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Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu was first released for the NES in 1990 but is probably better known for its 1991 TurboGrafx-16 release. As an NES game it was kind of lost in the shuffle of the large number of games on that system but it stood out more among the TurboGrafx-16's fewer releases. Also, the graphics were greatly improved on that system.
Jackie Chan wasn't really a household name in North America until the release of Rush Hour in 1998. Fans of the martial arts films he was known for may have been familiar with him but I don't know how much the use of his name really helped sell this game. The large sprites used in this game were kind of unique and I think people tended to love it or hate it.
Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu is a fairly typical side-scrolling beat-em-up. The graphics were better than anything available on the NES at the time and the game play was pretty good too. Action was fairly simply with just one button for jumping and another for attack that could be combined for more complex moves. Special moves could also be collected through the course of the game.
The story involves Jackie Chan's sister being kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. As Jackie Chan, you must battle your way through his minions until finally battling the sorcerer himself and rescuing your sister. If you have a TurboGrafx-16, this is definitely a title that you may have overlooked and should pick up if you did. It came out for the NES also but it really shines on the TG-16. But holy crap it's expensive on eBay! I seem to remember this being one of the more common games once upon a time...It might be best to stick with emulation for this one unless you are a serious collector and want to shell out the big bucks.
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This was certainly one of those games that I remember seeing in gaming magazines back in the day and thinking, who? I mean, now I know who he is but in the late 1980's and early 1990's, not so much.
I always intended to play the TG-16 version but never got around to it. I remember stores clearing out TG-16 games for pennies on the dollar but I still didn't have the foresight to buy them up. Lol
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I was surprised to see the asking price for this game on eBAy. I need to check if this is one of those games I have complete in the box or not...
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Just about any Turbo Grafx-16 game (CD or HuCard) is going to be valuable at this point. I don't know the numbers for sure but I believe NEC sold less than 1 million units of the original and the Turbo Duo didn't fare much better in the United States.
That means most games probably did not get more than a few hundred thousand copies released in the United States. I doubt they pulled an Atari on any games and produced just as many as they did systems, if not more.
Keith Courage may be the most common game for the Turbo Grafx-16 because it was the pack-in for so long, though not for the whole life of the TG-16 as Bonk replaced him at some point prior to the Turbo Duo launching.
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I had this on the TG16. Odd game!
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