT: Some initial tinkering with Golvellius looks very promising, but it'll be a lot of work, so give me a couple days.

This one was a real challenge. I had to Photoshop out the Japanese text and paste in the corners from other sources. Here's my attempt. If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me, I suppose.

Download full-size version

Golvellius Poster.jpg (6.36 MB)

2500x3335

Superb!

Resulted is splendid!!

Continue:)

Really nice!

The Ys cover is awesome too!

Great. If this isn't magic I don't know what it is. :)

That's some awesome work.

Hey Bock, you wouldn't happen to have a copy of the Japanese Ghost House card you could scan at the highest res possible, would you?

The card itself? I do have one here but the scanner is at the office (no access this week) and I'm not sure it is such a great one. I'll try that in a week or so.

Well IIRC Japanese card boxes didn't have art, so the card itself would be the only real source.

These are awesome.

Have you ever done anything with the art side of the poster that came with US SMS's in the box? I have two copies hanging on the wall of my game room. Opposite sides of course.

Which one? I could clean up those posters and shop out the folds easily, if I had a good size scan.

I don't have a scanner. On one side it shows a bunch of screenshots from the SMS launch titles...on the other side kind of a montage of several SMS characters and villains. The Space Harrier guy, Wonder Boy etc....

Here's a bad pic I found online. Useless, but maybe someone else has a good scan.

segamastrposter2.jpg (59.93 KB)

Here's a 150dpi scan of that (originally by Nop's).

Take hold on the Sega Adventure (us) - recto - scan 150 dpi.jpg (1.03 MB)

I've added the full-size images as attachments (by some secret admin voodoo). The Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy ones are not available (hence why I'm trying not to rely on megaupload to not lose them), so if they don't reappear I may need some help to get hold of them.

Maxim wrote

I've added the full-size images as attachments (by some secret admin voodoo).

Maxim, one of them is a 404 for me, and two others are the small versions, maybe your admin voodoo went somehow wrong :(

I wish you can fix them though since I can't download from that filthy place filled with ads and spyware called megaupload.

Maxim wrote

I've added the full-size images as attachments (by some secret admin voodoo). The Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy ones are not available (hence why I'm trying not to rely on megaupload to not lose them), so if they don't reappear I may need some help to get hold of them.

Try them again, they seem to be working fine for me.

Also, regarding the poster, I can shop out the seams, but the glare from where the paper bends is much, much harder to get rid of. For the best result, I'd need a scan where everything is pressed as flat as possible during the scan.

Tom wrote

Maxim, one of them is a 404 for me, and two others are the small versions, maybe your admin voodoo went somehow wrong :(

I posted a little prematurely, while the real uploads were in progress. All should be well now. The Fantasy Zone one is working for me now so I'll upload it soon.

Edit: Wonder Boy came to life, so it's uploading now.

Edit the second: done.

Anyone know where I can get a poster or even artworks book on the the box arts for the mk 3 pls?

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Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	8-bit Sega Posters Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:38 am
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	I was inspired by a thread on another forum where the posters were creating fan-made posters of LucasArts games, and I thought it might be fun to do the same thing with old-school Sega artwork. Of course making a poster means you need a 12 megapixel image at least, so it's taken some photoshop magic to get there, but I've gotten some pretty good results so far, and having Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy posters on the wall makes me happy. I had my posters printed at PosterXXL, which is available in the US and throughout Europe with good prices. Their US facility tends to skew a little dark, though, so lighten the images if you use them and you're in America. I'm making this thread to share, and also to see if anyone else has any good high res art or scans to contribute. Fantasy Zone This is one of my favorite SMS covers, and while this wasn't the easiest one to work with, the end result is very crisp and detailed, and I even cleaned up some damage on the original pic. Should look excellent up to 15x20. Download full-size version Phantasy Star This is the image from the back of the Japanese box, and it's my favorite piece of PS1 art. It's also the best result I've had in terms of clarity and resolution, so you can print this one very large if you feel so inclined. Includes a version with and without a PS1 logo. Download full-size version Wonder Boy III The original concept art poster, used as the base for the diorama on the JP GG cover. Finding a large, clean version of this piece was impossible, so I had to to do a lot of retouching to get this in shape. Not quite as clean as the others, but I had it printed and it still looks just fine at 15x20. Download full-size version GG Shinobi This is my favorite piece of Shinobi art in the series. I wouldn't mind redoing this one if I could get a better scan, though. Resolution-wise, it's good though. Download full-size version Quartet Slim pickins on this one, too, but I got a clean version at an ok res and blew it up. Looks decent, and I might go in and retouch it a bit to get it the rest of the way. Download full-size version Phantasy Star Poster Full Logo.jpg (16.63 MB) 4500x6000 Phantasy Star Poster Full.jpg (16.84 MB) 4500x6000 Quartet Poster.jpg (9.77 MB) 3929x3929 Shinobi poster.jpg (8.68 MB) 4500x6000 Fantasy Zone poster new.jpg (7.61 MB) 3000x4000 Fantasy Zone poster new logo.jpg (7.58 MB) 3000x4000 Fantasy Zone poster new logo2.jpg (7.53 MB) 3000x4000 Wonder Boy III 200dpi 16x20.jpg (6.74 MB) 3526x4000 Wonder Boy III poster 200dpi v2.jpg (6.14 MB) 3000x4000

RetroRalph Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 138	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:05 am
RetroRalph Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 138	Hi, awesome work! I really liked the Shinobi one so wanted to see how it would look in RetroCopy :- And it isn't Ninja without a bit of darkness Keep up the good work, are you going to be doing anymore?

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:02 am
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	RetroRalph wrote Keep up the good work, are you going to be doing anymore? If I get good artwork to work with absolutely.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:10 am
	Very nice. When you say 15x20 is this in inches? I want to try printing some (heh - we could also use good quality prints for our vapor competition prizes?) Some other covers I would recommend: Mark III Aleste Mark III Maou Golvellius Mark III Nazca '88 Mark III R-Type (export one is also good) Mark III Ys Ultima IV ? I have higher resolution PNG for some of the Mark III boxes above.

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:28 am
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Bock wrote Very nice. When you say 15x20 is this in inches? Ah, yes, sorry. Since dpi is the standard for print resolution it's difficult for me to think outside of inches. Quote Some other covers I would recommend: Mark III Aleste Mark III Maou Golvellius Mark III Nazca '88 Mark III R-Type (export one is also good) Mark III Ys Ultima IV ? I have higher resolution PNG for some of the Mark III boxes above. I would love to give Golvellius or Aleste a shot. I'm a big Compile fan. I wonder if other sources (non-SMS boxes?) might have the art without the obstructions, though. I'm able to shop out a little text here and there, but when the whole corner is missing it gets hard.

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:00 am
	Here are my original scans. sms-jap-aleste-original.png (3.15 MB) sms-jap-maou_golvellius-original.png (3.26 MB) sms-jap-rtype-original.png (3.04 MB) sms-jap-ys-original.png (2.45 MB)

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 6:07 am
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	I think Golvellius and R-Type are doable, but it'll involve some photoshop magic and pasting together a couple sources, so no promises. EDIT: Some initial tinkering with Golvellius looks very promising, but it'll be a lot of work, so give me a couple days.

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Golvellius Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:49 pm
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	This one was a real challenge. I had to Photoshop out the Japanese text and paste in the corners from other sources. Here's my attempt. If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me, I suppose. Download full-size version Golvellius Poster.jpg (6.36 MB) 2500x3335

Service.Games Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 15	Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:15 pm
Service.Games Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 15	Superb! Resulted is splendid!! Continue:)

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 607 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:22 am
	Really nice! The Ys cover is awesome too!

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:31 am
	Great. If this isn't magic I don't know what it is. :)

ICEknight Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 601 Location: Asturias	Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:58 pm
	That's some awesome work.

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:12 pm
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Hey Bock, you wouldn't happen to have a copy of the Japanese Ghost House card you could scan at the highest res possible, would you?

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 8652 Location: Paris, France	Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:37 am
	The card itself? I do have one here but the scanner is at the office (no access this week) and I'm not sure it is such a great one. I'll try that in a week or so.

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:15 pm
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Well IIRC Japanese card boxes didn't have art, so the card itself would be the only real source.

theXRC Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio	Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:12 pm
theXRC Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio	These are awesome. Have you ever done anything with the art side of the poster that came with US SMS's in the box? I have two copies hanging on the wall of my game room. Opposite sides of course.

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:39 pm
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Which one? I could clean up those posters and shop out the folds easily, if I had a good size scan.

theXRC Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:15 pm
theXRC Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio	I don't have a scanner. On one side it shows a bunch of screenshots from the SMS launch titles...on the other side kind of a montage of several SMS characters and villains. The Space Harrier guy, Wonder Boy etc....

theXRC Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:24 pm
theXRC Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Ohio	Here's a bad pic I found online. Useless, but maybe someone else has a good scan. segamastrposter2.jpg (59.93 KB)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:11 pm
	Here's a 150dpi scan of that (originally by Nop's). Take hold on the Sega Adventure (us) - recto - scan 150 dpi.jpg (1.03 MB)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:28 pm
	I've added the full-size images as attachments (by some secret admin voodoo). The Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy ones are not available (hence why I'm trying not to rely on megaupload to not lose them), so if they don't reappear I may need some help to get hold of them.

Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:51 pm
Tom Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 1356 Location: italy	Maxim wrote I've added the full-size images as attachments (by some secret admin voodoo). Maxim, one of them is a 404 for me, and two others are the small versions, maybe your admin voodoo went somehow wrong :( I wish you can fix them though since I can't download from that filthy place filled with ads and spyware called megaupload.

Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:12 pm
Frogacuda Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 35	Maxim wrote I've added the full-size images as attachments (by some secret admin voodoo). The Fantasy Zone and Wonder Boy ones are not available (hence why I'm trying not to rely on megaupload to not lose them), so if they don't reappear I may need some help to get hold of them. Try them again, they seem to be working fine for me. Also, regarding the poster, I can shop out the seams, but the glare from where the paper bends is much, much harder to get rid of. For the best result, I'd need a scan where everything is pressed as flat as possible during the scan.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:29 pm
	Tom wrote Maxim, one of them is a 404 for me, and two others are the small versions, maybe your admin voodoo went somehow wrong :( I posted a little prematurely, while the real uploads were in progress. All should be well now. The Fantasy Zone one is working for me now so I'll upload it soon. Edit: Wonder Boy came to life, so it's uploading now. Edit the second: done.

8BitBoy Joined: 15 Aug 2019 Posts: 262 Location: Lancashire UK	Mark 3 poster/artbook/artwork Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 6:09 pm
	Anyone know where I can get a poster or even artworks book on the the box arts for the mk 3 pls?

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