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ISSUE 1 • JULY 2010 • FREE
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PC Engine Gamer is a free, non-profit, fan produced digital magazine aimed to spread
the love of NEC’s PC Engine games console. All images/screenshots/artwork used in this publication
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Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining.
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PC Engine Gamer
The Kung Fu
have a big family for starters, so you can keep seeking
revenge on those tiresome white-
bearded maniacs that insist on killing
your brothers, sisters and parents
all the time. But that doesn’t seem
Bruce, meet Jackie.
to bother Wang, the hero of Hudson Soft’s Vol. 1
PC Engine release. In fact, his rage seems squarely
aimed at never-ending armies of monks, suggesting
Angry athiests will love this game
that they tried to give him a copy of The Watchtower
one time too many. Wikipedia would have us believe that he is on a
mission to destroy the Dark Emperor Lu Hao Yang which is a bit of a
mouthful, so I will just call him Dave.
So there we are. Just armed with bare fists and pyjama bottoms,
Wang sets out to defeat the evil Dave, who stands atop his castle,
most likely cackling to himself and killing chickens.
Considering this was a very early title,
first impressions usually go along the
lines of “Bloody hell, those sprites are
big.” And big they are. This is often
followed by “Controls are a bit rubbish
though,” and “Is that all there is to it?”
But these people are missing the point
somewhat, for
The Kung Fu
is a scrolling
beat ‘em up like no other.
The designers could have easily created
a standard ‘Kung Fu Master’ style game,
but no. They had to truly show off the
hardware. They wanted people to be
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It’s
a tough life being a kung fu expert. You have to
Welcome to
Bonus Stage
While your sifu might be pissed you are
smashing up all his good china, you do get
a healthy dose of bonus points for it.
The Kung Fu ©1987 Hudson Soft.
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awed by the enormous Wang, but at the same time
they were backing themselves into a corner in
terms of gameplay, they did manage to create
something unique.
The Kung Fu
is not about just
running and fighting - go and play
Vigilante
if
you want that. No,
The Kung Fu
is about
learning. It’s a game of memory,
tactics and skill.
Before I get ahead of myself, let me
explain how things work. The screen is
pretty much on auto-scroll the whole time, except when you crouch,
punch, kick, or a boss appears. In fact forget that. The screen isn’t on
auto-scroll the
whole
time, but it does feel like it.
There is no
going back,
only left to
right. As you
move along each of the four main levels, you
are bombarded by the aforementioned hooded
monks. It’s obvious that some of these monks
Twigs of Doom are best given a swift kick.
are pretty cowardly, because they also lob a
whole bunch of stuff at you like rocks, nunchucks,
arrows, fans and the like. And this is topped off by
some insects and bats that, despite minding their
own business, will not hesitate to poke you in the
eye if you get in their way.
Most of these ‘sub-objects’ come at you in a way
that only deft dodging or specific attacks will
Snaaaake, oh, it’s a snaaaake...
dispel. Of course, being a martial arts hero, Wang can kick, punch,
jump-kick and crouch-punch. Bizarrely, he cannot crouch and kick at
the same time, most likely because of a dicky knee. But this all means
that you have to learn to react fast to decide whether to use a low,
mid or high attack, and therein lies the core of the game.
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“Bloody hell, those
sprites are big.”

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