Anyone noticed this?

[Rudy]

It may be part of the reason that the box art was changes for version 2

That also crossed my mind, but the later Sierra Originals re-release still had the original cover.

[Tawmis]

Oh, and one more for Tawmis.

Awesome!

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the artist who did KQ7's box art. From all indications, it wasn't Mohr. Even so, I'm interested in knowing who designed it.

Shot an email to Al Lowe, just in case he might know who it was...?
Worth a shot.

[Tawmis]

Here's an interesting page about Sierra box art because for some reason the unreleased KQ4 cover popped in my head. Does a high resolution image of it exist?

I would love a high res version of that KQ4 cover...
Ironically the KQ4 picked is my favorite KQ game cover of them all.

[Rudy]

Shot an email to Al Lowe, just in case he might know who it was...?
Worth a shot.

Nathan Gams would probably be a better shot. He was one of the (if not THE) main Sierra box cover designers at that time (got an award for his GK2 box art too), but the question could be distasteful...

[Tawmis]

Shot an email to Al Lowe, just in case he might know who it was...?
Worth a shot.

Nathan Gams would probably be a better shot. He was one of the (if not THE) main Sierra box cover designers at that time (got an award for his GK2 box art too), but the question could be distasteful...

Distasteful by asking who did the cover?

Al Lowe replied, and he was not aware who did the KQ7 cover.

[Rudy]

No, distasteful to ask why the box art is so strikingly similar.

[Rakeesh]

Well, someone could finish the game and watch the game credits

[Tawmis]

Well, someone could finish the game and watch the game credits

Or it may be in the manual itself.

[Tawmis]

No, distasteful to ask why the box art is so strikingly similar.

Why even mention it? You could say:

"I work on SierraChest.com - and compiling some information. Was curious if you knew who did the cover of King's Quest VII?"

Sure, it's misleading to some degree, but if you're worried about wounding someone's pride...

[DeadPoolX]

I looked up the manuals for both CoE and KQ7 and none of the credits match.