What happens when you combine Kung-Fu Master with robots, anthropomorphic animals and add horizontal scrolling? You GET... STAR! Get it?
Despite being praised from the public and reviewers, Toaplan said that this was a commercial failure.
Regional Differences#
Title Screen#
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Japan |
US |
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The logo was changed to reflect the new title and it's also no longer inside a hexagon. The copyright was also updated to include the Kitkorp license.
Difficulty#
By default, The Japanese version is set to Easy (the easiest difficulty setting), while the US version is set to Hard (the second hardest difficulty setting before Hardest). As a result, the US version is much more difficult than the Japanese one.
Extra Lives#
Japan |
1st 30,000 pts. |
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US |
50,000 pts. |
By default, in the Japanese version you'll earn your first extra life upon reaching 30,000 points. Subsequent extra lives will be earn everytime you reach 100,000 points. In the US version you'll earn your only extra life upon reaching 50,000 points, after that you won't recive anything anymore.
Gameplay#
- In the Japanese version you will always start a level with full health (four health bar units), whereas in the US version you always start with halved health (two health bar units).
- In the Japanese version the first boss's web attack does nothing at all but pushes you back, whereas in the US version the web attack not only pushes you back, but will also remove one of your health bars.
High Score Bug#
The US version features a bug where, no matter if your score is low to enter in the top 10, you'll still be able to insert your initials below the tenth ranked. However the game will not count your ranking position, your score and the current area since the game never intended an eleventh place. Also the cursor is always placed on the tenth ranked's initials. This bug is not present in the Japanese version.