Yie Ar Kung-Fu

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Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Image:Yie Ar Kung-Fu flyer.png
Promotional sales flyer.
Developer(s) Imagine Entertainment, Konami
Platform(s) Arcade, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, NES/Famicom, Tatung Einstein, ZX Spectrum, Xbox Live Arcade, Virtual Console
Release date 1985
Genre(s) Fighting game
Mode(s) Two players, alternating turns
Media Floppy disk, audio cassette, cartridge
Input methods Keyboard, joystick

'Yie Ar Kung-Fu' (イー・アル・カンフー Ī Aru Kanfū?) is a video game where the main character, named Oolong, fights martial arts masters. This game originated as an arcade game and was subsequently widely ported to platforms including the MSX, NES, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Yie Ar Kung-Fu was released on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 on July 18, 2007 with updated graphics[1] and for the Nintendo DS in Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. In recent years, this game was re-released on some TV game products.

A sequel, Yie Ar Kung-Fu II, was released a year later.

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[edit] Characters

Oolong (blue pants) vs. Buchu (white pants).
Oolong (blue pants) vs. Buchu (white pants).

The martial arts masters are listed below (in fight order):

Buchu
Buchu is a big sumo wrestler who uses a leaping motion to land on Oolong with his body. Buchu may be big, but he's also slow. Buchu does not use weapons to fight. He is the first opponent in the first gauntlet.
Star
The first female opponent Oolong faces. Star is a young ninja girl in a pink outfit who uses shuriken to slow Oolong down along with fast punches and kicks.
Nuncha
Nuncha is a man in a yellow gi swinging nunchucks at Oolong in an effort to slow him down.
Pole
Pole is a short man who carries a large bo and uses it on Oolong. Pole also uses it to pole vault for extra momentum for his moves.
Feedle
Feedle is basically an endurance test for Oolong. Numerous enemies attack from both sides of Oolong.
Chain
Chain awaits Oolong at the start of the second gauntlet. (At the end of the first one in the Commodore 64 version.) He's a large man which swings a giant chain with a claw-like attachment at the end.
Club
Club is another large man that attacks Oolong. Club swings a giant spiked club and wears a shielded glove on his right arm to block most of Oolong's attacks.
Fan
Fan is another female warrior who wears a cheongsam and is more feminine than Star. Fan throws steel fans at Oolong like shuriken and seldom attacks. The fans fall in a feather-like pattern.
Sword
Sword is a dangerous warrior who comes ready to pounce on Oolong with a Dao sword and impressive aerial moves.
Tonfun
Tonfun is the final opponent Oolong must face before meeting his ultimate challenger, Blues. Tonfun attacks with 2 tonfas and fast-paced martial arts. Oolong has to time his attacks and hope that Tonfun makes a mistake to survive.
Blues
Blues is almost a mirror image of Oolong without a shirt on and can match him move for move. Oolong has to find some weakness on Blues to win. When Blues is defeated, Oolong is the winner and the game begins again with Buchu. (ON the BBC Micro version, Blues is replaced by a second round of Feedle.)

[edit] Characters in the NES and MSX port

MSX version of Yie Ar Kung Fu
MSX version of Yie Ar Kung Fu

The MSX and NES port has many differences from its arcade counterpart. The hero is called Lee and faces only five opponents:

Wang
armed with a pole. Unlike Pole, he doesn't use his pole to gain momentum.
Tao
throws small fireballs in the same way as Star.
Chen
this port's version of Chain.
Lang
this port's version of Star, but with quicker shots and moves.
Mu
similar to Buchu (though Mu is white and seems bearded, while Buchu is black and has a shaven face), except that he can fly horizontally in order to attack Lee.

After Chen's defeat, there is a bonus round where the hero must hit objects thrown at him to score points.

[edit] Hidden Characters (Game Boy Advance version)

There are two hidden characters in the GBA game Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced:

Bishoo
a woman dressed in white who attacks with daggers.
Clayman
a living statue who attacks with a sword bigger than Sword's.

The characters are available in the special two-player mode found on this collection.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yie Ar Kung Fu received a makeover - Xbox 360 Fanboy

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