168 · Kung-Fu Heroes
Kung-Fu masters Jacky and Lee return to their kingdom from a long trip. They discover that in their absence, Princess Min-min has been kidnapped and the 10 treasures of the kingdom stolen. Jacky and Lee must fight their way into eight different castles in order to defeat the monsters and rescue the princess.
SHOW NOTES
Kung-Fu Heroes NES Longplay
Chinese Hero Gameplay
Chinese Hero (Sammy)
Show notes
- What’s waiting for you at the 8 castles? Monster Land is full of thrills and mysteries
- Introductions
- Can games today get away with such generic names as Kung-Fu Heroes
- Main characters are Jacky and Lee obviously a reference to Chan and Bruce
- Gameplay
- Each level is a room where you fight a group of enemies. Defeat enough enemies and you can move onto the next room
- Super Mario sounds? What is going on here?
- Not just sounds! Also a fireball power up and warp rooms which are very generous
- Power Levels
- Bonus Levels
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- Arcade Version first
- Chinese Hero
- Arcade Version first
- EGL
- There’s not enough here for me to consider it. I think they could’ve done a lot more with the systems they put in place, but instead we just keep increasing our “power levels” and moving along through the 8 castles.
- Next week - Marble Madness