China Warrior

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China Warrior
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U)
Publisher: Hudson Soft NEC
Developer: Hudson Soft
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1987-11-21 ¥4,5004,500 HC62001 US 1989-10 JP ▼ 2007-06-05 600pts600 US ▼ 2007-06-25 600pts600 EU ▼ 2007-06-22 600pts600 AU ▼ 2007-08-07 600pts600 JP ▼ 2013-12-25 ¥617617 JP ▼ 2014-04-30 ¥600600 JP ▼ 2010-01-20
ESRB PEGI OFLC CERO A

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China Warrior, known as The Kung Fu (ザ・功夫) in Japan, is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game developed by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16. It was originally released in November 1987 shortly after the PC Engine's launch, standing as the first truly exclusive title for the platform.

China Warrior is an infamous game for its use of large, detailed sprites, which at its release in 1987 was unseen in most home video games of the era. Advertising saw it compare itself favourably to the 1985 Nintendo version of Kung Fu (originally developed by Irem, known as Kung-Fu Master on other systems and Spartan X in Japan). It has since however, been widely criticised for its limiting gameplay.

Magazine articles

Main article: China Warrior/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PC Engine version

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Complete Guide to Consoles 58 №1, p54 Computer Entertainer 69 №8.08, p16 Excalibur 45 №17, p12

	57
Based on 3 reviews

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
Cover
Card Jewel Case

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 b552c906 MD5 b6f712b2ab6726a80a0e328f58d9e1b2 SHA-1 dabdb21bef771282461f7bfee390a622217159ac	262,144		Card (JP)
✔	CRC32 3872c2b3 MD5 4d72d145a429663cf859c4d4aabbcf5c SHA-1 2612f40b72ac96516678949182465839cd4ee85b	262,144		Card (JP)	Virtual Console
✔	CRC32 a2ee361d MD5 60bb0116b706fc30a76840ed0b5da458 SHA-1 1933869f66f30da4bc07b9ff6b6c2897b32088f2	262,144		Card (US)

External links

• China Warrior on Nintendo eShop (Wii): UK
• China Warrior on Nintendo eShop (Nintendo 3DS): JP
• China Warrior on Nintendo eShop (Wii U): JP