Nukes and Knives™: Video games ignoring films

More examples of programmers giving source material the utmost love and respect.

Dirty Harry

Cover art uses Sudden Impact.

Irrelevant yes, but NES exclusive refs other Clint Eastwood films.

CLYDE - Infinite lives. Clyde is Philo's orangutan in Every Which Way But Loose.

MISTY - Level 2 password. Play Misty for Me was Eastwood's directorial debut and can be seen on a movie theatre marquee in Dirty Harry.

BIRD - Level 3 password. Eastwood directed 1988 biopic of same name about the life of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.

GUNNY - Password does absolutely NOTHING, but refers to his character in Heartbreak Ridge.

WHY?

Series references

Ignoring menu screen's bottom row.
L-R: 44 magnum (obvious), portable bomb (Magnum Force), chili dog (unlikely, but Harry scoffs one in original), harpoon gun (The Dead Pool) and rocket launcher (The Enforcer).

Grappling hook is made up.

And.

Remote-controlled cars are another nod to The Dead Pool.

Let bullshit commence.

Remember Harry entering a house and getting attacked by snakes?

Me neither.

The Mekon turned albino.

By the way, Saturday Night Fever outfit is a disguise.

Final stage takes place on Alcatraz Island, mirroring The Enforcer.

Roll lowlights.

Who invited soldier boys and paratroopers?
What is this, fucking Green Beret?

A helicopter proves most troublesome.

We expect Maxwell to be end boss.

But no.

The Kingpin quit Marvel.

I know what you're thinking punk. You're thinking did he fire six shots or only five. Now to tell you the truth I've forgotten myself in all this excitement. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and will blow your head clean off, you've gotta ask yourself a question - do I feel lucky?
Well, do ya', punk?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

NES

Not like me. A T-1000 advanced prototype a synthetic polymorph. Liquid metal.
It's targeted you.
The Terminator: Not like me. A T-1000, advanced prototype.
John: You mean more advanced than you are?
The Terminator: Yes. A mimetic polyalloy.
John: What the hell does that mean?
The Terminator: Liquid metal.

Other inconsistencies exist, but I don't have the time.

Threat to John Connor negligable.

Good job threat to John wasn't negligible, otherwise he'd be in some real deep shit.

C64

Text impressively sums up the story so far.
What a crying shame that the T-1000 isn't dressed like this until Cyberdyne.

In subsequent fight.

Yes I look fucking ridiculous, but I'm not the only one.

Sarah does indeed escape the mental institute (aka Pescadero), but once again, she doesn't use assault rifle in this way until chopper chase.

Fleeing the crash T800 prepares to fight the T1000 for the last time...

Why the FUCK is Arnie now an endoskeleton?

Did that happen - at ANY point?

NO.

At least fight doesn't attempt to change things.

But THIS takes the cake.

T1000 lowers himself into the molten steel, saving mankind from itself.....

Not the T-800?

HILARIOUS.

Also, as dude isn't human, himself should be itself.

T2: The Arcade Game

Game Boy

Perfection.

A huge chunk of Sarah's narrative is understandably ignored:

"The computer which controlled the machines, SkyNet, sent two Terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human resistance, John Connor, my son. The first Terminator was programmed to strike at me in the year 1984, before John was born. It failed. The second was set to strike at John himself when he was still a child."

Skipping the above is fine, but the following makes no sense.

As before, a lone warrior will be sent to protect him.
The only question is...
Who will reach John first?
As before, the resistance was able to send a lone warrior, a protector for John. It was just a question of which one of them would reach him first.

The T-1000 plummets to termination, but lands behind the steel.

Good job.

Game Gear

The T-1000 has you trapped in the steel mill.
PROTECT JOHN CONNOR!

Mission accepted.

But there's a vicious twist.

Ladies and gents, I give you the T-10000.

Incredibly, other versions (Amiga, Master System, SNES, Mega Drive etc) didn't make the same mistake.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Arcade

Yes, title is confusing.

John is 10 in 1995, which is correct.

An earlier stage in the future of 11 July 2029 states 45, but he should be 44.

Dickwads.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Even though film is set in 2004, game decides 2003.

(Sigh).

T-850 battles the T-X in fictitious environs.

At least fight at CRS (Cyber Research Systems) happened.

Just before feeding T-X fuel cell, he exclaims 'Eat me!', rather than 'You are terminated!'

Terminator 3: The Redemption

Let's briefly analyse spin-off.

Ketherine Brewster and John Connor.
Ignoring spelling error, lady pants is said to be born 21-02-78.
Although film never confirms shit, clues suggest some time in 1985.
JC apparently came into this world on 03-05-84, but T2 explicitly states 28-02-1985.

If we believed such bollocks, John was born before events in The Terminator, which began on 12 May 1984.

Apart from said date falling on a Saturday, not Thursday, another time paradox exists when day breaks, as Sarah's work card displays 19/5/84.

Anyway, T-X's primary displacement date is 16/6/2003.

Bitch is keen, I'll give her that.