Game box art challenge?

Avatar - The Game of the Hit James Cameron Film!

That Gearbox Aliens game? Colonial something or other?

Is this some variant of a space chess game?

No, but that might be the closest guess yet.

Captain blood II

Powermonger II?

Nope.

Megatraveller II

Reach for the Stars 2? Yes, I think I be making that up, drawing a total blank.

Ah yes, the seminal space rpg Baldur’s Stargate II

Ok - after some searching I managed to find it.

B.A.T 2 . a.k.a. the Koshan Conspiracy.

Unrelated note: it looks like the “answers” list/thread has fallen behind a bit? I rely on it to make sure i’m not accidentally duplicating my earlier picks.

Assuming I’m next I figure I might as well mix it up a bit - I’m uploading the following box art as is from Japan.

My challenge is for you guys to figure out what the westernized box art is :)

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Turrican?

“Soruburein”? Super Rescue Solbrain? Never even heard of that…

EDIT: oh God, the localization is called Shatterhand? How? Why?

Well done :D I guess next time if I continue with the theme I should hide the name so that Japanese readers won’t immediately get it, although I hoped that the localization gap will keep people guessing a bit longer.

Shatterhand is actually better than the original game: the punching maniac theme and his sprites are so much more charismatic than the generic sentai of the original. Really a great reskin of a pretty cool game.

Whose turn is it?

@rhamorim