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Kung-Fu Master (US)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Kung-Fu Master (US)
Name kungfumd
Manufacturer Irem (Data East USA license)
Year 1984
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .034b07
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Fighter

Parent and clones

Parent kungfum : Kung-Fu Master (World) (1984)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 256 55

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade b-1l-.bin 256 35e45021 b-1l-.bin 511b94507f41b377f38184ed9a85f34949b28d26 proms 500 good no
arcade b-1m-.bin 256 76c05a9c b-1m-.bin 1f46f436a17f8c883bdd6d9804b828a81a76f880 proms 100 good no
arcade b-1n-.bin 256 23f06b99 b-1n-.bin 6b3d6349f019aeab33838ae392bc3f3f89906326 proms 300 good no
arcade b-5f-.bin 32 7a601c3d b-5f-.bin 5c5cdf51b2c9fdb2b05402d9c260208ae73fe245 proms 600 good no
arcade b-6f-.bin 256 82c20d12 b-6f-.bin 268903f7d9be58a70d030b02bf31a2d6b5b6e249 proms 620 good no
arcade g-1f-.bin 256 964b6495 g-1f-.bin 76f30a65a0ded14babad2006221aa40621fb7ea1 proms 200 good no
arcade g-1h-.bin 256 550563e1 g-1h-.bin 11edb45acba8b28a462c49956ebb1ba0a8b2ff26 proms 400 good no
arcade g-1j-.bin 256 668e6bca g-1j-.bin cd5262b1310821ba7b12873e4db35f081d6b9df4 proms 0 good no
arcade g-4c-a.bin 8192 6b2cc9c8 g-4c-a.bin ba7c902d08c21a1e33f450406bfbfa35abde3b3f gfx1 0 good no
arcade g-4d-a.bin 8192 c648f558 g-4d-a.bin 7cc085d8dc4a770d2828e39859b7b18e80148a00 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade g-4e-a.bin 8192 fbe9276e g-4e-a.bin 84181c8da79e2c92af04aef3ab5d23f70969dad8 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade snx_a-3d-b 16384 85ca7956 f97f744520770766cf9633c8762013d77b0e7a61 irem_audio:iremsound 8000 good no
arcade snx_a-3f-b 16384 3ef1100a 901c40477b4c6fbc984446fa7171006d67b48652 irem_audio:iremsound c000 good no
arcade snx_a-4d-d 16384 1b2fd32f 34487dacf2ec9fbf55148953a9f248fae9442568 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade snx_a-4e-d 16384 fc330a46 50edbd6131310afa17d476e278a7098ab1cfae73 maincpu 0 good no
arcade snx_b-3n-b 16384 05fcce8b 5116cd65c53aa09a1c1d84df883606883e565464 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade snx_b-4c-b 16384 1df11d81 5055f0c8046f57d4c899ecf90a9bfcf0c1a58f59 gfx2 10000 good no
arcade snx_b-4e-b 16384 2d3b69dd 472e1c06fd3184b91d9b718bb590d45702ed84cd gfx2 14000 good no
arcade snx_b-4f-b 16384 ed719d7b 34c7d9fc762b3f113b6115910898fde9713ae24f gfx2 4000 good no
arcade snx_b-4k-b 16384 85591db2 5962445a3a3172893cf0f617701966aebb522c61 gfx2 0 good no
arcade snx_b-4n-b 16384 dc675003 df9b6055b4a4c537504658e62e96f826d498b39c gfx2 c000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A irem_audio:ay_45l audio 894886
M6803 irem_audio:iremsound cpu 3579545
MSM5205 irem_audio:msm2 audio 384000
Netlist Sound Device irem_audio:snd_nl audio 48000
Speaker irem_audio:mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 3072000

Serie

Serie : Kung-Fu Master
  1. Kung Fu Master (Jpn) (1983)
  2. Kung-Fu Master (bootleg set 1) (1984)
  3. Kung-Fu Master (bootleg set 2) (1984)
  4. Kung-Fu Master (World) (1984)
  5. Kung Fu Master (1984)
  6. Kung-Fu Master (US) (1984)
  7. Spartan X (Japan) (1984)
  8. Spartan X (1984?)
  9. Kung-Fu Master (1985)
  10. Jackie Chan in Spartan X (1985)
  11. Spartan X (Jpn) (1985)
  12. Spartan X (1985)
  13. Kung-Fu Master (UK) (1986)
  14. Kung-Fu Master (1987)
  15. Vigilante (World, Rev E) (1988)
  16. Vigilante (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1988)
  17. Vigilante (World, Rev A) (1988)
  18. Vigilante (US, Rev B) (1988)
  19. Vigilante (bootleg) (1988)
  20. Vigilante (World, Rev C) (1988)
  21. Vigilante (Japan, Rev D) (1988)
  22. Vigilante (US, Rev G) (1988)
  23. Vigilante (US) (1988)
  24. Kung-Fu Master (PAL) (1989)
  25. Vigilante (UK) (1989)
  26. Vigilante (UK) (Spain retail version) [Original] (1989)
  27. Vigilante (1989)
  28. Vigilante (Euro, USA, Bra) (1989)
  29. Vigilante (1989)
  30. Vigilante (1989)
  31. Spartan X (Jpn) (1990)
  32. Vigilante (Kor) (1990)
  33. Kung Fu Master (Jpn) (19??)
  34. Jackie Chan in Spartan X (Jpn) (19??)

Categories

History


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Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Kung-Fu Master (c) 1984 Irem Corp.

For more complete information on the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry; "Spartan X".

- TRIVIA -

Kung-Fu Master was released in December 1984 outside Japan. Originally known in Japan as as "Spartan X".

Licensed to Data East for US manufacture and distribution. Kung-Fu Master was the first game that Irem licensed to Data East and was also the first of two genre-defining fighting games released by Data East that year; the other being 'Karate Champ', the world's first one-on-one fighting game.

A bootleg of this game was released by O.K. corp. in 1985.

Mike Sullivan holds the official record for this game with 1,349,040 points.

- UPDATES -

Differences between Spartan X and Kung-Fu Master :
* During the demo screen the word Kung-Fu (in 'A KUNG-FU MASTER, THOMAS....') is spelled 'KANFU' in Spartan X.
* Spartan X has an additional copyright notice that is not in Kung-Fu Master : '(C)1984 Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion'.

- SERIES -

1. Kung-Fu Master (1984, Arcade)
2. Vigilante (1988, Arcade)
3. Spartan X 2 (1991, Famicom)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Famicom [AS] (1984) "Kung Fu"
[US] Atari 2600 (may.12, 1987) "Kung-Fu Master [Model AG-039]" by Activision
[US] Nintendo NES (oct.1985) "Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-USA]"
[EU] Nintendo NES (apr.15, 1987) "Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-NOE]"
[US] Atari 7800 (1989) "Kung-Fu Master [Model AM-039-04]" by Absolute Entertainment

* HANDHELDS:
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy (1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX-NOE]"
[US] Nintendo Game Boy (feb.1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX]"

* COMPUTERS:
[US] Apple II (1985) "Kung Fu Master"
[US] Commodore C64 [EU] (1985) "Kung Fu Master"
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1986) "Kung-Fu Master" by U.S. Gold
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1987) "Kung-Fu Master"
PC [MS Windows, Online] [EU] (dec.9, 2011) "IREM Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
Apple MacIntosh [Online] [US] (aug.21, 2011) "Irem Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
PC [Desura] [US] (nov.2, 2013) "IREM Arcade Hits" by Plug In Digital

- CONTRIBUTE -

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