Martial arts
Sport theme
Involves any of the systematised combat arts, commonly known as martial arts.
315
games
57platforms
Alternate names: Fighting arts, Budo, Wǔshù
Name variations: combat sports
ELEC 1987
C16 1986
CPC 1990
A800 1985
PS1 2000
ARCD 1987-08-30
C64 1987
SPC 1985
NES 1985-12-05
SPC 1988
ELEC 1986
DOS 1992
Usually people think of eastern unarmed combat arts when martial arts are mentioned, but combat arts involving melee weapons also belong to this. Historically western cultures had only armed martial arts in broad use, but these were also important in eastern cultures on side of the usual unarmed arts.
Modern martial arts are usually labeled hybrid martial arts as they combine several arts into something that's actually efficient, however there are still lots of people who practice the old, though their purpose is more in terms of learning discipline and otherwise training the body without real aim to use it in self-defense or combat (for which they're largely inadequate).
Modern martial arts are usually labeled hybrid martial arts as they combine several arts into something that's actually efficient, however there are still lots of people who practice the old, though their purpose is more in terms of learning discipline and otherwise training the body without real aim to use it in self-defense or combat (for which they're largely inadequate).
Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Capoeira, Savate, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Glima, Judo, Jujutsu, Sambo, Shuai jiao, Aikido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Hapkido, Fencing, Gatka, Kendo, Silambam, Eskrima, Jogo do Pau, Jukendo, and so on...
Popular tags
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Child groups
Wrestling, Wǔshù, Mixed martial arts, Judo, Sumo, Karate, Taekwondo, Kendo, Kickboxing, Fencing, Boxing, Striking martial arts, Armed martial arts, Grappling martial arts, Muay Thai
Games by year
The first Martial arts video game was released in 1982.
Origin Systems, Imagine and System 3 published most of these games.
Platforms
C64 | 40 | ||
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NES | 26 | ||
Amstrad CPC | 25 | ||
ZX Spectrum | 25 | ||
MS-DOS | 21 | ||
Amiga | 19 | ||
Atari ST | 16 | ||
Apple II E | 10 | ||
MSX | 10 | ||
Arcade | 9 | ||
Windows | 8 | ||
Electron | 6 | ||
Linux | 6 | ||
PS | 6 | ||
BBC | 6 | ||
Mac OS Classic | 5 | ||
C16/Plus4 | 5 | ||
Atari 400/800 | 5 | ||
Famicom Disk System | 4 | ||
Tandy Coco | 4 | ||
Xbox | 4 | ||
GB | 3 | ||
Master System | 3 | ||
PC Engine | 3 | ||
PS2 | 3 | ||
GBC | 2 | ||
Mega Drive | 2 | ||
Thomson | 2 | ||
Apple IIGS | 2 | ||
X360 | 2 |