Yie Ar Kung Fu
Copyright/Publisher: Imagine, Programmer: Dave Collier, Graphics: Steve Wahid,
Music By: Martin Galway, Release Year: 1985, Genre: Fighting Sports, Number Of Players: 1 or 2

THE GAME
Yie Ar Kung Fu is a test of skill development in the traditional Martial Arts. It features Oolong in his attempts to become a Grand Master in the ancient skills in honour of his father, a kung fu master before him.

Your ultimate goal is to become a grand-master but to achieve this you must defeat a variety of opponents each more deadly than the last. They are armed with different skills and weapons and must be overcome with a combination of 10 different attack moves.

The controls are by means of joystick and the games as a one or two player option.

The fun and excitement of Kung-Fu is about to begin as you face your foe. Your honourable opponents are....

BUCHU - A huge kung-fu figher who can attach by flying through the air.

STAR - A beautiful girl warrior who is expert at throwing deadly stars or SHURIKEN.

NUNCHA - Master of the NUNCHAKA - beware his reach.

POLE - Attacks with the ancient rod or BO. CLUB - ...This fighter is armed with a shield to deflect your blows and a club to strike back.

FAN - Another female adversary, this time an exponent at the NINJAFAN.

SWORD - Sword carrying opponent, a fearsome and deadly foe.

TONFUN - Skilled in the art of fighting with flailing sticks or TONFUN.

BLUES - The Kung-Fu master himself, has all the skills and manu of the moves of Oolong, but faster. If you can win this final battle you truly will become a Grand Master.

When KO meter reaches 0 player is knocked out.

You have five lives to begin your task... GOOD LUCK!

STATUS AND SCORING
On screen scoring indicates your current score, the high score and the number of lives you have remaining. Bonus life is awarded at 20,000 points and the score for each move is as follows:
ROUND HOUSE KICK 500
ANKLE KICK 1000
GROUND KICK 1000
FLYING KICK 2000
LEAPING PUNCH 1500
RISING KICK 1500
LUNGE PUNCH 1000
LEG SWEEP 500
FACE PUNCH 500
HIGH KICK 1000

HINTS AND TIPS
* Seek and attack each opponent's weak point.
* Remember Oolong can jump over his foes and put them off guard.
* Try hit and run tactics and keep your distance from armed opponents.

Its program code, graphic representation, and artwork are the copyright of Imagine Software (1984) Limited and may not, be reproduced, stored, hired or broadcast in any form whatsoever without the written permission of Imagine Software (1984) Limited. All rights reserved worldwide. Yie Ar Kung Fu runs on the Commodore 64/128 computers.