

Hudson Hawk on NES is one of those weird movie tie-ins that somehow works. You play as Bruce Willis' smooth-talking cat burglar, sneaking through museums and mansions while cracking wise (in Japanese text bubbles, if you can read 'em). The controls take a minute to get used to—jumping feels a little floaty at first—but once you get the hang of wall-climbing and dodging guards, it's got this odd charm.
Half the fun is the bizarre premise: you're stealing Da Vinci artifacts to stop some rich jerks from building a gold-making machine. There's even a level where you ride a horse through a castle, which makes zero sense but hey, it's 1991. The music's surprisingly catchy too, especially that jazzy safe-cracking theme. Just don't expect it to play like the movie—this is pure NES weirdness with Bruce's smirk slapped on top.
If you dig obscure action-platformers with a side of '90s cheese, this one's a trip.
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