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Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer

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This page details pre-release information and/or media for Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer.

Concept Art#

Sketches from 3DO website1#

The 4th and 5th sketches were obviously modeled on Frazetta's works:

Storyboard by Jeff Bigman2#

Final (from 5:15): Watch on YouTube

Drawings of spells#

Drawings from George Almond's portfolio3:

Sketches of spells from 3DO website:

Early icons by Brian Kemper:

. M&M8_prerel_spellicons.jpg

Spellbooks pages#

These images are matched by Brian Kemper to Legends of Might and Magic, but obviously bear resemblance to M&M VIII books.

M&M8 Box Art by Larry Elmore4#

Preview by Gamespot#

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Screenshots from 3DO site#

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Other prerelease screenshots#

Prerelease menu by Brian Kemper:

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Pirate Mages are not present on Dagger Wound Island throughout the game. Also boat on the shore is different.

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Looks like a long time ago Regna was settled by Elves...

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Minimap shows Pirate Outpost and removed ship; Pirate Outpost is not visible ona minimap in the final release.

Screenshots from game covers5#

Cinematics6#

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Final Abandoned Temple Backdoor

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Final Overdune Cutscene fragment

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Final Mad Necromancer's Lab

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Final Naga Vault

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Final death cinematic

Renders#

Heroes and NPCs#

Paperdoll Dragon model by Louis Henderson:

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Bent leg8

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Unused Dragon's head by L. Henderson.

Below are big models of faces of playable heroes that found their way to the final release: M&M8_Henderson_dragon_G_angry.png

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There are also two big renders of NPCs, Minotaur's icon is present in the game files, but remains unused:

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Two Dragon females models left completely unused:

Monsters#

From Magazines#

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Models by April Lee.10#

Renders from 3DO website#

References#


  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20010606105842/http://www.3do.com/products/pc/mm_destroyer/gallery/index.html↩︎
  2. http://bigmanart.com/storyboards.html↩︎
  3. https://www.artstation.com/universalexport↩︎
  4. https://larryelmore.com/store/MAM8/might-and-magic-8↩︎
  5. https://www.mobygames.com/game/2192/might-and-magic-viii-day-of-the-destroyer/covers/↩︎
  6. http://web.archive.org/web/20021021235735/http://home.pacbell.net/bbigman/might.htm↩︎
  7. http://www.complementarycolor.com/Game_Art/Characters_Game/_characters_game_v5.htm↩︎
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20021203212850/http://complementarycolor.com/lh_game_art_creatures.htm↩︎
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20030211212027/http://complementarycolor.com/lh_game_art_human_relatives.htm↩︎
  10. https://aprillee.tripod.com/gamemm8_files/portgamemm8.html↩︎