Kung-Fu Master © 1984 Data East USA, Inc.
Export release. For more complete information on the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry; Spartan X.
Kung-Fu Master was released in December 1984 outside Japan. Originally known in Japan as as Spartan X.
Licensed to Data East for US manufacture and distribution. Kung-Fu Master was the first game that Irem licensed to Data East and was also the first of two genre-defining fighting games released by Data East that year; the other being 'Karate Champ', the world's first one-on-one fighting game.
Differences between Spartan X and Kung-Fu Master:
* During the demo screen the word Kung-Fu (in 'A KUNG-FU MASTER, THOMAS....') is spelled 'KANFU' in Spartan X.
* Spartan X has an additional copyright notice that is not in Kung-Fu Master : '(C)1984 Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion'.
A bootleg of this game was released by O.K. corp. in 1985.
Mike Sullivan holds the official record for this game with 1,349,040 points.
Atari 2600 (may.12, 1987) Kung-Fu Master [Model AG-039] by Activision Nintendo NES (oct.1985) Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-USA] 
Nintendo NES (apr.15, 1987) Kung Fu [Model NES-SX-NOE] Atari 7800 (1989) Kung-Fu Master [Model AM-039-04] by Absolute Entertainment Nintendo Game Boy (1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX-NOE]" Nintendo Game Boy (feb.1991) "Kung Fu Master [Model DMG-SX]" Apple II (1985) Kung Fu Master Commodore C64 (1985) Kung Fu Master Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1986) Kung-Fu Master by U.S. Gold Amstrad CPC (1987) Kung-Fu Master (dec.9, 2011) "IREM Arcade Hits" by DotEmu (aug.21, 2011) "Irem Arcade Hits" by DotEmu (nov.2, 2013) "IREM Arcade Hits" by Plug In Digital