Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Kung-Fu Master (Atari 7800 review)

Developer: Imagineering
Publisher: Absolute Entertainment
Released: 1989

Kung-Fu Master is an action game that was released in the Arcade in 1984 and ported to the NES the following year.

+ Twitch-style gameplay is fun with decent controls, and the levels alternate between left/right scrolling to keep things fresh.

+ Includes a good range of enemies and their unique attack patterns keep you on your toes and switching up techniques.

- Not much content to sink your teeth into and it only takes 5-10 minutes of fighting to beat the five rushed stages.

- Collision detection is a persistent issue, with your low kicks often doing no damage despite overlapping an enemy sprite.

- Omission of a high kick in this port can leave you high-and-dry, and having to press Up to jump is cumbersome.

- Missing lots of presentational touches found in the competing NES version, such as cut-scenes and end of stage ladders.

- Graphics are a step down from the NES (with Henchmen looking more like zombies) and the voice clips are absent.


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