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.

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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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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Kung Fu	NES	$0.01
	Kung-Fu Master
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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)

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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".

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