Kung Fu Heroes

Chinese Hero (チャイニーズヒーロー, Chainīzu Hīrō), also known in Japan as Super Chinese (スーパーチャイニーズ, Sūpā Chainīzu), is a beat 'em up arcade video game developed by Nihon Game (now Culture Brain) and published by Taiyo System and Taito in October 1984. Chinese Hero is the first game in the Super Chinese series by Culture Brain.[3] It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System as Kung-Fu Heroes in Japan by Nihon Game in 1986 and was published in North America in 1989. The game was included in a 2004 Game Boy Advance collection titled Super Chinese I+II Advance. It was released for the Nintendo Switch Online service on August 21, 2019.

Chinese Hero
NES version, renamed Kung-Fu Heroes
Developer(s)Nihon Game
Publisher(s)
SeriesSuper Chinese
Platform(s)Arcade, Famicom/NES
ReleaseArcade
Famicom/NES
  • JP: June 19, 1986
  • NA: 1989
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Plot

Monsters have taken Princess Min-Min captive and have stolen the 10 treasures of the nameless land the game takes place in, leaving everything in sorrow. Kung-fu Masters Jacky and Lee return from training and must set out to rescue the princess and find the treasures.

Gameplay
Screenshot of Chinese Hero (arcade).

The player controls one of the characters, Jacky or Lee, and each level pits the player against countless enemy warriors. The goal is for the player to defeat enough enemies so that the door at the top of the room opens allowing the player to exit the room and proceed to the next. Enemies' attacks and weapons vary throughout the game. There are quite a number of BONUS levels that players can enter.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Chinese Hero on their October 15, 1984 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[4]

References
  1. Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 40–46 (42). ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. "Video Game Flyers: Chinese Hero, Kitco / Kitkorp (USA)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. "Chinese Hero at Arcade History". 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  4. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 246. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 October 1984. p. 31.
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