[rrrrrrrrrrrryan]

Somewhat supporting your point, the towers were literally bombed in '93 with the intent of toppling them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombin...

I imagine this terrorist attack inspired some of the art on your list.

[RajT88]

So the videogame I mentioned was from 87! I think... Around then for sure. Definitely late 80's since it was for 8 bit Sega.