Michael KOELSCH

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Michael KOELSCH worked as art director at Shiny Entertainment from 1995 to 1997. (source: Lindekin).
“I had a short stint with Shiny Entertainment in the mid-nineties illustrating the character (Earthworm Jim) to coincide with the video games doing all the game box designs, advertising and packaging.” (source: interview featured on Voyagela)

Games (in alphabetical order)

Discworld II – Missing, presumed… !? (PC – 1996, PS1 – 1997)
Cover art for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Earthworm Jim / アースワーム・ジム (Mega Drive, SNES – 1994, Game Boy, Game Gear – 1995, Master System – 1997, GBA – 2001)
Cover art, promotional illustrations (Source: signature found on the artwork)
.Note: one of the promotional illustrations was later used for the cover of the Mega-CD version of Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (1995)
Logo design (Source: The Art of the Box)

Earthworm Jim 2 / アースワーム・ジム２ (Mega Drive, SNES – 1995, Saturn, PS1 – 1996)
Cover art, promotional illustrations (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Logo design (Source: The Art of the Box)

Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (Windows – 1995)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Escape from Monkey Island (Windows – 2000, PS2 – 2001)
Cover art (European version only for the PS2 version) (Source: signature found on the artwork)
Promotional illustration (Source: The Art of the Box)

Fallout 76 (PS4, Xbox One, Windows – 2018)
In-game book covers x10 (Source: The Art of the Box)

Herc’s Adventures, AKA Hercules no Daibouken / ヘラクレスの大冒険 (PS1, Saturn – 1997)
Promotional illustration for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Panzer Dragoon Saga, AKA Azel Panzer Dragoon RPG / ＡＺＥＬ -パンツァードラグーンＲＰＧ- (Saturn – 1998)
Unused cover art for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)

PowerSlave, AKA Exhumed (Windows – 1996)
Promotional illustration for the US version (Source: signature found on the artwork)

Scud: The Disposable Assassin (Saturn – 1997)
(unused?) Cover art (Source: The Art of the Box)

The Neverhood, AKA Klaymen Klaymen / クレイマン・クレイマン (Windows, PS1 – 1996)
Cover art (Source: The Art of the Box)

Timon & Pumbaa’s Jungle Games (PC – 1995, SNES – 1997)
Cover art (Source: mentioned on the Box art: a gaming documentary kicktarter page)

VMX Racing (PS1 – 1997)
Cover art (Source: signature found on the artwork)

War of the Monsters (PS2 – 2003)
Promotional poster (Source: mentioned by the owners of the original artwork)

Wild 9, AKA Wildroid 9 / ワイルドロイド9 (PS1 – 1998)
Character illustration / concept art (Source: signature found on the artwork)