I am definitely taken with this idea:

You play Mohandas Gandhi in a cheaply-licenced horizontally-scrolling action game knock-off. Can you take on the British Empire and earn the coveted title of "Mahatma"?

The game features the classic left, right, jump, duck and fire control combo, and allows you to take advantage of some Gandhi special moves such as Civil Disobedience.

Level ideas:

Level 1: South Africa
A qualified lawyer, you find yourself denied access to a train because of your race and, in true action game style, you go ape as a result.

Initially unarmed, you must make your way along the roof of a train from the tail carriage to the engine avoiding British guards, Boers, Zulu tribesmen, jumping between carriages and occasionally flying on gently-scrolling puffs of smoke from the engine. Power-ups on this level include swords and muskets. End-of-level: Steam engine driving area. End-of-level boss: Shaka Zulu, who throws spears at you and hides behind a giant shield. You must force him into the coal chamber in order to defeat him.

Level 5: Delhi
You race through the streets of Delhi on a moped (constant movement - no stopping) avoiding all other traffic and trying not to shoot locals. You are pursued by the Challenger tanks and Apache helicopters of the British army. Occasionally British troops will form a "thin red line" across the road, which you must jump. Power-ups on this level include surface-to-air rockets and an orbiting shield. End-of-level: The Golden Palace of Amritsar. End-of-level boss: The Man with the Golden Gun. You must defeat him with his own bullets by jumping around the palace and tilting the domes so they reflect his shots back at him.

Level 10: London
You walk through the seedy streets of London avoiding drug pushers, pimps with flick knives, laser-armed policemen with jetpacks and flying superhero Fathers For Justice crusaders. There are entrances to the London Underground where you must cut your way through swathes of commuters. End-of-level: Buckingham Palace. End-of-level boss: Winston Churchill, who fires exploding cigars at you. The only way to defeat him is to fight him on the beach, on the landing, in the field, on the street, and up the hill, because he'll never surrender.