Kung Fu (1985)

Irem, Nintendo R&D1

Port of Spartan X

Arcade · Nintendo Entertainment System

3.50 from 4 ratings

10 members have it in their collection · 1 backlogged

The NES port of Spartan X for the Famicom, which is itself a port of the Arcade game Spartan X.
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Details

Developers
Irem, Nintendo R&D1
Publishers
Nintendo, Playtronic
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Themes
Action
Series
Kung Fu

Release dates

  • Jun 21, 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Oct 18, 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • Apr 15, 1987 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Sep 1994 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo Entertainment System

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Rating distribution

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3 stars
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Chovus

Status Chovus Jun 3, 2025

Beat the easier A mode. The 1st stage was simple. Stage 2 introduced annoying platforming and was where I had to slow the speed down. Stage 3 had a very difficult boss with devastating high or low attacks. There was an element of reading the tell to know whether to duck or jump but even at 40 frames per second …

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Beat the easier A mode. The 1st stage was simple. Stage 2 introduced annoying platforming and was where I had to slow the speed down. Stage 3 had a very difficult boss with devastating high or low attacks. There was an element of reading the tell to know whether to duck or jump but even at 40 frames per second I found it too fast to pull off. Instead I held down turbo low kick and loaded the state until I randomly won. I had to look up how to beat the stage 4 boss because he was immune to everything except low punches. The final boss seemed similar to the stage 3 guy in that I tried to counter high or low but ended up just randomly burning him down in seconds after repeated attempts.

I had this on my 31 in 1 cartridge back in the day and remember playing it periodically. I don't think I ever got further than stage 2. Back then this game was kinda fun for very short periods at a time but too simple, repetitive and difficult to play for long. I can appreciate it more now as an adult but it is still a very meh experience.

5.5/10

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