Video-game heroes may seem like savage, heartless killers, but they're driven by the purest of emotions: love. Let's explore 20 of the most passionate moments in retro gaming that tingle the cockles of your heart.

Final Fight: Cody shares a special moment with Jessica just minutes after he threw a man on a wheelchair out of a window of the tallest building in Metro City.
 

Ninja Gaiden: Ryu Hayabusa is about to find out why Irene Lew goes by the codename "Sea Swallow."
 

The Addams Family: Love can be scary sometimes but not as much as Gomez and Morticia Addams.
 

Street Fighter 2: Eliza's affection for Ken knows no bounds...literally. The blonde beauty follows her man to Thailand because she misses him so much. How she got there remains a mystery.
 

Adventures of Lolo 2: Lala kisses Lolo. Lolo is a hairy egg. Lala is kissing a hairy egg.
 

Double Dragon 2: The Revenge: The Lee brothers love Marian so much they fight each other to the death for her. She'll stay with whoever wins. Slut....
 

Kung-Fu Master: Thomas went through a conga line of leg-humpers to save Silvia only to enjoy happiness for a little while? I wonder what the "bad" ending is like.
 

The Revenge of Shinobi: Joe Musashi saves his bride, Naoko, from "the Boss" (best villain name ever) just in time to contemplate the sunset.
 

Altered Beast: Athena gets sandwiched between Zeus and a centurion wolfman. Bestiality and incest in a single screenshot.
 

Super Adventure Island 2: At first glance it looks like Tina is insulting Master Higgins but she isn't. Notice that her hands are not visible. Now, read her quote again....
 

The quest for poontang continues on page two.