Sunday 11 December 2022

Video games lifting likeness - Act II

Presenting an epic mixed bag.

Quiz Dai Sousa-sen: The Last Count Down

Neo Geo obscurity was only released in Japan.

Opponents are unnamed and can be very specific to whoever.

Bela Lugosi


Jackie Chan


Hai Tien (Bruce Lee) - Game of Death


Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) - Back to the Future


Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) - Back to the Future


John McClane (Bruce Willis) - Die Hard


Colonel Stuart (William Sadler) - Die Hard II: Die Harder


Mike Tyson


Debbie Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) - Police Academy


Jack Nicholson


Tsuge Shinpachi (Sonny Chiba) - Kage no Gundan


Regan (Linda Blair) - The Exorcist


Now things get even WEIRDER.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents


Bates Motel - Psycho


WHAT?

Even a movie poster wasn't safe.

Escape from Alcatraz (detail)


The mind boggles.

Wild Pilot

Best described as Special Criminal Investigation with biplanes.

Graham Remington vs Christopher Lloyd


Marie Vixen vs Jamie Lee Curtis


Major Goodman vs Gregory Peck


Harold Trickster vs Nicolas Cage - Vampire's Kiss


Jack the Slasher vs Tom Hanks


Diamond Gordon vs Marlon Brando - The Godfather


Why the fuck did Taito make Vito Corleone bald and shave off his moustache?

HA HA HA!

Switching to wrestling.

Giant Lee vs Ted DiBiase


Gava Hornet vs Sergeant Slaughter


Shotgun Jones vs Taz (or Tazz)


Sport

Expect drama, excitement and tension.

Miscellany

Jim Chapman - Resident Evil Outbreak vs Dennis Rodman


Blades of Steel vs Wayne Gretzky and defender


They changed shirt numbers from 99 and 3 to 89 and nothing.

Zooming in.

Also, dude has a tooth missing
Okay then.

3D World Tennis
Boris Becker during the 1985 Wimbledon final against Kevin Curren.
Tie Break
Eric "Butterbean" Esch

Jack of many trades was final boss in Toughman Contest.
There's more.

Axel Hawk - Fatal Fury 2 and Fatal Fury Special
Biff Vulgue - Best Bout Boxing
Tank Thrasher - Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Pinky Norman - Title Fight
Martial arts

Battle K-Road

Seven different fighting styles and a bear as end boss, what more could you ask for?

Cyborg D-9F vs Dick Vrij


To add further weight, Vrij was nicknamed Cyborg.

Anthony vs Andy Hug


Wolf vs Volk Han


Yes, I also see the resemblance to Sylvester Stallone.

And.

Ajax - Fighting Layer
Joe Lewis

Karateka legend obviously influenced the design of Street Fighter's Ken

His trademark jump side-kick was used on multiple occasions.
And unofficially.

Dragon Power
Target: Renegade
Title erroneously uses a semicolon, rather than colon.
Boxing

Seconds out.

Muhammad Ali

Mick - Digital Champ
Bonecrusher - Pound for Pound
By Fair Means or Foul
I suppose this was inspired by the Thrilla in Manila.
It was re-released as Pro Boxing Simulator, fooling people into thinking they were buying a new game.

Codemasters later reissued the game, removed the 'New Release' label on cover, changed it to 'previously known as Fair Means or Foul' (wrong in itself) and offered a refund to anybody who bought both versions.

Optimus Software developed Amiga and Atari ST ports.

Player One vs Rocky Marciano


Or possibly Chuck Wepner?

Easy Eddie vs Larry Holmes


Tough Ted vs Joe Bugner


Killer Kev vs Mike Tyson

Moving on.

3D World Boxing
Ali stuns Joe Frazier in the ninth round of their career-defining fight.
Mike Tyson

Mike - Street Fighter and Balrog (M. Bison in Japan) - Street Fighter II etc


On 9 July 1991, the self-proclaimed baddest man on the planet shaved his head to goad George Foreman into fighting him.

It didn't happen.

Check out these beauties.

Kid Crusher - Heavyweight Champ (1987 arcade remake)
Cull-Horn - FixEight
Jeff - Battle K-Road
Sonny Liston

Grute Smith - Best Bout Boxing
Barry Holmes - Title Fight
A few more.

Willie Vulture Wilson - Heavyweight Champ¹ (Arcade) vs Marvin Hagler


¹ntbcw different Master System game of same name.

Rick - Battle K-Road vs Tommy Morrison


Until next time.

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