		Jackie Chan Video Games: Kung-Fu Master, Jackie Chan Adventures, the Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Paperback. Books LLC 2010-06-19. ISBN 9781158296439
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Kung-Fu Master, Jackie Chan Adventures, the Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Kung-Fu Master, known in Japan as Spartan X ), is a 1984 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published in Japan by Irem. It was later published in North America by Data East. The Japanese version was based on the movie starring Jackie Chan of one of the alternate names of the film, Wheels on Meals, and credited "Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion", who produced the film upon which it was based. The game is considered by many to be the first beat 'em up video game, and contains elements of Bruce Lee's Game of Death. The player takes the role of Keiji Thomas, a man in a Keikogi and slippers. Thomas's girlfriend, Sylvia, has been kidnapped by "Mr. X", and Thomas must fight through five side-scrolling floors full of enemies to rescue her. Brutally summarized as "rescue girlfriend hit people", the US and UK version opens with the phrase "Thomas and Sylvia were attacked by several unknown guys...." The game was an early beat 'em up. It is cited as one of the inspirations for subsequent successes like Double Dragon, Final Fight, Captain Commando, Streets of Rage, P.O.W.: Prisoners of War and Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja. Thomas can punch with the A button and kick with the B button. Either move can be done from a crouching or jumping position. Punches are worth twice as much as kicks and do twice as much damage, but their range is shorter. Screenshot of Kung-Fu Master.The first floor of the temple contains Grippers and Knife Throwers. Subsequent levels introduce Tom Toms, poisonous moths, fire-breathing dragons, snakes, and confetti balls. Each of the five floors ends with a different boss who must ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=949894

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