Something to look forward to: If you're of an age where thinking of the eighties brings back childhood memories of Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Van Damme action movies, here's some news that will ignite your nostalgia senses: the first video game based on 1989 classic Kickboxer is being made. Jean-Claude Van Damme made a lot of action movies in the eighties and early nineties. There was Bloodsport, Cyborg, Lionheart, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, and many, many more.Out of all of the Muscles from Brussels' movies, Kickboxer has some of the most memorable scenes. From dropping coconuts atop a tree onto Van Damme's stomach to dipping hand wraps in resin and broken glass a scene expertly parodied in Hot Shots! Part Deux Kickboxer has no shortage of great moments. Of course, the most famous part is our hero showing off his awesome dance moves in a bar.There were a lot of 8-bit and 16-bit games based on these sort of movies released at the time, but Kickboxer wasn't one of them.Now, more than 35 years since Kickboxer was released, it will get the video game adaptation it deserves. It's being created by Los Angeles-based Force Multiplier Studios, whose developers have worked on Tales from the Borderlands, Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, Halo, and some Call of Duty games.There have been several Kickboxer movies since the original, including a reboot, Kickboxer: Vengeance, which saw Van Damme return as a different character and Dave Bautista play baddie Tong Po. There was also a sequel called Kickboxer: Retaliation, which includes Mike Tyson and Hafr Jlus Bjrnsson (The Mountain from Game of Thrones). Two of the filmmakers behind these installments, Screenwriter Dimitri Logothetis and producer Rob Hickman, are working with Force Multiplier Studios on the Kickboxer game. // Related StoriesForce Multiplier Studios told IGN that the game "will combine the rich narrative of Kickboxer with kinetic martial arts action to deliver an intense, high-octane brawler, and feature iconic characters and locations from the franchise originally starring martial arts icon Jean-Claude Van Damme."Mention of the splits-loving star led to a question about whether Van Damme himself will appear in the game. "We're all massive fans of the Kickboxer movies, and we have the licenses to many characters and likenesses from the Kickboxer universe that we're very excited about," Brent Friedman, Chief Creative Officer at Force Multiplier Studios, said. "We'll have much more to share later in the year." So, not a definite yes but not ruling anything out.Force Multiplier Studios first game is Karnivus: Rooftop Rumble, which was released within Fortnite.Van Damme is set to return for another entry in the franchise, Kickboxer: Armageddon, which is expected to start filming later this year.Kickboxer will be joining Rambo, Robocop, Terminator, Predator, the Running Man, Die Hard, Commando, Mad Max, Total Recall, Lethal Weapon, Aliens, Conan, Red Heat, Batman, and others on the list of video game adaptations of 80s action movies.