Kung Fu Kid
Appearance
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Developer(s) | Sega |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Platform(s) | Master System |
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Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Kung Fu Kid, known in Japan as Makai Retsuden (魔界列伝), is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega for the Master System. It is the follow-up to Dragon Wang for the SG-1000.
Gameplay
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Players control Wang as he faces an onslaught of enemies using his martial arts skills and wall jumping technique.
Reception
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Computer Gaming World criticized Kung Fu Kid's "incredibly contrived play-mechanics" (including a lobster that would give the player extra powers) and the "tiny and cartoon-like" graphics, and mocked the Engrish documentation that stated that the player would fight "the unnaturally evil one".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. November 1987. p. 14.
- ^ "Software List". Sega Hard Encyclopedia (in Japanese). Sega Corporation. Archived from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "1 Mega Cartridges" (PDF). The Sega Master System Game Catalog (1988). Mastertronic. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ Worley, Joyce; Kunkel, Bill; Katz, Arnie (October 1988). "Video Gaming World". Computer Gaming World. No. 52. pp. 48–49. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
External links
[edit]- Kung Fu Kid can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive