Video games lifting likeness - Final Act

Going out with a bang.

When necessary, specifics will be disclosed.

Miscellany

Battle Storm
L-R: Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Eddie Murphy, Bruce Lee and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dr. Malcolm Betruger - Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil vs Anthony Hopkins

Clive R. O'Brian - Resident Evil: Revelations vs Bill Murray

Heavy D¹ - The King of Fighters '94 (debut) vs Colonel Shikishima - Akira

¹Named after Jamaican-born American rapper of same name.

Mike - Hard Times vs Noodles (Robert De Niro) - Once Upon a Time in America

Agatha - FixEight vs Lori (Sharon Stone) - Total Recall (1990)

Afro Fist - God Hand vs Jim Kelly²

²Probably based on Black Belt Jones.

Kate Green - The House of the Dead 4 vs Fergie - Black Eyed Peas

Boss - Explosive Breaker vs George Lucas

HA HA HA!

Deputy Wheeler - Silent Hill: Homecoming vs Forest Whittaker

Patrick Napier - Silent Hill: Downpour vs Philip Seymour Hoffman

Sophia - Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III vs Priestess of the Whip (Raquel Welch) - The Magic Christian

Wow, right?

Multiples

Turning the volume up.

Dead Connection

September 5 1952 in the Big Town.

I can't find anything significant in history to explain why Taito used that date, but that is one kick ass setting.

Nerozzia vs Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) - The Godfather

Philip and James depict George Stone (Andy Garcia) and Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) respectively in The Untouchables. 

Zed Blade

Corporal Swift Arnold vs Maverick (Tom Cruise) - Top Gun

Master Sergeant Uncle Beard vs Michael (Robert De Niro) - The Deer Hunter

What the fuck is that on his shoulder? A squirrel glider?

Jesus Christ.

Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus

Dream features a beautiful woman who transforms into a hideous creature.

Splilling a rather AMAZING secret.

Laura (Kerrie Keane) - Incubus

After approaching Sam (John Cassavetes), her face briefly shapeshifts, revealing she was titular monster all along.

Now I don't want to hear any bullshit about coincidence.

Download 2

Plot makes this one of the weirdest shmups EVER made.

The Ethnic Council raids the data library of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and steals the digitised brain of Adolf Hitler.

When brain achieves sentience and causes a ruckus in cyberspace, leaving it up to Syd to stop him.

WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY SMOKING?

Before geezer enters spaceship, he's watching Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) on the Hyper News Station.

Guess he got bored of The Daily Planet.

After a bevvy of bosses, we reach the Emperor, who looks nothing like Adolf Hitler.

You can see why this was only released in Japan.

Final challenge is nightmare fuel.

D. D. Crew

Shut up, already!

Sega's obscure (and shitty) scrolling brawler would look out of place on a Mega Drive.

This is definitely no Streets of Rage. 

Playable characters

King vs Arnold Schwarzenegger

F.F vs Patrick Swayze

Gung Ho vs Ramίrez (Sean Connery) - Highlander

Buster vs Arsenio Hall

Bosses

As a special bonus, I'm including hilarious pre-fight dialogue.

Horace vs Freddie Mercury

"You're in for some roughin' man!"

Tong Lee vs Bruce Lee

"You! Die!"

Dominatrix vs Jane Fonda

"Nobody passes me, alive!"

Mann vs Spike Lee

"Take a load of this wild thang!"

Mr. Gold vs Richard Kiel

"I'm comin' througggh!"

President Zero vs Takeshi Kitano

"Evrything has it's rise and falls!"

I couldn't have put it better myself.