Kyuukyoku Tiger (Micro Chipper bootleg) Box Artwork

SuperPlay · 02/27/2013, 11:21 AM

I was reading up on the Micro Chipper bootleg of Kyuukyoku Tiger over at:

http://www.videogameden.com/pirate.htm?pce04

The article makes the following note relating to the box artwork:

"The cardboard box is also very unusual, with the same colour illustration printed on each side. However, the drawing has nothing to do with the original PC Engine title and is maybe borrowed from the arcade flyer"

Today the mystery has been solved!

I was reading through some old magazines and behold! In the arcade review section, there it was the same picture with a few words in the article regarding a Namco arcade title called: Metal Hawk

Full Article (pages 5MB Each Page!):

https://www.tg-16.com/superplay/MISC/PCE_06_1993_028.jpg
https://www.tg-16.com/superplay/MISC/PCE_06_1993_029.jpg

And here is the arcade flyer:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Hawk

Further details of the arcade game over at gamesdbase:

http://gamesdbase.com/game/arcade/metal-hawk.aspx

Right I am off for a beer ;-)

roflmao · 02/27/2013, 12:51 PM

Wow, what an obscure find! Very cool.

Nando · 02/27/2013, 12:54 PM

Nicely done SP!

NecroPhile · 02/27/2013, 01:07 PM

Nice sleuthing. Couldn't the silly pirates find something from within Taito?

SuperPlay · 02/27/2013, 06:56 PM

Thank you for the feedback, however if it was not for lkermel and his original post this discovery would have not been possible :-)

PS: Back from the booozer and a little full.....

SuperDeadite · 02/27/2013, 10:32 PM

Metal Hawk is one of my holy grail pcbs to own.... sigh....

Tatsujin · 02/27/2013, 11:09 PM

Quote from: guest on 02/27/2013, 01:07 PMNice sleuthing. Couldn't the silly pirates find something from within Taito?

lol yeah. unfortunatelty pirates do not much care from where they're stealing their stuff together.

Tolvatar · 03/03/2013, 05:17 AM

I see this one on ebay at 99.99 euros but i don´t buy it. It was from an italian seller

lkermel · 03/05/2013, 06:19 PM

Great find SuperPlay !!!!

You know, you are giving my brain a well deserved rest today - this image has been haunting me for years. I remember seeing that illustration in a French magazine, and when I found the pirate, I knew I had seen it somewhere but couldn't find it at all ! Thanks for sharing this find, I'll definitively add this information to the site !

By the way, I've recently discovered that Google image search can use images as a source for a search. So I entered the illustration from my webpage and Google found the game ! I'm always amazed by this new feature...

esteban · 03/10/2013, 01:45 PM

STATUS: SUPERPLAY, comrade, I love your sleuthing! I was convinced that the pirated box art was stolen from a war toy of some sort...