lbaeza Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Hi I am reading august 1983's edition of Antic magazine and I found a couple of ads for Synapse software, one ad for Dimension X and other for Blue Max. Both ads feature a robot, a mouse and a cat. I remember seeing those creatures in other Synapse ads. What's the story behind these creatures? Were some kind of mascots or characters from other Synapse game? Regards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylama Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 If I recall correctly, Synapse regularly used the talents of an illustrator named Tim Boxell. I don't know anything about the man, however. I got the impression that those characters were just sort of company advertising mascots, not associated with any particular game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbaeza Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 Yeah, you're right, Tim Boxell is the man behind those great illustrations. Although the robot, mouse and cat look like had nothing to do with a particular game. Regards If I recall correctly, Synapse regularly used the talents of an illustrator named Tim Boxell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Cat & Mouse from Alley Cat - Robot, prob a 1/2 dozen titles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Chatsworth Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 NECRO ALERT: I spoke to Bob Polin about this, but he had no knowledge or involvement whatsoever about how the art was created for Blue Max. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 11/18/2004 at 10:14 AM, lbaeza said: Hi I am reading august 1983's edition of Antic magazine and I found a couple of ads for Synapse software, one ad for Dimension X and other for Blue Max. Both ads feature a robot, a mouse and a cat. I remember seeing those creatures in other Synapse ads. What's the story behind these creatures? Were some kind of mascots or characters from other Synapse game? Regards Love mascot research!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Chatsworth Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 12:31 PM, doctorclu said: Love mascot research!! I always just sort of assumed they wanted to avoid directly showing humans getting killed via war etc or something like that. Like "hey..it's just whimsical cats!". You know marketing people..."hey guys..there might be an issue..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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