Dragon Power cover (1987) 🔗

When the first Dragon Ball game for the Famicom was released in 1986, Western publishers had no clue whatsoever that this weird new style of cartoon would have appeal outside of Japan, so one year later in place of Akira Toriyama's iconic character designs, North American players where targeted with a generic karate dude. Turns out the unwitting model for that kick was an actual real life karate dude, martial arts legend Joe Lewis.

Discovered by drpepperfan from the Hardcore Gaming 101 forums.