Bob Wakelin
Moby ID: 229501
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Bob Wakelin was an artist from Liverpool, England who designed many game covers for Ocean Software and their sister label Imagine Software in the 1980s and 1990s. He also designed Ocean's logo. Bob has said that the cover for Operation Wolf is one of his favourites from the era. There are a few covers he did which he said that he really hates, including Parasol Stars and Gift From The Gods.
His last artwork for Ocean was the 1994 game Central Intelligence. He then went into creating art for childrens' books before having to retire due to ill health.
A regular at many retro events, he always had time for his fans - of whom there were many. Sadly, Bob passed away in January 2018 after fighting leukemia.
Credited on 97 games
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| Wizball (2007, Windows) | The original cover illustration was by |
| Choplifter III: Rescue Survive (1994, SNES) | Cover Artwork (uncredited) |
| Mr. Nutz (1994, Genesis) | Cover Artwork |
| Central Intelligence (1994, DOS) | Cover Artwork |
| Alien Olympics (1994, DOS) | Cover Artwork |
| International Open Golf Championship (1993, Amiga) | Cover Artwork by (uncredited) |
| Striker (1992, SNES) | Cover artwork by |
| Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II (1992, Amiga) | Cover artwork by |
| Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (1992, Atari ST) | Cover artwork by |
| Space Gun (1992, Amstrad CPC) | Cover artwork by |
| Epic (1992, Amiga) | Cover Artwork (uncredited) |
| Elf (1991, Amiga) | Covert artwork (uncredited) |
| Midnight Resistance (1990, Amiga) | Cover artwork by |
| Ivanhoe (1990, Atari ST) | Cover Artwork |
| Lost Patrol (1990, Atari ST) | Cover artwork (uncredited) |
| Buster Bros. (1990, Amiga) | Cover artwork by |
| Operation Thunderbolt (1990, ZX Spectrum) | Cover artwork by |
| Plotting (1990, ZX Spectrum) | Cover artwork by |
| Ninja Gaiden (1990, Amiga) | Cover artwork by |
| Rainbow Islands (1990, ZX Spectrum) | Cover illustration by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 63 games with D. C. Ward
- 15 games with Martin Galway
- 12 games with Simon Butler
- 12 games with Frederick David Thorpe
- 9 games with Fred Gray
- 8 games with Jon Woods
- 8 games with Jonathan M. Smith
- 7 games with Jonathan Dunn
- 7 games with Karen Davies
- 5 games with Paul Finnegan
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Companies
- 84 games with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 35 games with Hit Squad, The
- 21 games with Imagine
- 12 games with Taito Corporation
- 9 games with Erbe Software, S.A.
- 7 games with Konami Group Corporation
- 7 games with Dentons
- 5 games with Special FX Software Ltd.
- 5 games with Choice Software
- 3 games with Sensible Software
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