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Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist

Available Platform: Commodore 64 - Alias: The Way of the Exploding Fist

Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist is one of the most popular fighting games of the 80s.

Year1985
GenreBrawler
Rating4.5

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PublisherMelbourne House
DeveloperBeam Software
OS supportedWin7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+
Updated23 August 2019

Game Review

Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist is one of the most popular fighting games of the 80s. It's a martial arts fighting game created by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House in 1985.

The game was developed on the Commodore 64 and later ported to Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, and Commodore 16. The original creators, Gregg Barnett, Bruce Bayley, Neil Brennan, and David Johnston, took inspiration from the arcade Karate Champ.

The Way of the Exploding Fist uses more than 600 frames for the sprites of the fighters to create realistic movements. The possible moves are 18, including high and low punches and kicks, jumping, and roundhouse kicks.

Not only the game became the number 1 best-selling game in the UK, but it also won the Golden Joystick Awards as Game of the Year in 1985. Some people still consider it one of the top games of all time.

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