Games that really wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger as their hero

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The man that inspired 70% of game characters in the 80s and 90s

Navy Moves | 1989

Predator the movie and Contra the game both came out in 1987. Maybe the box art guy at Konami didn’t think anyone would notice.

A bunch of games that took a fancy to Arnie's Conan | Various

While the shades, staggeringly large muscles, headband, love of guns, flat-top and smudgy make-up are undoubtedly some of the most borrowed iconic Schwarzenegger imagery, it's probably Arnie's Conan that inspired the most box-art and character nods to the big sweaty Austrian beefcake. This is Arnie in Barbarian pose:

And these are some of the games that remind me a lot of Arnie in Barbarian pose:

I'm glad Schwarzenegger was big in the 80s. Games would have sucked if 70% of the game characters were 'loosely based' on Michael J Fox and Patrick Swayze.

May 11, 2010

Matt Cundy
Matt Cundy
I don't have the energy to really hate anything properly. Most things I think are OK or inoffensively average. I do love quite a lot of stuff as well, though.