Tracing the Influence: Retraced Edition
Tag: Paintings
Cyberdillo (1996) 🔗

It's not all that strange that Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat ended up in a video game, but it is remarkable that it happened more than once, and even moreso that one of them turned out to be Cyberdillo of all things, a super goofy and over-the-top first-person shooter for the 3DO. When you lose, you see the poor A Dillo murdered in his bathtub. The funniest part is that Marat's left arm remains almost unchanged, safe for the armadillo claws at the end of his fingers.
Discovered by lanceboyle94 from the Hardcore Gaming 101 forums.


Storm Master (1992) 🔗

Most of the art in this visually imaginative fantasy strategy game seems quite original to me, except for this one image, which is just a straight replica of the famous painting The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David. Of course, the image long belongs to the public domain, and French studio Silmarils even credited the original artist, so this it probably one of the most ethical examples I've collected here.

