Statue of Liberty in Popular Culture - in Video Games

In Video Games

• In the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, it is called "The Statue of Happiness". This version holds up a Styrofoam cup of coffee instead of a torch and its face resembles that of Hillary Rodham Clinton. The inside of the statue contains a chained beating heart representing "The heart of Liberty City".
• In the video game Crysis 2, the statue appears in the opening of the single-player mode, and in the multi-player map Liberty Island, still standing, but having suffered massive damage. Its torso is still intact, but underneath that, the entire steel framework is visible. Later in the game, parts of the statue can be seen, thrown about in downtown Manhattan, implying that the Statue has been destroyed.
• In the opening cut scene for the video game Parasite Eve, the Statue of Liberty can be seen crying what appears to be blood. Later in the game, the main protagonist and antagonist battle on Liberty Island near a fallen and gooey Statue of Liberty.
• In the game Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love, which takes place in an alternate 1928, the recurring villain Ranmaru attacks the Statue only to be stopped by the New York Combat Revue.
• In the arcade/Sega Genesis game Chelnov (Atomic Runner in the US and Europe of the Sega Genesis version) the final boss's third and final form takes place on Liberty Island with Chelnov defeating the deathtarian leader on the statue itself. The deathtarian explodes in front of the statue, thus illuminating the Manhattan skyline.
• In the PlayStation game Tekken 2, character Paul Phoenix's stage is set in New York City, with the statue visible in the background.
• In opening scenes of the video game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time for PlayStation 2, the statue and its pedestal are shown 780 years in the future perched atop a domed building called 'The Art Museum of Statue'. A floating ring-shaped building (presumably an observation deck) encompasses her head. The surrounding skyscrapers suggest the statue has been moved far from Liberty Island (not that the museum was built on Liberty Island).

• In Spider-Man 2, Mysterio turns the Statue of Liberty into a giant Mysterio Statue, where Spider-Man must destroy the power core to change it back to normal and stop Mysterio's invasion. Spider-Man could not get back to land due to the "alien ships" being destroyed. He hitches a ride on a boat.
• In Punch-Out!! for the NES, after completing the circuit (only the Minor and Major), there will be a cutscene with a password showing Little Mac jogging following Doc on a bike. At the end, the Statue of Liberty is shown, along with the password.
• The first level of the 2000 computer game Deus Ex takes place on Liberty Island and inside the statue pedestal. The statue itself has been heavily damaged in a bombing that occurred several years before the events of the game. In the sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War, the last level is again at the statue, which has been re-erected as a light sculpture.
• The statue appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, but can only be seen in the distance. A token at the southern tip of Manhattan nearest the statue is the Statue of Liberty Landmark token, however.
• In the 2007 multi-platform title Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, the Statue is briefly seen in the opening cutscene, bombed by German planes and zeppelins, engulfed by explosions and with its torch arm falling off. Promotional images showed the Statue near neck-deep and sinking in the water, with its torch on fire, while others showed it standing, with a Nazi banner on its torch hand.
• The 1998 Nintendo 64 game Duke Nukem: Zero Hour features a level set in the statue.
• Two video games in the turn-based Civilization franchise (Civilization II and Civilization IV) both have the Statue of Liberty as a World Wonder that one civilization in total during the game can achieve. In Civilization II, actual footage of immigrants coming to the United States in the mid-20th century on a boat and seeing the Statue in the distance of New York Harbor is used after the player's civilization acquires the Statue of Liberty in the game.
• In the opening cutscene of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, the statue is heavily damaged by an invading Soviet fleet. The first mission of US campaign depicts the statue being destroyed by a truck-mounted V3 missile. Its ruins are used as symbol of America's downfall by Soviet propaganda.
• The opening credits of the game Freedom Fighters are followed by a view of the Statue of Liberty with Soviet Su-47 fighter jets flying overhead.
• In the last level of Splinter Cell: Double Agent, the player must disarm the last nuclear device on a boat in the waters around Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty is visible.
• In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, the mission is to retrieve the Statue of Liberty after it is stolen by Krang and Shredder. The statue appears in the background during the final battle with Shredder inside the Technodrome, and when the game is completed the statue is taken back to its foundations.
• The computer game Tycoon City: New York allows players to build the statue (though its ownership rests with the city).
• In World in Conflict, the statue can be destroyed during the Soviet attack on New York City, however a mission objective in the single player campaign is to save her from occupying Soviet forces. Also in World in Conflict, the front of the disk, packaging and instruction manual features the Statue of Liberty in front of the USSR symbol. Also, online advertisements for the game showed a brief timeline ending at 1989, when the ad turns static for a moment and then shows Lenin's head on the Statue.
• The Statue of Liberty makes an appearance as an Alliance-controlled structure in the Sierra game Manhunter: New York.
• In The Simpsons Game, at the end of the level Around the World in 80 Bites, Homer must take down a miniature Simpsons statue. Groundskeeper Willie also comments on how Homer had destroyed the statue, in a reference to Planet of the Apes. Comic Book Guy adds to that by roughly saying "Less quotes, more cleaning"
• In Crash of the Titans, a statue of Doctor N. Gin represents him as the Statue Of Liberty.
• In The Godfather, the statue can be seen at certain points.
• In Dino Stalker the statue appears half-buried in a desert in level 4.
• In Driver: Parallel Lines the statue appears as itself.
• The original ending of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty would have had Arsenal Gear crashing into and displacing the statue, and a scene during the credits would show it now resting on Ellis Island. This and other ending scenes were removed due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
• In JumpStart Adventures 3rd Grade: Mystery Mountain, the scene in which Botley explains Polly's plan to alter time, shows that Polly caused the Statue of Liberty to be built entirely out of red licorice, giving it the name "The Statue of Licorice". In JumpStart Adventures 4th Grade: Haunted Island, it is mentioned in several tablets in the Mummy's Tomb.
• In Twisted Metal 2: World Tour, the statue is seen in the distance in the New York stage. After shooting it repeatedly it will lose its clothes, revealing a red bikini underneath.
• In Ninja Gaiden II, a fiend named Alexei has taken over the entire New York and sits atop of the Statue. Ryu Hayabusa must stop him in order to save the City and the world. Ryu is shown meeting him from the head of the statue while Alexei sits on the torch. In the PlayStation 3 Remake, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, The statue becomes animated by Alexei's power and the player must fight it as an end-level Boss.
• In the Sega Genesis game Comix Zone, Lady Liberty's ruined head can be seen in several panels in the first episode, "Night of the Mutants".
• In the Sim City Series, the statue can be built as a world landmark.
• In the PC game Jump Start Music, the statue is called "The Statue of Lullaby" and is holding a violin.
• In the puzzle game Magic Jewelry for Famicom, a depiction of the Statue appears on the right side of the screen while playing. When a level is cleared, it switches its color along with all the screen.
• The Statue of Liberty re-appears on the game Spider-Man 3, only more minor, appearing only at the map of Spider-Man and seen in the background.
• In Civilization IV, the Statue of Liberty may be built by any player who has discovered Democracy, even in non-democratic states. The civilization that builds it may not donate it to another nation.
• In Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 In the Soviet campaign, the player must destroy the Statue of liberty to build Lenin Statue in its place.
• In LittleBigPlanet on PlayStation 3, a "Sacktue of Liberty" costume was available for a limited time to celebrate the Fourth of July in 2009. There is also a sticker of the Statue of Liberty that can be collected in one of the levels.
• In a downloadable mission for Mass Effect 2, the player finds the statue's head in the vault of a wealthy smuggler. A codex entry explains the original statue was destroyed in a domestic terrorist attack, triggering the Second American Civil War.
• In the video game Costume Quest, the statue is a playable character, with the power to shoot flames from her torch, and to heal herself and her teammates by playing the U.S. national Anthem.
• In the DLC Kasumi: Stolen memory for Mass Effect 2, the statue of liberty's head can be seen inside a vault with other priceless artifacts. The statue was destroyed by terrorists in an event that started the Second American civil war. A new statue was built in its place to replace the old one, and most of the missing pieces were forgotten about
• In the 1990 arcade game 'Crude Buster' the head and arm of a toppled Lady Liberty are visible in the background when facing the first end-of-level boss.
• In the 1980 arcade game 'New York! New York! from Gottlieb, the statue of liberty is used as the shooter's backdrop.