Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Video games lifting likeness - Act III

Welcome to the penultimate episode.

Rocky

Bullfight: Ring no Hasha
Marciano - Digital Champ
Pound for Pound
Ivan Drago

Draef Varona - Best Bout Boxing
Iron Drago - The Final Round
(Shakes head).

Andrei and Boris - Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat
Amusingly, character model is reused for Ivan, another Russian goon.

Finally.

Street Fighter - Arcade
Attract sequence depicts Joe.
Tiertex altered dude for Amiga/Atari ST versions.
Hmmm.

Rather predictably, sprite is nothing like the above.
Charles Bronson

Battle Shark
Continental Circus
The Terminator

Prvá Akcia


Cyborg T-8P - Battle K-Road


Bruce Lee

Rather than getting heavily involved (as I have before), I will be brief.

Along with Tekken's Marshall LawFei Long (who debuted in Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers), is probably the most famous 'tribute'.
Enter the Dragon
Iconic pose (less claw marks) was copied in bizarre circumstances.

Dragon Ninja (less the Bad Dudes) - Amstrad CPC.
What the fuck has this got to do with game?

Making even less sense.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - Game Gear and Master System
Depiction gives the finger to Jason Scott Lee, who portrayed Bruce in the film.

Jaws: Ultimate Predator - Wii

Plot is completely different to 3DS version, pitting Jaws against mega corporation Paleoco and its illegal genetic experiments. 

Bosses include a Sperm Whale, and extinct monsters such as Dunkleosteus and a Plesiosaur.

Afterthought of Jaws Unleashed is as stupid as it sounds.

Trey Wallace vs Quint


Dr. Jacques Danleau vs Chief Brody


And for all you Red Dwarf smegheads out there.

Mayor vs Chris Barrie


Okay then.

Dracula

Nosferatu, Super Famicom - 1994 and SNES - 1995 vs 1931 film (1947 Universal one-sheet)


The Count was originally released in 1979.

Cover art won't go down in history as one the best.
Text adventure was re-released in 1981, using Frank Langella and Dracula (1979) as template.


Dracula the Undead

Lynx point-and-click is loosely based on original novel, with Bram Stoker as the narrator.

Cover art vs Taste the Blood of Dracula


Dracula A.D. 1972


Dracula (1958)


Did the legendary Christopher Lee give permission?

Suspect not.

Next time, it all ends.

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