Yie-Ar Kung Fu
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Yie-Ar Kung Fu is a computer game where the main character, named Oolong, fights martial arts masters. This game originated as an Arcade machine and was subsequently widely ported to platforms including the MSX, NES, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
A sequel Yie Ar Kung-Fu II was released a year later.
The martial arts masters are listed below (in fight order):
Buchu is a big
sumo wrestler who uses a leaping motion to land on Oolong with his body. Buchu may be big, but he's also slow. Buchu does not use weapons to fight. He is the first opponent in the first gauntlet.
The first female opponent Oolong faces. Star is a young
ninja girl in a pink jumpsuit who uses
shuriken to slow Oolong down along with fast punches and kicks.
Nuncha is a man in a yellow gi swinging
nunchucks at Oolong in an effort to slow him down.
Pole is a tall man who carries a large
bo and uses it on Oolong. Pole also uses it to pole vault for extra momentum for his moves.
Feedle is basically an endurance test for Oolong. Feedle is unarmed but has a trick of splitting into three different beings. For Oolong to win, he must beat all three Feedles.
Chain awaits Oolong at the start of the second gauntlet. He's a large man which swings a giant chain with a claw-like attachment at the end. Chain also has a tattoo of the Chinese symbol for "death" on his left arm.
Club is another large man that attacks Oolong. Club swings a giant club called a
bonbori and wears a shielded glove on his right arm to block most of Oolong's attacks.
Fan is another female warrior who wears a
cheongsam and is more feminine than Star. Fan throws steel fans at Oolong like shuriken and seldom attacks.
Sword is a dangerous warrior who comes ready to pounce on Oolong with a
Dao sword and impressive aerial moves.
Tonfun is the final opponent Oolong must face before meeting his ultimate challenger, Blues. Tonfun attacks with 2
tonfas and fast-paced martial arts. Oolong has to time his attacks and hope that Tonfun makes a mistake to survive.
Blues is a mirror image of Oolong and can match him move for move. Oolong has to find some weakness on Blues to win. When Blues is defeated, Oolong is the winner and the game begins again with Buchu.
From the
GBA game
Konami Arcade Classics: Advanced, two new characters have been introduced named Bishoo and Clayman. Much about them is unknown.
In recent years, this game was re-released on some TV game products.
Trivia
- Yie-Ar is prounounced (Yee-Err). Its name means one-two in Chinese and is normally spelled yi-er.
- Star and Fan are considered the first girls of fighting games before Street Fighter II's Chun-Li.
- Rumors spread that Oolong and Blues are brothers from their similar styles. Oolong means "black dragon" and Blues is a play on Bruce, as in Bruce Lee.
- Nuncha's nunchucks and yellow costume are taken from Bruce Lee's movie Game of Death.
References
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