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NES Kung Fu (USA) in 03:42.55 by Poya Oftadeh (aka. Deviance).
Download AVI file via BitTorrent (size: 13 MB, length: 04:11)
Download FCEU movie (.fcm) (date: 2005-05-14)
Read author's comments in submission #676
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Obsoletes movie #46 (03:42.82)
Rating: 5.9 (28 votes)
- Aims for fastest time
- Takes damage to save time
- Manipulates luck
- Genre: Fighting
- Genre: Platform
With over 10 different runs attempted at this game across 6 authors, Kung Fu, aka Spartan X, is a simple platform game that has seen a lot of competition. This version uses a new random manipulation technique to beat the first level one time unit faster than Phil & Genisto's most recent record.

The completion times for each floor in this movie are: 1548, 1557, 1551, 1545, 1549.

The author would like to acknowledge the following authors who have spent time on this game:

  • Arc: The first to make a run of Kung Fu.
  • Lezard: Improvements in levels 2 and 5.
  • Michael Fried: Taking damage in level 4 time saving tactic.
  • Phil and Genisto: Boss 3 and 4 strats.