Palette-Swap: Dynamite Duke

This month's theme over at the Palette-Swap blog is Sega games.  Personally, I spent my youth with my eyes glued to an NES, tapping away at A and B buttons in a frenzy, so I didn't really know much about the Sega Master System aside from remembering all the game boxes had a grid background on them, which I wanted to capture in my piece.  I chose Dynamite Duke after an internet search because the franchise looked like fun and had a cool logo (not so much on the Master System version).  It was a third-person shooter adapted from an arcade game for Sega's home system in the late '80s.  Enjoy.

--B

Palette-Swap: Rampage!

When Rusty Shackles over at Palette-Swap put out the call for a Halloween-video game themed submission, my mind went directly to giant monsters wreaking havoc in Kalamazoo: Rampage!  Here's my version Ralph, George, and Lizzy from the box to the NES port of the game.  Happy Halloween!

--B

NES Super Mario Bros. Box Art

It's a me. A Mario. I did this piece to submit to the great blog called Palette-Swap, a site run by Rusty Shackles, who invites people to submit their interpretations of old video game packaging. Now I'm a child of the '80s who grew up in the warm glow of Mother Nintendo, and Super Mario was a fave. This is one of a series I plan to do featuring the old "black" boxes from back in the day, here's the original inspiration for this piece. Keep your eyes peeled for Ice Climber next.

--B