Description

A conversion of the arcade game of the same name, which itself is loosely based on a movie, Kung-Fu Master is a side scrolling action game for one or two players, who alternate turns.

Mr. X has captured the pickpocket Sylvia and it is up to Thomas, a kung-fu master who owns a restaurant, to get her back. She is located on the top floor of Mr. X's castle and Thomas will need to fight his way to the top. Of course, this won't be easy as each floor has many opponents to get past and a floor boss at the end of each level.

Thomas is able to move left and right, jump, duck, and punch and kick. Enemy projectiles such as knives can be kicked in the air to rebound them towards the enemy. On the top floor resides Mr. X himself.

Alternate Titles

  • "Spartan X" -- Japanese title
  • "Kung Fu Master" -- Alternate in-game spelling
  • "Kung Fu" -- NES title
  • "スパルタンX" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

A strange game that's probably valuable only to those who have nostalgic feelings for it NES Feem (45)
Judo Chop! NES Matt Neuteboom (941)
Sideways view arcade beat em up that is quite fun to master! Amstrad CPC Optimus (79)

The Press Says

The Atari Times Atari 2600 Aug 25, 2004 92 out of 100 92
Génération 4 NES 1987 80 out of 100 80
Power Play Atari 2600 Mar, 1988 7.5 out of 10 75
Retroage NES Dec 10, 2009 7.3 out of 10 73
Pixel-Heroes.de Commodore 64 Aug, 2004 7 out of 10 70
Tilt NES Dec, 1987 12 out of 20 60
Digital Press - Classic Video Games Atari 2600 Sep 25, 2004 5 out of 10 50
The Video Game Critic Atari 7800 Apr 22, 2010 C 50
Power Play NES Dec, 1987 4.5 out of 10 45
The Video Game Critic NES Apr 28, 2003 C- 42

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Trivia

The original coin-op of this game is based on the Jackie Chan movie Kwai tsan tseh. In Japan, the movie was shown under the name "Spartan X" and indeed the original japanese name for this game is "Spartan X". In North America, the movie's name is "Wheels on Meals" and the game's name is "Kung-Fu Master" or simply "Kung-Fu".


This entry was contributed by PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3027), RKL Bronze Star Contributing Member (5615), Kabushi (104272), Martin Smith (63223) and Servo (55941)
 

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