Colt's Crushin' (video game) (Johnsonverse)

Colt’s Crushin’ is a 1985 action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It follows a war veteran named Colt, who's assigned with the task of fighting crime for the Government. It was developed and released by Johnson Games on November 27, 1985, and along with Super Mario Bros., is credited with ending the Great Video Game Crash of 1983. It is also credited with popularizing the beat-em-up genre, and is considered one of the greatest games of all time. It received an updated port in 2015 called Colt's Crushin': The 30th Anniversary Edition, which utilizes full-motion video cutscenes with an all-star cast led by Bruce Willis, and six sequels: Colt's Crushin' II, released in 1991, Colt's Crushin' III, released in 1996, Colt's Crushin' IV, released in 2001, Colt's Crushin' V, released in 2005, Colt's Crushin' VI, released in 2013, and Colt's Crushin' VII, which will be released in November 2020, as well as the spin-off series Son of Colt.

Premise
In the year 2XXX, Colton "Colt" Vargas (modeled after Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger), a veteran of the Red War in his early 50s, is assigned by the new President (modeled after Ronald Reagan, but borrows features from other Presidents) to fight and arrest criminals, as crime and corruption have soared in the country during the previous administration, leading to the previous President resigning from office to avoid impeachment. The game uses synthesized voice samples, as heard in the title screen when an announcer says the game's title; grunts from both Colt and enemies are also heard. Cutscenes are viewed between stages for context. The early stages consist of small-time criminals like drug dealers, pimps and bank robbers, but as the game progresses, they're replaced with corrupt cops, serial killers, mafia bosses, and eventually terrorists on the government's Most Wanted list. The final boss is the leader of the USSR, Nikolaev Chernyshevsky, who reveals that he started the crime wave to undermine American values and take over the country in his bid for world domination. The game ends with Colt personally being awarded the Medal of Justice by the President for his work in restoring justice to the United States.