Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a classic one-on-one fighting game that predates Street Fighter, featuring 11 unique opponents with different fighting styles. Players master punches, kicks, and special moves to progress through increasingly difficult matches.
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About This Game
Considered one of the earliest examples of the modern fighting game genre, establishing concepts like health bars and character-specific movesets.
Features a simple two-button control scheme (punch and kick) with directional inputs creating different attacks.
Includes diverse fighters like Chain & Ball specialist Star, boomerang-throwing Fan, and teleporting Shadow.
The NES version is a port of Konami's 1985 arcade original, with some graphical simplifications but faithful gameplay.
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