Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a 1985 fighting game developed and published by Konami. Along with 1984's Karate Champ, which influenced Yie-Ar Kung Fu, it is one of the games that established the basis for modern fighting games.
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, grave and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Wii, Commodore 16, Family Computer, Wii U, Xbox 360, Amstrad CPC, MSX
- Developer
- Konami, Konami
- Publisher
- Imagine Software, Konami
- Released
- October 25, 1984
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
- Time to beat
- 1 h main story
IGDB rating 4.0/10 from 49 ratings.
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
World Karate Championship 198593% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
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The Way of the Exploding Fist 198583% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, classical in form.
Street Fighter EX2 199882% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Pocket Bravery 202382% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, grave.
Pro Pinball 199682% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, classical in form.
Countdown 198261% alikeSeries · Both plot-driven, earnest, classical in form; this one is more contemporary.
Dead Man's Folly 198658% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, earnest, intimate.
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