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Key art by Katsuya Terada for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, featuring Rose Belmont, a new protagonist and the daughter of Trevor Belmont. Planned to release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on October 15, 2026. (Source) Edit: Terada has previously illustrated Trevor Belmont for a Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse feature in Volume 18 of Nintendo Power (November/December 1990). (Source)

Master of Monsters (PC-98). SystemSoft, 1989. (Source)

Top: Unreleased artwork by Akiman for the Super Famicom version of Final Fight (1990). According to Akiman, he disliked the outsourced artwork for the port so much that he drew this, but ultimately his submission went unused. (Source) Bottom: The released cover art for Final Fight on Super Famicom. Artist unidentified. (Source)

Kuro no Ken: Blade of the Darkness (PC-98). Forest, 1995. (Source) Illustration by Nobuteru Yuuki aka NOB.

Diorama of Hyrule, used in the instruction manual for The Legend of Zelda. Clean photo comes from the official Nintendo website that was launched in 2021. (Source)

Mystic Ark instruction manual (Super Famicom, 1995). Illustrations by Akihiro Yamada. (Source)

Makaimura (aka Ghosts 'n Goblins) illustration by Hideki Ishikawa. Featured in the Capcom Design Works artbook, it's unclear if the illustration had a commercial purpose. Looks great, though!

Illustrations by Yasuhiro Kagami, for the F-Zero light novel, written by Katsuyuki Ozaki and published in 1992 as part of the Futabasha Fantasy Novel Series. (Source)

Character illustrations by Hitoshi Yoneda from the Elnard instruction manual (Super Famicom, 1993). Elnard was released in North America as The 7th Saga.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge in Nintendo Power (Issue 10, January/February 1990). (Source) Although not directly credited, the illustrator is almost certainly Shuji Imai, who also drew the Howard & Nester comics.

Splatterhouse illustrations from Marukatsu PC Engine magazine (Volume 16, April 1990). (Source)

Ninja Master's: Haō Ninpō Chō (Neo Geo). ADK, 1996. Illustration by "Seijin", thought to be the pen name of Haruhito Tomobe. (Source)

This issue of Game Hihyou also featured a comic by Terada, as well as an interview with him.

Cover artwork for the North American version of Contra: Hard Corps (Sega Genesis, 1994), by Mark A. Nelson aka MANSYC. 1. This ink drawing was used in a Contra: Hard Corps advertisement in the Lethal Enforcers II Sega CD manual. (Source) 2. The watercolored version was used as an internal concept. (Source) 3. The final artwork as it appeared on the box.

Cover art for 2010 Street Fighter on Famicom (1990). Artist unidentified. (Source) 2010 Street Fighter was released a year before Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and stars Kevin Striker, a "galactic cybernetic police officer with the code name MX-5". Despite the title, 2010 Street Fighter is an action platformer and is not considered part of the Street Fighter fighting game universe. However, in the North American release the name was changed to Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight, and the protagonist was changed to be a futuristic Ken from Street Fighter II.

Kow Yokoyama illustrations for a Famitsu Dragon Quest III guide (Issue 43 - February, 1988).

Alien Storm poster in issue 115 of Sinclair User magazine. (Source)