Clash at Demonhead and Other Video Game-Inspired Band Names

A short list of Nintendo Entertainment System video games whose titles — whole or in part — could be Scott Pilgrim vs. the World-style alt rock band names in the style of Sex Bob-omb, Clash at Demonhead, Sonic & Knuckles, Crash and the Boys and Kid Chameleon.

• Abadox
• The Adventures of Rad Gravity
• Air Fortress
• Arkista’s Ring
• Bandit Kings of Ancient China
• Boulder Dash
• Casino Kid
• Color a Dinosaur
• Conquest of the Crystal Palace
• Dash Galaxy in the Alien System
• Destination Earthstar
• Elevator Action
• Faxandu
• Flight of the Intruder
• Gotcha! The Sport!
• Gyromite
• Ikari Warriors
• Image Fight
• Isolated Warrior
• Kabuki Quantum Fighter
• Kid Niki
• King’s Knight
• The Krion Conquest
• Laser Invasion
• Little Samson
• Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf
• Legend of the Ghost Lion
• Lunar Pool
• The Magic of Scheherazade
• Magmax
• Marble Madness
• Mechanized Attack
• Mighty Bomb Jack
• Nobunaga’s Ambition
• Parasol Stars
• Qix
• Rainbow Islands
• Rolling Thunder
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• Rygar
• Shingen the Ruler
• Smash TV
• Stanley and the Search for Dr. Livingston
• StarTropics
• Swords and Serpents
• Touchdown Fever
• Twin Cobra
• Twin Eagle
• Ufouria
• Wizards & Warriors
• Wrath of the Black Manta
• Xevious

I have only linked the one title because I wanted to draw attention to the title that served as the inspiration for Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge from that one Christmas episode of The Simpsons. (Hey! Holiday tie-in!) But of all these, I have to say that Clash at Demonhead is easily the best. I’ve never played the game myself, but I decided long ago that it had to be the most awesome thing ever after I laid eyes on the box art.

It is, of course, an assemblage of images chosen deliberately by scientists to draw the eyes of boys aged five to twelve, and I am completely aware of this, but also how could anything associated with this not be the absolute coolest?