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PC-8801 · 1984

The Death Trap

THE ORIGINAL PC-88 ART

Illustration gallery

Explore 86 illustrations from The Death Trap, from the first departure to the final escape. Open any picture for a closer look.

Before you look

Story spoilers, including the ending. These pictures reveal later locations, encounters and dangers.

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Opening & departure

The Death Trap logo in red and blue against black.
The title screen
Two figures facing one another in a furnished room.
An early encounter
A bedside lamp, plant and patterned curtains.
A quiet room
A uniformed guard beside a road barrier.
At the entrance
A uniformed man behind a desk with shelves of supplies.
The supply desk
A woman standing in a doorway.
An introduction
A man standing in front of an aircraft.
On the tarmac
Aircraft controls and the runway beyond the windscreen.
Inside the cockpit
The aircraft cockpit with sky beyond the windscreen.
In flight
Green supply crates inside an aircraft.
The cargo hold
Sheets of paper and a pen on a desk.
Papers on the desk
A wide expanse of tarmac with aircraft in the distance.
Across the airfield
A parachutist descending between tall trees.
Into the jungle

Jungle, rivers & village

A dense jungle path beneath overhanging branches.
Under the canopy
A view of a clearing framed by dark foliage.
A clearing beyond
A sandy shore beside green-blue water.
At the water’s edge
A small wooded island beyond open water.
An island ahead
Bones lying across a rocky jungle path.
A grim discovery
A pile of skulls beneath broad jungle leaves.
Skulls in the clearing
Huts and trees along the far shore.
Across the water
A man wearing a colorful necklace in front of the water.
A village encounter
Rocky ground beside green water.
The riverbank
A red canoe resting in a narrow waterway.
A canoe among the reeds
A blue river running between thick green banks.
Along the river
A thatched hut surrounded by tropical leaves.
A hut in the forest
A seated figure beside a low table.
Inside the hut
A white-haired elder holding up a finger.
The elder
A broad bend in a blue river.
A bend in the river

Ruins & hideouts

An opening at the base of a stone ruin.
The stone entrance
A narrow stone passage leading into darkness.
Through the passage
A stone tomb with an inscription on the wall.
The stone tomb
A close view of unfamiliar symbols carved into stone.
Mysterious writing
Tall trees beside a rocky jungle trail.
A path between the trees
A dark opening in the rock with a red-orange glow.
A cave mouth
A low concrete building surrounded by jungle.
A hidden building
A blue chair and open papers in a sparse room.
An empty room
A spiral-like stone passage descending into shadow.
The winding passage
A view upward through interlaced tree branches.
High in the branches
A white elephant among jungle plants.
The elephant

Rafts, caves & desert

A wooden raft tied together with rope beside the water.
The raft
A woman carrying a basket, wearing a two-piece outfit.
A village visitor
A bound man with comic sound effects around his head.
Caught in a trap
A path disappearing into a rounded opening in thick greenery.
A tunnel through the trees
A bare rocky ridge beneath a blue sky.
The rocky ridge
Sand dunes and a dark opening in the distance.
Across the dunes
Tall trees around a deep jungle opening.
A break in the canopy
Thick trunks and twisting branches in the forest.
The tangled forest
A small building seen through a gap in foliage.
A building through the leaves
A shuttered window or opening in a concrete wall.
A barred opening
A man bound with rope beside a window.
The captive
An empty room with a window looking into the trees.
An open window
A grassy clearing with distant buildings.
Beyond the trees
A guard beside a dark cave entrance.
Guarding the cave
A stone cavern with a bright opening and scattered objects.
Inside the cavern
A view along the sandy shore and open water.
Another stretch of shore
Water seen between trees and long grass.
Through the riverside trees
A steep yellow rock face beside thick greenery.
The cliff path
A narrow grassy ledge above a sheer drop.
The grassy ledge
A blue garment and remains on sandy ground.
What remains
A large orange snake coiled in a tree.
A snake in the branches
A narrow passage through tall jungle trees.
A different jungle path
Layers of bare rock surrounding a dark opening.
The broken rock face

Airfield & coast

A man seated at a desk beside a radio and television.
The command room
A uniformed man leaning forward at his desk.
At the desk
A rocky opening looking toward an airfield building.
A way out
A concrete airfield building beneath a blue sky.
The control building
A long runway with a windsock beside it.
Along the runway
A twin-engine aircraft on the tarmac.
The waiting aircraft
A uniformed man standing beside a table.
A man by the table
A guarded wire gate with a STOP barrier.
The coastal gate
A man standing in front of a wire fence.
A man at the gate
Two red doors in a low building.
The double doors
A wire fence marked with a DANGER sign.
Danger at the fence
An armed figure standing at the end of a corridor.
Down the corridor
A closed red door in a narrow hallway.
The red door
A man beside shelving in a small room.
Inside the boat building
A white motorboat moored beside the shore.
At the dock
A woman in a raft beneath the word HELP.
A call for help
A damaged fence carrying a high-voltage warning.
High voltage
A guard lying beside a table with a weapon on the floor.
The fallen guard
A man shielding his eyes while looking into the distance.
Watching from the shore
A uniformed figure carrying papers into a room.
The visitor with papers
A uniformed man holding a sheet of paper behind a counter.
Behind the counter

Reunion & endings

Benson and Jasmine reunited, with English dialogue in two speech bubbles.
The reunion — in English
A close-up of a couple embracing against a pink sunset.
The ending illustration
An original game-over illustration with English lettering.
The death trap
PC-88 illustrations
About the artwork and this collection

Original game: Square, 1984. These are selected images from the game’s original picture archive, alongside its title screen and the English reunion illustration. See Credits & history for the game’s background and sources.

Repeated pictures, credits-only cards and small animation layers are omitted. Some pictures recur or change during play. This is a collection of artwork, not a claim that every scene or branch has been played in the current English build.

The selected PNGs are unchanged. The page displays their pixel rows at twice their stored height, without smoothing, to restore the PC-88 display proportions. Wider pictures keep their full composition. Original puzzle symbols and decorative marks are preserved.

The reunion picture uses the existing English speech-bubble adaptation. Its Quest Pixel lettering adapts the Dragon Warrior (NES) reference by Patrick H. Lauke (redux), with revised glyph proportions and placement. Quest Pixel was developed with AI assistance under human review and is maintained by BrentW. The applicable font material is used under CC BY 3.0 Unported; read the font license. English lettering was placed in the original speech bubbles; the surrounding scene is preserved.

Original game artwork belongs to its respective rights holders and is excluded from the website’s code license. The font license does not grant rights to the game artwork.