Ninja Commando (1992)
Joe Tiger vs Jean-Claude Van Damme
Now let's look at cover as a whole.
Spider's face appears to be based on Lord Donjo in Ninja Wars (1982).
What's this?
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| It's possible that hand and face (by Bruce Pennington) was modelled on the 1964 edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Master Mind of Mars. |
Dangerous Streets (1993) vs Mean Streets¹ (1989)
Yeah, the woman.
¹Apart from title, this is completely unrelated to Martin Scorsese's 1973 film of same name.
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| Artist obviously based Tex Murphy on Val Kilmer. |
Whether coincidence or not, females smack of:
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| Pin-up 11 - Hajime Soroyama |
Finally.
North American cover vs Blade Runner
Crime Wave (1990)
While box art was surely by the same person, game is not a sequel to Mean Streets and actually a shitty Narc clone.
Guy with beret vs Dalton - Road House
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| True Lies (1994) |
Devil World (1987) vs Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Last Ninja, Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance vs Eyes and Mask
Silent Dragon (1992)
Cityscape - Akira
Dr. Bio vs Joker - Batman: The Killing Joke
Third boss vs Jagi - Fist of the North Star
Joe (left) and Lee (right) vs The Big Brawl and Jackie Chan Digest²
²1983 Japanese 14-track promo sample vinyl LP features songs from various films including Kung Fu Express, The Young Master and Cannonball.
And.
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| Gang Wars (1989) We already know where source for Jackie (no joke) came from. |
Initially released for the short-lived Commodore CDTV, Delta 4's action point-and-click was either a sick joke or an ironic piss take.
Still, there's fun to be had.
Back to the Future Part III
The Man with No Name vs Clint Eastwood
Flying train
For a Few Dollars More
Manco
Rather than a cigarillo, this guy smokes a fucking tampon.
Colonel Douglas Mortimer
Pocket watch
Miscellany
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| Crassio is a parody of Casio. |
The Hole-in-the-Head Gang are game's main antagonists.
While name is surely a play on Wild West's Hole-in-the-Wall Gang (circa 1880-1890s), real life Chicago Outfit mob enforcer Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro formed another Hole in the Wall Gang when he moved to Las Vegas in 1971.
He was the basis for Joe Pesci's character Nicky Santoro in Martin Scorsese's 1995 crime epic Casino, adapted from Nicholas Pileggi's non-fiction novel Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas.
Oh, nearly forgot.
Evil Eb vs The Outlaw Josey Wales
Later known as Merit Studios Europe and Eutechnyx, British company, between 1987-1994, began as Zeppelin Games.
Fist Fighter (1993) vs Angel Town (1990)
Illustrative plagiarism at its best.
But that's nothing compared to what happened a year earlier.
Arnie (1992)
Despite title, isometric shmup is not based on Schwarzenegger, or any of his films.
Anyway boys and girls, for the first time EVER on the internet...
They traced Olivier Gruner's head and stuck it on Chuck Norris' body (including Uzi) from Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990).
Altogether now - WHAT THE FUCK?
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| Arnie 2 was similar, but not as blatant. |
Awww.
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