China Warrior

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China Warrior
Single-player

China Warrior, known as The Kung Fu

sprite graphics
but criticism towards its gameplay.

The game was ported to mobile phones and the Hudson Channel for the PS2 exclusively in Japan with redone graphics, audio, and gameplay. The PC Engine version was also released for the Wii's, Nintendo 3DS's, and Wii U's Virtual Console and on the Japanese PlayStation Store.[4][5][6][7]

Story

A

martial artist named Wang (王（ワン）), whose style resembles that of Bruce Lee, embarks on a mission to bring down opposing enemies and the Dark Emperor, who stands atop the castle Luo Yang Ge (洛陽閣（ルーヤンカク）) in China
.

Gameplay

The object of the game is to walk through each stage while throwing punches and kicks at enemies and objects, which also can be done in midair. There are four levels which are broken down into three stages each, for a total of twelve stages. When Wang gets knocked out, the game starts over at the beginning of the stage in which he got knocked out. Players can memorize the object/enemy pattern in order to get through the stage more easily whenever Wang gets knocked out. At the end of each level, there is a boss fight.

The gameplay and controls are similar to

Gladiator (1986) without the sword or shield held in hand.[8]
The graphics utilized very large character models that fill up the screen. They were capable of moving without any graphical flickering.

Reception

In 1987, the character size and detail was a positive selling point for the title in Japan.[9] The release would not reach US until two years later. By then, the title faced much tougher competition against games like Last Battle and Altered Beast.

Computer and Video Games reviewed Drunken Master for the PC Engine, giving it a 58% score. They praised the "giant-sized sprites" as "very impressive on this horizontally scrolling kung-fu game" but said "only three moves result in the game becoming ultimately dull".[10] Electronic Gaming Monthly scored China Warrior 18 out of 40, criticizing the simple gameplay and Bruceploitation but with some praise for the large character sprites.[2]

Upon release on the

1UP's "Broken Pixels", a show dedicated to mocking bad video games.[12][8] Michael Plasket of Hardcore Gaming 101 said it is "probably best treated as little more than a tech demo for the potential of the TurboGrafx-16 instead of a legitimately entertaining game".[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: ザ・クンフー, Hepburn: Za Kunfū

References

  1. ^ "1989 Index". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 8, no. 10. January 1990. pp. 8–9, 23.
  2. ^ a b "China Warrior". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 5 (The 1990 Video Game Buyer's Guide). December 1989. p. 57.
  3. ^ "The Kung Fu (China Warrior) | Retro Gamer". 11 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Nintendo - Official Site - Video Game Consoles, Games - Nintendo - Official Site".
  5. ^ "The 功夫 | ニンテンドー3Ds | 任天堂".
  6. ^ "China Warrior for Wii U - Nintendo Game Details".
  7. ^ "THE 功夫". PlayStation.com (Japan). Sony. 2010-01-20. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  8. ^ a b c Plasket, Michael (September 27, 2017). "China Warrior". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Wii game". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  10. ^ "Complete Games Guide" (PDF). Computer and Video Games (Complete Guide to Consoles): 46–77. 16 October 1989.
  11. ^ http://gamespot.com/
  12. ^ "www.gamevideos.1up.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-05.

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