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Adventure: Yorgle
Adventure for the atari 2600 is considered to be the first adventure game ever made, (Aptly named too.) The character pictured is the Yorgle, or the yellow dragon, which is the easiest of 3 different kinds of dragon. The reason there's a cube in his stomach is because the main character in the game was represented by a square, due to crude graphics.
Shadow of the Beast: Aarbron
A legendary game made for the Amiga computer by Psygnosis back in 1989. The graphics were large and very detailed for the time. You played Aarbron, a man under a curse that turned him into the "Beast Messenger."
Karnov: Karnov
Karnov is a platformer game made by Data East in 1987. You play as Karnov, an Ex-circus strongman from Eastern Russia, searching for treasure.
Baraduke Toby Masuyo and friend
Baraduke is one of Namco's lesser known titles. It was a scrolling shooter made in 1985. You play as a spaceman in a cybersuit, and you try to exterminate the "Octies." In the ending of the game, you find out that the hero is actually a woman. Now doesn't that sound familiar? Baraduke actually came out a year before metroid did. So does that mean Samus is a rip-off or is it a coincidence?
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Is it weird that I immediately knew who all the characters were before looking at the description? Also a testament to the great artist, I think. 
Love this picture.
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Ha, not at all! Obscure game characters deserve love too! 
Thanks so much, I appreciate it!
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The inclusion of the Baraduke astronaut is a stroke of brilliance. It's a pity the game was so difficult; had it not been, or maybe had it been ported to Famicom, she would have gotten more recognition, maybe.
Between the Astronaut, Ki from Tower of Druaga, and Valkyrie from Legend of Valkyrie, it's pretty safe to say that Namco was way ahead in the depiction of women as brave, capable heroes (in really fun games, to boot!) Samus was a welcome addition to the roster, and the best recognized, but she wasn't first. : )
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Thanks again! I've only played it a handful of times, but yeah, adverse difficulty was also just a staple from that era.
For sure! Namco's certainly got an iconic roster of characters!
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To ba that they're turned Karnov, the strong Ukraine brute, into Asian fat man
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Yeah, I seem to remember that. Wasn't he in a fighting game where they did that to him?
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Fact: Karnov is the first boss in Bad Dudes...
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Yup! Isn't he supposedly related to Chelnov (atomic runner) as well?
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Yes...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelnov#…
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So cool. Love it when games are interconnected.
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I used to own Karnov I used to play it and Ghost and Goblins non stop as a wee lad.
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Karnov is great, haven't played it in quite a while now. And yeah, Capcom's GnG series is among my favorites. Both Karnov and GnG were very challenging, which I really appreciate.
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I still love the GnG series, though the original will still always hold a place in my heart it was probably my favorite NES title I owned.
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Elsa Walker from Resident Evil totally looks like that girl from Baraduke
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That's probably what I based this off of when I drew this years ago.
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Friking Awesome dude, i still renember Kanov game music theme its Epic
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Thanks man! It's been a while since I played Karnov, I'd like to try it again.
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recently i have been creating a character like Karnov during games that have character creation
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Oh, like Soul Calibur's character creator type things?
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yeah something like that in fact that is one of the reasons i want to buy that game
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I'm currently in a Pathfinder game (table top role-playing) and the DM made a modified template so I can play Aarbron as a character. So Cool!
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Haha, sounds fun!
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It is, though I have to take orders from another character (the DM created 'The Shaper Mages' in an earlier campaign, so that's what we're going with), but it's still really cool. The role-playing possibilities are pretty open with that.
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Hehe, Karnov. The music played when you die in the game paired with the animation is pure win. I've yet to play a game with a funnier one.
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Oh man, I love your version of Aarbron! I got with the fanart bug yesterday and drew him myself. I love that game! I still listen to the music all the time.
And you're art is awesome! I'm gonna watch you!
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Thanks! Thanks for the watch and the faves too! I really appreciate it!
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Random bit of Trivia I just found out. Toby Masuyo was actually married to Dig Dug, and had a kid with him before they divorced... the kid?
Mr. Driller.
Now how trippy is that. That's true Namco Canon for ya.
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Yeah, I heard about that. 
Kinda funny when you think about it.
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I love that cute girl and her pet Beholder!
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SOMEONE GET THIS FREAKIN' DUCK AWAY FROM ME!
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Yeah, I played it online (beat in a few minutes by the way) and I could definitely see the resemblance, everybody thought they looked like ducks.
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Wow! This looks great! Especially Aarbron, he looks AWESOME!
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and I do remember playing Shadow of the Beast too, haha
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Nope.
He's just more obscure than most characters, just not very.
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Wow, pretty obscure. I haven't herd of any of these guys.
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Haha, Yorgle swallowing the cube is great (it seems a bit funny that they could manage to make him look more or less like a serpent but had to settle for a square for the hero, though). Go Square! We're all counting on you!
Nicely detailed.
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Yeah, the dragons looked more like Ducks in the game.
Glad you like it! Thanks for the fave on this!
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