Harlem Shake: Gaming edition

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Do the Harlem Shake...

It's one of the strangest memes. But since when did memes have to make any sense? Someone in a mask starts bobbing around, 'doing the Harlem Shake', before the bass kicks in and all hell breaks loose. Well, we've made a video game version of the Harlem Shake. It's got Vega and Ryu in it and... well, you'd better see for yourself.

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Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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