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The Art Of The Box

Featuring 26 artist biographies and more than 350 pieces of cover art from across four decades of video gaming.

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As a young freelance artist, Mike Winterbauer cold-called his way into the games market and was rewarded by commissions for games including Solstice, Power Blade, Spaceward Ho!, The Keys to Maramon and Wing Commander.

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The Art Of The Box

The story of video game box art is presented in meticulous detail, with 80,000 words of interviews, anecdotes and gaming history, complete with never-before-seen reproductions of the original artworks, uncluttered by logos and labels.

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British gamers will be familiar with the legend that is the late, great Bob Wakelin. His amazing artwork graced much of Ocean Software’s output, with classics such as Head Over Heels, Slap fight, Batman, Operation wolf, Chase H.Q. and many, many others.

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The Art Of The Box

With more than 80,000 words, 350 full colour images and 26 artist’s biographies, The Art Of The Box is a glorious celebration of video game box art, as told by the men and women who created the covers with paint, ink, pen and airbrush.

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One of the new breed of video game box artists, Dudu Torres works digitally, usually for smaller independent games companies. Over the last decade he’s done some 30 covers for the likes of FROG X BIRD, Teocida, Blazing Chrome and The Distraint Collection.

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The Art Of The Box

A visually stunning celebration of the artists who created the cover art for generations of video games.

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The Art Of The Box

From VCS to Series X, The Art Of The Box presents a lavish cross section of the imagery that has graced video game packaging over the last 40 years. Includes 26 artist biographies and hundreds of colour reproductions of classic box art.

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