![]() ![]() In this early beat 'em up, the player controls the main character, Thomas, with a joystick to move/jump/crouch and separate buttons to punch and kick. Brutally summarized as 'rescue girlfriend – hit people', the US and UK version opens with the explanation, 'A kung-fu master, Thomas and Sylvia were attacked by some unknown guys. Thomas's girlfriend, Sylvia, has been kidnapped by criminals, and Thomas must fight through five side-scrolling floors full of enemies to rescue her. The player takes the role of Thomas, a man in a Keikogi and slippers. 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. 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. It was later published in North America by Data East. Kung-Fu Master, known in Japan as Spartan X, is a 1984 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published in Japan by Irem. Takashi Nishiyama, Toshihiko Nakago, Hiroshi Yamauchi. ![]() This game can be played also in a versions for Atari 2600 and Atari 7800. The following emulators are available for this game: NeptunJS (JavaScript), Nesbox (Flash), RetroGames (JS) and vNES (Java). ![]()
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