Kung-Fu Master
The international version of Spartan X, without the Jackie Chan movie license. Kung-Fu Master, known in Japan as Spartan X, is a 1984 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published in Japan by Irem. It was…
Kung-Fu Master is an arcade developed by Irem, released 1 December 1984 on Arcade.
What Kung-Fu Master is
Kung-Fu Master is an arcade game developed by Irem and released in 1984. It was published by Data East USA. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The international version of Spartan X, without the Jackie Chan movie license. Kung-Fu Master, known in Japan as Spartan X, is a 1984 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published in Japan by Irem. It was later published in North America by Data East. The Japanese version was based on the Jackie Chan movie Wheels on Meals, known as Spartan X in Japan, and credited "Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion", who produced the film upon which it was based. The game is considered by many to be the first beat 'em up video game, and contains elements of Bruce Lee's Game of Death.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Kung-Fu Master launched on 1 December 1984, within three weeks of 1942, Knight Lore, Vs. Excitebike and Skool Daze.
Released around the same time: 1942, Knight Lore, Vs. Excitebike, Skool Daze.
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