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Kung-Fu Master (Arcade)

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Title Screen

Kung-Fu Master

Also known as: Spartan X (JP)
Developer: Irem
Publishers: Irem (JP), Data East (US)
Platform: Arcade (Irem M62 System)
Released in JP: December 1984[1]
Released in US: March 1985[2]


RegionIcon.png This game has regional differences.


The game famously known for birthing the beat-'em-up genre and way less known for apparently being supposed to be based on the Jackie Chan-starring film Wheels on Meals (called Spartan X in Japan) despite the only explicit connection being the protagonists' names.

Regional Differences

Japan US
A KANFU MASTER,THOMAS AND

SILVIA WERE SUDDENLY ATTACKED

BY SEVERAL UNKNOWN GUYS.
A KUNG-FU MASTER,THOMAS AND

SILVIA WERE SUDDENLY ATTACKED

BY SEVERAL UNKNOWN GUYS.

The iconic awkwardly-written story text in the attract mode's intro is slightly more awkward in the Japanese version.

Here, on the first part's initial line, "KANFU" was changed to the more recognizable "KUNG-FU" on international versions.

Japan US
LATER THOMAS FOUND A LETTER

FROM X.
HE IS A INHABITANT OF THE

DEVIL'S TEMPLE.
LATER THOMAS FOUND A LETTER

FROM X.
HE IS AN INHABITANT OF THE

DEVIL'S TEMPLE.

The "A" on the third line of the text's second part was changed to the grammatically-correct "AN".