One more for the #TracingTheInfluence album cover collection. Rainbow's Straight Between the Eyes in arcade shoot-'em-up X-Multiply, discovered by @nullspace0x00.bsky.social samderboo.com/tracing.php

Never would have guessed that the murderous driver on the Carmageddon cover comes from this old Clive Barker comic. I think it's also my first comic book reference that isn't a Marvel one. @hg101.bsky.social told me about this one. samderboo.com/tracing.php?... #TracingTheInfluence

I also have an update for Jim Power, cause someone from the Insert Credit forums was able to identify the pretty face in the background. (It's from An American Werewolf in London) samderboo.com/tracing.php?... #TracingTheInfluence

Back with more #TracingTheInfluence uploads! This week I'll focus on adding more things people have shown me in the months since I've relaunched it. I'm not so strong on comic book references myself, so this discovery comes courtesy of @rustyshackles.bsky.social samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

Since I did the Jim Power PC Engine cover, I might as well follow it up with the Amiga one. Probably all the elements are stolen, but here's what I got so far. (thanks to @dioerasabbath.bsky.social for the rocket guy source) #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

Happy birthday, Arnie! For the last piece of Stallone/Schwarzenegger month on #TracingTheInfluence, here he is almost 40 years younger on the cover of Jim Power, alongside Lesa Ann Pedriana, Playboy's Miss April 1984. samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

This is an odd one: In the US this was actually the official Rambo game for the Sega Master System but the rights apparently didn't extend to other regions. Didn't stop them from still using John Rambo for the title. #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?... (the JPN cover is also featured)

I think Arnie is more interesting for these comparisons than Stallone, cause a wider range of his movies were imitated by games. Here's some Golden Axe art featuring his second Conan appearance, together with co-star Sandahl Bergman from the first. #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

Here's an easy one (for me to make cause I already had the pose from another comparison): Atari 8-bit platformer from Poland whose cover is oh so close to the Rambo poster (which is funny cause in the game you mostly just punch and kick enemies.) #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

Two not-Schwarzeneggers from Capcom's Mercs, sequel to the precariously named Commando (which actually came out before the movie). There's a third guy in the game that also obviously has the Arnie body, but I haven't found a matching pose for that. #TracingTheInfluence samderboo.com/tracing.php?...

Today's Stallone/Schwarzenegger double feature: Sega's PAL-only shooting gallery Double Hawk. The poses are actually both from Rambo (and the exact same poses as yesterday's Ikari comparison). Faces might not be 100% accurate. samderboo.com/tracing.php?... #TracingTheInfluence

It's Sylvester Stallone's birthday, so from today until Arnold Schwarzenegger's birthday on July 30, I'll try to post as many game artworks ripping them off as I can. Starting of course with today's birthday boy samderboo.com/tracing.php?... #TracingTheInfluence (typo was too bad so I had to repost)

Turns out this was ALL from Boris Vallejo, only pieced together from NINE(!) different paintings. (The hair and possibly the face from the woman in the center might have a different source.) #TracingTheInfluence
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Oops, took a bit of a (long) break with #TracingTheInfluence, but I'm back adding not one, but all the album cover rip-offs I know of: samderboo.com/tracing.php?... Featuring covers of Manowar, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Praying Mantis, and Greenslade. (Posted while listening to Greenslade.)