Kung-Fu Master| 1984 |
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Developer: Irem
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy4way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Developer: Irem
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy4way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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SoundMix: Mono
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Kung-Fu Master VGMuseum Game Endings
Kung-Fu Master on CAESAR
Kung-Fu Master high score and replay at MARP
Kung-Fu Master on datObase
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URL: Reviews:
Kung-Fu Master VGMuseum Game Endings
Kung-Fu Master on CAESAR
Kung-Fu Master high score and replay at MARP
Kung-Fu Master on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Kung-Fu Master (c) 1984 Irem Corp.
For more complete information on the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry; "Spartan X".
- TRIVIA -
Kung-Fu Master was released in December 1984 outside Japan. Originally known in Japan as as "Spartan X".
Licensed to Data East for US manufacture and distribution. Kung-Fu Master was the first game that Irem licensed to Data East and was also the first of two genre-defining fighting games released by Data East that year; the other being 'Karate Champ', the world's first one-on-one fighting game.
A bootleg of this game was released by O.K. corp. in 1985.
Mike Sullivan holds the official record for this game with 1,349,040 points.
- UPDATES -
Differences between Spartan X and Kung-Fu Master :
* During the demo screen the word Kung-Fu (in 'A KUNG-FU MASTER, THOMAS....') is spelled 'KANFU' in Spartan X.
* Spartan X has an additional copyright notice that is not in Kung-Fu Master : '(C)1984 Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion'.
- SERIES -
1. Kung-Fu Master (1984, Arcade)
2. Vigilante (1988, Arcade)
3. Spartan X 2 (1991, Famicom)
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [AS] (1984) "Kung Fu"
Atari 2600 [US] (May 12, 1987) "Kung-Fu Master [Model AG-039]" by Activision
Nintendo NES [US] (October 1985) "Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-USA]"
Nintendo NES [EU] (April 15, 1987) "Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-NOE]"
Atari 7800 [US] (1989) "Kung-Fu Master [Model AM-039-04]" by Absolute Entertainment
* Handhelds :
Nintendo Game Boy [EU] (1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX-NOE]"
Nintendo Game Boy [US] (February 1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX]"
* Computers :
Apple II [US] (1985) "Kung Fu Master"
Commodore C64 [US] [EU] (1985) "Kung Fu Master"
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1986) "Kung-Fu Master" by U.S. Gold
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1987) "Kung-Fu Master"
PC [MS Windows, Online] [EU] (December 9, 2011) "IREM Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
Apple MacIntosh [Online] [US] (August 21, 2011) "Irem Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
PC [Desura] [US] (November 2, 2013) "IREM Arcade Hits" by Plug In Digital
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1331&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Kung-Fu Master (c) 1984 Irem Corp.
For more complete information on the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry; "Spartan X".
- TRIVIA -
Kung-Fu Master was released in December 1984 outside Japan. Originally known in Japan as as "Spartan X".
Licensed to Data East for US manufacture and distribution. Kung-Fu Master was the first game that Irem licensed to Data East and was also the first of two genre-defining fighting games released by Data East that year; the other being 'Karate Champ', the world's first one-on-one fighting game.
A bootleg of this game was released by O.K. corp. in 1985.
Mike Sullivan holds the official record for this game with 1,349,040 points.
- UPDATES -
Differences between Spartan X and Kung-Fu Master :
* During the demo screen the word Kung-Fu (in 'A KUNG-FU MASTER, THOMAS....') is spelled 'KANFU' in Spartan X.
* Spartan X has an additional copyright notice that is not in Kung-Fu Master : '(C)1984 Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion'.
- SERIES -
1. Kung-Fu Master (1984, Arcade)
2. Vigilante (1988, Arcade)
3. Spartan X 2 (1991, Famicom)
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [AS] (1984) "Kung Fu"
Atari 2600 [US] (May 12, 1987) "Kung-Fu Master [Model AG-039]" by Activision
Nintendo NES [US] (October 1985) "Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-USA]"
Nintendo NES [EU] (April 15, 1987) "Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-NOE]"
Atari 7800 [US] (1989) "Kung-Fu Master [Model AM-039-04]" by Absolute Entertainment
* Handhelds :
Nintendo Game Boy [EU] (1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX-NOE]"
Nintendo Game Boy [US] (February 1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX]"
* Computers :
Apple II [US] (1985) "Kung Fu Master"
Commodore C64 [US] [EU] (1985) "Kung Fu Master"
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1986) "Kung-Fu Master" by U.S. Gold
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1987) "Kung-Fu Master"
PC [MS Windows, Online] [EU] (December 9, 2011) "IREM Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
Apple MacIntosh [Online] [US] (August 21, 2011) "Irem Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
PC [Desura] [US] (November 2, 2013) "IREM Arcade Hits" by Plug In Digital
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1331&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000022 E004 00000005 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00000000 E084 00000006 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives
00000044 E709 0000003F FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 See the Dip Switch Menu to enable Invincibility.
00000020 E2E2 00000000 FFFFFFFF Always one hit to kill boss
00000000 E32B 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disable the knifethrowers The knifethrowers can still hit you if you are face to face with them.
00010000 E32C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disable the knifethrowers (2/3)
00010000 E32D 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disable the knifethrowers (3/3)
00000044 E576 000000FF FFFFFFFF Only 1 butterfly on Floor 4
00200000 E380 00000000 FFFFFFFF No pottery on Floor 2
00110000 E384 00000000 FFFFFFFF No pottery on Floor 2 (2/2)
00000000 E2E6 00000000 FFFFFFFF No Boomerangs on Floor 2 Use this cheat on Floor 2 ONLY
00010000 E2E7 00000000 FFFFFFFF No Boomerangs on Floor 2 (2/2)
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000022 E004 00000005 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00000000 E084 00000006 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives
00000044 E709 0000003F FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 See the Dip Switch Menu to enable Invincibility.
00000020 E2E2 00000000 FFFFFFFF Always one hit to kill boss
00000000 E32B 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disable the knifethrowers The knifethrowers can still hit you if you are face to face with them.
00010000 E32C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disable the knifethrowers (2/3)
00010000 E32D 00000000 FFFFFFFF Disable the knifethrowers (3/3)
00000044 E576 000000FF FFFFFFFF Only 1 butterfly on Floor 4
00200000 E380 00000000 FFFFFFFF No pottery on Floor 2
00110000 E384 00000000 FFFFFFFF No pottery on Floor 2 (2/2)
00000000 E2E6 00000000 FFFFFFFF No Boomerangs on Floor 2 Use this cheat on Floor 2 ONLY
00010000 E2E7 00000000 FFFFFFFF No Boomerangs on Floor 2 (2/2)
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
