Interestingly, Goodman also did the excellent cover art for The Bilestoad, which you can see below.

Truly a talented guy! Anyway, color me surprised when I came across this 1987 Eaglesoft-published version of a 1985 Pony Canyon-published game, Crusader. While the original Pony Canyon version features what appears to be unique cover art, not so much for the Eaglesoft version, as you can see below.

Since Goodman effectively left the business after The Bilestoad, how did his artwork make it onto the European version of Crusader, a very different type of game? Is it another case of Goodman’s work being stolen, or did he somehow get to squeeze out just a tiny bit more compensation for his earlier work? We’ll have to investigate further, though I suspect the conclusion won’t be positive.

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• MSX platform: Uridium (an incredible port of the Commodore 64 technical tour de force), Jawbreaker II (a port of the TI-99/4a version of the maze game classic), and Monster Sound FM Paq Cartridge (an MSX MUSIC / FM PAC 100% compatible sound cartridge). My colleague, Mark Vergeer, provided a first look video at this MSX port of Uridium.

• Coleco ColecoVision: Nibbli: Son of Nibbler (a port of the “closet classic” arcade game).

• Mattel Intellivision: Space Raid (inspired by Sega’s arcade classic, Zaxxon).

• CreatiVision: A new multi-cart, Multirom v1.0 for the CreatiVision. Note that I have several Dick Smith Wizzard variants of the original CreatiVision, including the one pictured, which has a composite output modification. It’s quite difficult getting this Australian-based computer working here in the US, including not only converting the power supply, but also getting a display on the right TV. At the moment, I only have it working on a Sharp world TV, the CRT-based model you see pictured. The mess is due to making sure everything worked, which was quite hit or miss regardless of the console I used.

• Dragon: This “Dragon DriveWire” is a nicely cased Tano Dragon/Dragon 32/64 version of the popular Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer DriveWire that  lets you use your modern computer as a file server to the classic computer, among other features.

• NEC Turbo-Grafx/16, Intellivision Flashback: To the right of the original 2.5″ LCD screen NEC TurboExpress is a modded TurboExpress. The modded unit has a modern 3.5″ LCD that all but eliminates motion blur and greatly increases battery life. Other mods include a controller port and A/V out to use an external display. The two controller adapters pictured allow you to use the new Intellivision Flashback controllers on systems like the Intellivision II.

• GCE Vectrex: The overdrive controller that works on games like Hyperchase.

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