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I cannot say a lot about this Kung-Fu game from Bug-Byte software, as the idea is very simple. You are a Kung-Fooist and have to fight your opponent until he drops down (dead? I don't know) for you to win.

Please forgive the lack of technical terms, but there are four moves at your fingertips: the left chop, the forward punch, the right kick and the left kick with forward and backward movement. The keys used are 1, 2, 3, 4, break and sym shift respectively for player one with the opposite keys for player 2. There is joystick compatibility with the Kempston, but the moves are quite easy to master on a keyboard.

The scenario is obviously Chinese style, with Oriental music, which can be very annoying, so I was grateful for the music on/off facility.

There are two different options to play either against the Spectrum or another player. For some reason, if you fought against the Spectrum, three rounds were attempted inside a Chinese-style house, but if against another player, only one round outside was played.

The replay function is quite a good idea, enabling you to watch the tense action all over again and for the enthusiast, a ranking is given telling you the colour of your belt.

A novel game of skill, including excellent animated graphics sequences (nulli secundus). A bit of a no-goer for me, as there is not a lot of action.