Kung-Fu Master (Arc) High Score & Cleared for RetroUprising.com 

Man, I've not seen this game in forever. So much nostalgia. Thanks, man.

Level 4 black magic boss is such a pain

You're the best player I've ever seen at this game. GOAT.

Superb game. Dear you have played marvelously. I haven't seen such outstanding performance in last 3 decades. Good luck and love u champion. From Obaid ur rehman (Karachi - Pakistan)

dam it i thought you were going to finish it, i got to the same level and died on level 4 also...never saw the end !! mind you it was in the 80`s dont think id get anywhere close to it now..well done :)

Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death Style

Sensasional kung fu master 1984 hije em dia a juventude de hoje nao sabe jogar esse jogo tinha no fliperama aprendia na raça

Noice work!

WOW.... What an amazing player!! Is it possible to make 5 and is there an end to the game??(This was my favourite arcade game as a kid)!

4 Loops

I don't understand what fcking version of the game you have, but normally in the last stage there are a million of those fcking green dwarves.

You did good

This should’ve been a split-screen co-op game where Thomas and David are both playable options.

May i ask what version did you play i am getting into it again i am playing world version it seems much faster and damn harder not talking anything away from your achievement this is more for my own sanity THE GAME IS DRIVING ME NUTS

Kung-Fu Master is regarded as the first beat 'em up video game. It distinguished itself from Karate Champ by simplifying the combat system and featuring multiple opponents along a side-scrolling playfield. Kung-Fu Master in turn served as the prototype for most subsequent martial arts games in the late 1980s. It established the "walk forward and beat up dudes" trend that influenced many games after it. The end-of-level boss battle structure used in the beat 'em up genre, with the player character progressing through levels and fighting a boss character at the end of each level; in turn, this end-of-level boss battle structure was adapted from the Bruce Lee film Game of Death, where Lee's character fights a different boss character on each floor as he ascends a pagoda. Jamie Lendino notes that, unlike "most arcade games" which emphasized high scores and lives, "Kung-fu Master had a genuine narrative arc" with a beginning, middle and end. Kung-Fu Master was "one hundred percent defined" the beat 'em up genre, with variations of its plot structure used in "virtually every scrolling beat 'em up since." Along with the official NES port, There were numerous imitators, such as Black Belt (1986) and Kung Fu Kid (1987) on the Sega Master System, and China Warrior (1989) on TurboGrafx-16. Rival Turf! (1992), Batman Returns (1993) on the Super NES. Other beat 'em ups that followed its single-plane side-scrolling format include arcade games such as Sega's My Hero and Flashgal (1985), Taito's The Ninja Warriors (1987), Data East's Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja (1988) and Namco's Splatterhouse (1988). Other titles such as Technōs Japan's Renegade (1986), Double Dragon (1987) and its sequels, Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989), and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991), The Simpsons (1991), The Uncanny X-Men (1992), Metamorphic Force (1993), Capcom's Final Fight (1989) and its sequels, Captain Commando (1991), Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1992), The Punisher (1993), Alien vs. Predator (1994), Armed Warriors (1995), and Battle Circuit (1997), Sega's Golden Axe (1989), Streets of Rage (1991) and Die Hard Arcade (1996) evolved the beat 'em up formula established by Kung-Fu Master with a belt-scrolling format. Kung-Fu Master was the most notable early example of a side-scrolling character action game, a genre of games that featured large sprite characters in colorful, side-scrolling environments, with the core gameplay consisting of fighting large groups of weaker enemies using attacks (or weapons) such as punches, kicks, guns, swords, ninjutsu or magic. This side-scrolling character action game format became popular during the mid-to-late 1980s, with arcade examples including ninja games such as Taito's The Legend of Kage (1985), and Sega's Shinobi (1987) as well as hack-and slash games such as Capcom's Trojan (1986), Data East's Captain Silver (1987), Taito's Rastan (1987), Nastar Warrior (Rastan Saga II) (1988), Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III (1991), and Saint Sword (1991), Capcom's Strider (1989), and run-and-gun shooters such as Namco's Rolling Thunder (1986) and its sequels, Data East's RoboCop (1988), and Sly Spy (1989), Konami's Aliens (1990), Sunset Riders (1991), Bucky O'Hare (1992), Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992), and Mystic Warriors (1993). A more modern example of this style is Capcom's Viewtiful Joe (2003).

Can you get to 1,000,000 on this?

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My childhood right here!