Ah, yes. The action star. Bruce the Willis, Sylvester de Stallone, the Marquis Schwarzenegger; rulers of a vast and glorious domain. Some of their work on the silver screen is considered by many to be classic, even respectable. Films like Terminator, First Blood and Die Hard. But the lot of them also made a considerable amount of Up All Night fodder. Cobra, Commando, Hudson Hawk. During their reign, the action heroes of film had a notable peer in the world of videogames: Guy Wearing Tank Top and Sweatpants. GWTTS did much loved work in games. He played twins Bimmy and Jimmy in Double Dragon and even aped Schwarzenegger and Stallone in his seminal work on Contra. But GWTTS also slummed it in the halls of Up All Night. His masterstroke of trashy goodness? Bad Dudes.
The premise? Why, just look at this screen:
That’s right. Fucking ninjas have kidnapped the leader of the free world and they sent some meathead out to find dudes to rescue him. Their success relies purely on their relative badness. Being a bad dude entails punching ninjas, punching fat dudes who breathe fire, and walking across a series of sixteen wheelers that drive dangerously close to one another.
Skills clearly not in the secret service’s training regiment. If you’re awake this Saturday night at three in the morning, plagued with doubt over whether or not you are a bad dude, Google the name and dig yourself up a ROM. The president will reward you with burgers.
Many thanks to Rob of Murder By Baltimore for reminding us to be bad in his comments from last week's Up All Night.