Kung-Fu Master

a.k.a. Spartan X / スパルタンX / Kung Fu Master

created and published by Irem in 1984-12, running on Arcade

type: beat 'em up
genre: Martial arts
perspective: side view
player options: single player

languages: eng

3.7/5

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Personal reviews (2)

Horizontal Scrolling Beat'm up. Features five levels, each with a different boss.
The story of the game is that you are a (funnily enough) Kung Fu Master and you were attacked out-of-the-blue by some thugs. During the battle, they kidnapped your girlfriend Silvia. After the event you find a letter that reads 'If you want to save you're dear Silvia's life, come to the temple at once. 5 Sons of the devil will entertain you'. So off you go to get Silvia back.

# 2006

The game is a simple enough concept - walk through five levels alternating from left to right, punching and kicking all manner of enemies ranging from simple henchmen who grab you and drain your energy, to dragons and falling snakes. The five devils the passage refers to are the end-of-level bosses, who start off pretty easy but then get ridiculously hard.
One such boss is a weird troll-like character whose head falls off if you hit it, so to beat him you have to hit him low - which is no easy task as he throws fire-bolts at you which take only two or three hits to kill you (assuming you have full energy in the first place!)

# 2006