Kung Fu (video game)
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Kung Fu was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. It is a port of the 1984 arcade game Kung Fu Master and is often considered the father of side-scrolling fighting games. You play as Thomas, a man in a martial arts uniform with slippers. Thomas's girlfriend Sylvia has been kidnapped by "Mr. X," and Tom must fight through five side-scrolling levels full of enemies to rescue her.
Level details
Level 1: Right-to-left. Enemies are Grippers (men who charge Tom and grab him, draining his life bar. Usually come in large numbers) and Knife Throwers (men who throw knives high or low). The boss is Stick Fighter (hits Thomas with a Stick, high or low).
Level 2: Left-to-right. Enemies are Snakes, Dragons (kick them before they breathe fire for lots of points), and Beehives, followed by Grippers and Tom Toms (small, fast foes who jump on Thomas's head). The boss is Boomerang Fighter (throws a boomerang, high or low).
Between levels 2 and 3, Mr. X and Sylvia (tied to a chair) appear and taunt Thomas.
Level 3: Right-to-left. Enemies consist of large numbers of Grippers, Tom Toms, and Knife Throwers. The boss is Mr. Big (An orange giant).
Level 4: Left-to-right. Enemies consist of killer moths, Tom Toms, and Grippers. The boss is the Black Magician (hunchback who casts fire, summons Dragons, and cannot be hurt with shots to the head).
Level 5: Right-to-left. Grippers, Tom Toms, and Knife Throwers come at Thomas in droves. The boss is Mr. X himself (a decent karate master, but a glitch forces him to walk into your crouch kicks).
Miscellany
As Kung Fu Master this game has also been ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, BeOS x86, Commodore 64, DOS, Java, Linux, Game Boy, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and Windows.