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
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
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
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!
Shotgun Jones vs Taz (or Tazz)
Switching to wrestling.
Giant Lee vs Ted DiBiase
Gava Hornet vs Sergeant Slaughter
Sport
Expect drama, excitement and tension.
Miscellany
Jim Chapman - Resident Evil Outbreak vs Dennis Rodman
They changed shirt numbers from 99 and 3 to 89 and nothing.
Zooming in.
Also, dude has a tooth missing. |
Okay then.
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
Wolf vs Volk Han
Yes, I also see the resemblance to Sylvester Stallone.
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. |
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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