Part 2 - I share some in-game future references / easter eggs to Capcom arcade fighting video game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) in Konami's 1989 arcade beat 'em up Crime Fighters. You can take a look at the movie adaptions & some associated works & draw further interesting connections.
- Stage 7 of Crime Fighters looks like a prototype for Ken's dockside fighting area in SF2. There is a sunrise or sunset, pier / a harbor / port. A ship can be seen moored up. An enemy fighter in this level wears a red gi (martial arts outfit) similar to Ken's (Ryu wears white). At the end of the level the boss also is reminiscent of Street Fighter's Guile. He wears green pants, white singlet with dog tags and black boots.
- Ken's stage in Street Fighter II was reportedly inspired by some scenes in the 1975 action film Hard Times. The alternative title to this in certain markets was The Streetfighter (or The Street Fighter). Charles Bronson & James Coburn starred in this.
- Some interesting graffiti can be seen in the second stage subway train in Crime Fighters. What appears to be "SHEILA" appears in purple & blue in different parts of the level. James Coburn acted in the 1973 mystery The Last Of Sheila.
- There was some production staff crossovers between Japanese video game heavies Konami & Capcom in the 1980's. Yoshiki Okamoto worked for Konami in the early 80's on such titles as Gyruss & Time Pilot. In '83 he joined Capcom and went on to produce beat 'em up Final Fight (1989) & Street Fighter II.
- If you take a look at the live action Street Fighter in 1994: Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Colonel Guile & was later in cyberpunk action film Cyborg in 1989. Actor Elias Koteas appeared in the sequel opposite Angelina Jolie he he has a connection to the subject of this video in that he played vigilante hero Casey Jones in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie in 1990.
Konami's 1989 TMNT arcade cabinet was one of the best sellers of all time.
