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Title
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Level
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A level
1 boss figure |
Start
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A level
3 boss |
Fighting
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See the
ending animations for 'The Kung Fu': chinanim.gif
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Scores |
Stars
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The Kung Fu was an early game for the PC-Engine,
released in 1987. Later coming out in 1989 in the USA - under the name
'China Warrior.
As such an early game, it features very basic graphics by latter standards.
Though to be fair, the sprites are quite
large and would have been impressive when first released. Nowadays
it looks very crude, even in comparison to other PC-Engine games. There
are only two layers; foreground and background, giving the game a very
flat look. Also the sprites are crudely animated by recent standards.
Sound is not spectacular, but the tunes that play are no too bad; matching
the atmosphere nicely. Effects are poor though.
The gameplay is quite simplistic, the player having only 5 moves - jump
kick, flying kick, kick, punch and low
punch, though sometimes, if you catch a boss just right - you'll get
a 'pow!' a sort of special attack - usually the punch is easiest to do
this, and it will take off quite a few energy points! The only sort of
extra to the game is the including of energy upgrades which can increase
your stamina and attack power, after filling your life guage, the next
upgrade will take your life up to the next level - a bit like hit points
in RPG games.
There are 4 levels, each of 3 sub-sctions. At the end of each sub-section
you meet a large opponent whom you must defeat in order to progress.
I cannot really judge this game too harshly, as it was released when
the PC-Engine was very young; if you take into mind that this really does
show how advanced the PC-Engine was in 1987, then it is not too bad - But
don't buy it as a 'good game' of today..
This is the TG mailing lists official
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