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8987518 No.8987518 [Reply] [Original]

>*doesnt appear anywhere except on the box art*

Other examples of this?

>> No.8987539

Ultima III

>> No.8987549
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8987549

Pretty sure half the iconic designs by Roger Dean (and a few others) for Psygnosis were just the product of "oh man, that's a cool sci fi picture you've drawn there, slap a heavy metal looking logo on it and we can use it as box art".

>> No.8987573

>>8987518
To be fair though, the metal endoskeleton design was reused for the floaters

>> No.8987663
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8987663

>oh wow this game looks awesome I must buy it!
>this guy never appeared
I was devastated at the time, but the bait paid off in the end.

>> No.8987664

>>8987518
Many such cases

>> No.8987850
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8987850

The most intriguing ones aren't the ones that have nothing to do with the games, they're the ones that take everything directly from the games EXCEPT only one element is nowhere to be found in the game.

Pic related, no underwater stage.

>> No.8987925

>>8987850
based, this is exactly what I meant

>> No.8987939
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8987939

>>8987549
This game is a perfect example, the artwork by Richard Clifton was used for the cover of a Blue Oyster Cult album from 1980, then for Ork in 1991

>> No.8987969

>>8987518
Doom has that SMG-like gun on the cover and those demons that don't quite look like anything in the game.

>> No.8988075
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8988075

the cover from Powerslave also has everything straight from the game, except there is no shotgun in the game.

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8988224

Featuring Cody, Damnd, Guy, and that green guy peaking out from the manhole cover (that's also on the SOR1 box).
All of which are nowhere to be found in Final Fight 2

>> No.8989587

>>8987518
Golden Cheep Cheep on the SMB3 box art isn't found anywhere in the game. In fact, there's a whole level on the back not found anywhere.

Years later, both were discovered to be in two unfinished levels, I believe the unknown level is a 7-4 beta level and the cheep cheep is in one level dubbed "Atlantis" by players.