Kung-Fu Heroes
{{Short description|1984 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Chinese Hero
| image = KungFuHeroes frontcover.png
| caption = NES version, renamed Kung-Fu Heroes
| developer = Nihon Game
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Taiyo System (arcade)|JP|Taito (arcade){{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) |date=13 October 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |language=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |pages=40–46 (42) |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n43/mode/2up}}|NA|Kitkorp (arcade)}}{{vgrelease|JP|Namco (Famicom)|NA|Culture Brain (NES)}}
| series = Super Chinese
| genre = Beat 'em up
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = Arcade, Famicom/NES
| released = Arcade {{vgrelease|JP|October 1984|NA|1984{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Chinese Hero, Kitco / Kitkorp (USA) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3110&image=2 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=22 March 2021}}}}Famicom/NES{{vgrelease|JP|June 20, 1986https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/19951/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}|NA|March 1989{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf |publisher=Nintendo of America |access-date=August 9, 2015 |title=NES Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611225644/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2014}}}}
}}
{{nihongo|Chinese Hero|チャイニーズヒーロー|Chainīzu Hīrō}}, also known in Japan as {{nihongo|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 (renamed Culture Brain in 1987) and published by Taiyo System and Taito in October 1984. Chinese Hero is the first game in the Super Chinese series.{{cite web | date=2008-04-04 | title=Chinese Hero at Arcade History | url=http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=chinese-hero&page=detail&id=459 | accessdate=2008-09-25}} 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 using the Culture Brain name. The game was included in a 2004 Game Boy Advance collection titled Super Chinese I+II Advance. It was released for the Nintendo Classics service in August 2019.
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
Image:Chinese hero arcade screenshot.png
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.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=246|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 October 1984|page=31|lang=ja}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=chinese-hero&page=detail&id=459 Chinese Hero] at Arcade History
- {{KLOV game|id=7332|name=Chinese Hero}}
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/home/587398.html Kung Fu Heroes] at GameFAQs
{{Super Chinese}}
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Nintendo Classics games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Virtual Console games for Wii U
Category:Virtual Console games
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