The Cover Project
General Category => The Request Forum => Topic started by: zane_7849 on November 16, 2012, 04:25:51 PM
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Has anyone made an American Nintendo cover for the Irem game Holy Diver?
It's a tough as balls Famicom only game in the Castlevania tradition.
You can check out episode 44 of Chrontendo if you've never heard of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96AvyYQBjs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96AvyYQBjs) check out 1:01:33 to go directly to the game.
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Has anyone made an American Nintendo cover for the Irem game Holy Diver?
It's a tough as balls Famicom only game in the Castlevania tradition.
You can check out episode 44 of Chrontendo if you've never heard of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96AvyYQBjs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96AvyYQBjs) check out 1:01:33 to go directly to the game.
You can see his stripes so you know he's clean
Sorry, had a Ronny James Dio moment there....
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I have the Famicom cart of this. Anyone made a cover for this one?
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Has anyone made an American Nintendo cover for the Irem game Holy Diver?
It's a tough as balls Famicom only game in the Castlevania tradition.
You can check out episode 44 of Chrontendo if you've never heard of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96AvyYQBjs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96AvyYQBjs) check out 1:01:33 to go directly to the game.
You can see his stripes so you know he's clean
Sorry, had a Ronny James Dio moment there....
Same here, may he rest in peace.
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Someone should make a cover with Dio giving the devil horns on the front. :D
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I'm necro'ing this thread because the song "Holy Diver" by Dio was stuck in my head this week. For giggles I decided to make a localized cover and label for Holy Diver featuring art from the Dio album. I'm not particularly into the game since it's a bit too hard for me, but this was a fun distraction. Maybe I'll give the game another go. Enjoy!
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1a2f/a5aamhyndpzqtbs4g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/a5aamhyndpzqtbs/holy_diver_dio_nes_cover.png)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4581/cm5urerfm5qda474g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/cm5urerfm5qda47/holy_diver_dio_label.png)
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Here are scans of the original Japanese box:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/dgzl8r7wbcxie/Holy_Diver
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Wait, so does Holy Diver actually mean something? I just assumed that it was just two random words thrown together, like "Toilet Orange" or something. Never heard of the song or played the game, by the way. "She's a holy diver, diver for money.." No? I'll let myself out..
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Very little found on the internet
This song is about Satan, and his descent to Hell (his "dive"). The lyrics deal specifically with Revelations 12:9 where Satan was cast to the earth. The tiger is symbolic of the wild beast that comes out of the sea, as mentioned in Revelations 13:1.
The album cover depicts Satan whipping a priest with a chain, with the priest shackled and drowning in a turbulent sea. Predictably, this caused some controversy.
Urban Dictionay (2 sexual meanings):
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Holy%20Diver
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Here are scans of the original Japanese box:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/dgzl8r7wbcxie/Holy_Diver
I may take a whack at doing a more faithful version of the cover using the original artwork, although I have no means of translating the back text so it'll probably be the same as the Dio version.
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I'm necro'ing this thread because the song "Holy Diver" by Dio was stuck in my head this week. For giggles I decided to make a localized cover and label for Holy Diver featuring art from the Dio album. I'm not particularly into the game since it's a bit too hard for me, but this was a fun distraction. Maybe I'll give the game another go. Enjoy!
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1a2f/a5aamhyndpzqtbs4g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/a5aamhyndpzqtbs/holy_diver_dio_nes_cover.png)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4581/cm5urerfm5qda474g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/cm5urerfm5qda47/holy_diver_dio_label.png)
That reminds me of Metal Jesus Rocks episode where they talk about the game and he starts singing Holy Diver.
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Here's the more authentic version of the cover as promised, and a label design. I think I prefer the aesthetics of the Dio version but this should get the job done for people who want it to look more like the original Japanese release.
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6998/qzmlal9celk27km4g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/qzmlal9celk27km/holy_diver_nes_cover_original.png)
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8a20/qsrirro7aeziw5u4g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/qsrirro7aeziw5u/holy_diver_label_original.png)
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Looks great.
Huge thank you.